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| Jean-Marc Delaplace 2005-07-24, 9:07 pm |
| Since I did not find a uk group devoted to home repair and diy, i put my
question here.
Why in UK is each house equipped with a water tank, itself filled
through a float tap supplied with the city water? It is the only country
where I could see this arrangement. It occupies plenty of room in a
small flat, and poses disinfection problems thus needs a cleaning on a
regular basis.
Thanks in advance for helping me understand the reason of this requirement.
Jean-Marc Delaplace
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| Speedy Jim 2005-07-24, 9:07 pm |
| Jean-Marc Delaplace wrote:
> Since I did not find a uk group devoted to home repair and diy, i put my
> question here.
> Why in UK is each house equipped with a water tank, itself filled
> through a float tap supplied with the city water? It is the only country
> where I could see this arrangement. It occupies plenty of room in a
> small flat, and poses disinfection problems thus needs a cleaning on a
> regular basis.
> Thanks in advance for helping me understand the reason of this requirement.
>
> Jean-Marc Delaplace
Originally to forestall any possibility of cross-connection
contamination of the public water supply.
And there is a newsgroup:
UK.D-I-Y
Cheers,
Jim
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| nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu 2005-07-24, 9:07 pm |
| Speedy Jim <volks@nls.net> wrote:
>Jean-Marc Delaplace wrote:
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> Originally to forestall any possibility of cross-connection
> contamination of the public water supply.
Sounds like a good reason. The small low-flow city feed pipe is also cheaper,
and a house can have water for some time after the city supply fails, eg for
firefighting during a Blitz, and pressure regulation inside and outside the
house is easier.
Nick
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