Better
Water Pressure For Only Ten Cents
by
Al Carrell and Kelly Carrell
Often, the
water pressure at one hot water faucet starts to slow down. Sometimes the
reason is mineral deposits. The heat causes these minerals to separate out
much more readily than it does on cold water lines.
Here's a trick
that may restore the pressure. It's an easy step-by-step way to back flush
the slow running faucet to a faucet that still has good pressure.
1. Reach in
your pocket and find a dime.
2. Go to the
water heater and shut off the cold water supply to the tank.
3. Go to a
hot water faucet that has good pressure. Open the waaalve and leave it open.
4. Remove the
aerator from the sluggish faucet.
5. Put the
dime in the aerator and install it back into the spout.
6. Open the
hot water tap.
7. Turn on
the cold water side.
Now, the back
flushing has begun!
No water comes
out of the spout because the dime is blocking it. No hot water is running
to the faucet because the water supply to the heater is shut off. The cold
water that can't come out because of the dime can go through the hot water
line to the open hot water faucet where it can come out.
The pressure
of the water flowing through the shuggish faucet will blast loose the deposits.
You can probably see this sediment as it comes out.
Next, shut
off all the faucets, remove the dime and restore the water to the heater.
With any luck
at all, you'll have improved the pressure considerably and you got your
dime back! |