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I am trying to fit a new tap to an existing downstairs basin, so I turned on the hot tap and went upstairs to the hot water tank to see which pipe was hot and turn off the water (there is a variety of stopcocks by the tank). No matter what I did a considerable trickle of hot water still came out...

Thanks very much Chris. I tried a heat gun for stripping paint to heat the bolt, as you said within a short time it moved easily.

I am trying to change the taps on a basin and cannot undo the nut under the basin securing the old tap. Access is awkward, but I can get a basin wrench onto it. It is a metal nut that I guess has been there about 25 years. I have tried WD40 and gently tapping the tap to loosen it. Any...