Trouble removing bath taps

[billybob150811]

if there brass back nuts a sharp metal chisel will split them easier done on a cast iron bath as you,ve got something to push against if its a steel bath i maybe wouldnt try it another possability is to take the tap head off and use a starritt type cutter and go right down through the seating similar to the reamer idea both idea,s are perhaps more suited to someone with a bit of experience as theres no going back my third suggestion is get a plumber its not a job for the faint hearted

 

[SafeGasInstall]

or repair the ones you have and give them a goooooood clean

 

[WaterTight]

now where's the money in that? next you'll be having us repair ballvalves.

has anyone tried any of these thingamies.......

 

[kay-jay]

WT i'm not sure i would buy one of those pipe clamps. i'd be worried about weakening the wall of the pipe! having said that tho it is what they are designed for so perhaps they are ok.

the bearhug whatsit is probably good i been thinking of getting one myself since i've now broke a foot off of 2 crows foot basin/bath wrench's.

stiffnuts kit looks like it could be a lot of messing around. try adding heat to loosen, and if that don't work hacksaw the nut a bit and split it with a chisel, or if you like tinkering i'd sooner use a nut splitter set which is a posh way of doing the same!


KJ

 

[chopper4001]

Again, thanks for the responses. I think I'm just going to take a hacksaw to it. Try and break the nut that holds it to the bath, then take the pipe off at the bottom. Then insert a flexible pipe to the new tap.

[DLMURL="http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&storeId=10151&partNumber=510092&c_3=3|cat_14113450|Pipe+fitting+and+connectors|24510581&c_2=2|cat_16849207|Plumbing|14113450&c_1=1|category_root|Building+and+Hardware|16849207"]Compression Braided Tap Connector - 22mm-0.75in-500mm from Homebase.co.uk[/DLMURL]

Bit of work, and my girlfriend is fretting that she's going to be without a bath forever, but it shouldn't prove too difficult (should it??).

Is there anything I should be concerned about? The pipe obviously needs to retain the earth wire attached to it, but is there anything else? Do those flexible pipes work?

 

[Mikey456]

Use flexi's all the time, they work yes but you dont have to go superhuman when your tightening it up as its a rubber washer

 

[BLOD]

has anyone tried any of these thingamies.......

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I've had a squeeze off tool for a few years now, don't use it that often but on occasion it's been an absolute godsend!
I think it was about £40

 

[Guest123]

Again, thanks for the responses. I think I'm just going to take a hacksaw to it. Try and break the nut that holds it to the bath, then take the pipe off at the bottom. Then insert a flexible pipe to the new tap.

[DLMURL="http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&storeId=10151&partNumber=510092&c_3=3|cat_14113450|Pipe+fitting+and+connectors|24510581&c_2=2|cat_16849207|Plumbing|14113450&c_1=1|category_root|Building+and+Hardware|16849207"]Compression Braided Tap Connector - 22mm-0.75in-500mm from Homebase.co.uk[/DLMURL]
Bit of work, and my girlfriend is fretting that she's going to be without a bath forever, but it shouldn't prove too difficult (should it??).

Is there anything I should be concerned about? The pipe obviously needs to retain the earth wire attached to it, but is there anything else? Do those flexible pipes work?

Only use the WRAS flexis as the other cheap foreign imports are crap and can split, leaving your girlfriend's bath water all over the house. Try Screwfix or Toolstation or better still support your local plumbers merchants.

 

[stevetheplumber]

cut taps of as near to flush to the bath as you can then using a blade cut down inside the tap tailtill you split the nut best done with a repic saw but ive done it with a jigsaw before now or use a blade held in a rag

 

[Paulus]

Flexi tap connectors will reduce the water flow from the taps a bit as their internal diameter is less than copper tube but probably not so you would notice too much. Good luck and be careful.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

unless you twist them

 

[Noxer]

LOL funny enough i just saw this thread I was in the same position as you the other day. the tapnut was a C.U.N.T and wasnt moving no matter what. put your 22mil cutter cut just under the soldered tapnut. Under the backnut washer all the way down to the tapnut. Then pull the tap up and you can saw the threads off with a junior hacksaw thats what I had to do mate.

 

[Unregistered]

if you have managed to get the pipe disconnected from the tap try a long reach 34mm socket with a long arm, will give much better grip and leverage than any plumbing tools otherwise take the angle grinder route

 

[Riley]

Mate thread was from 2011 it's probably sorted by now

 

[Dotty]

Closed for the hell of it.