Awesome video… Thanks for posting! I just found a much better way to do this from a friend of mine. Once you get the initial washer out and get past that screen, Just take a very small drill bit and drill a hole in the middle of the plastic thing. Screw a long wood screw into it. Then yank it out by the screw. Took literally 30 seconds
Here’s a tip, if you have a wine cork screw, especially a small one, you can pop it through the hole you made in the restrictor and pop that sucker out. Just tried it and it took me 2 seconds
Thanks for the tutorial. Purchased a Kohler a few months ago and the water basically dribbled out, now with the removal of the restrictor, I am having the best shower I've ever had! Thank you🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Thank you! I was trying to remove the water saver on my shower head and doing a bit of a hack job. Your video reassured me to persist, and sure enough: beautiful water pressure now!
Thanks! I wasn’t sure if the blue plug was a restrictor (there is a small gasket that blocks outlet holes, too) or part of the shower head. Your video confirmed it for me. After digging at the restrictor for about 2 min, I grabbed my drill and punched a 1/4 hole in the center. After that, it pried out very easily with the screwdriver. Thank you for sharing.
Tip: Use one of the small flatheads people use for glasses or very small screws - also there are 4 little prongs on the blue piece , bend them flat and inward which gives room to flip the ring out easily
“Gotta wash my butt” is one of the best reasons to remove these things … and there are many, many reasons. Flow restrictors don’t really save water if you have to take a shower 5-10 times as long to feel clean.
No drill, no needle nose pliers. Used a paper clip to pick out the screen gasket, then just a Phillips Head screwdriver to screw a wood screw a little way through the tiny holes near the edge of the blue restrictor. Yank up the screw and the entire restrictor into which it is embedded will pop out with it. Just takes a minute or so once you pick out the gasket screen to get access to he restrictor. Worked on all 3 replacement showerheads I got.
Omg, thank you so much! even though we have a Mainstay 6-setting shower head, it looks just like yours, all the way to the inside of it. Luckily I got the whole thing out! Works amazing! 🥰
Great tips for removing the flow restrictor which I think is just the rubber o-ring, right? Do you reinstall the screen and small plastic part for a Kohler showerhead? Thanks!
I had this exact type or model and I used a small bit or eye glass scre driver to poke a hole in the middle then I used and small allen wrench "L" Shaped tool and angled the turn handle part into holr and then applied leverage and the blue restricter started to come out and used needle nose plyers to pull it the rest of the way out.. I used a small allen wrinch and it did bend its shape from prying. So maybe not too small/thin of a allen wrench.... in this video the guy still leaves most of the blue ring in his shower head for best flow would be to remove it all like I did.
Can confirm that removing the black o-ring does the job, no need to struggle with the blue plastic. Just tried it on two different shower heads and pressure/flow massively increased
They change the pipe of our shower & the shower head but I change it with a host. I found white little stones like dirt on the filter of the shower head. It's not a calcium deposit cause they are shape like litte triangle. Whata are those?
Awesome video, I have great pressure, an deal with minerals in well water , so I'm constantly dealing with this, Lol mind you I built this house less then 5 yrs ago , so frustrating! Thanks again bud!
So I removed the restrictor but now my shower is making a high pitched noise. Anyone else have this issue? And how do I fix it? Delta shower head with hose and removable wand. Thank you.
Okay, I have the same water restrictor that you do - with the water dribbling sadly from the shower head. However I decided to approach the issue more conservatively. So rather than removing or destroying blessed everything, what I did was start by removing the tiny black rubber O ring from the blue restrictor with a pair of tweezers - which opened a whole series of additional holes underneath. I decided to test the result before going further: I replaced the mesh screen with attached rubber ring - both for aeration and proper distribution of water throughout the shower head - and the result was excellent! As a bonus, there was no need to drag out a drill or even a screwdriver - and no fiddling with silly plumber’s tape.
Yep! We did an experiment after realizing the pressure was too strong after destroying the restrictor in the same Delta shower head. We had another one and instead we just removed the o-ring and it was a nice happy medium I think. Then again, we have very strong water pressure so that's probably what made it too strong haha
I just did exactly the same thing with great results. I didn't have a screen in our for some reason, I may have removed it in the past. Anyway, I came her to .are this same comment and found yours pretty quickly. Glad I realized that this was an alternative approach, before I dug anything out in pieces. I did need some needle nose tweezers to do it and that made it a piece of cake.
No worries, I took mine out too. I think that it may serve a purpose but without it, I achieve outstanding water pressure and suitable water pressure to wash my butt is the objective.
Yes the mesh/rubber grommet should be put back in! Only the colored plastic piece below the mesh is the restrictor! The mesh can trap sediment from getting in the shower head and the rubber on it seals the head to the water pipe on the wall!
On some styles of shower heads, they come apart below the water regulator too. If you have one like that you can just pop it out from the bottom side. Usually takes a single tap with a screwdriver and pops right out.
My wal-mart shower head w/handheld had 2 restrictors, the main assembly had a blue one with a hole in the middle which I easily removed by turning in a little screw and pulling out with pliers. The handheld sprayer had a spring-loaded restrictor where you could press in the center so I used a bent pick to hook in and under it to pull out.
