Hi,
I'm living in a new house, but one thing which bothers me is the showers - the amount of water is incredibly small, as is the force with which it is sprayed out. I've tried changing shower heads, which worked a little bit, but the problem remains. Is there some plumbing I can fiddle around with to fix this?
Thanks a lot!
2007-04-29 17:24:16 · 5 answers · asked by theresaconspiracy 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
New shower heads have water saving restricter orfices inside of them. You can either take out the disc with the restriction or drill it out to at least twice its size. Any time I get a new shower head I tear out the "water saver" first thing because I think a shower should get you wet not just a sprinkle. you could have other problems but try this first.
2007-04-29 17:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by Molliemae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a new home my guess is that you have "restructures" on the shower heads. Take the shower head off and take the restructure out. It's a small plastic disc that covers the end, sometimes they're part of the head and have to be drilled out, a 3/8 inch drill and it's done.
2007-04-30 05:26:50 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the problem is your water pressure. make sure the valves are turned all the way up. mainly any and all valves directly leading to your shower. if that doesn't work . then its just matter in which the pressure coming into your home is low. if this is the case call your water company they maybe able to increase it slightly but they probably won't
2007-04-30 00:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn up the water pressure.
2007-04-30 00:28:50 · answer #4 · answered by Geenahh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put some CLR on a zip lock bag ,and dip your shower head for a few minutes .
2007-04-30 00:28:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