Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > diable rouge Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > How did the taps get fitted in the first place? > > :)... > > > They went in before the bath, presumably. > > Or at least, the bottom parts of the taps must > have done, then the top parts were screwed on once > the bath was in position. *If* the taps are split into two, the bottom part still needs to be connected to pipes below the bath. What tends to happen is that there will be 2 copper (or cheaper plastic) feed pipes coming up from the floor void, in the area below where the bath taps are. Modern bath taps usually come with flexible 'tails', these allow for a bit of flexibility/movement for connecting to the fixed feeds. They would only need a gap big enough for a hand and wrench to work in, so if you can pull the bath forward about 4-6 inches, that should be enough for a hand to reach down and do the necessary. This is how they would've been fitted originally. The idea of creating a hole in the external wall is just crazy, and whoever suggested it, avoid at all costs :)...