Sink tool name ?

[Séan Connolly]

What's the name of the tool you use to undo the two nuts under a sink that the taps connect into ?

I want to remove a sink and cap off the pipes with the taps, and I seem to remember a plumber using some odd shaped spanner to do this...

ta !

Séan

[Rob Morley]

Screwfix calls it an Adjustable Basin Wrench.

[Wingedcat]

Basin Wrench?

[ben]

A basin wrench. :-)

[Séan Connolly]

Thanks all, sticking "weird tool for undoing sinks" doesn't turn up much in google!

:)

S

[Mathew Newton]

It does now! ;-) (in GoogleGroups at least)

number 1... along with some, let's say, 'interesting' other hits in true search engine fashion!

Mathew

[Séan Connolly]

lol! That was rather quick wasn't it ! Those other articles underneath are rather scary though !

[Cicero]

=============== The one piece version (non-adjustable) is called either 'basin wrench' or 'ducks' foot wrench'.

Cic.

[Bob Smith]

I know of 2 types, both as "tap spanner". The other type is here:

easier in small spaces, and has a built in lever (The handle slides through the shaft on mine to give more leverage, don't know if that screwfix one does).

Bob

[BeeJay]

Some of my DIY books call it a crows foot wrench but in B+Q they call them a basin wrench. From personal experience, don't buy the cheapest.

[Mike Dodd]

It does