Labour costs of replacing faulty tap

bazster

They're right, it is a simple DIY job.

mynameistallulah

bazster wrote: »

They're right, it is a simple DIY job.

Yep, I agree, even a dizzy female type like me can do it!

meer53

noelphobic wrote: »

Don't suppose you live on Merseyside by any remote chance do you?

Sorry, in Yorkshire !

noelphobic

bazster wrote: »

They're right, it is a simple DIY job.

That's a matter of opinion and all my attempts at DIY have ended in disaster, so I prefer not to take the chance any more. If it was that simple then no one would ever pay a plumber to do it and I'm sure that loads of people do.

bazster

noelphobic wrote: »

That's a matter of opinion and all my attempts at DIY have ended in disaster, so I prefer not to take the chance any more. If it was that simple then no one would ever pay a plumber to do it and I'm sure that loads of people do.

Loads of people pay "tradesmen" to do lots of things that with an iota of common sense and a moiety of patience they could easily do themselves.

I'm not a plumber, have no plumbing training, and I can replace a tap easy-peasy.

noelphobic

bazster wrote: »

I'm not a plumber, have no plumbing training, and I can replace a tap easy-peasy.

Let me know what time you'll be round and I'll put the kettle on

Bettie

noelphobic wrote: »

That's a matter of opinion and all my attempts at DIY have ended in disaster, so I prefer not to take the chance any more. If it was that simple then no one would ever pay a plumber to do it and I'm sure that loads of people do.

Sounds like me! i have a mono tap ready to be changed on my sink. after waiting months for someone to do it I thought I'd try myself as I did pillar taps ok before, the new one doesn't seem like the old one and it's hard to see up behind the sink. I switched the water off and tried but eventually gave up, then struggled to get the water back on. All pipes are now banging when I turn taps off, and there's a slight leak somewhere :eek:. mentioned it to a customer at work. " oh you need a special tool to get them sort out"
Still waiting for a plumber/handyman.

bazster

Bettie wrote: »

mentioned it to a customer at work. " oh you need a special tool to get them sort out"

I recently fitted a lovely new mono kitchen tap, it did need a special tool, it's called a "spanner".

Sometimes you need a special "spanner" because you can't get in there with a conventional "spanner".

Something like this:

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Hand%20Tools/Plumbers%20Tools/Basin%20Wrench/d10/sd210/p26461

Or this:

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Hand%20Tools/Plumbers%20Tools/Adjustable%20Basin%20Wrench/d10/sd210/p81935

They are slightly cheaper than a plumber.

Bettie

bazster wrote: »

I recently fitted a lovely new mono kitchen tap, it did need a special tool, it's called a "spanner".

Sometimes you need a special "spanner" because you can't get in there with a conventional "spanner".

Something like this:

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Hand%20Tools/Plumbers%20Tools/Basin%20Wrench/d10/sd210/p26461

Or this:

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Hand%20Tools/Plumbers%20Tools/Adjustable%20Basin%20Wrench/d10/sd210/p81935

They are slightly cheaper than a plumber.

:rotfl:
I have in the past fitted taps and a cistern plus various other plumbing jobs. Is a basin wrench the same as a box spanner? I have plenty of tools here but none fit this thing. Two people, one online one off have told me two different things to buy.
Oh and I fitted a garden tap once, worked perfectly but when a plumber came and I stupidly mentioned it he said he'd report me to someone or other as I hadn't followed the rules and regs. :rotfl:
After reading this http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/monoblock.htm I will await a plumber, I saw the "fiddly" word and that's me out!
Sticking to my crochet!

bazster

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Hand%20Tools/Plumbers%20Tools/Mono%20Tap%20Back%20Nut%20Box%20Spanner/d10/sd210/p16973

Could also try it with a socket set, although it might not fit as sockets are a bit fatter than box spanners.