Plumbing Q: Is a basin wrench just prank on the DIY impaired?

[Caffeine.addict]

@LateComer

I came close to doing this replacing my mother’s. I tried heating it, greasing it with penetrating oil, basin wrench, vice grips, putting a pipe on the basin wrench for leverage and it would not budge. I’d have dremeled it if I could have fit it under the sink but ended up using a small hacksaw and cut it off piece by piece. THAT was a chore and not the wrench’s fault.

This happened to me as well. I tried the hacksaw and then remembered that I had a reciprocating saw with a metal blade. It worked like a charm.

[thelabdude]

Recip saws are the heavy artillery if you can get into the place with one.

[dzero]

@GiantRat

Are you that creepy girl I met in that bar in 2004? If so, can we try again without the hardware?

:eek:

OMG. How did you know? BTW, the hardware wasn’t the problem. I just knew I’d be walking funny the next day. (j/k in case that was too convincing )

@LateComer

I came close to doing this replacing my mother’s. I tried heating it, greasing it with penetrating oil, basin wrench, vice grips, putting a pipe on the basin wrench for leverage and it would not budge. I’d have dremeled it if I could have fit it under the sink but ended up using a small hacksaw and cut it off piece by piece. THAT was a chore and not the wrench’s fault.

Do you think that an oscillating tool could have worked?

@ducati

You’ll need to make a weapon. Look around you– can you construct some sort of rudimentary lathe?

paper clip, rubber band, toilet paper roller thingie.

Yeah, no problemo. :smack:

[El_Zagna]

Are you sure you have it flipped the right way? Flip the head one way to tighten nuts, flip the other way to loosen.