Is your hot water safe?

Each year, too many children are needlessly scalded by hot tap water. In Australia alone, well over one thousand children attend hospital for treatment, resulting in over 300 admissions. Many require an extended stay, with some receiving skin grafts.

Because the family bathroom accounts for 80% of all hot tap scalds, the law now requires all new hot water services installed in Australia to have a temperature regulator fitted. This limits the hot water delivered to the bathroom, to no more than 50?C, which your skin can tolerate for 5 minutes before any damage occurs. However, it only takes one half of a second for our normal hot tap water of 65?C, to inflict full thickness burns to your body.

There are no similar requirements to have temperature regulators fitted to existing homes. These can be expensive and difficult to fit, usually requiring extra pipe to be connected from the hot water unit to your bathroom.

Whilst there is no substitute for parents supervising their children in the bathroom, StickySignz have tackled the problem of scald prevention from a different angle- educating the user.

Safe Tap Tags are made from waterproof polypropylene and designed for use with wall mounted bath & shower taps. They feature arrow graphics that clearly indicate water temperature and flow, and fit neatly between the tap flange and the wall.

Great for kids and adults bathing & showering.

Safe Tap Tags are created and used by an Australian mum, to keep her own kids safe.