8 inch Shower Head dribbling!
 

Hi,
this is the second time this strange phenomenom has occurred. I do hope
one of you can tell me why.

I have an 8 inch flat victorian head shower directly above the person.
It's repo one as part of a full kit, thermostac valve, ye olde handle
type thing.

It has enough pressure for water to come out of all the little
holes...usually.

But....after removal for cleaning (embarassingly only twice!)the water
is still coming from each little hole but not with enough pressure to
fall onto my head. In fact they are all joining up so as only about 5
streams of water fall onto me.

Any ideas? It's almost as if the pressure has just dropped fractionally
stopping a decent spray. But how can taking the head off cause it.

Last time it happened it took about 2 months before it restored to a
decent flow.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
cheers,
Richard

It has enough pressure for water to come out of all the little
holes...usually.

But....after removal for cleaning (embarassingly only twice!)the water
is still coming from each little hole but not with enough pressure to
fall onto my head. In fact they are all joining up so as only about 5
streams of water fall onto me.

How is the water supplied to this, from the mains?

Maybe the holes were restricted with crud/scale, now after you have cleaned
it, the holes are now all slightly bigger, requiring more flow?

Sparks...

header tank.
Hmmmmm...so you reckon I should block some of the holes up?


Sparks wrote:
It has enough pressure for water to come out of all the little
holes...usually.

But....after removal for cleaning (embarassingly only twice!)the water
is still coming from each little hole but not with enough pressure to
fall onto my head. In fact they are all joining up so as only about 5
streams of water fall onto me.

How is the water supplied to this, from the mains?

Maybe the holes were restricted with crud/scale, now after you have cleaned
it, the holes are now all slightly bigger, requiring more flow?

Sparks...

How is the water supplied to this, from the mains?

Maybe the holes were restricted with crud/scale, now after you have
cleaned
it, the holes are now all slightly bigger, requiring more flow?

Sparks...

wrote in message
oups.com...
header tank.
Hmmmmm...so you reckon I should block some of the holes up?

It sounds like this is the problem, as you say it happened when it was
cleaned before.

You could try blocking up some of the holes.
Try blocking some holes (Spread out, to keep the balance of the spray).
If you can access the rear of the holes, then it is probably easier to block
them from this side!

Sparks...

wrote in message
oups.com...
header tank.
Hmmmmm...so you reckon I should block some of the holes up?

It sounds like this is the problem, as you say it happened when it was
cleaned before.

You could try blocking up some of the holes.
Try blocking some holes (Spread out, to keep the balance of the spray).
If you can access the rear of the holes, then it is probably easier to
block them from this side!

A better option of course, would to add a shower pump to boost the pressure,
but this is a lot more involved than simply blocking some holes up (and will
use more water)

Sparks...