Replacing bathroom tap valve

[tellytv]

Need some help, I'm trying to replace the bathroom tap valve it's hardly turning on

I've taken the unscrewed the top

However I'm now using a wrench to try and unscrew the hexagon piece near the top but it's just turning and not coming loose?

any help would be appreciated

 

[footprints]

Put the spanner on the lower hex.

 

[tellytv]

I've put a line around the piece I'm trying to unscrew, however it;s just going around in circles?

is this the right piece to unscrew to remove the valve?

 

[TheBartman]

There's a hex area where the crease is on the tap, like just above the spout. I believe that's what's meant with the other hex, not the area you're trying with!

 

[tellytv]

Thanks for that, never realized it was that part.

Think I'm going to have to replace the taps anyway

any ideas what the difference is between these 2?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deva-TUD01-...78&sr=8-27&keywords=basin+taps#productDetails


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deva-TUD02-...F8&refRID=1KCPSNN2DNK62J3MQYC3#productDetails

 

[mogget]

One's a basin tap and one's a bath tap. Basin taps have 1/2" tails, bath taps usually 3/4".

 

[tellytv]

Many thanks for that, didn't even notice.

 

[footprints]

Worth trying tap revivers lots about some here.
http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=tap+revivers&fh_view_size=20