Just wanted to say thanks. I'm a single female homeowner and my kitchen tap died. I had to go out and buy some box spanners but once I had those bad boys I was able to follow your video perfectly. I definitely ignored your tip of labelling the hot and cold and ended up fitting them the wrong way around first time... 🤦♀️ But it was no bother to go back underneath and swap them back. All working now and every time I see my new shiny tap I'll have a little smile 😃 Thanks!!
I'm chuffed for you! Plumbers get very rich off ppl who don't bother to do a little bit of research and discover that a lot of jobs can be done by almost anyone, even a "gurlie" without a man to look after her! I'm planning a whole bathroom fit and am at the preliminary research stage. Wish me luck!
The fact you cover so many variables and options is amazing. Mate I’m literally upgrading my house one step at a time by following your videos!! Legend!
Mate you are like a breath of fresh air. I followed your video step by step and replaced my taps in the kitchen I would never ever have thought I. Could do that thanks for explaining it so easily
Very well explained, this kind of job can be very challenging under the sink so glad you mentioned to check that you have not disturbed any other plumping in the process. Good work.
Thank you ever so much. With your educational sharing of this process my wife and I just replaced our kitchen tap. I don’t consider myself massively practical but by breaking the process down into steps, this helped give me the confidence to undertake this work. Thank you.
Thanks for a reasonable instruction. I made a mistake and watched one guy's video who advised to tighten the tap connectors into the tap as strongly as possible and not by hand but with pliers... I did that and only later I noticed other guys saying is isn't any good to squeeze the hell out of those o-rings as they might even break. So I was furious because the channel with these wrong instructions was by a supposedly professional parts shop. I hate when sources pretending to be competent turn out to be just wrong. Thanks again.
Great vid. Gave me the confidance and I fitted my kitchen tap this weekend, it was very tight so I used my car socket set and fitted the box spanner on the end, worked a treat.
Thanks foe the video. In the end, I had to disconnect all the piping, pry off the sink top and then I was able to cut off the old pipes and undo that one nut holding the tap on. Got the new one one and all is looking good. Thanks again.
This is yet another brilliant video. I feel fairly confident now to replace my dripping mixer tap. I have used the isolater valve to reduce wasting water, or I just collected the drips in a jug. Now the isolater valves weep. I am a great fan of theese valves I had them on every tap and radiator in my last house. You will save me a FEW quid. Cheers.
Fantastic video! I’ve come round to visit my mum and she said she needs a new tap fitted in her kitchen, I’m pretty handy in DIY but never needed to replace this kind of tap? Your video is an excellent instruction on every step of the procedure!!! Will be visiting your site again 😃👍🏼
Thank you, you beautiful human being! Your videos have been quite helpful. Recently changed a single socket for a double one and although it was hard work fighting against a concrete wall, the result was satisfactory. Now I’ll dig into your plumbing videos. Thanks again!
Thankyou so much for this video! I bought an ikea mixer tap very simular to youres in the video and had issues with flexy hose connection to the water supply. I now realise they supplied a compression flexible hose and I need a female 15mm flexi hose to tighten on to the male 15mm isolation valve! I have ordered these online amazon and will show up today!🙂 You're explanation was clear and now I can do it myself without paying for a plumber!💯👍🏾☺️
Excellent video. Explains the complexities of such a job with clarity. That said, on balance I'll probably engage a qualified plumber. Especially as my existing kitchen tap is beset with limescale issues.
The Tesco own brand limescale remover is effective, or Viakal. Use a generous amount on the limescale and let it work magic before trying to remove the limescale. A small screwdriver end is useful for dislodging limescale once it is soft, and a kitchen dish brush or nail brush is great on the threads.
A great tutorial to show how easy it is. Word to the wise . The electrician should have had a thought to the placement of that socket below a water inlet pipe. It’s not illegal but not something I would not do unless necessary
At last someone who takes care in covering the details so many connect the tap end and never mention the other end of the tails excellent and I am a plumber
Always a clear concise guidance. Thank you. My family comes from your part of the country and it has been sometime since I heard "skewwiff". Says it all.
