Posted on 11/21/2014 11:44:26 AM PST by UB355
I don’t know if those wafers with a small hole in the middle are still there. They may simply make the shower heads with narrower passages these days.
You’d have to look. Some dis-assembly will likely be required.
You would have to use your best judgement, but you may also be able to drill out the small passage to increase flow.
The wafer looked like a washer with a very small hole in the middle. I just took it out. You might want to expand it by drilling a larger hole. It’s basically up to you if you want to restrict a little to cut water consumption and reduce your water bill.
I just wanted enough to shower off quickly.
What these enviro mellon-heads never seem to understand, is it takes a certain amount of water to clean off with. Reduce the flow and the shower takes longer.
Reduce the water in the tank, and you have to flush twice.
DUH!
You can adjust the water flow in your toilet, raise the valve and shorten the chain between the flap and float, I could about double the flush on our low flow toilets.
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This filter is rated for 40000 galons, comes with easy intall "shark bite" connectors and teflon tape, and has its flow restricted by a tiny rubber restrictor which pops right out. And it only costs $8.98.
I don’t see how increasing the amount of time to get a set amount of water will save water. You will still get the same amount, you simply spend more time getting it. You are simply wasting time, which is a limited commodity.
“Reduce the water in the tank, and you have to flush twice.”
The bigger problem today is that most older homes have 4” cast iron main drain lines that were sized for the “high-flow” toilets of the day. Now with low flow toilets there is not enough water volume to create the needed flow velocity to move the “waste” out of your home, and the old cast iron is rusty and rough which only serves to catch waste paper and cause the drain to plug up.. New homes use 3” main drains to solve the problem, but they are more prone to plugging up simply by virtue of their smaller cross-section. That is “progress.”
Yes, does sound like progress.
Didn’t know water filters had a prostate, too.../s
Which makes me think I’ll keep both eyes on the EPA guy next time...
It isn’t apparent, do you have a source making this claim?
The contractor either took it home and installed it or sold it on eBay.
I’d like to see a modification that sounds a warning in time to for us old guys to make it to the bathroom. ;^)
Further incitement to riot - I bought a new kitchen faucet - it had 1/4” input pipes (old faucet had 1/2” inlet pipes) Now takes about twice as long to fill a glass, put in “one cup water” or fill the dogs’ water bowl.
Some idiot at EPA decided that I would only drink half a glass of water or only give the dogs 1/2 a bowl of water if they restricted the water flow. I hope Rick Perry puts EPA on his list of departments to close.
That doesn’t even make sense. You aren’t going to use any less water, since it still takes the same amount to fill a glass either way.
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