Help, new kitchen tap

MrsE_2 · 10 May 2008 at 10:45PM

We had an extendable kitchen tap & fancied a similar, but funkier one.

The one we have was fitted when the kitchen was fitted, by the kitchen fitter.

Hubby can't get the old tap off, he can't loosen the nut.

Does he need one of these?

http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=128626

Or this?

http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=135279

The nut is nearly 4 cms

The underneath fittings & hole & nut for the new tap are the same as the old.

The old tap was like one of these type
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Astracast-Finesse-Pull-Out-Kitchen-Tap-Chrome_W0QQitemZ120156457146QQihZ002QQcategoryZ29508QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1723Q2em118Q2el1247

This is the new tap
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330234521822&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=014

What sort of wrench/or other tool does he need:mad:

Failing that, does anyone know a plumber who will fit on Sunday, as he has broken the head off the old tap:mad:

Thank you

Mikeyorks · 10 May 2008 at 11:05PM

Tends to be easier (!) with one of these :-

http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=13182

..... but I would get a plumber in if its that tight. Tends to be easier on the knuckles / temper / marriage. So worth the extra (and you save on the tools / postage!)

MrsE_2 · 10 May 2008 at 11:14PM

Mikeyorks wrote: »

Tends to be easier (!) with one of these :-

http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=13182

..... but I would get a plumber in if its that tight. Tends to be easier on the knuckles / temper / marriage. So worth the extra (and you save on the tools / postage!)

He says there isn't enough room to get something like that up there.

Its a 60cm sink unit, it has 3 plugs for the WM, TD & DW.

Plumbing for the sink, the WM, the DW & the outside tap, so its all quite compact underneath. Tap is mounted at the back right corner.

Hubby is a bit of a hulk, so strength is not a problem (hence him breaking off the spray head trying to re-tighten it:mad: ).

But he can't get a wrench in & up on the nut.

Not much chance of getting a plumber out on a Sunday for any semi reasonable amount:rolleyes:

Thank you

Canucklehead · 11 May 2008 at 8:48AM

Hi

You want the universal type of spanner or ,if you know the exact size of nut, a box spanner like these. http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=15015&MAN=Draper-6-Piece-Metric-Tubular-Box-Spanner-Set
No use if you have pipes in the way though.
Yes you will get a plumber out on a Sunday . As you say it won't be cheap though. I think Plumb1 was going to try working 'out of hours' but he might not be local to you.

Corgi Guy.

weekendwarrior · 11 May 2008 at 8:59AM

It's much easier to remove the sink and then fit the new tap.

MrsE_2 · 11 May 2008 at 8:59AM

Canucklehead wrote: »

Hi

You want the universal type of spanner or ,if you know the exact size of nut, a box spanner like these. http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=15015&MAN=Draper-6-Piece-Metric-Tubular-Box-Spanner-Set
No use if you have pipes in the way though.
Yes you will get a plumber out on a Sunday . As you say it won't be cheap though. I think Plumb1 was going to try working 'out of hours' but he might not be local to you.

Corgi Guy.

Def no room to get any of those up there.

The not is big its 33mm inside the hex (is that right, it is a hex not?)

Outside its 37mm across.

The tap thats comming off has the same fittings as the one thats going on, that how I can measure the nut size so easily.

Its those big monoblock Single Lever style fittings.

MrsE_2 · 11 May 2008 at 9:00AM

weekendwarrior wrote: »

It's much easier to remove the sink and then fit the new tap.

Not when its inset to a fitted kitchen its not.

MrsE_2 · 11 May 2008 at 9:55AM

Mikeyorks wrote: »

Tends to be easier (!) with one of these :-

http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=13182

..... but I would get a plumber in if its that tight. Tends to be easier on the knuckles / temper / marriage. So worth the extra (and you save on the tools / postage!)

I just realised, you can use that vertically as well as horizontally.

Hes off out to buy one.

Thanks

withabix · 11 May 2008 at 9:58AM

It should be easier to take the sink out!

It will have gone in with the tap attached.

Inset sinks are easy to remove by loosening the clamps.

Change the tap, bed the sink back on with sealant and tighten the clamps.

MrsE_2 · 11 May 2008 at 11:03AM

withabix wrote: »

It should be easier to take the sink out!

It will have gone in with the tap attached.

Inset sinks are easy to remove by loosening the clamps.

Change the tap, bed the sink back on with sealant and tighten the clamps.

Its sealed in. I really don't think it would be easier to take the sink out.

MrsE_2 · 11 May 2008 at 12:00PM

Right, sink is out!!!!!!!!!!!

He said nut was still a b1tch to unscrew, even like that, kitchen fitter must have done it that way otherwise he would never have got it so tight.

If my husband had trouble unscrewing it, it must have been stuck fast, hes like the hulk. I don't trust him not to break delicate things with his big hands/shovels. He holds his spoon for cereal like Sherik:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: A cereal spoon looks like a teaspoon in his great big paws:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

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