Back when I was alive, basins had square holes and taps had a square on the bottom so they don't move when you shut them off.
Mind you, even 30 years ago that started going pear-shaped, I remember putting new taps in an old basin where I created the squares on the taps by locking two brass back-washers onto each tap with Araldite then filing them to a square, but then the basin had squares so it worked OK.
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And yes, I made the cupboard from an old laboratory worktop, a sideboard and some oak flooring, and I did the tiling. But then I had all the time in the world or thought I did.
Anyway, now I see that common sense has been totally mislaid. Now the taps have no square and the basin holes are round.
How is one supposed to fix them so they don't rotate?
Mind you, even 30 years ago that started going pear-shaped, I remember putting new taps in an old basin where I created the squares on the taps by locking two brass back-washers onto each tap with Araldite then filing them to a square, but then the basin had squares so it worked OK.
Picture...
And yes, I made the cupboard from an old laboratory worktop, a sideboard and some oak flooring, and I did the tiling. But then I had all the time in the world or thought I did.
Anyway, now I see that common sense has been totally mislaid. Now the taps have no square and the basin holes are round.
How is one supposed to fix them so they don't rotate?
