Help and advice

Sometimes there is as much risk of scalding from water in wash hand basins as there is with the bath. This risk can be reduced by mixing the hot and cold water by putting the plug in the basin and in the long term, installing a thermostatic valve or thermostatic taps.

Healthy adult skin requires only 30 seconds of exposure to water at 55 degrees centigrade before third-degree burning occurs. At 70 degrees centigrade burning occurs in less than a second.

Click this link to read information on thermostatic controls.