Can't get tap head off!

[Best]

Had same problem with a similar bath mixer head & I levered it slightly on opposite sides of the head with flat screwdrivers, working all around the head. Patience & it came off after ages, but in your case if that doesn't work, just rip it off by turning the head with grips until if breaks in middle & fit complete new conversion heads.

 

[REDSAW]

is it a peglar?

doubt tap reviver will fit so you be buggered.

torch some heat on the brass then leaver it up!

 

[stratplus]

Doea anyone ever use tap reseating tools when changing tap washers that still drip?

 

[Ermintrude]

Yes it's a billy basic!

 

[stratplus]

I was always told they were no good

 

[Ermintrude]

By who a tap sales man ? That unscrupulous southerner mr stafford???? When you look at valve seat if it looks like a polo then just new washer but if it looks like It's been round the block and back freshen it up and cut a flat and clean face!

 

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Doea anyone ever use tap reseating tools when changing tap washers that still drip?

Yes, - you have to reseat them if there is a line or a piece corroded out of seating. Or it is complete new taps needed!
They work fine, if used properly - just a first turn or two & remove the tool & look at faulty seating with a torch & you can see any bits not clean brass. Just bare minimum filing down until seating is all clean brass & flush tap out of fillings.
Don't use reseating tool unless really needed as a last resort. Modern taps seating seem to last okay, although modern taps no longer last 30 plus years like the old taps did.
I don't seem to need reseater except for really ancient taps nowadays, but water over here is good generally, compared with England I believe.

 

[stratplus]

our old college tutor years ago said not to bother with them and change the taps.
I think i'll be buying one now then to keep in toolbox!

 

[stevetheplumber]

ive never had any luck with tap reseaters by the time the seat is worn the tap is scrap

 

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our old college tutor years ago said not to bother with them and change the taps.
I think i'll be buying one now then to keep in toolbox!

Probably only for the odd tap that you don't want to replace, or where a customer is tight with money or skint.
You could always buy a cheap reseater incase you need it. Strange little thing to use & you have to lean on it while turning it & finish it with less pressure to polish the seating. It probably leaves a finish not as smooth as original, but gives a worn tap years of use.