How to Open a Shower Head - How To Disassemble a Shower Head to Clean. [Mira Shower Head]

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In this video I show how to disassemble a shower head to properly clean it out inside when its all blocked up and the normal tricks of cleaning it like soaking it in vinegar just don't work.
This was my shower head, id tried soaking it in vinegar several times to no avail then one day I figured out how to open it up and take it apart. It was full of grit inside, way worse than in the video, this video was made a couple of months later as it re-blocked a little from remaining grit in the system so I thought this time I dismantle it id record it for anyone else wondering how to take yours apart to do the same. There's no way this would ever clean itself with any cleaning products as it was blocked with grit so I needed to dismantle it. And if you have a leaking shower head or dripping shower head you may need to do the same, it improved my leaky shower head a lot but it still dripped a little after cleaning because the rubber seals were worn from the grit damaging them over the years. Hopefully my little shower head disassembly video will at least give you an idea of how to open a shower head.
This is a Mira shower head, I cant guarantee yours opens the exact same way as there are many styles of shower head, even many styles of Mira showerhead so follow along at your own risk as I take no responsibility for any damage you do to yours.
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Cheers. Lee
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27 июн 2017

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@LeesRandomVids 6 лет назад

*****NEW VIDEO***** _(Help needed!)_ ►ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oBhI3yfEn4g.html - How to Solve a Rubik's Cube Please could any of you help me by watching it (or just leave it playing) just to give it some initial views, otherwise as a small RU-vidr it just gets buried never to be seen again on RU-vid as bigger channels dominate. Thank you, Lee

@amcrome 5 лет назад

Thanks fella - just needed the first few mins - once I knew it unscrewed I was home and dry. All the best.

@LeesRandomVids 5 лет назад

Nice one mate! Just happy to know it helped someone out! Cheers!

@theprior46 4 года назад

Very informative - clear filming and important close-ups at the right time. It was well worth watching right through as we can be well up on the tricky bits if we need to strip the head down that far. Loved the idea of clearing the holes with dental floss brush - that would do a great clean out. Thank you for posting this up it will prove really helpful. You get 5 stars from me.

@LeesRandomVids 4 года назад

Thank you for the kind words and you are welcome, I'm glad it was useful to you 😃👍😃

@juneyb01 4 года назад

Thank you so much for sharing, I have suffered for so long, I just couldn't see how to take it apart. It is just great now, thank you again.

@LeesRandomVids 4 года назад

You're welcome, I'm glad it was of some use to you. 😃👍

@0KiteEatingTree0 9 месяцев назад

Useful. We have a cleaner who does a good job cleaning the head, but not a good job putting it back together. :)

@LeesRandomVids 8 месяцев назад

I'm really glad it was useful to you. 😃

@timbly-wx2ft 11 месяцев назад

Thanks - Id never have thought it would unscrew.

@LeesRandomVids 10 месяцев назад

You're welcome, I'm glad it was useful to you.

@ravvers00 4 года назад

Cheers mate , I got the exact shower head & wanted to clean it out but didn't know if it did unscrew - can have a decent shower again now :)

@LeesRandomVids 4 года назад

Thank mate I'm, glad it was useful to you. 👍😄

@grahampalmer9337 6 лет назад

Thanks for this. I was stuck on how to get this damn thing to pieces. I'm on JSA long term & can't afford the ridiculous price of replacement. Of course I'll subscribe; it's the least I can do to return the 'favour'.

@LeesRandomVids 6 лет назад

You're welcome! I'm really glad it helped you :D

@charitou66 5 лет назад

Thanks mate!! Got one from lidl completely different but the idea was the same!!!

@LeesRandomVids 5 лет назад

You're welcome, glad it was some use to you. :D

@shezza57 4 года назад

Great video

@LeesRandomVids 4 года назад

Thank you, I'm glad it was useful to you 😃👍

@binovc9108 5 лет назад

Glad you posted this, though not sure it will work on mine (a Delta). Delta has a lifetime warranty, so I'm really more curious than anything. I will be using some silicone grease on the rubber parts, as this is the main problem with mine, the adjuster has gotten hard to turn. I have had success spraying silicone spray into the spray openings, which helps for about a month. Hoping the "food grade" silicone spray I use isn't harmful..... People who try your method should post their shower head brand, and if it was successful or not, which may help others avoid breaking theirs.

@LeesRandomVids 5 лет назад

Yeah that would be helpful to others as not all will open this way.

@cindys5426 3 года назад

Good to know.Thanks.Love your accent btw.

@LeesRandomVids 3 года назад

Youi're welcome, I'm glad it was some use to you. And thank you haha. 😄 Merry Christmas.

@sharifsircar 6 лет назад

I'll give it a shot on my shower head, it already met it's days so the worst that could happen is a broken shower head. Thank you

@LeesRandomVids 6 лет назад

Yeah its worth a try if is met its day then, good luck! :D

@sharifsircar 6 лет назад

LeesRandomVids Did go sell well, got it to turn but was it, just kept turning endlessly after that.

