Tool for removing bath tap top

[tom2011]

Hi,

I have fitted a new mixer tap to my bath a month or so ago and recently the hot water tap has started to slow and to the point that I get a few litres of hot water into the bath and then barely a dribble.

I cant access under the bath due to the bath being boxed in.

I think the problem is with the tap (not water pressure or anything) but I cant get to the nut to take the tap off. There is a 'skirt' - for want of a better word - around the tap which unscrews and lifts up a little, but I cant take it off entirely because it wont lift over the tap handles. However it does lift up about a centimetre to reveal the nut underneath but there is only a few mm at most of access, so I cant fit even my smallest wrench around the nut.

Is there a special tap tool (spanner?) that I need to use to get the tap off? I've had a look at all the spanners in my local DIY shops and they are all to chunky to be able to fit into the gap.

Any advice much appreciated.

Thanks
Tom

 

[gaspro1981]

Oh dear

Take the tap head off so that the shroud can be removed

Pictures also will help

 

[newbuildinstaller]

Special tool yes, shop around as they are hard to find

Pozi Screw driver...

Remove the cold/hot sign and you will find a screw holding the handle on. Remove this!!

 

[Diyisfun]

Help you were after, I know, some just try to be so clever, they think everyone is as handy as they are.
As said remove the tap top, there may be a small screw at the side or you may have to remove the decorative top, this could be screwed on or jusy push fit.
Remove top, remove skirt, then you can see what you are doing.
A picture would have been handy.

 

[tom2011]

Will try and post a picture later

I dont know how to remove the tap head. There is no h/c sign that I can remove, the h/c symbol is etched in to the chrome finish! There does not seem to be any obvious way to remove the tap, no screws, nothing to flip opne, etc. I did look, i;m not an idiot!

 

[JBPHS]

No need for belittling remarks.

There could be grub screws to secure the tap heads, or shrouds may unscrew revealing the tap insert where it will expose a hexagonal shape for an appropriately sized spanner to aid in the removal of said insert. Isolate water supplies beforehand though.

As said above, pictures will help.

 

[Slugbabydotcom]

With the tap fully in the open position sometimes the 'easyclean cover' aka skirt will lift enough to get a slim spanner in. In a real bad case a slim spanner can be made with a grinder.

Can't say much more without the aforementioned pictures

 

[CombustionGuy]

If it's quarter turn with a lever style handle the lever might unscrew. This then will remove the head or show a grub screw under it that will need removing before the head will come off , then follow the instructions everybody else has given you.