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leto78 t1_ja0a4dw wrote

Reply to comment by The_Primate in I pay 270 euros in a small village and this is my bathroom by RyanStasiksRattail

As a European that used to live in the UK, your bathrooms are the weirdest.

  • Two separate taps because in the past the hot water was not drinkable.

  • No wall sockets expect for some electric shaver socket if you are lucky.

  • carpet on bathroom floor.

  • electric hot water shower (no wall sockets but an electric boiler warning up the water on a damp environment is somehow fine)

  • no bidet.

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eugene20 t1_ja1p8v8 wrote

>As a European that used to live in the UK, your bathrooms are the weirdest.
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>Two separate taps because in the past the hot water was not drinkable.

Not everyone likes mixer taps.

>No wall sockets expect for some electric shaver socket if you are lucky.

It prevents a lot of serious or lethal accidents. It's a building regulation.

>carpet on bathroom floor.

This is very rare, I've only seen it once.

>electric hot water shower (no wall sockets but an electric boiler warning up the water on a damp environment is somehow fine)

They're specially isolated so safe.

>no bidet.

That depends on where you are in Europe, they're relatively rare in the UK though I've seen plenty of places with them, not usually modern builds though.

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stevethezissou t1_ja2u5ab wrote

Everyone likes mixed taps lol. No one ever asked for separate taps to mix in the sink.

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eugene20 t1_ja36h2l wrote

Some people just like to stick to what they know and grew up with them separate.Hot water systems are easily contaminated if not kept at a hot enough temperature (60-65c to kill Legionella) , some people still prefer them separate out of paranoia over that still too if the cold is used for drinking.

And just old houses, plenty of people won't spend out on a new sink for fittings for a mixer tap when what is there is working fine.

Split tap bathroom sinks are still made and still sell here.

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stevethezissou t1_ja4n24q wrote

Ok yea that’s all fair. I take it back. I’ve just lived in some split tap houses and was always annoyed by it.

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