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Old 01-18-2005, 08:33 AM   #8 (permalink)
Charlatan
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Originally Posted by kazoo
Inside supply piping I've found beads of solder, faucet washer screws, faucet washer fragments, etc. Remove the shower head and see if you can get a good flow from the open pipe. If not, shut off the supply lines and disassemble the hot/cold/diverter valves and look for an obstruction, as well as a loose valve seat (assuming older style valve assembly-not applicable to newer fixtures).

I was going to suggest this as well.

Last year the rubber seal (washer?)on my hotwater tap started to deteriorate and the bits of rubber ended up getting caught in the shower head. Pulled the head off, removed the bits of rubber and viola... water pressure.


(I also had to replace a damaged seat that tearing into my rubber washers...)
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