jaw dropping spanner

[Dunktheplumber]

If anyone has trouble removing taps get yourself a jaw dropping spanner. I got mine from Screwfix for £50. It sounds like a lot of money but the time it saves you swearing at them its well worth it.

 

[Barry98]

nice tip do you work for screw fix , welcome to the forum, have fun

 

[secret squirrel]

I read a post a long time ago about these spanners and decided to go and get a set, they've got me out of trouble a couple of times, I don't know where I got them though but I'm a cheap skate and didn't pay that for them....

Still doesn't stop me swearing though. I just swear at something else now....

 

[Barry98]

its not plumbing if your not swearing at something

 

[dontknowitall]

Mine broke.

Sent them to Armeg with a small covering letter and within a week they sent me a brand new set!!!

Amazing customer service and I was very grateful. All I'd asked for was a local supplier and, hopefully, a discount voucher for a new set.

 

[Barry98]

i did that with my paramo smock it hag got the smallest hole in the back off some ash , from a fire i asked if the could patch it up/repair and i was happy to pay as its been the best jacket ive ever climbed in. sent me a new one back

i do have a fair few bits from them like

 

[Phil]

I've just bought a set of these from Plumbfix and I'm just sat here messing with them now, they seem quite a useful bit of kit although I have a concern about the bath wrench.

Trying it in an old 3/4" BSP bath tap connector out of the scrap bin it is a really tight fit but does go on, but on a new tap connector out of the van it won't go on at all on any of the flats around the nut.

Has anyone else had this with theirs? I'll probably have to grind a bit off but at £50 a pair I would have thought they would fit all 3/4" tap connectors out of the box, after all its this wrench I really wanted. The basin wrench is fine.

 

[dontknowitall]

Not had a problem with mine. I wouldn't mess around with it though as it's really helpful for some old bath taps.

 

[Phil]

Thats right, its undoing those old bath taps the reason I bought it.

I'll keep them in the toolbox in the van, I hate all these plastic cases.

 

[stevetheplumber]

monument basin spanner has always worked for me

 

[Megaflo-Experts]

Bought Jaw Dropper from Plumbfix last week and used it on a couple of jobs. Works well, very solid, but a bit pricey.

 

[Mike Jackson]

I've just had to buy myself a set. Got called out to a problem tap late Friday. Took me 2 hours to get the faulty flexi off due to the lack of room. I couldn't get the new tap connector tightened so had to leave the customer with no cold water at the kitchen sink. Went back tonight with the jaw dropper and ten minutes and I'm done.

 

[TBServices]

Bought mine from eBay a few years ago for under £30. Fantastic tool.


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[kay-jay]

I've just had to buy myself a set. Got called out to a problem tap late Friday. Took me 2 hours to get the faulty flexi off due to the lack of room. I couldn't get the new tap connector tightened so had to leave the customer with no cold water at the kitchen sink. Went back tonight with the jaw dropper and ten minutes and I'm done.

Which one did you buy mike?

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[LegionellaSlave]

Looks a good tool but if my telescopic rothenberger tap spanner that does bath and basin taps can't do it, I just drill the back nuts off. :cheesy:

 

[Guest123]

I've just had to buy myself a set. Got called out to a problem tap late Friday. Took me 2 hours to get the faulty flexi off due to the lack of room. I couldn't get the new tap connector tightened so had to leave the customer with no cold water at the kitchen sink. Went back tonight with the jaw dropper and ten minutes and I'm done.

Nuff said.

 

[Mike Jackson]

Which one did you buy mike?

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The one in the trade point catalogue.

 

[Mike Jackson]

Looks a good tool but if my telescopic rothenberger tap spanner that does bath and basin taps can't do it, I just drill the back nuts off. :cheesy:

Not really an option when there's nothing wrong with the tap and you just need to tighten or change the tap connector. I've had a few where I've struggled with my extendable Rothy one.

 

[LegionellaSlave]

Not really an option when there's nothing wrong with the tap and you just need to tighten or change the tap connector. I've had a few where I've struggled with my extendable Rothy one.

I've always managed without the Armeg and I've come across taps that have been made in 20 years before with plaster or putty.

Drilling the back nuts off is the best option for that. (wear safety glasses)

Not sure why you'd need to change the tap connector?

Tap connectors usually leak because the fibre washer has perished.

 

[Phil]

I had an almost identical job to mike's but with a leaking flexi on a partially boxed in wash hand basin. Annoyingly the jaw dropper wasn't a perfect fit on the flexi nut but I just got it tight enough before it slipped off. Access was really bad so without jaw droppers I'd never have done it without ripping everything apart.

 

[Mike Jackson]

The flexi tap connector had closed up and was passing no water so it had to be changed. The tap was set into the work surface behind a Belfast sink. To access the nut on the bottom of the tap I had to cut out the back of the adjacent unit behind the drawer. The gap was so tight that the Rothy one couldn't rotate. My old crowfoot spanners don't fit the nut size on modern tap connectors. I reckon the tap must have been fitted before the sink went in.

The job was a complete pain in the rse but it was a new customer and I wanted to do a good job for them. As I gave them my invoice they were talking about having me back to fit a power shower and other bits and pieces so my perseverance paid off.