We currently have a hand held shower head & the pressure blows, no matter the setting. Could IT be the problem, since the pressure seems fine in all the sinks?
2007-01-29 17:03:18 · 8 answers · asked by lessismore1961 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Take he shower head off and see if the pressure in the same at what is coming out of your sinks, if not, then the shower head is find you have a problem with the water coming through the line, it could have calcium build-up or a valve could be shut 1/2 way. Either way do all the checks. If you have galvanized pipe I would replace them with CPVC piping, no soldering required.
2007-01-29 19:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by 1TON 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the shower head first, then if you still have a problem you need to take the shower cartarige out and flush the valve. The cartarige is located behind the hadle take the hadle off and remove the cartarige NOTE you must have the water tured off to your house or you will get a big mess, then have someone turn the water on for about 10 or 20 seconds to flush the line out, also look inside the cartarige to see if there is any logded dibre.
2007-01-29 17:49:37 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely there's a "water saver" in the shower head. You can take it apart and take this out, some are stationary and you'd have to drill it out, I had to do this with mine. If you did buy another, you'd just have the same problem. The saver is a little disc that covers the outlet of the shower head and restricts the water flow.
2007-01-29 20:30:43 · answer #3 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be the hand held has debris inside restricting the water flow,or maybe the pipe going to the shower.
2007-01-29 17:12:29 · answer #4 · answered by badbill1941 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
those debris you considered are maximum possibly the priority, that's clogging up the bathe head. a million. do away with the bathe head and turn on the warm & chilly water to scrub out all those debris that could desire to nonetheless be in the water traces. If there is not any different situation you're able to see a physically powerful water rigidity from the pipe with the bathe head bumped off. replace the bathe head yet you're able to could clean it nicely first. 2. If the water rigidity remains vulnerable with the bathe head bumped off then it must be in the diverter valve (in case you have a bathtub/bathe unit - that diverts the water to/from the tub &/or bathe). maximum bathe heads these days are no longer designed to grant you valuable jets/streams of water. those little debris might have the small holes around your bathe head clogged too, use a toothpick to push those debris out and clean all those holes then rinse the bathe head nicely to bathe out & do away with those loosened debris thoroughly. 3. If that's a water saving bathe head it ought to have much less rigidity too, it won't have the ability to maintain water and supply you a valuable spray too. Water saving bathe heads are many times a sturdy mist of water and not a sturdy circulate of water. 4. The mixer valve may be at fault in some way if that's in part clogged with hard water deposits too like calcium or lime. it is going to likely be hard white residue on the indoors areas, soak them in white vinegar or some CLR air purifier to do away with those deposits. i've got only labored on one mixer valve and that one grew to become into located in the middle of a single take care of tub/bathe faucet and it did have some calcium/lime deposits on the indoors areas. there are various diverse mixer valves in use and it must be in part clogged with the comparable debris you found in the bathe head too. the main possibly reason grew to become into the debris you found in the bathe head. Rust debris from the metallic pipes are the main straight forward situation alongside with calcium/lime buildup over the years additionally.
2016-11-23 13:29:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most new shower heads have water saver washers in them if you are not woried about consumtion take your shower head off and remove the restrictor from it .It should be easy to see usally rubber or type of plastic.
2007-01-29 18:01:03 · answer #6 · answered by joe n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly. It could be clogged up with minerals, grit, deteriorated washer rubber, or whatever. Disconnect it and see if you have good pressure and flow without it.
2007-01-29 17:08:33 · answer #7 · answered by gatcllc 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That could be the problem. Follow the plumbing. You might be able to adjust it elsewhere.
2007-01-29 17:10:06 · answer #8 · answered by infinitenothing_com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