My mom asked me to come and look at her shower. She said that for
years the water pressure upstairs has been rather weak. She and dad
preferred to shower in the shower down stairs because the pressure was
better.
She was told by a plumber years ago that she should have larger
'seats' put in, that she would get more pressure.

I wasn't aware that there were larger seats. Is this true?
I used to use that shower when I was a kid, and I don't remember the
pressure being bad. I think that there is a blockage,,, possibly a
piece of an old washer that broke loose and plugging things.

any thoughts?

On Mar 22, 5:49 pm, "dave" wrote:
My mom asked me to come and look at her shower. She said that for
years the water pressure upstairs has been rather weak. She and dad
preferred to shower in the shower down stairs because the pressure was
better.
She was told by a plumber years ago that she should have larger
'seats' put in, that she would get more pressure.

I wasn't aware that there were larger seats. Is this true?
I used to use that shower when I was a kid, and I don't remember the
pressure being bad. I think that there is a blockage,,, possibly a
piece of an old washer that broke loose and plugging things.

any thoughts?

Pretty unlikely that there are larger seats. The first thing you
should try is taking off the shower head and checking to see if it is
loaded up with crud. I would agree that you might have bits of washer
causing the problem too.

JK

On Mar 22, 4:52 pm, "Big_Jake" wrote:
On Mar 22, 5:49 pm, "dave" wrote:

My mom asked me to come and look at her shower. She said that for
years the water pressure upstairs has been rather weak. She and dad
preferred to shower in the shower down stairs because the pressure was
better.
She was told by a plumber years ago that she should have larger
'seats' put in, that she would get more pressure.

I wasn't aware that there were larger seats. Is this true?
I used to use that shower when I was a kid, and I don't remember the
pressure being bad. I think that there is a blockage,,, possibly a
piece of an old washer that broke loose and plugging things.

any thoughts?

Pretty unlikely that there are larger seats. The first thing you
should try is taking off the shower head and checking to see if it is
loaded up with crud. I would agree that you might have bits of washer
causing the problem too.

JK

It is a brand new shower head. The problem is also at the faucet
below (for the tub). Tells me that the problem is before the first
spout. Don't know how to get to it.

On 22 Mar 2007 16:52:58 -0700, "Big_Jake"
wrote:

On Mar 22, 5:49 pm, "dave" wrote:
My mom asked me to come and look at her shower. She said that for
years the water pressure upstairs has been rather weak. She and dad
preferred to shower in the shower down stairs because the pressure was
better.
She was told by a plumber years ago that she should have larger
'seats' put in, that she would get more pressure.

I wasn't aware that there were larger seats. Is this true?
I used to use that shower when I was a kid, and I don't remember the
pressure being bad. I think that there is a blockage,,, possibly a
piece of an old washer that broke loose and plugging things.

any thoughts?

Pretty unlikely that there are larger seats. The first thing you
should try is taking off the shower head and checking to see if it is
loaded up with crud. I would agree that you might have bits of washer
causing the problem too.

JK

Last Christmas, I replaced a washer in my shower. For a couple of
months afterward there were unexpected pressure drops. When that
happened, I could remove the shower head and find pieces of a broken
washer stuck in it.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"God was invented by man for a reason, that
reason is no longer applicable."

On 22 Mar 2007 17:39:47 -0700, "dave" wrote:

On Mar 22, 4:52 pm, "Big_Jake" wrote:
On Mar 22, 5:49 pm, "dave" wrote:


I wasn't aware that there were larger seats. Is this true?
I used to use that shower when I was a kid, and I don't remember the
pressure being bad. I think that there is a blockage,,, possibly a
piece of an old washer that broke loose and plugging things.

any thoughts?

Pretty unlikely that there are larger seats. The first thing you
should try is taking off the shower head and checking to see if it is
loaded up with crud. I would agree that you might have bits of washer
causing the problem too.

JK

It is a brand new shower head.

A brand new *lower* volume shower head? Don't know how old your house
is, but they sell a lot of those now.

The problem is also at the faucet
below (for the tub). Tells me that the problem is before the first
spout. Don't know how to get to it.