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Tasty drinking water

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Am I mad or does the water from an upstairs bathroom always taste gorgeous compared to that from a downstairs kitchen tap?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've noticed that too.
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    True.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    In the middle of the night when you are dying of thirst the water in the bathroom at home tastes AMAZING.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It really does. I'm all on one floor here, so it all tastes the same.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It tastes the same in both places in my house because both places are mains fed through the same pipes.

    Before the central heating was done the bathroom was horrid because it came from a cold water storage tank in the roof :yuck:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Must be because it picks up all those toxins from that old plumbing..
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Crispy wrote:
    it came from a cold water storage tank in the roof :yuck:
    my house used to be like that ...when i started working on it i discovered that the storage tank ...header tank in the loft had been left open ...uncovered.
    it was full of dead birds ...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    morrocan roll wrote:
    my house used to be like that ...when i started working on it i discovered that the storage tank ...header tank in the loft had been left open ...uncovered.
    it was full of dead birds ...

    nice.. so you were drinking dead birdy water for a while then? :yuck:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Bathroom water always tastes like crap :(

    Not literally. It just tastes bad though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Niiice story mr roll :lol:

    I actually don't like the taste of the upstairs bathroom water in my parents' house (everywhere else I live/stay is a one-floor jobby), although like KHSS said it is like a freshly sprung mountain spring when you wake up in the middle of the night (usually hungover) gasping.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have always found that the water from the bathroom tap at home is sooooo much nicer but I always thought it was just me so glad to know its not!!!

    At my house at university we have three floors and my room and bathroom is on the top floor but the water tastes horrid.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    my bathroom water takes horrible compared to downstairs, think i'll stick to drinking lager personally ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    icey wrote:
    nice.. so you were drinking dead birdy water for a while then? :yuck:
    quite a while.
    every cup of tea ...every meal ...was basically bird soup. feather broth ...pidgeon puddin.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    generally bathroom water comes from the storage tank in the roof space (the old ones are big galvanised steel ones, modern ones are black plastic tanks) which are generally left uncovered .. i see a lot of them in work and i can assure you if you've seen inside many of these it'd put you off drinking bathroom water!

    doesnt stop me tho, i prefer bathroom water too ;p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    morrocan roll wrote:
    quite a while.
    every cup of tea ...every meal ...was basically bird soup. feather broth ...pidgeon puddin.


    Now that's what I call tasty :rolleyes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    z01 wrote:
    generally bathroom water comes from the storage tank in the roof space (the old ones are big galvanised steel ones, modern ones are black plastic tanks) which are generally left uncovered .. i see a lot of them in work and i can assure you if you've seen inside many of these it'd put you off drinking bathroom water!

    doesnt stop me tho, i prefer bathroom water too ;p

    Ew, that's gross! Maybe I should stop my upstairs trek for a glass of water? Then again, maybe I'm getting added nutrients on top of mi flouride...
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Erm... our water comes from a covered tank, we're ok... its fine lol.

    The heating system though... its kindof covered with a huge gap. Full o spiders and other stuff!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The water from my bathroom tastes disgusting in comparison to kitchen water.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Teh_Gerbil wrote:
    Erm... The heating system though... its kindof covered with a huge gap

    eh ?
    :confused:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    mystifymysoul wrote:
    The water from my bathroom tastes disgusting in comparison to kitchen water.

    Well, your house is just weird! Thread responses prove it! lol
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    z01 wrote:
    eh ?
    :confused:
    The radiator water tank. Its covered, but there is a gap. DIAGRAM!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    never knew radiators had water tanks like that..
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    katralla wrote:
    Well, your house is just weird! Thread responses prove it! lol

    I always thought it was a bit dodgy to drink water from the bathroom..dunno why, but I just always thought that. I mean if I am thirsty I'd always go to downstairs to the kitchen instead of just into the bathroom.
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    z01 wrote:
    never knew radiators had water tanks like that..
    Well, ours do, 'cos it be a gravity opperated one. So hte water source needs to be higher.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    and you're absolutely certain that its for radiators and not the hot water for the bathroom ?

    what kind of heating do you have ?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Teh_Gerbil wrote:
    Well, ours do, 'cos it be a gravity opperated one. So hte water source needs to be higher.

    how old is your house

    and did you get this guy to do your home repairs last time you needed anything doing
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    S'not that old. And yes, it is radiators, as when we work on them, we tie up the ballcock. Otherwise it'll refill itself and leak.

    I assume it is in the loft for gravity, anyway. Meh. Either way, its the radiator water. It goes from the tank, gets heated, and into radiator. Somehow... black magic, I say!

    The bathroom water one is nicley sealed off though, which counts.

    Edit: I bet that guy is GREAT at DIY.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I used to like the water from my bathroom taps when i was younger, then i realised that the water storage tank (above my fucking bed in my bedroom) was where it came from. I've been in that cupboard a few times and it's really dirty and the tank is uncovered.

    The noise the running water makes keeps me from getting to sleep :|
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Teh_Gerbil wrote:
    S'not that old. And yes, it is radiators, as when we work on them, we tie up the ballcock. Otherwise it'll refill itself and leak.

    I assume it is in the loft for gravity, anyway. Meh. Either way, its the radiator water. It goes from the tank, gets heated, and into radiator. Somehow... black magic, I say!

    what will refill itself and leak ?
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    z01 wrote:
    what will refill itself and leak ?
    The tank... will refill itself, the water runs down the pipes, and leaks out, when we take out a radiator. So we tie up the ballcock in the tank.
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