Really appeciated the video , well explained , did the job I was not too keen on tackling . All went according to plan , head torch and a cushion were usefull , even got the cold on the right hand side. Thanks
Great video. Helped me a lot. Only problem I had was the tap tails were different lengths. I only noticed after I had thrown the old ones away 😂 Lesson learned......
Thank you so much for the video 🙏🙏, with absolute zero knowledge we changed our dripping tap. Absolutely nightmare to find reliable plumber in our area for small jobs. Thanks for mentioning tool names too
Hi buddy.ime doing exactly what your doing in the vid.very we.l shown and clear. One thing you did say was about the tap falling over ime going to lay towels around it in case it does fall over..,keep up the good work..
Lovely clear instruction. thank you. I may have to replace a single lever monobloc kitchen tap this Bank Holiday weekend. It is a Pegler Jeroni swan neck but the swan neck is very loose and has suddenly started to fall off the base completely. I was hoping this is just an O ring replacement? the only o ring I can see it clear and wedged inside the seat. Do i just get an O ring and put the on the thread of the swan neck? It's our only drinking water.
Quick tip you can fit the metal washer before you drop the tap in because it's half circle and will turn through the hole saves messing around under the sink
I like your videos , I prefer your style compared to Plumber parts , you explain things more slowly and that's better for me to understand. Thanks mate keep doing the videos.
I tried to use a 15mm straight coupler in the existing compression joint with PTFE tape on the thread. Its ever so slightly weeping. There was some sort of plastic woggle with mesh on the top and o rings on the outside, inside the compression fixing. Not sure what these are for? Not confident about cutting a pipe to fit a new male compression fixing, so calling in a professional to do a proper job. Managed to fit the tap myself following these instructions, so thanks. I brought box spanners to remove the bolt, was £6 for a set.
great video overall but I have seen other videos where it is not recommended for to connect direct to isoolation valve; although the thread is exactly the same and it will fit, the problem is that the isolation valve doesnt have a "flat edge" which means it will gradually cut in to the rubber seal. There a short "tap tail adaptors" available from the usual places for a few quid that help sidestep the issue though.
With the pipes fitted, you then fit the horse clamp fitting over the stud and fit nut onto the tap, this is why it is designed like it is. Then pass the pipes through the hole, then the horse shoe clamp can be manoeuvred through the hole from the top. Much easier than trying to fit it below and a mistake many people make.
Brilliant 'How To' video. Explained in a way that was easy to understand and follow. One question from it. Why are these types of taps sometimes supplied with male threaded tails and other times female threaded ones? Am I right to presume if you are simply replacing a more or less like for like mono tap, you could use the existing tails so no change needed re pipework Male/Female connectors?
Thanks for a great helpful vid. Just changed our tap, the old one had two studs with 8mm nuts on them & the new fexi's were too short, I changed them over to the old ones, not ideal I know.
Such poxy fittings. I just did a tap and there was a threaded tube in the bottom of the tap the the tails went through and a brass nut just fastened in to place. So much easier
See if my flexible tap connectors are straight onto the isolation valve like your second image, once I close the valve can I simply unscrew the flexible tap connectors?
Great video! Ty! What was rhe reason you switched from female to male flexi pipes? Why didn't you just use the female one so you didnt have to cut the pipes? (Was it just for extra demonstration?) Thanks again!
Great informative video! Is there a way to adjust the tap open and close position on a mixer tap like yours ? When I turn my tap off, the left side isn't parallel to the main tap and other side ?
Hi I asked a while ago about ceramic discs in my kitchen mixer taps finally got around to look at them I bought ceramic discs and I took of the tap holder to take out the old ceramic discs but they won't budge I was to scared to try and turn them any more is it possible they are none replaceable?also there is a tiny bit of water coming out from the bottom of the tap base is it best to replace the whole tap? Thanks Karl
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Just wanted to say thanks. I'm a single female homeowner and my kitchen tap died. I had to go out and buy some box spanners but once I had those bad boys I was able to follow your video perfectly. I definitely ignored your tip of labelling the hot and cold and ended up fitting them the wrong way around first time... 🤦♀️ But it was no bother to go back underneath and swap them back. All working now and every time I see my new shiny tap I'll have a little smile 😃 Thanks!!
