Thank you so much for this video. I was breaking my head as to what was the issue and mine is a new faucet. All is good now. Thanks again buddy, I appreciate it.
I will share my experience with this. My old house had been mostly replumbed except for the supply to the upstairs bath. I installed a Vigo waterfall faucet and with the flow restrictors in place but it ran too slowly. Took the restrictors out and it was better but still very slow. A few years later we re-did the plumbing to that bath. Then the water shot out of the faucet and climbed the far side of the vessel sink and onto the floor. Tried putting the restrictors back in but wasn’t happy with the still greatly reduced flow so I took them back out. If you have good water pressure and kids, you might want to leave the restrictors in. If you’re cautious when turning the water on you should be OK with them out. Vigo make a higher flow restrictor (1.8 vs 1.2) but I don’t feel like hassling with it.
Thanks for the video. Mineral deposits had my plastic flow restrictor permanently stuck, but leaving it in the faucet and brushing it out with a pipe cleaner and toothpick fixed it.
@Collin Bustanoby Any idea where to get a replacement plastic flow restrictor? I mangled mine taking it out and unless I dial the supply way down, water flies out without it!
Some people have no problem with too much flow without it. One commenter mentioned that they have to use the supply valve to regulate because it flows too much without the restrictor.
Thanks Colin. Excellent video. This is very helpful and it saved me the effort of calling Vigo support or returning the product. I also like to add to your video that mine (bought in March 2022) came with an O-ring placed inside the white plastic reducer. I also removed the O-ring and the flow was powerful now. much appreciated!
Mine were brand new too. If you have recently done plumbing changes to an older system the chances are good that there is sediment broken free and drifting through the pipes. That will get caught as soon as you let your new fixture flow. Some people have mentioned just taking out the little plastic insert and I don’t see any reason that would be a problem.
Hey Collin, thanks for this video. I have a slightly different Version. It appears my pink aerator has a gasket inside, which seems too restrictive. Did yours have a gasket in the aerator?
Thanks so much for this video!!! You saved me so much time and energy. I have a quick question: You popped the top part off with an Allen wrench so effortlessly, but I do not see or understand how to do that on mine. Does yours have a little circle in the front?
My faucet is stainless steel with a stainless steel circle plug. It is hard to remove. I used an exacto knife blade to pry the plug forward, pushing on the side of the plug. Wear some safety glasses and try not to snap the blade.
Sediment can build up in the shut-off valves too. I also had to repeat the process a few times to allow all of the debris to pass through. it's about time I do it again actually.
Bravo. I have a completely different brand, but it was the same inside. I failed to heed my plumber friend, who told me whenever installing these on a new or otherwise repaired line to install a hose and run the water into a bucket before hooking up each line. I had a little copper bit in mine from cutting the line to replace the shutoff.
Hi! I have low water flow on my waterfall faucet. I found the water restrictor and it looks clogged, but it won’t come out. Do you have recommendations on how to pop it out? I used a needle nose plier and it feels super stuck in there
my water restrictor is stuck and won't come out. I have a new one to put in its place. Good thing because I've destroyed the one in place. I can't get it fully removed. Help!! I've used needle nose pliers and an eyeglass screwdriver as you suggested. This faucet was installed about 13 years ago. I used a hammer and screwdriver to knock out the restrictor. Put the faucet back together and still have restricted hot water. The cold water works great. Ugh...
@@ritarushing3274 If the faucet is that old the restrictor might be held in by deposits. You could try some of that CLR to break it up. (Calcium Lime Rust)
just curious if there's a reason to put that flow restrictor back in? when you say you put the valve back in and ran some water through, was it flowing more water or too much water without the restrictor? i'm asking because in another vid where the homeowner had very low flow in all his faucets (all same faucets), he simply removed the restrictor and he had a more forceful flow. so i'm replacing all my faucets and was considering just removing the restrictor before installing. any thought on that? Thanx for sharing this, very informative.
Mine was new out of the box and immediately clogged up with debris. As long as your new faucet is the same design the steps in this video will probably work.
I'm upset that my like made it #421, but you deserve all the likes you can get. Watched 5 videos before I'm about to notch 6 4x4's 10' in the air, and that trick of snapping all at once with a chisel made me SCREAM in excitement. You're AMAZING! <3
