Taps for 54mm worktops

[Simon74000]

Morning all, I'm struggling to find a pair of pillar taps which will be long enough to fit through a 54mm worktop. All of the ones I have looked at are the standard 50mm thread which is uselss. I can't even recess the tap holes in the worktop due to access restrictions. HELP !!!!!

 

[aqualogic7]

you could use conex running nipple and socket or if you are lucky extention piece with long thread hard to find but are made hope this helps

 

[365drills]

Am i being a bit nieve here? The taps we fit look a bit like this

http://www.*********.com/bath_hole/6.jpg

http://www.*********.com/bath_hole/5.jpg

And you get a collar and some brass nuts to tighten up. Its the length of the spinals that are critical.

http://www.*********.com/bath_hole/4.jpg

Then its simply a case of getting longer spindles if you need them.

We do a lot of work in this area supplying diamond core drills to grind holes out in granite for taps.

http://www.*********.com/google/35mm.jpg

Example of a core set for drilling a 35mm hole (monoblock) into a granite worktop to fit a tap.

 

[stevetheplumber]

365 that is a mixer not a pillar tap
you may have to cut the treaded part of the tap short and use a socket and some nippling to allow you to fix the tap and connect provided the holes will allow the socket to sit below the tap in the worktop last time i needed nippling i had a lot of trouble getting it and wound up cutting some taps up
youll have to measure to get the socket just above where the back nut comes and leave enough to connect to
hope this makes some sense
brass sockets are thinner than galvanised ones

 

[Simon74000]

thanks Steve, it is a bit of a nightmare scenario. Its a commercial restaurant with a hand wash basin dropped in to a 54mm worktop. I had thought of your idea of doubling up on the tap thread but images of a loose connection causing a leak in this bar frightened me !! I might just get some 1/2" pipoe and braze it in to the end of the tap and then braze on another thread. This is what happens when an architect with no knowledge of commercial kitchens gets involved with a project because he's the cheapest. Thanks for your help Steve

 

[Simon74000]

365, thanks for that but as Steve quite rightly points out, it is a pillar tap. I just wish the numpties on this site would have opted for a monobloc like the one in your picture but alas, they didn't. Thanks anyway