How do I improve the water pressure in my apartment?

Question

I just moved into this apartment, which is on the ground floor of a 5 year old building. The water pressure in the bathroom and kitchen sinks is VERY strong, but the shower is like a spritzing. When I lived in a different unit on an upper floor in this building, the shower water pressure was normal.

How do I improve the water pressure? I have access to my water heater tank thing and I know it has some dials, etc. Or, would it be better to replace the shower head?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Take your shower head off, there should be a small disc in there, it's the water saver, toss it and put the head back together. I had mine so I couldn't remove it so, I drilled it out.

Answer 2

Well a couple of things:

You prob have a low flow shower head and a cheap one at that.Low flows restrict water flow in order to promote conservation(and save landlords water bill)

Replace it with a new one but save the old one to re-install when you move.

Your shower head might be clogged with lime or other mineral deposits---If you soak it in a product called clr,you might have seen it on a TV commercial,that will dissolve the deposits or replace it remembering to set the old one aside......

Answer 3

they might have rust particles in the shower head or in the water faucets.Take the off and clean them

Answer 4

dependant on the type of shower you are using it seems that you need a pump to increase pressure and or a possible change of shower type
is your mains stopvalve fully open