Really? Is that all there is?
I love being at my parents’ (only 10 min away) because they largely have their old plumbing. But they did replace finally a 40-year-old head and it is low-flow, stinks compared to the monsoon from the bathtub.
Could we just take that apart easily and remove this?
I would love to do it in our home, too.
But what REALLY kills me here is the toilets. Only the 2 American Standards work well, and sometimes the oval one isn’t perfect. The round version never fails.
My parents had the great old toilets, before the 1.6. Unfortunately, they “had to” get rid of their master the other year, because the contractor said it just is too dirty inside (ie, passages out are too gummed up?). I fear for the other 2 there.
I don’t know if those wafers with a small hole in the middle are still there. They may simply make the shower heads with narrower passages these days.
You’d have to look. Some dis-assembly will likely be required.
You would have to use your best judgement, but you may also be able to drill out the small passage to increase flow.
The wafer looked like a washer with a very small hole in the middle. I just took it out. You might want to expand it by drilling a larger hole. It’s basically up to you if you want to restrict a little to cut water consumption and reduce your water bill.
I just wanted enough to shower off quickly.
What these enviro mellon-heads never seem to understand, is it takes a certain amount of water to clean off with. Reduce the flow and the shower takes longer.
Reduce the water in the tank, and you have to flush twice.
DUH!
You can adjust the water flow in your toilet, raise the valve and shorten the chain between the flap and float, I could about double the flush on our low flow toilets.
The contractor either took it home and installed it or sold it on eBay.