I replace my faucet and cut the fiberglass just like you are thinking of doing ,It also helped in running the hose once you got in there

[QUOTE=Breezely;19448]Hi all
I have purchased a new tap (faucet to those of you in North America! :)) but am hesitant to commence the job as accessing the nut under the sinks from the front of the sink seems to be extremely difficult to access. I don't want to remove the sink, or bench top, as some others have done.

I'm wondering if I could get easier access by cutting away the fibreglass wall immediately forward of the tap. I could cover the access hole with a vent and cover that by the cushion back in the dinette. The vent would be mostly out of sight, or completely out of sight depending how low the top of the access hole is.

Will this work? Will I get easier access to the site to enable me to remove the existing tap and replace it?

On another matter I have just installed a Gobius waste tank monitor and will post a report when I return home next month.

I'm currently on the boat in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.[/QUOTE]

Robert & Louise,

Sure:

[url]http://www.c34.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sink_Access[/url]

Or you can get, beg, borrow or whatever a [B][I]plumber's[/I][/B] tool to do just that, reach under and up. :eek: I forget the name of it, but it does exist.

Good luck, let us know what you find out and decide to do.

I like the job that Stu s 34 friend did with the cut and hatch, looks better than mine but the cushion does cover the hatch I put in

I was exposed to the metric system heavily in my engineering classes at the university in the late 1970s, and the first company I worked for had quite a global presence and designed all equipment in metric. Since then, however, I have dealt primarily with the SAE or Imperial system.

FWIW, I agree that metric is much more logical.

But... but.... but.... if we went with the metric system, I wouldn't need nearly as many drill bits in my workshop. I mean, think of it, I wouldn't need that 37/64ths drill bit anymore, just 7mm, 7.5mm, 8mm, 8.5mm..... who could possibly live with that ;) I have a digital caliper that measures in 128ths. Half the time I have to write out the division to figure out if 93/128ths is more or less than 5/8 inch. Metric would be so much easier.

Then again, all my purchased plans are in Imperial so, guess I'd still be stuck.

I replaced mine by removing the front and side drawer assemblies and the sink. I bought the single lever faucet from Catalina Direct however the hole in the sink is slightly to small so I used my Dremel with a tungsten bit to enlarge it. The whole Job took about 3 hours and it looks very good. The pullout spout/sprayer is long enough to reach the stove top. Perfect for adding water to pots.