@LeesRandomVids 6 лет назад

Ahh shame, its always satisfying when u can repair something or clean it out rather than buying another one.

@sharifsircar 6 лет назад

LeesRandomVids Indeed

@mdenbaly 20 дней назад

there is no videos on K-973 disassembly - why not?

@elenaoakes8494 3 года назад

Hoping you can help me out even though this video is 4 years old, at 4:26 the plastic part with the spring, when I took mine apart it only has the spring. I dont know if it was previously lost, will this cause any issues like leaking? thanks.

@LeesRandomVids 3 года назад

Nah, if it's the same shower head as this one then it wont cause it to leak. That part is what you hear clicking when you turn the head and makes it lock into the positions, it will just feel smooth when you turn it and wont lock in the positions, but will probably stay in position anyway without out it. Tho have a look on the floor, it could have fallen out when you opened the head. Hope it helps. :)

@lennykelly9952 3 года назад

Thanks mate I also was baffled how to get the head off.

@LeesRandomVids 3 года назад

You're welcome, I'm really glad it was useful to you. 😄👍

@williamterry3177 9 месяцев назад

Great information. Thank you for the destruction. Glad to see you were wearing gloves.

@LeesRandomVids 9 месяцев назад

You're welcome. 👍

@butterflypeter 4 года назад

i watched this hoping you would show me how to open the shower hed at top so i can descale it.my shower head is blocked with limescale and i dont know how to remove the top part so i can clean it

@LeesRandomVids 4 года назад

That back plate, yeah I couldn't get it off. Those lugs on the outer ring at 3 and 9 o'clock look like it could be screwed in and would require a specific tool to get it off, or maybe a piece wood with screws set at the correct gap with the shower head in a vice.. or hammer and chisel/screwdriver to tap it round like you do on certain cat nuts.. but being plastic it would likely damage it a lot. I did have a small attempt at trying to get it off but it was very tight and for my shower head.. just dismantling the part I did cleaned the mechanism out. Hope the video helped somewhat tho. 👍

@sayanbiswas7364 2 года назад

If Karl Pilkinton was not a comedian. he'd be this guy.

@LeesRandomVids 2 года назад

Hahahaha

@goldcamman2750 5 лет назад

Bought a brand new shower head for 30 bucks, did the turning, now is broken, thank you I guess.

@LeesRandomVids 5 лет назад

Why was you trying to open a brand new shower head? Trying to take one apart is kind of a last resort when cleaning products wont unblock an old blocked or scaled up shower head. It's also why I put the disclaimer in the video and also said "make sure you can feel it is turning and not breaking" because people may try this on a different model shower head that doesn't open this way and use excessive force and break them. Thank you for the dislike I guess :P Just playing it all counts as interaction. You could try returning it, worth a try!?

@goldcamman2750 5 лет назад

LeesRandomVids my water pressure isn't very strong but the water flow is good when I tested out without the shower head, I wanted to dissemble it so that I could remove the water restrictor or find some way to locate the issue within, however, there's nothing much can be done now lol, judging by my local store practice, I doubt they gonna exchange a unit due to self negligence, anyway I will take that as a lesson to not diy modify or repair a newly bought product, I hope anyone else that was planning to find a way to enhance the water flow will not take such a bold step as what I did.

@LeesRandomVids 5 лет назад

Ahh I see. Maybe you could block half the holes off, like every alternate one to up the pressure, if you could repair the the head that is.

@stevesunshine7877 4 года назад

That's funny. You wearing high button shoes Mate?

@LeesRandomVids 4 года назад

@stevesunshine7877 4 года назад

@@LeesRandomVids Shower Heads don't come with an expiration date. Whatever you think you are cleaning has already done potential damage ie; mold, legionella, NTM, fungus and a host of other mycobacterium. And even if you could certify the cleaning, when does it repopulate since you cannot see inside? Read the University of Colorado Study on Shower Heads. The most peer reviewed study on this topic.

@grahampalmer9337 6 лет назад

Hmm. Sorry Lee; I'm getting a RU-vid error message (404) when I try to subscribe. As soon as I can sort this I'll return to complete.

@LeesRandomVids 6 лет назад

Thanks mate, and don't worry about it, I'm just really glad it helped you and thank you for wanting to help back! :D

@LeesRandomVids 6 лет назад

*Please can you guys help me by subscribing to my channel, I need to get to 1000 Subscribers.* I'm happy to return the favour! Thanks, Lee

@JetStream2013 Год назад

Hi Lee, Thanks for very useful video on cleaning a Mira shower head. Although you were using an older design I was able to sort my mis-assembly out. Would you consider doing another video for the Mira Logic shower heads ? The instructions in the instruction leaflet for are-assembly after fitting the replacement O Rings kit ( Service Pack 450.08) are hopeless, inaccurate and misleading. Your video ability would sort this all out, I'm sure. Again thanks for the video of the older design.Excellent. Wondering how I will know if you do an update. I have subscribed , maybe this gets a message to me.