To avoid me taking off my bath taps and measuring the tail can someone tell me
the outside diameter of the tail so I know which size holesaw to buy to drill my
new bath .?.............Any tips for doing this ....I'm proposing to protect the
bath with masking tape before I drill the holes ( carefully..lol) ...Anyone done
this before ...was it o.k. ?




Stuart .

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:17:50 +0000, Stuart
wrote:

To avoid me taking off my bath taps and measuring the tail can someone tell me
the outside diameter of the tail so I know which size holesaw to buy to drill my
new bath .?.............Any tips for doing this ....I'm proposing to protect the
bath with masking tape before I drill the holes ( carefully..lol) ...Anyone done
this before ...was it o.k. ?




Stuart .


I should have said .I presume 3/4 "

Stuart wrote:
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:17:50 +0000, Stuart
wrote:

To avoid me taking off my bath taps and measuring the tail can someone tell me
the outside diameter of the tail so I know which size holesaw to buy to drill my
new bath .?.............Any tips for doing this ....I'm proposing to protect the
bath with masking tape before I drill the holes ( carefully..lol) ...Anyone done
this before ...was it o.k. ?




Stuart .


I should have said .I presume 3/4 "
Have you the bath yet? All the ones I have seen have the holes pre drilled.

"Broadback" wrote in message
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Stuart wrote:
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:17:50 +0000, Stuart

wrote:

To avoid me taking off my bath taps and measuring the tail can
someone tell me
the outside diameter of the tail so I know which size holesaw to
buy to drill my
new bath .?.............Any tips for doing this ....I'm proposing
to protect the
bath with masking tape before I drill the holes ( carefully..lol)
....Anyone done
this before ...was it o.k. ?




Stuart .


I should have said .I presume 3/4 "
Have you the bath yet? All the ones I have seen have the holes pre
drilled.

The major diameter of 3/4" bsp is 1.041"

AWEM

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:02:15 +0000, Broadback wrote:

Stuart wrote:
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:17:50 +0000, Stuart
wrote:

To avoid me taking off my bath taps and measuring the tail can someone tell me
the outside diameter of the tail so I know which size holesaw to buy to drill my
new bath .?.............Any tips for doing this ....I'm proposing to protect the
bath with masking tape before I drill the holes ( carefully..lol) ...Anyone done
this before ...was it o.k. ?




Stuart .


I should have said .I presume 3/4 "
Have you the bath yet? All the ones I have seen have the holes pre drilled.

I do have the bath . It is becoming common for baths to have no holes so people
can put the taps along the side of the bath .

Stuart wrote:
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:17:50 +0000, Stuart
wrote:

To avoid me taking off my bath taps and measuring the tail can someone tell me
the outside diameter of the tail so I know which size holesaw to buy to drill my
new bath .?.............Any tips for doing this ....I'm proposing to protect the
bath with masking tape before I drill the holes ( carefully..lol) ...Anyone done
this before ...was it o.k. ?




Stuart .


I should have said .I presume 3/4 "

Use hole saw with central drill bit.
Choose piece of wooden plank that is thicker than the distance between
the
tip of the central drill bit and the hole saw cutting blade.
Drill hole in plank with hole saw.
Clamp plywood to bath with hole in desired location.
Place hole saw in planken hole and cut hole for taps.
Not much can go wrong if you do that.
If you dont want to use the plank, drill successively larger holes for
the central drill bit,
so the hole centre will not wander.
Simon.

"Stuart" wrote in message
...
To avoid me taking off my bath taps and measuring the tail can someone
tell me
the outside diameter of the tail so I know which size holesaw to buy to
drill my
new bath .?.............Any tips for doing this ....I'm proposing to
protect the
bath with masking tape before I drill the holes ( carefully..lol)
...Anyone done
this before ...was it o.k. ?


Just done the very same thing myself, I used a 32mm Starret hole saw with a
central pilot drill. I marked the hole centres on a piece of masking tape
stuck to the bath (for clarity of markings that's all). I then drilled the
holes, firstly with a 5mm drill bit and then did the final holes with the
Starret saw and pilot drill. As it was a VERY expensive bath (in
proportion) I was a bit 'scared' at first but it all went well and the bath
is now installed.

HTH

John

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:08:35 -0000, John wrote:

"Stuart" wrote in message
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Just done the very same thing myself, I used a 32mm Starret hole saw with a
central pilot drill. I marked the hole centres on a piece of masking tape
stuck to the bath (for clarity of markings that's all). I then drilled the
holes, firstly with a 5mm drill bit and then did the final holes with the
Starret saw and pilot drill. As it was a VERY expensive bath (in
proportion) I was a bit 'scared' at first but it all went well and the bath
is now installed.

Exactly the same here, just used an average hole saw. Practising lots of
times on the old bath helps to perfect the technique and check the hole
size is good.

Steve

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:55:30 GMT, Steve wrote:

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:08:35 -0000, John wrote:

"Stuart" wrote in message
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[9 quoted lines suppressed]


Just done the very same thing myself, I used a 32mm Starret hole saw with a
central pilot drill. I marked the hole centres on a piece of masking tape
stuck to the bath (for clarity of markings that's all). I then drilled the
holes, firstly with a 5mm drill bit and then did the final holes with the
Starret saw and pilot drill. As it was a VERY expensive bath (in
proportion) I was a bit 'scared' at first but it all went well and the bath
is now installed.

Exactly the same here, just used an average hole saw. Practising lots of
times on the old bath helps to perfect the technique and check the hole
size is good.

Steve

Thx for the tips guys ..

Stuart .