How to fix low water pressure shower head

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This is how to fix low water pressure from a shower head in seconds. All modern/new shower heads have a restrictor inside to reduce water usage which is great, however that in turns leaves the user with a low / weak water pressure. All you have to do is remove the water restrictor inside the shower head and you instantly will increase the flow of water. If you want to do your part for the environment simply reduce the amount of time you spend in the shower. For more DIY and how to videos like comment and subscribe.
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@yonelayoshka7223 2 года назад

It's my first time to see a hack that works on RU-vid , almost called a plumber but decided to check RU-vid first then BOOM I saw your video and I did the first step you did , my shower pressure now is normal...thanks you saved me a few bucks .I'm subscribing immediately

@mranonymous8979 2 года назад

Bill explains things simply does the job in real time no fast forward or edits easy to understand 👏🏻

@billshowto 2 года назад

👍

@RobBobGlobGrod 2 года назад

I saw a cut there at 5:29

@MileHighBeauty 2 года назад

THANK YOU! I've tried a couple different shower heads trying to find one that has good pressure. I probably use more water because I have to shower longer when the water barely comes out. Especially for those of us with long hair.

@wayneruckley7346 2 года назад

Extremely helpful Bill. Highly professional vid containing all the info needed.

@littlecreatures1801 14 дней назад

Just fix up my shower head after watching your other resetting the shower taps thank you ! it finally work without dripping !

@felytapia5048 Год назад

Thank you so much I was tired of taking a shower using this shower head. Now it feels so nice!!!

@5Flaash 10 месяцев назад

Great tute again Bill, spreading the word to anyone who needs help. Keep up the excellent work and thankyou🎉 for taking the time to help others

@TofuProductionCinema 2 года назад

Top notch stuff, Bill. Been spreading the word out for this channel, hope it keeps gaining popularity!

@billshowto 2 года назад

Much appreciated 👍👍👍

@rafac13 2 года назад

Did this to my shower 100% better. Thank you

@billshowto 2 года назад

Glad I could help👍👍👍

@mcake1234 Год назад

Bill you are a bloody life saver mate! My shower is similar and weak as p***! I didn't even know manufactures put these things in. I'll try this. Cheers and thanks.

@alydiamcm Год назад

Thanks for the tips! Great video. Im going to try this on my shower right now

@philjohnston9616 2 года назад

Learn something new every time I watch your content. Thank you

@billshowto 2 года назад

You’re very welcome 👍

@JawkneeTango 2 года назад

Thanks Bill! This is just what I was looking for. You're a legend, mate.

@billshowto 2 года назад

Glad I can help 👍👍👍

@mranonymous8979 2 года назад

Took the words out of my mouth

@shanechis 2 месяца назад

I watched a few of your videos before I tackle a shower head replacement. As always you provide great tips and especially about the restrictor. Thanks again.

@billshowto 2 месяца назад

You’re welcome 👍

@fgjk18scb13x Год назад

This channel is the best out of all

@GregAlanEdwardsEmmanuelRidge Год назад

Very informative! Thank you!

@Mo75Jo 2 года назад

Thank you so much! Will definitely do this to my shower.

@billshowto 2 года назад

👍👍👍

@vassach1 8 месяцев назад

thanks So very much Bill, for almost 6 months I was putting water to Bucket and taking bath .. but from today . I can say .. I took a shower :-) at last :-)

@ParArdua 2 года назад

Brilliant, thanks Bill.

@larrygilbert7273 2 года назад

Great video. I always lay a rag over the drain (or close the drain, if it's a sink.) I only had to lose one screw down the drain to learn that trick.

@damo5219 2 года назад

Reducing the amount of water...means I stay in the shower longer..... Thanks Bill. Weekend project coming up.

@shianasworld Год назад

Just did this to both my showers, pressure is better and hot water comes out a lot quicker. Thank you

@billshowto Год назад

You’re welcome 👍

@shaqskuxx379 2 года назад

Your videos are the best mate . Keep it up

@fixingandmore4776 8 месяцев назад

Thank you very much for this helpful video.

@Parsley1968 Год назад

Hurrah! I now know how to remove the shower head as this is exactly the same as mine. I can now clean it sad whilst I’m at it, I will remove the water restrictor which I didn’t know existed. My water comes out of the head at the same speed as how it does in the first film.

