GMM wrote:
On 11 Dec, 17:42, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
GMM wrote:
On 11 Dec, 09:49, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
GMM wrote:
Finally getting to fitting the sink in my d/stairs bog. The sink
is a B+Q 'to go' cloakroom job with a single tap hole while the
tap is a mixer supplied with a Hyco vented water heater (looks
like a monobloc but the hot control lets water through to the
heater, displacing water from the heater unit).

Anyway, the hole in the sink is slightly conical at the top, while
the base of the tap has a rubber O-ring. When I tighten the bolt
that holds it all together, the tap slips out of the vertical into
the dished/conical top of the hole, so won't sit straight. I don't
think there's anything missing from the kit - it's more likely
that the B+Q sink is carp - and the only way I can see to keep
things right is to put something between the tap and the sink to
stop it, for example a flat plastic washer. This looks like a
bodge, even though the washer is translucent, but I could try
trimming it once the whole thing's in place. Alternatively, I
could be missing something here so I thought I'd post and ask if
anyone had come across this problem and had a better solution.

These should do the
jobhttp://www.screwfix.com/prods/34550/Plumbing/Plumbing-Accessories/Spl...

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Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Sadly the box (and probably the receipt) has long gone so no going
back to the orange shed!

Dave - Do you reckon they would go into the top and keep things
steady? Only it says they're not for monobloc taps (which I would
have got the most benefit from that type of washer).

Sorry, I didn't read your post properly, didn't notice the monoblock
bit.



As far as I can see, the problem is a combination of the top of the
sink, where the tap meets it, not being flat and the fact that
monobloc-design taps are held in place by an offset stud and not.
Tightening generates an uneven force which, in this case, makes the
base of the tap slip onto the 'ole, kinda skew. If the tightening
pressure was even, I'd expect the tap to burrow a little into the
conical hole and settle there but the best I can get it is sort of
metastable, ie, it looks right, it's tight, then you touch it and
the whole thing slips!

Any chance of a picky or a link?

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Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Finally managed to shoot it (not in any sense artistically) with my
phone and post at


This (in case it's not clear!) is the tap from the underside lying in
the sink - the hole in the sink visible at the top of the pic,
although the taper in the top of the hole isn't over-clear.

Any help, Dave?

See what you mean. How about this?
http://www.splitklick.com/monoblocsk4product.html

Seems designed for the job.

Never seen them on sale, but they have a list of stockists and I'm sure an
e-mail might get a sample sent :-)


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk