"Filipo" wrote in message
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I have a single handle MOEN kitchen faucet and the water flow pattern
and pressure is giving my wife a fit and threatening marital harmony.
This model is the one with the pull out spout attached to a long
flexible metal tube that retracts into the faucet base and under the
sink. Her complaint is that it does not give her the "strong whooshing
sound and pressure and white bubbly stream" that we get from all the
other faucets in the house - (translation - the pressure is low
(though OK at the source), the aerator does not function
satisfactorily - hardly any air bubbles, the diameter of the water
stream is small, more like a little kid's **** instead of a
full-bodied large diameter stream) I have played around with the 4
wire mesh screens inside, using from 1 to 4 of them alternately, and
the results are never satisfactory. Without the screens, the pressure
is strong but there is no aeration and the water splatters all over
the sink. With the screens, the pressure drops and we are back to the
no-whooshing flow.

I want to avoid replacing the whole faucet assembly because the
installation of this faucet was extraordinarily difficult - the
required hole was so big so the plumber enlarged the hole to the point
that no wrench would fit to tighten it since the wrench would run up
against the wall. Thus, to remove the faucet, the whole sink has to be
taken out!

It seems to me that the only solution is to replace the spout with
another
spout that has a bigger diameter outlet and a functioning aerator. Or
is there a fix within the existing MOEN spout itself? How do I open
the spout to get into the innards? Should I use a screwdriver to
separate the black rubber part from the stainless steel body? Is there
any point in doing this?

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. Thank you very much.

ftt


check the screen where the hose attaches to the faucet instead of the screen
at the end of the faucet!.