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I have a 'washbasin wrench' which can be persuaded to get hold of the
union nuts but there's no way I can get enough purchase in the
wrench's handle to actually undo the nuts.

If the wash basin wrench is gripping the nut OK try locking a pair of
mole grips onto the shaft/tommy bar to give a bit more levereage. If
that's doesn't shift it, use a stilson wrench to turn the tap itself[1]
using the basin spanner and mole wrench to stop the coupling nut
turning, you can often get the mole wrench to press up against the wall
to stop it turning.

[1] assuming you don't want to reuse it

No, I'm not aiming to reuse it. However this does assume that I can
turn the tap, there is a separate nut holding the tap onto the bath,

IME they turn, unless it's the old type of bath with a square hole and
the tap also has the matching square body.


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