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What can I use instead of a basin wrench?
If a basin wrench is not available at home, you might have socket wrench available in your toolbox. You will need a ratchet spanner, and you might need screwdrivers, channel lock pliers, a clean cloth, and water pump pliers as well. You may also use a sink drain wrench if you have one.
Are all basin wrenches the same size?
Box spanner basin wrenches come in a wide variety of sizes depending on your needs. However, the most common sizes match the typical sizes of nuts used in plumbing fixtures and pipe fittings: 8mm, 10mm, 15mm, 22mm, 28mm, 32mm, and 38mm etc.
What is a sink wrench called?
A basin wrench, sometimes called a sink wrench, is a plumbing tool which is used in confined spaces to turn fasteners that would be difficult or impossible to reach with a plumber wrench or other types of wrenches.
How do you remove a nut under the sink?
This Old House’s plumbing and heating expert, listed in order from easiest to difficult.
- Tighten the nut. Moving the nut in any direction is progress.
- Tap with a hammer. Jarring the nut can break its bond to the bolt.
- Apply heat. Metal expands slightly when hot, which may be enough to crack the nut free.
- Soak the nut.
What size is a basin back nut?
1-1/4 inch BSP alloy back-nut. This is the normal size for a bathroom wash hand basin waste. The outside diameter of the male 1-1/4 inch BSP thread that this backnut fits onto measures 41.91 mm / 1.650 inch.
What tool do you use to tighten a sink tap?
A basin wrench is a specialty plumbing tool with a rotating, self-adjusting gripping head and long handle. It is used to tighten and remove the mounting nuts of faucet tailpieces. The design makes the tool functional in tight spaces where other tools can’t reach.
What size is a wrench for a sink?
Start with a 10-inch and a 14-inch wrench. These should be fine for most home repairs. Later on, you can add an 18-inch if necessary. But bear in mind that if you have a job requiring a larger pipe wrench, you might be better off calling a plumber.
How do you loosen a sink faucet nut?
Using a basin wrench, reach up behind the sink basin from inside the vanity cabinet and grip the mounting nut that holds one of the faucet valve tailpieces to the sink or countertop. Turn the nut counterclockwise (viewed as you look upward at the nut from below) to loosen it, and unscrew it down the threaded tailpiece.
How do you remove a basin waste nut?
If its a plastic nut, just score through with a sharp stanley knife and price apart. If its metal, I have used a dremel tool with metal cutting disc to cut through the nut and prise open with a screwdriver off the threads. Don’t worry about damaging the threads on the existing waste as you are repalcing anyway.
What size is the nut on bathroom sink?
1/2 inch BSP brass back-nut. This is the size of nut you need for bathroom wash hand basin / kitchen sink taps.