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posted by [personal profile] geekosaur at 03:50pm on 2006-01-23
In the U.S., modern showerheads are federally regulated to be wimpy "to conserve water". If you're reasonably handy with pipe wrench and pliers, you can often remove the flow limiter in the showerhead — usually it's right at the washer.
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posted by [identity profile] throbinson.livejournal.com at 04:15pm on 2006-01-23
I put on a showerhead shortly after I moved in -- it's one of those with the handheld shower. I was hoping that would help the pressure but it doesn't really seem to have done so. I'll have to check out the flow limiter thing.
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posted by [personal profile] geekosaur at 04:29pm on 2006-01-23
Those were the first ones where I noticed the inclusion of flow limiters, actually — some 20 years ago. (It wasn't yet Federal law, but it was California law so they just shipped them with the limiters installed and provided instructions on how to remove it for non-CA residents.)
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