mixer tap in kitchen

young plum · 12 Sep 2006

Hi i was asked to change some mixer taps for a friend.
I went round turned all water off unconnected the flexis from the copper pipe went to undo the tap and instead of being a copper rod underneath..It was black and plastic so i put my screwdriver in to turn it and it would not turn at all it just took bits away. I then put a socket thing on it not sure what it is called but has different sizes on each end and that also did not work
I fitted my own last week and it came off easy what is the problem with this one
Thanks for any help

young plum · 12 Sep 2006

It is called box spanner and this did not work either

JohnD · 12 Sep 2006

I don't understand what the copper rod is for. Is it a tap spindle? Or is it the nut underneath the deck that holds the tap in place?

bster · 12 Sep 2006

if the nut is plastic - break it off and the taps should slide out.

ChrisR · 12 Sep 2006

It'll probably be a long plastic tube/rod with either an internal thread at the top, or a nut embedded in the end.
Mole grips?
Heat your box spanner and force it on melting the thing?

young plum · 12 Sep 2006

THANKS for all the advice i have tried grips but i cant move anything due to it being so compact I dont understand why it is black as you usually get gold metal ones

JohnD · 12 Sep 2006

young plum said:
THANKS for all the advice i have tried grips but i cant move anything due to it being so compact I dont understand why it is black as you usually get gold metal ones

Please tell us what it is.

Is it on top? under the deck? Under the tops of the taps?

Is it like a nut? Or a screw? Or a sleeve? Or what?

ChrisR · 13 Sep 2006

Y'know John, monobloc tap, you get a long bit of studding poking down through the C shaped washer and plate thing, with like a very long nut on the studding. Some cheap taps have a plastic bodied "long nut".

young plum · 14 Sep 2006

thats what i was talking about thanks chris
So how do i undo this black thing I have tried box spanner but it just turns and black thing stays still i tried screw driver and it still wouldnt budge
Is the best way now to take the sink out so i canget at the taps,If so how do you do this
Thanks again

JohnD · 14 Sep 2006

If it's a sleeve nut, and it's made of plastic, and it's on an old tap that you intend to bin, I'd be looking at the hacksaw and the angle grinder. You could try a mole or slip pliers on the sleeve and the stud might come out of the tap body.

Softus · 15 Sep 2006

Use one of these:

and then get a new basin.

I believe is the expression is Job Done.

Or you could remove the basin so that you can get at the frustrating thing properly. I attended a job with an older and wiser mate recently, and watched hom swear for a full half hour while trying to undo a seized brass basin tap backnut with a Monument basin wrench. About 5 minutes in, I had said, quite quietly, "lets take the basin off". 25 minutes later we took the basin off.

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