Helllllllllllp!! The contents of my kitchen cupboard are strewn all over the floor, the floor which is under an inch of water, the water which is a lovely red colour from the fresh blood pouring out of my finger . Ok - the blood loss is stemmed but what the fiddle de dee do i do about my knackered taps!!! No water coming out of cold tap so i decided to investigate. Took handle bit of tap off and on closer inspection decided that the thread on the inside has worn away (HOW??) so isnt turning the thingy ma jig to let the water out! SO in my infinate wisdom decide i can mend it . Hence the wet floor, bloody finger and lack of kitchen sink - oh and to make matters worse had to turn water off at mains to stop the leak. Not sure but i fink i bitten off more than i can chew - now need to take the whole tap off to replace with a new one BUT do i REALLY have to remove the whole sink first??? which also means removin the dish washer from its slot and disconnecting teh waste pipe??????????? OH S***T!!! On occassions I really do appreciate men have their positive qualities - I neeeeeeeeeeeed one

i don't think you need to remove sink do you ?

Is your finger alright?
sorry dont know much bout diy myself, but hope someone can help you

Dunno but i cant get to the bottom of the tap thingy! how are they fixed in? im not sure exactly which bit needs unscrewing

shouldnt do what kind of taps?

Its stinging to buggery - but think it stopped bleeding now

should be a big nut on it if you can feel it

is it mixer ?

They are mixer taps so only one bit attached to sink base - dunno where to unscrew or whack with a hammer?

Yay - tis a mixer - hang on gonna go inspect

first get the water up off the floor sort out your finger buy new taps then come back and sort the rest out!!

I cant see - its all too cramped behind the damned sink aaarrrrrgh

can you feel it ? or is it behind the panel ?

Think its going to have to remain half done over night - live miles from anywhere to get a set of taps oh bbbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllss!! off to the bar for a large one

I can feel it just about - its a really long nut with a long bolt by the feels of it.

well leave it turned off , clean up