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bossymoo

Oh gosh how awful! I do think there is a minimum temperature though, is it 58deg? I remember the plumber telling us when we had a new bathroom fitted. Some bugs or other.

Hope your dgs is ok, poor little fella. Maybe get some of that antibacterial hand gel until he's feeling a bit better about things (not to rub on the scald, though)

C_Mababejive

The standard setting for cylinder thermostats is recommended to be 60 c.

Tiddlywinks

Oh, for goodness sake - is there any permanent physical damage?

Perhaps encourage your grandson to use the cold water tap for a while instead or simply help him for the next few times until he accepts that the hot water is safe.

Why didn't you specify to the engineer that you wanted a low temperature? Why didn't you check that the work was completed to your satisfaction? Blame works both ways sometimes.

Hermione_Granger

45c isn't hot enough to kill many types of bacteria/viruses which is why 60c is the recommended temperature.

Unless your boiler service engineer had been made aware of your wish to have the temperature below 60c, then they haven't really done anything wrong by adjusting it, although it might have been an idea if they did tell you about this.

DevCoder

An article you might want to read (it's US based but legionella isn't picky about the countries it chooses to reside in). You can get anti scald devices which allows the boiler to operate at 60 degrees but restrict tap temperature to 49 degrees.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2094925/

Oliver14

I'm pretty sure legally they have to set boilers at that temperature.

pimento

It has to be 60 degrees to kill the Legionella bacteria.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/team-monitoring-legionnaires-outbreak-to-appear-before-scottish-parliament-committee-7869312.html

upsadaisy

My children have been taught that hot water taps are for grown ups only! Maybe you should try that.

Jeff_Bridges_hair

upsadaisy wrote: »

My children have been taught that hot water taps are for grown ups only! Maybe you should try that.

Seems the OP isnt grown up enough to leave the original post intact so how can they instill this to their kids.

I get the jist of the thread now though. Irresponsible parent wants to blame someone else for something they done - Im guessing putting their bairns in a hot bath without checking first.

Looksguywalker

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

Seems the OP isnt grown up enough to leave the original post intact so how can they instill this to their kids.

I get the jist of the thread now though. Irresponsible parent wants to blame someone else for something they done - Im guessing putting their bairns in a hot bath without checking first.

From memory:

Grandparents had boiler serviced. Service Engineer adjusted hot water thermostat to 60 degrees C (was set at 40 ish). Grandson stuck hands in now hotter water and was scalded (allegedly).


Grandparent took huff as he hasn't been advised by anyone on MSE to sue service guy?