The tap/mixer on my bathroom sink started dripping so i tried to remove the tap to see what the problem was.
Unfortrunately I could not find (at Homebase or B&Q) a basin wrench big enough to remove the backing nut on the tap. The taps have been there for a long time and I think the backing nut is corroded onto the tap body.
With all my pushing and shoving the pipe between the tap and the mixer outlet snapped at the point where the pipe from the tap joins the mixer. It appears that this end of the pipe was threaded and screwed into the mixer outlet.
I have taken some photos to illustrate the problem:
Photo 2 shows the underside of the left hand tap. The photograph is labeled to show the supply connector and the connector that should go to the mixer outlet.
Photo 3 shows the underside of the mixer outlet. You can see where the pipe from the tap has snapped off just proud of the connector. What is the best way of removing this 4mm of pipe that is still threaded into the connector?
Photo 4 shows the pipe that went from the tap to the mixer outlet. The left hand nut screwed over the connector on the tap and right hand end is where it snapped off from the mixer outlet connector. Somehow I have to replace this pipe and tap the end to give it a thread (is this possible?)
Photo 5 shows the backing nut of the tap. How can i unscrew this? Do I have to try and find a bigger basin wrench. Is there any way of freeing up he corrosion?
Can anyone offer any tips on how to fix this? Thanks for your help!