Changing mixer tap - do I need to renew the fittings too?

Working_in_pyjamas

NSG666 said:

One of the benefits of push-fit is that the fitting and pipe can turn in relation to each other. If you undo the 'nut', the whole fitting should rotate on the copper pipe infinitely. It sounds like the old fitting was difficult to remove because it was scaled up and if you didn't clean up the end of the copper pipe a bit before fitting the new tap connector the crud could be stopping the fitting turning on the pipe.

Ah right, in fairness I haven’t tried to remove the new one as all I knew was the old one didn’t rotate so thought that was normal behaviour.

I can’t face doing it tonight (the saga took hours and included me knocking the tub which I’d put under the tap to collect the stray water all over myself) but will give it a go another day and hopefully have a shiny new tap that doesn’t drip AND is flush to the deck 

plumb1_2

Working_in_pyjamas said:

See my post above, not sure if I have rare/dodgy tap connectors but it can’t be undone without removing the connector?!

Yes it will see post above