My solution was a bit cheaper but probably just as effective. I turned up a
couple of S/H Snap-On "crows-foot" spanners on e-bay in the US - and pushed
the ratchet, extension bars and UJ from a knackered old 3/8ths socket set
back into service. I now have one HELL of a tap spanner!

I think I paid about $13 for each including postage - which is a bargain
really as Snap-On stuff fetches silly prices over here, even when used.


"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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On 05/06/2011 15:06, 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...7187765&sr=8-2

and one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-C...7187816&sr=8-7

some of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-35373...7188169&sr=1-7

and finally, one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-W...188342&sr=1-25

but, you still can not get up inside the basin to the tap fixing nut
because
all the tools you have seem to be too big or is it the basin isn't big
enough, and the tap itself will not turn on the sink.

Apart from smashing the sink, which kind of defeats the object of the
excercise, how does one get the illusive tap fixing nut off.

Would love to know how others approach and solve this problem.

You spend an outrageous sum of money on a set of these;


http://www.screwfix.com/p/armeg-jaw-...mbing%20Wrench

They are worth every penny. You can have mine when you pry them from my
cold dead hands....

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