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Removing bath taps, how!?
I am replacing (well trying to replace) the taps on our bath. The
side of the bath came off very easily and everything is very neat and tidy underneath. However I cant see any realistic way to remove the unions which attach the 22mm copper feeds to the taps. Although easy to see and get a hand to etc. there is little clearance between the end of the bath and the wall so a correct size open ended spanner does no good as there's no space to turn it. 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. I think the taps must have been assembled to the bath before it was put in place and then the pipes were soldered. The only thing I can think of that might get the nuts undone would be a 'crows foot' spanner, does anyone know of any suppliers of these who would have sizes suitable for plumbing? The nut I want to undo would seem to be 1.125" across flats. Or does anyone have any other ideas? -- Chris Green |
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