HOW TO REPLACE OR FIT BASIN TAPS - LEVER TAPS - Plumbing Tips

This video will show you how to fit, replace or install new basin lever taps on your basin. This will also work for normal taps. We show you how to remove the old taps and with great close ups show you how to fit the new lever taps.

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[fightermma]

You're helping a lot of people who can't afford to pay plumbers. Thank you. You are doing great things Alhamdulilah.

[juanhunglow]

Watched the vid, bought the circular spanner (£3) changed my basin taps in 5 minutes. Never done it before. Wife is still amazed👍

[MrPt]

Good to see Simon LeBon still does his own plumbing, and great informative video thanks.

[wh]

UPDATE from 3 weeks ago.
I followed your video instructions. You are an absolute star and I cannot thank you enough. God bless you.
I have changed the hot water tap in the bathroom sink by myself, shakingly obviously, but still did it.
I feel like a BOSS....next stop radiators...no just kidding.

[loafproductions]

I'm doing plumbing in college but I'm addicted to watching all these videos as it helped me pass with the highest grade, thank you so much :)

[phillwickens]

I am utterly useless at DIY, however, just successfully changed two basin taps, and didn’t swear once!! Many thanks 😊😊

[Pinkie]

Thank you! I did it! So empowering as a woman to be able to do this on my own. Saved me a bit too. xx

[butchcannon]

As a complete novice on plumbing I found this really useful. Knowing what specialist tools I needed particularly so. Thanks very much.

[fib]

Thank you for explaining things so simply! Have been living without hot water in my bathroom sink for months! (Lock down) repair cancelled by h/a Done it myself and feeling proud 😁 and a bit stupid for waiting so long 😂

[uktech]

I got a quote from a rip off merchant just for the labour to change 1 tap and was quoted £180. That was JUST for labour. Thank you for this video. I managed to get a tap and that spanner thing all for £40 all in. 👍🏽

[Whippy]

This is awesome. We’ve just been quoted £350 to get this done! We are pensioners, but that was WITH the OAP discount.

[Livjakam]

Great vid. Another job for super mum.... off to get some new taps as you have now made me feel confident that I can do this myself. Thanks.

[FairyB]

Brilliant thank you as I want to change my taps to lever taps, so the 1st video to watch and looks easy enough. I'll definitely give it a go now. 😊

[dolphin]

Thank you. Using your advice, I was able to change a set of taps at my parents house! Much appreciated :-)

[mistrydipk]

Brilliant video! Will be replacing my bathroom taps. Didn’t realise it’s so simple

[martnal]

That was very useful. The hard part was getting the old taps off as a build-up of limescale under the basin made it close to impossible. I could have done with a tutorial on using the basin wrench. Thank you.

[josepeka]

Very informative. Clearly explained good lighting . Good video. Thank you. Jose from Melbourne Australia

[marcomarcello]

Brilliant, thanks! For beginners like me, maybe the critical part is at 3:08. Reattaching the cold water feed pipe. That's the moment of truth :) I have an old pipe, not trivial to replace it (at least for me). No claw here, I used the fingers. It costed me many runs up and down the stairs to turn the main ON then OFF then ON again until I found the right position/tightness. If I had less luck I would have been stuck with water OFF until I could find an emergency plumber. This is by no means a criticism to the video, just saying, try not to do the whole operation alone in the house if you can and be prepared for a plan B, and have a spare O ring rubber washer for the feed pipe, the old one could be in poor conditions (like in my case).

[tinmachine]

Finally found the tap design i wanted to change the washer on and you bloody change the

[bobcooke]

Cracking video Wallace... I was just looking for tips and you reminded me about those claw thingies. I'll be getting one before I get down on my creaky knees to change the taps. Adios amigo!