Struggling with weak showers? Learn the tips and tricks

What can be worse than your shower having low hot water pressure when you have been looking forward to that time to yourself? What about your morning shower? Your day could start off on the wrong foot with low water pressure. Let’s have a look at the cause of your bathroom shower’s low water pressure.

There are tests you can do yourself to test the water pressure of your bathroom shower.

1.      Put a one-liter jug under the shower and turn the shower on full.

2.      Time how long it takes to fill the jug,

3.      It shouldn’t take more than 6 seconds to fill the jug.

There could be a few reasons why you have low water pressure in your bathroom shower. If you have an older home, the piping may be getting old. Your Hamilton plumber with A Rescue Rooter can take a look at this for you. At the same time, A Rescue Rooter in Hamilton can check if your plumbing system is using the proper sized piping to the bathroom shower. Also, your water system to the bathroom could be clogged. A Rescue Rooter can diagnose any issues regarding the plumbing system that your bathroom shower uses that ultimately could be cause of the shower’s low water pressure. A Rescue Rooter in Hamilton has the tools, including CCTV cameras, to find out if your bathroom shower’s low water pressure has anything to do with your home’s piping system.

It may be something minor that is causing the low water pressure like the shower head. A minor fix like replacing the shower head may do the trick. If you take this route, read the package to make sure it’s not a “low pressure” model. Or perhaps your present shower head needs a clean. A very easy way to clean your shower head is to fill a Ziploc bag with white vinegar, attach the it to the shower head with an elastic band and walk away for at least an hour. When you return you will be amazed at what is in the baggie. A good idea is to do this on other faucets in your house. If your bathroom’s shower has a handheld hose, there could be a kink in the hose that is affecting the water pressure.

If you have good pressure when the cold water is in use but the when the pressure when using hot water, the issue could be the water heater. Check if the shut-off valve is open. If it open, there could be issues that your Hamilton plumbers could diagnose and repair.

For all your plumbing issues, including low hot water pressure you can contact A Rescue Rooter in Hamilton by completing their online form or a call them at 905-521-8284. They are your local residential, commercial and industrial plumbers with over four decades of experience in Hamilton. They are insured, bonded and never charge a premium rate for your emergency.

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