Threaded rod for tap
We have a kitchen tap which was held in place in the draining board with
two threaded rods. One end of each rod went into the tap base, the other had a nut on which was screwed up against a plate to spread the load across the underside of the draining board. The tap now needs to be mounted on a 30mm quartz worktop and the screwed rods are too short so I need to find longer ones. They are ~6mm in diameter but I don't know what to look for in terms of thread size. Is there a standard 'kitchen-tap-threaded-rod'? -- F |
Threaded rod for tap
F wrote:
We have a kitchen tap which was held in place in the draining board with two threaded rods. One end of each rod went into the tap base, the other had a nut on which was screwed up against a plate to spread the load across the underside of the draining board. The tap now needs to be mounted on a 30mm quartz worktop and the screwed rods are too short so I need to find longer ones. They are ~6mm in diameter but I don't know what to look for in terms of thread size. Is there a standard 'kitchen-tap-threaded-rod'? Most likely to be M6. Measure the pitch over many threads. M6 has a 1mm pitch. Bob |
Threaded rod for tap
On 30/01/2012 20:25, Bob Minchin wrote:
F wrote: We have a kitchen tap which was held in place in the draining board with two threaded rods. One end of each rod went into the tap base, the other had a nut on which was screwed up against a plate to spread the load across the underside of the draining board. The tap now needs to be mounted on a 30mm quartz worktop and the screwed rods are too short so I need to find longer ones. They are ~6mm in diameter but I don't know what to look for in terms of thread size. Is there a standard 'kitchen-tap-threaded-rod'? Most likely to be M6. Measure the pitch over many threads. M6 has a 1mm pitch. Bob Have you tried 6mm studding? -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
Threaded rod for tap
On 30/01/2012 20:25 Bob Minchin wrote:
F wrote: We have a kitchen tap which was held in place in the draining board with two threaded rods. One end of each rod went into the tap base, the other had a nut on which was screwed up against a plate to spread the load across the underside of the draining board. The tap now needs to be mounted on a 30mm quartz worktop and the screwed rods are too short so I need to find longer ones. They are ~6mm in diameter but I don't know what to look for in terms of thread size. Is there a standard 'kitchen-tap-threaded-rod'? Most likely to be M6. Measure the pitch over many threads. M6 has a 1mm pitch. Looks like 1mm pitch to me: thanks! -- F |
Threaded rod for tap
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:21:26 +0000, F news@nowhere wrote:
On 30/01/2012 20:25 Bob Minchin wrote: F wrote: We have a kitchen tap which was held in place in the draining board with two threaded rods. One end of each rod went into the tap base, the other had a nut on which was screwed up against a plate to spread the load across the underside of the draining board. The tap now needs to be mounted on a 30mm quartz worktop and the screwed rods are too short so I need to find longer ones. They are ~6mm in diameter but I don't know what to look for in terms of thread size. Is there a standard 'kitchen-tap-threaded-rod'? Most likely to be M6. Measure the pitch over many threads. M6 has a 1mm pitch. Looks like 1mm pitch to me: thanks! Use either brass or stainless steel replacement, rather than just zinc-coated steel :-) -- Frank Erskine |
Threaded rod for tap
On 30/01/2012 23:50 Frank Erskine wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:21:26 +0000, Fnews@nowhere wrote: On 30/01/2012 20:25 Bob Minchin wrote: F wrote: We have a kitchen tap which was held in place in the draining board with two threaded rods. One end of each rod went into the tap base, the other had a nut on which was screwed up against a plate to spread the load across the underside of the draining board. The tap now needs to be mounted on a 30mm quartz worktop and the screwed rods are too short so I need to find longer ones. They are ~6mm in diameter but I don't know what to look for in terms of thread size. Is there a standard 'kitchen-tap-threaded-rod'? Most likely to be M6. Measure the pitch over many threads. M6 has a 1mm pitch. Looks like 1mm pitch to me: thanks! Use either brass or stainless steel replacement, rather than just zinc-coated steel :-) Thanks, I've got stainless on the way. -- F |
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