On Jun 5, 3:06*pm, "the_constructor"
wrote:
I am quite sure that many people have come across this at some time.

You want to replace the taps on the bathroom basin. You don't wish to get a
plumber in for financial reasons or fear of getting well and truly ripped
off (they're not all crooks), so you decide to have a go yourself......

An easy job, or is it.?

Disconnecting the water pipes is easy, providing you have remembered to turn
the water off first. You have one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-C...n-Wrench/dp/B0...

You can buy tap spanner exactly for this purpose. the spanner bit is
perpendicular to a long shaft so yo ucan rech right up into the basin
and grip the nut. Search for "tap spanner" on ebay and you'll find
many types. With these you can tighten the nut while the tap is
still connected to the pipe.

Robert