Chdamn
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2A Bourbon Hound OG
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Learned this trick from a plumber. Remove your shower head. Looks down inside. See that plastic crap there in the middle? That there’s a flow regulator. You can’t remove it.
But what you can do is take a Philip’s screw driver, put it in the hole and on that plastic piece. Then give it a firm hit with the palm of your hand. Hear that crackle? That’s the sound of better water pressure.
Here’s what it looks like when you’re done. Turn it up and shake it. If the little bits come out great. If not don’t worry about them.
For faucets the flow regulator is built into the aerator. Don’t have a pic for that. But all you do is remove the aerator, take it apart and look for a tiny o-ring. Remove that and put the aerator back together and back in the faucet.
But what you can do is take a Philip’s screw driver, put it in the hole and on that plastic piece. Then give it a firm hit with the palm of your hand. Hear that crackle? That’s the sound of better water pressure.
Here’s what it looks like when you’re done. Turn it up and shake it. If the little bits come out great. If not don’t worry about them.
For faucets the flow regulator is built into the aerator. Don’t have a pic for that. But all you do is remove the aerator, take it apart and look for a tiny o-ring. Remove that and put the aerator back together and back in the faucet.