@jacknath1 Год назад

Ok, thanks mate. Very helpful. This was my problem. I shower I half the time using the same amount of water but less electricity running the fan and light.

@99marilena 2 года назад

Fantastic thanks

@alfonsorodriguez5449 Год назад

I'm going to try this solutions today. I'll be updating . Video is great.

@maxinejensen2082 2 года назад

Brilliant!🤩 Thank U for sharing🙏🙌🙌

@ronniemacleod841 2 года назад

Well done buddy. I needed this advice 🙌

@billshowto 2 года назад

👍

@lieslnew8247 2 года назад

Nice one Bill. who knew!!!!

@JJ-sg9qr 2 года назад

Was in a caravan park that had an instantaneous hot water system that would cut out mid shower due to low water flow rate resulting in freezing water in the shower. Removed the the restrictor and perfect hot showers for the rest of the stay.

@anthonyb8208 2 года назад

Thanks mate, we've got that exact shower head, so I'll take the restricter out, thanks for letting me know where it is Bill.

@billshowto 2 года назад

You’re welcome, enjoy the great shower👍

@koga_ytb6855 2 года назад

The man! Thank You

@Matthewjs33 2 года назад

Thanks for the great explanation. I'm about to try it. I HATE low pressure showers.

@billshowto 2 года назад

👍

@garyneens6571 2 года назад

Didn't know about this. Thanks Bill 👍👍

@billshowto 2 года назад

👍

@siobhantaub3734 Год назад

Brilliant 👏

@PaulRizzo Год назад

Thank you!

@paulkelly7305 2 года назад

Excellent , well done

@billshowto 2 года назад

👍

@phillipeaton7543 2 года назад

Fantastic video, very informative. I don't suppose this restrictor tech is also fitted to Bath shower mixer taps??? Our landlord had to replace the bath shower mixer tap a couple of years ago, and since the shower pressure has been rubbish.

@somewhereelse3813 2 года назад

Nice one Bill, who knew!!

@billshowto 2 года назад

👍👍👍

@trish10-in44 2 года назад

thankyou

@SlyJesse 2 года назад

On the next Billshowto could you show us how to win the lotto every time. Thanks.

@kayaclement2289 2 года назад

Honestly feel like you need theme music :) We just brought our first house and doing alot of diy so these videos are super helpful thank you :)

@billshowto 2 года назад

You’re very welcome 👍👍👍

@natasha8597 2 года назад

Love that shower head too..

@Lucas-lov-plumbing 2 года назад

@Amazinglifechoicetoday 2 года назад

Hi Bill, are there restrictors also in the hand shower heads?

@paulodenobrega1500 Год назад

Thank goodness an Australian How to ...

@billshowto Год назад

👍

@andrewyoung1652 6 месяцев назад

Are the restrictions an Australian thing or would they have them in the uk?

@rob1t Год назад

Thank u. I'll leave another comment later once I try this on a callback I've just had😂😂

@nikkitaylor-wherewegoasafa5635 2 года назад

So glad I've found your videos. Keep up the great work. New subscriber here!! Would love to see how to level a backyard that already has grass but don't want to dig up the grass (because it's great, thick grass) just need to know how to level it out please. If this is possible without having to dig up my lawn. Cheers Bill. 🍻

@wademclaughlin2946 2 года назад

Use washed river sand. If it’s not washed, it can be full of weed seeds. Spread it on and make sure you leave some of the grass showing. Just repeat it over a few weeks/months until you are happy.

@nikkitaylor-wherewegoasafa5635 2 года назад

@@wademclaughlin2946 thank you so much. Will definitely start giving this ago 🤙

@louiem2 Год назад

Top stuff mate👍

@billshowto Год назад

👍

@ihewer 2 года назад

Thanks bill

@billshowto 2 года назад

👍

@cranercrew9836 7 месяцев назад

What brand/model is your shower system?

@WHITELACEWON Год назад

I could kiss you! Sorry if that's too forward ahah. but I am so appreciative, my shower had 2! Filters! in different places!! With the help of this video I found all of them and the pressure went from a slow dripping drizzle (could barely wash soap off!) Now it's full power!! Thanks!

