On 29/12/2017 17:31, Andrew wrote:
On 28/12/2017 21:51, Adrian Brentnall wrote:
On 28/12/2017 19:08, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:03:02 +0000, Adrian Brentnall
wrote:
I'm glad it's not just me! g

I might dig out my strap wrench (or similar) and give it a go.
After all - it'll take another week before online folks are back at
work, and then it'll be another week before the new item gets to
Ireland
from the UK..... - so it's probably worth a punt.

Step one - see if the covers can be removed - they've been made
helpfully conical, so getting a decent grip on them will be a
challenge!

Thanks
Adrian

Another tip, as well as turning off the water, put the plug in the
hole (saves having to crawl about under the sink uncoupling the waste
trap, to recover that little screw with the totally unique thread and
diameter)!


Good thought. One of those 'obvious after the fact' things g
Thanks


As Peter Parry would probably point out, it's at this point you discover
that the gate valve that shuts off the supply from the hot tank to the
kitchen tap is seized solid.

At which point the more prudent, would stick a bung into the outlet pipe
of the cold cistern ;-)


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Cheers,

John.

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