Most bathroom or kitchen sink taps, or faucets, are mixer taps that combine cold and hot water through one swivel spout. Mixer taps are available in two primary types: the hidden deck using the flange just beneath the faucet handles and also the uncovered deck with chrome housing elevated over the sink. Removing either kind of mixer tap is an easy task that needs no specialist understanding and just fundamental home improvement store tools.
Obvious the region underneath the sink to permit easy accessibility pipes and fittings underneath the mixer tap.
Switch off the bathroom or kitchen mixer plain tap water supply. After switching off water, run the mixer tap for any couple of seconds to empty all remaining water in the tap.
Unscrew the cold water supply pipe in the right-hands side from the mixer tap using the adjustable or open-ended wrench. Unscrew the fitting by turning counterclockwise. Clamp the pipe in position having a pipe wrench to avoid it motionless around an excessive amount of while you unscrew the fitting.
Uncouple the new water supply pipe in the left-hands side from the mixer tap using the wrench. Again, disconnect the fitting by turning counterclockwise. Clamp the pipe using the pipe wrench whether it moves while you unscrew the fitting using the adjustable wrench.
Take away the spout seat in the sink unit top having a sink/basin wrench. Do that by turning the spout seat holding nut counterclockwise. Make use of the sink/basin wrench to unscrew the mixer tap fitting retaining nuts from beneath the sink.
Release the mixer tap by lightly moving it having a circular motion. Take out the mixer tap in the sink top.
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