On 02/11/2020 23:07, Jedzi wrote:

Thanks for all of the responses - much appreciated and gives me a lot more confidence to tackle the job. I hadn't appreciate that new taps are still sold in imperial.

In terms of getting the old tap off, I can see that is very likely to be a problem. Tricks I'm aware of: penetrating oil, light tap with a hammer, heat, Please let me know if there's anything else.

One quick question on that: am I likely to be better off with a fixed or adjustable basin wrench?

Given the price of them, buy one of each to be on the safe side...

Often I find the backnut on the tap easier with the fixed type, and tap
connector on the pipe easier with the automatic type.


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Cheers,

John.

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