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eHow Home Home Repair & Maintenance Plumbing How to Disconnect a Mixer Tap From a Sink Follow bath room image by jeancliclac from Fotolia.com Most kitchen or bathroom sink taps , or faucets, are mixer taps that combine hot and cold water through one swivel spout. Mixer taps come in two main types: the concealed deck with the flange just below the tap handles and the exposed deck with chrome housing raised above the sink. Removing either type of mixer tap is a straightforward task that requires no specialist knowledge and only basic hardware store tools . Things You'll Need Sink/basin wrench Clear the area under the sink to allow easy access to the pipes and fittings below the mixer tap. Turn off the kitchen or bathroom mixer tap water supply . After turning off the water, run the mixer tap for a few seconds to drain all remaining water from the tap. Unscrew the cold water supply pipe from the right-hand side of the mixer tap with the adjustable or open-ended wrench. Unscre...

December 7, 2016 BOOKMARK THIS STORY Designing your private sanctuary can be mind-boggling when faced with a myriad of choices in the market. Unlike furniture that have distinct styles and characteristics, bathroom fittings and wares often comes in similar designs and functions and more often than not, we leave it up to the price to decide. So before you start shopping around for your sanitary items, here's a quick guide on the factors you should take into consideration, so that you will not end up with an incompatible item for your bathroom. Basin There are a few types of basins in general (see image below). Homeowners today prefer the countertop as they fit in with the modern décor. Due to space constraints however, many opted for wall mounted ones instead. Images credit: lavabostore.com, ferrara.com, de-lune.com, bathshop321.com The choice is pretty much a personal decision and preference for the general design and outlook and well, budget. Some things to take note of are: The ...

Marrying practicality and style to get the most out of the bathroom, whatever its size, will make soaking up the effort all the sweeter, writes Kya de Longchamps. THE bathroom is a crucial room to get right, but most of us have to deal with a rather small space which can make it difficult to squeeze in those big ideas in styling and luxury. Marrying practicality to good looks is a matter of scaling a good quality suite correctly to the room, making every available centimetre work. Baths — the secrets of scale The bath is generally the largest element to accommodate in a bathroom. Variations in bath design tend to be minor size differences (1700mm or 1800m in length) plus shaping in the shower area to accommodate a wider standing position . A rectangular wall- mounted bath remains popular as it fits well into a niche. Freestanding bath s with straighter sides can slip neatly against even a slender length of wall, but consider something you can sit in rather than lounging full length...