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  1. R

    Removing cloakroom basin waste - no backnut present ?

    Removing basin waste - no backnut present ? I want to replace both the tap and the waste in the cloakroom basin - the tap is showing corrosion though it still works fine. Waste is OK but needs to be changed to a click-clack type because new tap will not have the incorporated button/lever which...
  2. B

    How to remove seized tap backnut

    Hello all, Can anyone suggest a good way of relieving this hot water tap of its backnut? The nut's quite firmly seized to the thread. Have so far tried scraping the crud out of the nut then spraying with WD-40, tapping with a hammer, applying with a heat gun and, of course, brute force...
  3. P

    Backnut Socket Question???

    Had to change a couple of monoblock taps a while ago and struggled to do the job untill I bought a set of cheap box spanners.. Although the spanners worked, I would prefer to use sockets where possible. I have now found some 80mm deep reach sockets on line and I am wondering if they would be...
  4. S

    Replacement of Backnut on Basin Pillar Tap

    The plastic backnut on my bathroom basin pillar tap (cold water) broke in half after 4 years. I think it's a 'Kingston 1/2" Basin Pillar Tap' and think it's a 3/4" 19mm nut. Can I replace with a brass backnut Plumbsure Brass Flange Threaded Backnut (Dia)19mm | DIY at B&Q -...
  5. velorucion

    "Open" Backnut Spanner

    Hi there! We've got a kitchen tap with a big backnut that keeps on getting loose. As it is already installed, our plumber had the tool in the pictures to tighten it. He said it came with a tap that he'd ordered. Anyone would know where to find such a tool? Dropbox - WhatsApp Image 2018-11-28...
  6. R

    Backnut brass wastes vs top screw version

    Wednesday: my day off. I've long been fitting the brass bodied type of waste with the loose overflow connexion and backnut in the belief that they would have superior flow to the plastic-bodied type with a set-screw down the middle that holds the two halves together. Today I removed the...
  7. leelister6

    Basin/bath backnut spanners

    Can find absolutely nothing to fit some of the older backnuts or the newer ones which Bristan seem to be fitting. Me old Record crowsfoot too big, no room for basin wrench, bought a box spanner from toolstation and it's a couple of mm too big so gonna end up rounding the nut off. Anyone got any...
  8. turnpin

    New backnut design?.....

    Replaced some Douglas Delabie non concussive taps today they came with these new backnuts ....well new to me anyway found them good but they could have been thicker but they worked well ......regards Turnpin:yesnod:
  9. M

    seized backnut on basin cold tap

    Hi Everyone, Im needing some needing some help with a seized brass backnut on a basin tap which wont budge iv tried everything with correct tools bain wrench ect. Iv sprayed with WD let it soak but still no luck, the hot tap came off in the end but this one is doing my head in. Had my cutting...
  10. jaydebruyne

    First Job

    I'm going to look at a job on Thursday but I wanted to run it past you first. They're friends of my girlfriend and have said they've already had a plumber out who stated he couldn't fix it as he'd end up cracking the granite worktop. The tap body is loose, the whole tap turns. I'm thinking the...
  11. S

    Help needed to find backnut

    Hi, I fitted a large kitchen tap which came with a horrible plastic collar to fix it in place. The inevitable has happened and I can't find a replacement. I have tried to find a backnut as a stronger replacement with no joy. It looks to be 1 inch nut with a fine thread (not BSP). Does anyone...
  12. N

    large size box spanners

    anybody know where i can get box spanners for for 1 1/4 -1 1/2 waste nuts , i have had a couple of jobs lately where access was tight and it would have been a lot easier with a box spanner i struggled with a large claw on my basin wrench
  13. A

    Sink with 11/4" waste outlet? Any adapters?

    Hi all, I don't normally do much plumbing, I just do boiler repairs in my daily work. But I'm moving around a stand alone sink unit at my in-laws house and I've hit a problem. I bought fittings for 11/2" and expected them to fit. But the waste outlet is 11/4". I want to use a 11/2" trap with...
  14. V

    Cylinder Leak at backnut

    Hello Fellas , Some advice please . I fitted a new indirect cyl to a customers system about 3 months ago and it is now leaking very slowly from around the top coil fitting . Not the one I put on , but from behind the backnut around the thread . I have searched previouse posts and it...
  15. P

    Backnut box spanner

    We all know that the standard tap backnut box spanner wont fit the brass 1/2" backnuts it just slips. I've got round this problem by hammering down the end into an elongated hex shape, this provides a snug fit for the 1/2" brass nuts (new & old). Then buy another backnut box spanner for the...
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