How To Fit Wall Mounted Basin Taps

Wall mounted taps add style and luxury to a bathroom and can suit contemporary or traditional looks.

How to fit wall mounted basin taps.

Once the wall anchors are in place check that they are level and remove the masking tape from your wall. In this video i show you how to remove the basin taps in your bathroom or wc and fit new ones. Then set the basin onto the wall anchors and fit the flanged collar sleeve washer and nut in this order to each wall anchor. The wall is plasterboard with polystyrene backing 25mm and then 2 block.

They require a bit more work and planning than regular taps but the rewards are obvious in how fantastic they look. Step 2 use a spirit level to check that the basin and pedestal are level. Tools used tap spanners 2 small screwdriver stanley knife so. Assuming the wall is to be tiled it is important to allow enough slack in the pipe routing so the mounting can be loosened off and tiles installed behind.

Even if you had a thernalite wall and you could scrape out the required depth you d still have to drill and plug the remaining wall behind the plate and there would be nowt left to accomodate the fixings. Stud the wall top to bottom but only say 1000mm wide rather than the whole wall. Level up the basin using a spirit level and tighten the nuts securely. I have spent yesterday trying fit wall mounted basin tap single spout and lever on the wall plate with flexible tap connectors that have to be tightened through a letter box type back box.

This will also work for normal taps. The fixing screws are then screwed through into the batten making a very secure fitting of the mounting kit onto the stud wall.