garden tap come loose

[someonelse]

Not really plumbing, but ......

The tap has come off the wall (see picture). I could

* re-point the wall, wait for mortar to set, drill hole, insert new rawl plugs, screw tap back in

OR

* re-point wall, insert existing rawl plugs/screws with tap attached into soft mortar, wait formortar toset.


I think option one would also need first the tap to be disconnected from the pipe and then reconnected.

Recommendations?

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• someonelse
• 13 Jul 2013
• 1

 

[Ian2008]

Screw a 6" squre of plywood to the wall then attach tap to the plywood.
Ten minute job Simples

 

[kvsalamander]

Bigger wall plugs and screws to suit or re-point and set some wallplugs into the sand and cement?

 

[mfarrow]

The mortar will/must remain soft for a few days to cure properly. This weather isn't much good for small sections of mortar.

Fit a bigger rawl plug, i.e. brown not red.

I also find hammering a yellow rawl plug into a brown one works well if you want to keep the existing no. 7 or smaller screws, as it ensures a tight hold.