new mixer tap - fitting problem

[DoctorC]

evenin' all,

i am plumbing in a new tap into a new kitchen.

The tap is a FRANKE Olympus tap.

The problem is that the threaded rod that connects the tap to the underside of the sink / worktop is too short.

The sink is 25mm thick (ceramic) planted on top of a 40mm timber worktop, so the tap has to go through both - 65mm just to get the thread in the clear.

Can i get longer threaded rod sections without buying a non-stainless one from B&Q and bodging it together?

make sense?

 

[seco services]

you can buy a length of studding and make one to your own length

 

[tomy]

Or you can cut more out of the worktop so the tap only clamps to the sink and that would make it fit as its supposed to.

 

[DoctorC]

Or you can cut more out of the worktop so the tap only clamps to the sink and that would make it fit as its supposed to.

i had discounted this for a couple of reasons i wont bore you with, but think i will re-investigate. Now that it is all in, it is more solid than anticipated, so can probably take a good bit more hacking for a larger hole.

hey ho

thanks