I'm chuffed for you! Plumbers get very rich off ppl who don't bother to do a little bit of research and discover that a lot of jobs can be done by almost anyone, even a "gurlie" without a man to look after her! I'm planning a whole bathroom fit and am at the preliminary research stage. Wish me luck!
This girl going to do hers too!
I've seen they charge about £150 - 200 for fitting one tap.
The fact you cover so many variables and options is amazing. Mate I’m literally upgrading my house one step at a time by following your videos!! Legend!
Great to hear!
Mate you are like a breath of fresh air. I followed your video step by step and replaced my taps in the kitchen I would never ever have thought I. Could do that thanks for explaining it so easily
Glad you like the channel
Very well explained, this kind of job can be very challenging under the sink so glad you mentioned to check that you have not disturbed any other plumping in the process. Good work.
👍
Thank you ever so much. With your educational sharing of this process my wife and I just replaced our kitchen tap. I don’t consider myself massively practical but by breaking the process down into steps, this helped give me the confidence to undertake this work. Thank you.
Thanks for a reasonable instruction. I made a mistake and watched one guy's video who advised to tighten the tap connectors into the tap as strongly as possible and not by hand but with pliers... I did that and only later I noticed other guys saying is isn't any good to squeeze the hell out of those o-rings as they might even break. So I was furious because the channel with these wrong instructions was by a supposedly professional parts shop. I hate when sources pretending to be competent turn out to be just wrong. Thanks again.
Your welcome
Great vid. Gave me the confidance and I fitted my kitchen tap this weekend, it was very tight so I used my car socket set and fitted the box spanner on the end, worked a treat.
Great, glad it was confidence inspiring
Thanks foe the video. In the end, I had to disconnect all the piping, pry off the sink top and then I was able to cut off the old pipes and undo that one nut holding the tap on. Got the new one one and all is looking good.
Thanks again.
This is yet another brilliant video. I feel fairly confident now to replace my dripping mixer tap. I have used the isolater valve to reduce wasting water, or I just collected the drips in a jug. Now the isolater valves weep. I am a great fan of theese valves I had them on every tap and radiator in my last house. You will save me a FEW quid. Cheers.
Glad it helps
Fantastic video! I’ve come round to visit my mum and she said she needs a new tap fitted in her kitchen, I’m pretty handy in DIY but never needed to replace this kind of tap?
Your video is an excellent instruction on every step of the procedure!!!
Will be visiting your site again 😃👍🏼
Brilliant thanks
Thank you, you beautiful human being! Your videos have been quite helpful.
Recently changed a single socket for a double one and although it was hard work fighting against a concrete wall, the result was satisfactory.
Now I’ll dig into your plumbing videos.
Thanks again!
Thank you! Its the little things like socket size others dont mention - you are so thorough!
Thanks 👍
Thank you for this! Just changed my kitchen tap without any issues! Saved me some money!
Brilliant 👍
Thankyou so much for this video! I bought an ikea mixer tap very simular to youres in the video and had issues with flexy hose connection to the water supply. I now realise they supplied a compression flexible hose and I need a female 15mm flexi hose to tighten on to the male 15mm isolation valve! I have ordered these online amazon and will show up today!🙂 You're explanation was clear and now I can do it myself without paying for a plumber!💯👍🏾☺️
👍 your welcome
Excellent video. Explains the complexities of such a job with clarity. That said, on balance I'll probably engage a qualified plumber. Especially as my existing kitchen tap is beset with limescale issues.
Thanks 👍
The Tesco own brand limescale remover is effective, or Viakal. Use a generous amount on the limescale and let it work magic before trying to remove the limescale. A small screwdriver end is useful for dislodging limescale once it is soft, and a kitchen dish brush or nail brush is great on the threads.
@@annwitbrock9112Thanks for the advice. Limescale is a major issue in my area, so could be a wise investment.
Your video really helped me changing the kitchen tap for the first time! All the tips were very welcomed! Many thanks and keep up the good work!
Really helpful! Just changed my tap today and needed to fit compression adaptors. Kept referring back to your video & it's now all sorted!
Glad it helped!
You're an absolute legend! Everything I want to know you seem to have a video for.
