How to remove this tap?

[GeX]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/843Y9vSjLNJicMsD7

New one is https://www.screwfix.com/p/cooke-and-lewis-double-lever-mono-mixer-kitchen-tap-chrome/9385t

looks like I need a 12mm https://www.screwfix.com/p/monument-tools-monobloc-spanner-set-5-pieces/6057h - but with the existing one, I can't see a nut to unbolt. Looks like I need to open it from the top and unbolt it to release the bracket.

 

[kindai]

Ah those buggers,

You'll need a special tool (no idea what its called) which sides over the long threaded part to let you undo it.

 

[GeX]

That won't work, there's only the thread bit inside the locking bar. The new one is like you've described.

Look like disconnect the water and then twist the tap base from above?

 

[eviled]

tap off the folded bit of metal, that looks like it would then allow the cylindrical nut to be undone

 

[GeX]

Tap it off how, it was installed and tightened somehow so there must be a way to loosen it!

 

[eviled]

strong thumbs?
It looks like the folded bit of metal is added after the nut is done up to lock it in place

 

[Ross1234]

Maybe if you can unscrew the water connectors, you can then unscrew the horizontal metal bar?

 

[Abyss]

Seems an odd design! It looks to me more like a Fischer KD8 or similar which are seriously strong fixings!

Usually the threaded bar is also screwed into the underside of the tap so just twisting the whole threaded bar anticlockwise with pliers may work?

 

[Ross1234]

Is it this?

 

[GeX]

The bottom bit certainly looks like that, yes.

 

[m4rmite]

Screw 2 nuts on and lock them together, unbolt the upper one and it should un thread the bolt from the tap