drinking from the bathroom tap?

ants83 · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:23

ive always thought this was a no no. But ive been told all cold water comes from the mains and the tank upstairs is just for hotwater? true?

G-MAN2004 · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:24

No idea, but it's nice in the morning after waking up thirsty.

yaboy · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:25

dutty water, no drinking!

but srsly, tap water is not as nice as bottled

ChoÞÞer · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:26

i drink from bathroom tap. :confused:

Glaucus · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:26

depends on the house, most modern houses will be absolutely fine.

Psymonkee · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:27

Tastes funny compared to the mains water

Craig321 · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:27

ants83 said:
ive always thought this was a no no. But ive been told all cold water comes from the mains and the tank upstairs is just for hotwater? true?

It's fine.

Dingo · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:33

Yeah, it's great........now water from the toilet, that's really rank unless you flush it first!!

Shotgun_ned · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:35

I drink from it all the time and I'm not dead.

Van Hellseek · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:42

Why would anyone drink from the bathroom tap anyway?

Scuzi · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:44

If the cold tap in the bathroom is sourced from a tank in your roofspace then do not drink it. A rat could have died in the tank or some other such disgusting happening.

4p · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:44

Depends where you are...

Up North its lovely, down south its generally crap

views maybe biased

Monkeynut · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:45

What's the point of going downstairs if you're in bed when the bathroom across the hall gives you EXACTLY the same water?

fornowagain · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:48

Because some cold water taps, especially older houses are fed from a cold water tanks in the loft. And they're full of dead things. If its fed from the mains then fair enough. Still if you clean your teeth with it, I can't see as it would make much difference.

Glaucus · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:48

Monkeynut said:
What's the point of going downstairs if you're in bed when the bathroom across the hall gives you EXACTLY the same water?

because in older houses you have a cold water storage tank, where anything rat, birds could have died in.

Monkeynut · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:51

Ah right, *imagines* ugh *throws up*

How old does old have to be?

snowdog · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:52

Tastes the same as any water...
Why would water upstairs taste different from the one downstairs, it's the same water ?

Hot and cold taste the same too afaik here, but then we have city warming so I don't think I should drink the hot water, but I do it nonetheless too lazy to switch to cold water...

Water storage tank with dead birds n stuff, what water tank :confused:

?

fornowagain · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:52

Monkeynut said:
Ah right, *imagines* ugh *throws up*

How old does old have to be?

My house was built in 1992 and it had a cold water tank until I did away with it. The only mains tap was at the kitchen sink. There was a separate header tank for the boiler.

mattyfez · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:53

Its perfectly acceptable, I normally have a few gulps after brushing teeth.

Cold tap is from mains, its the hot tap that is sometimes fed from a tank if you have one of those old style heating systems.

Monkeynut · 7 Jun 2008 at 02:55

fornowagain said:
My house was built in 1992 and it had a cold water tank until I did away with it.

Hmm, I don't actually know whether we have one tbh, we got a new water system fitted about 5 years ago though but I'm no expert so will get someone else to take a look incase there is a rat!