Cheers 🍻
A great tutorial to show how easy it is. Word to the wise . The electrician should have had a thought to the placement of that socket below a water inlet pipe. It’s not illegal but not something I would not do unless necessary
Awesome video. I was a little sceptical that you would have a solution for my specific problem but you did. HERO!
Thanks so much. I've just changed my kitchen Tap just now, following your videos. Saved some money for the weekend.
Thanks and God bless 👊🏾
Your welcome 👍
Job well done, not kitchen but bathroom basin. Same principle. Gave me clear idea and confidence. Thank you so much
That's what this channel is about
At last someone who takes care in covering the details so many connect the tap end and never mention the other end of the tails excellent and I am a plumber
Superb Pal, just sent your video to my missus 🙂
Nice one 👍
I'm going to install a new kitchen sink and taps at the weekend. This video is absolutely perfect, thanks for sharing. Liked and subscribed.
Thanks for subscribing. Go for it 👍
Thanks for this, I appreciate it. That nut holding the tap in place is a right pain without the right socket, managed to get there in the end though.
Those snowdon taps are absolteuly golden
Always a clear concise guidance. Thank you. My family comes from your part of the country and it has been sometime since I heard "skewwiff". Says it all.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, thanks - very clear explanation of removing old and fitting new tap
Thanks for watching!
Excellent and clear explanation, nightmare job and essential to have the =right tools. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Getting a new tap, so this is really helpful.
Thank you
Cheers boss. Video was an ideal reference for fitting my new kitchen tap!
Thanks for the tips… Successfully changed my first tap.. 🤗
Exactly what I needed. Thanks mate
Perfect video,well explained ,more confident now as have to change an old leaking tap
Great 👍
Great Vid. Going to change mine this afternoon. Thanks for sharing
Loving the electrical socket underneath the taps.
Watched a few of UR vids, vry helpful 👍🏽 This 1 is so spot on with wat I needed I'm now subscribed! Keep up the good wrk 👌
Great video, really clear and detailed instructions, thank you
Good concise video ,you sound like a good honest east anglia guy ! D from Norwich
Really appeciated the video , well explained , did the job I was not too keen on tackling . All went according to plan , head torch and a cushion were usefull , even got the cold on the right hand side. Thanks
Your very welcome, glad it went well
Great video. Helped me a lot. Only problem I had was the tap tails were different lengths. I only noticed after I had thrown the old ones away 😂 Lesson learned......
I've just fitted a new kitchen tap perfectly thanks to this video thank you!!! 👍👌
Your very welcome
Really helpful and clear, probably just saved us £300.
The best on youtube - many thanks!👍👍
Wow, thanks!
Really useful, no nonsense video. A great help, thanks!
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much for the video 🙏🙏, with absolute zero knowledge we changed our dripping tap. Absolutely nightmare to find reliable plumber in our area for small jobs. Thanks for mentioning tool names too
Glad it helped
Hi buddy.ime doing exactly what your doing in the vid.very we.l shown and clear. One thing you did say was about the tap falling over ime going to lay towels around it in case it does fall over..,keep up the good work..
Good idea 👍
Just replaced my taps using this. Thanks!
Lovely clear instruction. thank you. I may have to replace a single lever monobloc kitchen tap this Bank Holiday weekend. It is a Pegler Jeroni swan neck but the swan neck is very loose and has suddenly started to fall off the base completely. I was hoping this is just an O ring replacement? the only o ring I can see it clear and wedged inside the seat. Do i just get an O ring and put the on the thread of the swan neck? It's our only drinking water.
Just changed our kitchen tap brilliant video thank you
Your welcome 👍
Excellent. Easy to follow. Thank you buddy!
Great useful video. Many thanks.
Quick tip you can fit the metal washer before you drop the tap in because it's half circle and will turn through the hole saves messing around under the sink
You can tell that the person that installed that kitchen really cared. The way the carcasses are cut 👌
Wasn't me 😄
Yeah, wasn’t my kitchen fitter either…☹️
Great video, very helpful, thank you.
Excellent video and well presented. Thank you.
Thanks for watching
Quality well executed video Mr.
The best that I've viewed yet
Appreciate your comment, cheers🙂
Easy to understand your instructions. Thanks bro
Your welcome 👍
Thanks. Just installed my Grohe mixer in 15 mins and saved myself £85.
