Tightening a Hot Tap :(

fatboypee

Hi,

Got an issue with three of my hot taps where they were not tightened correctly before the basin was fitted / hot water loosened the nut ? space is tight on all 3 and as such a normal spanner / adjustable is not working?

Is there a tool plumbers use that I can get that will do this ?

Sorry if its a thick Question..

thanks.

mp22

http://www.arro.ie/Products/Faithfull-BW1-Basin-Wrench__FAIBW1.aspx
this might help

Joey the lips

mp22 wrote: »

http://www.arro.ie/Products/Faithfull-BW1-Basin-Wrench__FAIBW1.aspx
this might help

Thats exactly the job. It works on the horzontal and vertical.

fatboypee

dy'evva get one of them D'oh moments ? I get several, this is purely the latest , back in the days of yore, me old man was a plumber, in his toolbag was just such an object I never knew what it was for :eek: ... needless to say, he's not a plumber anymore and his kit is loooong gone


Thanks for the help I shall go and get one....

Buford T Justice

fatboypee wrote: »

dy'evva get one of them D'oh moments ? I get several, this is purely the latest , back in the days of yore, me old man was a plumber, in his toolbag was just such an object I never knew what it was for :eek: ... needless to say, he's not a plumber anymore and his kit is loooong gone


Thanks for the help I shall go and get one....

Yeah, I have them all the time... All the frikkin time....:)

ricman

this can be used at an angle ,
see here basin spanner,http://www.toolware.co.nz/results.php?category=6&secondary=31
10 to 19mm, or ten to 32mm size.depends on which one you get ,small, or larger 1.

astrofool

Brooks have them (brooks.ie) I went to chadwicks before, and they hadn't heard of them, and just happened to see them when I was getting something else in Brooks (heat merchants do them to).

For one of the jobs (around the house), I had to use both the basin spanner, and the telescopic claw like spanner, when even the basin spanner didn't fit.

Joey the lips

ricman wrote: »

this can be used at an angle ,
see here basin spanner,http://www.toolware.co.nz/results.php?category=6&secondary=31
10 to 19mm, or ten to 32mm size.depends on which one you get ,small, or larger 1.

This is what i got for the job. Its also good.

martin46585

check out a 27mm/32mm box spanner, really good for reaching up in under the basin, and plenty of turning power without the slipping of the basin wrench, though you will have to disconnect the flexi hoses to use.........