Tightening flexible hoses to a Mondella sink mixer

[DocAdkins]

Purchased this mixer but can’t see how you can properly tighten the two flex hoses to the mixer body. Previous mixers I’ve installed had the inlet tails at the base of the mixer, but this Mondella Resonance mixer has the inlets right up inside the body (about where the spout arm is). No way to get a spanner or grip up in there. Do I need to disassemble the mixer body to reach the two inlet points? Appreciate any help.

[JacobZ]

Hi @DocAdkins,

A warm welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community and thank you for your question.

I note that there are two taps that are extremely similar in name and design. Can you advise whether you have the Mondella Resonance 40mm Pin Lever Sink Mixer or this Mondella Resonance 40mm Chrome Pull Out Sink Mixer?

Could I ask you to upload some photos of the tap so I can help troubleshoot?

If the inlets are up inside the tap body, I would assume that you can remove a piece to allow access to screw in your inlet hoses. Do you see a grub screw anywhere on the tap body?

Let me know if you need a hand to upload some images, I am happy to help.

If we can't troubleshoot the problem from your images, I am happy to make a trip in store to investigate.

Jacob

[DocAdkins]

Hi JacobZ,

Thanks for getting back to me. Did my photo of the box not load?

Anyway, it’s the Pin Lever one.

I’ll check for a grub screw when I get home. There was an allen key in the box but the printed instructions just say “1. Firmly tighten the flexible hoses into the inlet tails at the base of the body”. No mention of accessing the grub screw.

[JacobZ]

Hi @DocAdkins,

Yes, your photo of the box was uploaded, but I'd need to see the actual tap itself because all the information on your tap shows the inlet ports as sitting below the base of the tap.

If they do not sit outside of the housing like in the above image, you may be either missing a part or there is an issue with the tap itself that I'd need to see to diagnose and troubleshoot.

If these inlet points have been pulled up inside the tap, then you may be able to unscrew the end of the tap where you can see the join here and push the hose back through the tap.

Give this a try and let me know how you go.

Jacob

[DocAdkins]

Thanks Jacob. You’re right, my fitting looks nothing like your photo re the two tails. They are way up inside my fitting. Unfortunately the mixer was already installed into the Practa kitchen benchtop so I’ll need to get it back out from there to have another look at it. Will let you know when I get a chance to do that.

[DocAdkins]

Update: I took the mixer back to Bunnings and decided to spend a little extra and buy a Caroma mixer instead. It has the tails right at the base of the mixer so easy to tighten the flexible hoses.

Appreciate your help with this Jacob, and also appreciate Bunnings help in swapping over the mixers.