Nice work
Cheers, nicely made video, very clear
I like your videos , I prefer your style compared to Plumber parts , you explain things more slowly and that's better for me to understand. Thanks mate keep doing the videos.
Thanks, glad you like my videos
Very easy to follow. Thanks.
I tried to use a 15mm straight coupler in the existing compression joint with PTFE tape on the thread. Its ever so slightly weeping. There was some sort of plastic woggle with mesh on the top and o rings on the outside, inside the compression fixing. Not sure what these are for?
Not confident about cutting a pipe to fit a new male compression fixing, so calling in a professional to do a proper job. Managed to fit the tap myself following these instructions, so thanks. I brought box spanners to remove the bolt, was £6 for a set.
Such a perfect tutorial 👍🏻👍🏻
Glad you think so!
Many thanks, really appreciate your video
great video overall but I have seen other videos where it is not recommended for to connect direct to isoolation valve; although the thread is exactly the same and it will fit, the problem is that the isolation valve doesnt have a "flat edge" which means it will gradually cut in to the rubber seal. There a short "tap tail adaptors" available from the usual places for a few quid that help sidestep the issue though.
❤love Canada Merci 😮
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With the pipes fitted, you then fit the horse clamp fitting over the stud and fit nut onto the tap, this is why it is designed like it is.
Then pass the pipes through the hole, then the horse shoe clamp can be manoeuvred through the hole from the top.
Much easier than trying to fit it below and a mistake many people make.
Excellent video help me a lot
Glad it helped
Very helpful thank you
Great video. Fair play. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, will do!
Great video, thank you so much! 👍
My pleasure!
Superb and really useful. Thanks.
Your welcome
Brilliant 'How To' video. Explained in a way that was easy to understand and follow. One question from it. Why are these types of taps sometimes supplied with male threaded tails and other times female threaded ones? Am I right to presume if you are simply replacing a more or less like for like mono tap, you could use the existing tails so no change needed re pipework Male/Female connectors?
I'm keen to know the answer to this too...
Thanks for a great helpful vid. Just changed our tap, the old one had two studs with 8mm nuts on them & the new fexi's were too short, I changed them over to the old ones, not ideal I know.
so beautiful job
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nice and clean job.😊
Thank you! 😊
Amazing stuff very helpful
Glad you think so!
Hi, I got question regrading kitchen wall unit. What wall plug and screw should i use to install new wall base unit
Well presented 👍 u have saved me money 👌👌
That's my aim 👍
Yo this is a great video. Subscribed.
Great stuff thanks, love your videos.
Thanks
Make sure if your using flexible hoses that they are of good quality a lot of people have had trouble with them after a couple of years.
Such poxy fittings. I just did a tap and there was a threaded tube in the bottom of the tap the the tails went through and a brass nut just fastened in to place. So much easier
great tutorial, very well shown...
Brilliant video a real help
👍
Great video, thanks !!!!
Love the videos pal
Is it the same installation on one with a pull out hose?
Brilliant thank you !!!
No worries!
See if my flexible tap connectors are straight onto the isolation valve like your second image, once I close the valve can I simply unscrew the flexible tap connectors?
Great video! Ty! What was rhe reason you switched from female to male flexi pipes? Why didn't you just use the female one so you didnt have to cut the pipes? (Was it just for extra demonstration?) Thanks again!
Excellent video, you explain things in a way that’s easy to understand for anyone, much appreciated & 1 new subscriber 👌 Cheers
Glad to have you 👍
One of my hoses has a male end and can't fit to the isolater valve; what do I do now??!
very great you're very good job cleaning job
Thank you!
Great informative video! Is there a way to adjust the tap open and close position on a mixer tap like yours ? When I turn my tap off, the left side isn't parallel to the main tap and other side ?
Little tip you can sometimes unscrew the treaded rode out of the tap
Hi I asked a while ago about ceramic discs in my kitchen mixer taps finally got around to look at them I bought ceramic discs and I took of the tap holder to take out the old ceramic discs but they won't budge I was to scared to try and turn them any more is it possible they are none replaceable?also there is a tiny bit of water coming out from the bottom of the tap base is it best to replace the whole tap?
Thanks Karl