British plumbing, in my forty year old house anyway, feels very "minimum viable product", safety valves hidden away in hard to access places, and designed to be installed and sold rather than maintained.
Has plumbing technology improved in the last twenty years, so I should get a plumber to install better valves?
And incidentally, is this a british thing or a global thing, US videos seem to show lots of lovely coloured handles on their valves...
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Anyone on here have personal experience with heat-pump hot water tanks? Our HWT is overdue for replacement and one of the options I’m looking at is heat pump.
One concern I have is that they (apparently) cause the area where they’re placed to become colder (naturally, as they collect heat from the surrounding environment) which is a bit of worry since our basement is already a bit on the cool side and our oldest son lives down there.
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You mean a boat named after Gerald Ford is a POS?
What are they feeding these sailors?!
" a 2020 report from the US Government Accountability Office said the ship’s toilet system was subject to “unexpected and frequent clogging” and requires acid flushes on a regular basis to clear it, at a cost of $400,000 each time."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/onboard-fire-uss-gerald-ford-aircraft-carrier
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