Last Updated: 1 December 2016

[WAF 11,215] Hot water taps38 

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No tap used for the purpose of drawing hot water shall be fixed at a greater distance (measured along the axis of the pipe by which the tap is supplied) from a hot water apparatus or hot water cistern, cylinder or tank, or from a flow and return system, than the distance appropriate to the largest internal diameter of any part of the said pipe as shown in the following table—

TABLE

Largest Internal diameter of pipeDistance in feet
Not exceeding.........................¾ inch40
Exceeding ¾ inch but not exceeding.........................1 inch25
Exceeding.........................1 inch10