@josephineswenson8891 Год назад

Are you accepting new clints?

@imadbasayev8541 5 месяцев назад

There's a special place in hell for whoever invented water restrictors.

@jabhatta 3 месяца назад

@Billshowto - how were you so sure the restrictor was not in the shower head itself ? maybe the shower restrictor was the black piece seen at @2.19 to @2.20

@rajaf5293 2 года назад

Thank you gonna try this

@billshowto 2 года назад

👍

@floridamanpresents3952 2 года назад

i like it

@Joachim.777 2 года назад

Restricters must go every time☝🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽❤️🙏🏽

@lisaandrews1430 2 года назад

How do you clean the head if it’s got sand in it ? ( plumbing problems)

@TheRealMrCods 2 года назад

Top Stuff 👍

@billshowto 2 года назад

👍👍👍

@joshtisson8865 2 года назад

What if the wall fixture won’t come off ?

@Ohkeh640 2 года назад

Where are you located?? Do plumbers deal with removing restrictors and twisting taking apart all the shower parts? Thx

@jessidrumm 2 года назад

Get a go pro! Love your videos

@rooboy99 2 года назад

Nice one Bill. Wondering if you can suggest something please. I was changing a shower head and dropped the wrench. It took a chip out of the acrylic shower base. Do u recommend something I can patch it with, it's probably a qtr size of a one cent piece, so it's pretty small. So looking for something waterproof but also in a similar creamy colour to the base. Was thinking some maxisil coloured silicone seslant from bunnings. Thanks in advance.

@VCanisMajorisY 2 года назад

Surgu is great. I fixed the rubber gasked on my washing mashine (next to the door) , it's lasted 8 years.

@grahamsmith7407 Год назад

I see on some mixers it says some cartridges are 35mm and some are 40mm why is this on the boxes? What is the difference? TIA

@Stevej2013 2 года назад

Thanks Bill. I will now check my kitchen tap, it's horrid. Super low pressure.

@billshowto 2 года назад

Kitchen tap will most likely be the aerator. I have a video on that also 👍👍👍

@derektruong6272 2 года назад

Could also try the water shutoff knob underneath the kitchen sink.

@rubbensofficial5511 Год назад

What brand is the shower head

@haydenmacintosh7364 2 года назад

Hey mate, Is this the reason why my rain shower head is making loud noises when I turn the pressure up? Im forced to have no pressure just so I dont get i industrial deafness.

@chrisbishop844 Год назад

What brand is this shower head?

@martinf9626 2 года назад

On the restrictor usually you gone a find a little rubber O ring inside , try first with out the O ring and put back the restrictor and try, because sometime take out all the restrictor can be to much

@aljames7345 9 месяцев назад

Great video but never mentioned, do you have to turn off the water at the mains supply before doing this?

@billshowto 9 месяцев назад

No, as long as your taps are off no water will come out the shower head👍

@gauravsharma3400 Год назад

What’s ur area of operation .. where r u based ???

@stevenmeakin2542 2 года назад

Hi you never tightened up the Allen key fitting

@ibisman1593 2 года назад

Great Video, are restrictors mostly colored red?

@billshowto 2 года назад

I have come across a variety of colors 👍

@FriendlyFireBrigade 2 года назад

No loctite or ptfe tape? It might leak now behind the tiles! Also it's always good to add some silicone grease to the o-rings/washers/seals

@Ohkeh640 2 года назад

Do plumbers remove these restrictors?

@zeroeffort1572 2 года назад

I tried this and found a rubber seal in the shower head with a mesh centre.. i assume this is the restrictor. I removed it and didnt see any noticeable pressure difference, but saw water weeping out the shower head thread so i stuck a screw driver through the mesh and removed this part keeping the rubber seal which i put back in. Pressure difference certainly not as noticeable as this but might be a slightly better. My shower head is 400mm square so that may make a difference. Pleased it's out though regardless. Thanks

@UltimateAccuracy 2 года назад

The mesh filter is to stop crud getting into shower head and blocking the jets. You've probably got a restrictor upstream of that. HTH

@niketavogleson5060 5 месяцев назад

My shower looks like this only thing everything is in one so I will check it to see if it has a restrictor

@kurtg5405 Год назад

Hey bud, I just bought a shower-head and it has a brass nut that screws into the wall, but it doesn't have any kind of 'stopper' so it keeps screwing deep into the tiles, so I can't work out how to tighten it as the shower head just wants to spin. Is there a simple fix to this or should I return the shower head?

