Dave wrote:
Thought of that first. It appears to be a lack of water to the
sprayer/faucet end.

Thanks,

Dave

"Don & Lucille" wrote in message
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areator?
"Dave" wrote in message
netamerica...
Mother-in-Law has a kitchen faucet (single handle type, push it up to
turn the water on, to the right for cold, to the left for hot) which has
increasingly reduced it's water flow. Now it's only a drip, practically.
It has the type of dispenser that also acts as a sprayer if you pull it
out of it's socket and push a button on the side. I have taken it apart
to the extent that I had time, and found that the metalic hose which
brings the water to the faucet-end is not delivering any more than a
trickle when fully on, hot/cold or both. Took the ball valve apart and
it looked okay, but something is obviously obstructing the water flow.
Thinking, maybe a sand-trap, but can't figure out where this might be.
Could it be in the body of the faucet "tower," on which the ball valve
and handle sits? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Am about to
suggest replacing it just because I can't seem to fix it...

Thanks,

Dave

This tread got me thinking about the
el-cheap-o China faucet I put in the
motor home. It has the name Danco. It
has a pull out spout with a button
that converts the aerated flow to spray.
The spray seemed to be ok, but the
aerated flow was weak with no air. I
thought the thing was completely broke,
however, today I again removed the
aerator and took out the screens. It
turns out there were 2 screens stuck
together. The culprit was very fine "dust"
plugging the screens and the other nylon
parts. I had to use compressed air
to remove the stuff. After
re-installation, it worked perfectly. I
was going to
replace the spray head for $20 at
Lowe's. Apparently, this well where I'm
getting water has lots of particulate.
Yesterday I replaced the whole house
filter which was totally clogged. The
fine stuff plugging my faucet must have
been so fine, that it passed through the
whole house filter.