Replacing a kitchen tap really isn’t that hard, a lot of people are put off as they think about changing the taps as “plumbing” or have seen to many comedies whee the water goes uncontrollably everywhere.
I want to talk you through the simple steps of replacing your kitchen taps the right way using minimal effort and know how.
The first thing you need to get is an adjustable spanner and a flat headed screw driver. Once you have these we can then begin removing your current taps ready to fit your new ones.
The first thing we do is turn off the water, this is where our flat headed screw comes in handy. You need to go into the cupboard below the sink and coming down through where the taps are should be two pipes, these supply your hot and cold water feeds.
If you follow the pipes down there should be a valve on each one, there should be a slit where you can insert your screwdriver and turn the valve to the left. This should of turned the water supply off, just runs the taps to make sure, you will get some water coming through but should stop once the pipes have emptied.
Above the valves should be a nut which you undo using your adjustable spanner, undo the nuts until the pipes become loose and free from the the rest of the system. Then undo the nut below the work surface which holds the taps in place, once you have done this you will then be able to remove your taps by simply lifting them out.
You then drop your new kitchen tap in place of the old and and reverse the process we just went through. Remember to turn the valves back on by using your screwdriver and turning the valve to the right.
Run the taps just to make sure everything is fine and then that’s it, job done.