@billshowto Год назад

You can add more Teflon tape to the threads or use lock tight glue

@kurtg5405 Год назад

@@billshowto thank you! Shall try this

@s.91.a 2 года назад

Any idea how to fix a slow ceiling fan? 3 of my ceiling fans have slowed right down. Cheers

@Howdy671 2 года назад

the capacitor needs changing its under the bell shaped bit, happened to mine

@Ohkeh640 2 года назад

@@Howdy671 how do I fix the fan in my bathroom it doesn’t work and the whole bathroom steams up

@Howdy671 2 года назад

@@Ohkeh640 measure it and go to the hardware and get a new one, it probably plugs into a regular power point in the roof

@moisesalves6413 Год назад

After show it i love shower 😜

@VCanisMajorisY 2 года назад

Amazing all the work that goes into that shower design only to be ruined by that red piece of (planet saving) plastic.

@user-cr5go8tm8m 5 месяцев назад

My shower head I honestly don't think is my issue. Because we have taken off the shower head and without anything placed on. It's still not as we would like it to be. What else can it be?

@tycox8704 2 года назад

Flow restrictors reduce water volume rather than pressure.

@src4409 2 года назад

Something no one talks about is taking the restricters off of the faucets and shower heads to see if there is debris built up. I live in a sandy area and I have to clean sand out of mine twice a year.

@billshowto 2 года назад

Shower heads will have a restrictor whilst taps/faucets generally have an aerator. I have a video on the aerator as well 👍👍👍

@natasha8597 2 года назад

BTW...Do I need to shut the water off at the main before I start ?

@metallic6121 Год назад

@@natasha8597 no

@johnw2758 2 года назад

Surely it's in to make it 'feel' like being in the rain and not supposed to come out so quick? Fair enough cleaning the gunk out.

@billshowto 2 года назад

No, all new shower heads have them 👍

@gremlinmech 2 года назад

Increased the flow only pressure went down as flow increased ......pressure is created as flow is decreased.

@autostream1522 2 года назад

I’ve done this 1 million times I just use a drywall screw and screw it into the plastic and then pull it out with a pair of pliers

@billshowto 2 года назад

Good idea 👍

@butchjohnson3159 2 года назад

1/4 inch drill bit works well also.

@billprezioso3677 2 года назад

I thought the purpose of a rain shower head was to provide a gentle flow of water,ya know like a gentle rain not a torrential downpour.

@viclion1598 2 года назад

I would love to do this but living with all girls I who won’t get out of the shower I think I better keep it 😂

@HeatonResearch Год назад

Can you just buy a higher pressure head, that does not have the little restrictor gizmo in there?

@billshowto Год назад

Unfortunately, Most have them. It’s for water efficiency 👍

@helene420 8 месяцев назад

Shower head manufacturers are required by law to put them in every shower head in the US. 😤

@253Monty Год назад

... this is applicable to like....10% of showers tops? This configuration is nothing like my own showerhead setup. No hate just putting it out there.

@aezean5618 Год назад

The reason you have that filter is not to reduce water flow or save water. It’s there to prevent debris from getting to the shower head 🚿 and block the holes. It’s more difficult to unclog the actual shower head if blocked. If the filter is dirty, just clean it. Don’t damage it or put a hole in it. If you do that you reduce the lifespan of the whole shower head because sooner or later the debris will clog the shower head and you will need replacement

@goatmoon2393 Год назад

I removed mines but it's still the same

@vickikay54 2 года назад

Do what I've done for years, remove it before you install it in the first place, don't even bother waiting for the head to lose pressure. These things may work fine on some hot water systems, but on instantaneous, they are useless. You need pressure to keep the gas system delivering hot water.

@sharull6074 8 месяцев назад

Dont understand why they need restrictor to save water. Just pinch the valve.

@ArchieC 2 года назад

Low flow...... I don't like the sound of that. 👍

@truth6600 2 года назад

Removing that not only increases dlow not pressure, cou is d cause several problems with the valve body and seals due to high velocity water,as a plumber I wouldn't recommend.