Has anyone got a top tip

[buck51]

For removing old B.S.1010 w.h.basin taps, with the square lugs, and fitted into square holes with putty???

I have tried all the usual tools, but can't budge the back nuts.
Other than cutting and grinding the top of the tap off, What options do I have?

And please don't suggest, tap restorer kits. I am looking to remove the taps,


Thank in advance

 

[seco services]

As you suggest cut them off.

 

[Phill Peck]

18 inch stilsons on tap and 18 inch spanner on bottom of box spanner

New basin?

 

[buck51]

Sorry but your not getting any Brownie points for that
Gasservice 1895,

 

[HERTS P&D]

A hammer?

Andy

 

[leakydave]

Have you tried a little heat on the back nut?

 

[buck51]

Come on i'm not after the scrap, im looking to preserve the basin!!

 

[buck51]

When the tap tail is in a ressece about 3 to 4 inch deep it a bit difficult to just apply heat to the back nut only.

 

[Nige F]

I cut a hole in an asbestos mat and fitted it over the tap against the ceramic of the basin - then heated the tap from above I still have the mat with the hole in it

 

[Nige F]

A hammer?

Or a Brummy Spanner

 

[buck51]

Does that work? I would have thought the tail would expand more than the back nut! as more heat to tail.
How did you get the mat over the spout.

I Have in the past removed the bonnet of the tap and applied heat direct into the tap to no avail,
ie The whb split

 

[Symptoms]

buck - use a hot-air paint stripper to heat the offenders up (this'll not only 'soften' the "putty" {which might be decades old plumbers mate} but also introduce a bit of expansion to break the tap/nut jam) then apply a box-spanner to the back nuts AND a Stiltson to the tap body. IMO a box spanner is less likely to slip than a basin wrench, plus extra welly can be applies via an extended tommy-bar.

 

[DeltaT2]

I read on a forum thread somewhere that these Bearhug wrenches are good, not tried one myself though. Too much heat & you may smash the basin.

Cut the slot in the backnut with a Dremel, if you can get it in? Then use a hammer & slotted screwdriver to open up the backnut.

 

[Jake1886]

Got a set of jaw-droppers, they have been pretty handy.

OP have you tried using a penetrating spray (rocol) or crack-it release spray on the backnuts? Maybe worth a try.

 

[gaswizzard]

Hit the spout lightly back and forth with a hammer a few times , this will loosen the red lead/plaster or putty that was used to set them in..............................if the basin breaks then buy a new one.