Basin tap fitting

[Rodolphe]

Hi Chaps,

Yesterday I went to a job where the basin tap was very loose (hey, when you start, you take ANY job). It was a tap from a well known DIY (.com) company just like that one (in fact it was that one):



It looks like a pillar tap but doesn't have the expected 1/2" nut to tighten it to the basin. It has some sort of hybrid ring/circlip, the remains of one can be seen on this picture, completely corroded:



I ended up changing the whole tap (for another one from the same shop, with the same fixation system which will rust out in a few years as well, no doubt).

My question is: is it possible to find those 'ring' fittings separately from somewhere? Is that a standard piece I should know about or a special DIY piece of kit?

Thanks.

 

[jtsplumbing]

Looks like normal basin fixing, clamp & nut rubber washer , proberly find tap not seal'd so water getting under it, dont trust seal that comes with tap (`O` ring) use somthing else between tap & basin.

 

[Rodolphe]

Should have used silicone to make double sure... I'll put it down to beginner's mistake, though in hindsight I should have thought of it.

 

[kirkgas]

Should have used silicone to make double sure... I'll put it down to beginner's mistake, though in hindsight I should have thought of it.

no silicone between tap and basin, its so unsightly when it discolours

 

[PlumbBobBob]

it's possible that the tap wasn't centered on the hole correctly so letting water through to corrode the clamping piece as jtsplumbing said.

 

[stevetheplumber]

bed tap down on a big blob plumbers mait

 

[glenno1]

Use centralising washers

 

[Rodolphe]

Weeeeell, my plan would then have been to put it on the very rim of the whole, to seal to the joint without it being visible.

But I happily bow to superior knowledge. <makes note: no silicon between tap and basin>