I just helped a friend with a delta hydrorain and either its old and stuck or the restrictor is glued in. The tabs all just broke off, so I removed the oring and drilled a hole in the middle and it works great now
I removed the restrictor before the initial installation, so I don't have anything to compare it to. I can say that it's not loud with the restrictor removed and the water pressure is strong and cleans me well!
@@IrixGuy Just bought a new shower head and had to install the restrictor (California), water flow it's perfect and pressure acceptable. Great vid thank you.
We broke a section of it off and the entire thing fell right on out. OMG the water pressure is amazing. Caution! You will empty your water heater QUICK! Thanks for this science experiment
I took a small drill and drilled holes in the blue plastic thing. Then gently did the sides. I was able to remove the whole piece. I also removed the wire mesh in black piece.
@@IrixGuy don’t feel bad I dug at mine to got the saver out but I left the blue edging in there to! Then my ocd went nuts took a tiny tip of knife the rest popped on out lol
I had a similar looking restrictor on a glacier bay model shower head, just removing the rubber gasket in the middle solved my pressure problem well enough.
I ended up taking a sharp screw and driving it into the middle of the blue part between the tabs, and then it pulled out a lot easier. My needle nose pliers could not get a good grip on the tabs and kept slipping out. The nice part about using a screw is that it doesn’t rip off tiny plastic parts, like a drill would, but if you take the screw out you can put the restricter back in with slightly higher pressure if you like (we have the in2ition, so the restricter makes the dual spray pointless).
Sweet! I may have wasted $30 by buying a high GPM modded one from eBay. I haven't gotten it yet, and got impatient. Glad I found your video. It's much better now and only took 2 mins. I guess I'll put the eBay one in the guest bathroom when it arrives.
Check the link within this video’s description to find the showerhead like I use. A quality showerhead without water flow restriction gets the job done!
Great video, our shower head must've jarred lose at one time and reset itself cause we had great pressure then all of a sudden it went low flow on us. I took the blue re-stricter out and no it 's working great again, Thnx👍👍👍
If you grab a pair of needlenose players, and gently grasp the edge of the restricter (inside) and once you have grabbed it just yank on it swiftly and hard and the entire assembly should come out. It did for me first try. Just have a firm grip and pull in a straight line very hard. You should see my shower water strength now, I don't pay for water and my flow was already amazing now I have a deep massage thing going on - and if I turn my water on full its almost painful. Thanks for the video. This is a must do for every guy out there having sucky shitty showers that don't massage your back or lower spine!! Thanks again. My shower head is a Peerless Model #76314 (only $16) with 3 modes which maybe will actually work now that there is sustained and good water flow coming out. !!! :_)))
I'll be dog-gone. I didn't even know they still made Peerless. Dang, that was the go-to brand in the 70's and 80's. Well if I don't like this new Delta one (which is plastic, not metal) I'll have to try the Peerless. The one I'm replacing is Moen with only 2 settings (simple and to the point) but he's about to retire so 'in with the new'. lol
I got scared when I ran into the blue piece but when I saw the same thing in your video, I decided I was gonna destroy mine too and sure enough, AWESOME water pressure that blows you to the other side of the room. Woo!
Very helpful as I am about to install a new shower head. I cleaned my son's and ruined it by making the holes bigger !! so hopefully the new one will work but just need to get that small metal filter out first and then see if there is a blue or other extra water limiter inside it. here in the UK and in the US should be OUR choice if water is limited or not, not that state's...Pause... done it in seconds - thanks. There was the metal little grill with plastic round the sides (and also in the old one I was removing which had never run fast when last replaced and now I know why) and then in the new one only below that a white plastic thing I did not need to break as I could push through the round hole on other side of the round head thing with a screw driver and it fell right out. Now it is back to our 1990s style speed in there.By the way I have also had to put a shower curtain in (my shower door broke - different room of the house and is such a rare very small and built in with tiles above size I just cannot find a replacement and nor can my plumber. I would still prefer a door but will leave it at that for now.
HELPFUL HINT: Only remove the tiny black rubber ring! Not the whole plastic assembly. This instruction was given to me by the manufacturer of the showerhead. They said it coded the warranty but it would increase water pressure. Use a needle or a pin and the ring lifts out easily. Works like a charm and takes only a few seconds!
Had to do this with my kitchen faucet. I had to remove the entire aerator. The restrictor appears to be fused to it. When I get time I will try to drill some more small holes in it and see if that works. Btw, I was fine with the water pressure but my water lines weren't. Every time I turned on the faucet I was getting MASSIVE water hammer. It shook the entire faucet every time I turned on the water. With that restrictor out of there no hammering at all.
That's what I'm using but it only clipped off the 4 tips of the blue thing. I used a metal dental pick to get the tiny o-ring out. The o-ring being removed might be enough. It seems like that is what mostly blocks the water from coming through the tiny holes of the restrictor. I'm going to try it with just the o-ring removed in hopes that I don't have to fight with the whole blue piece for an hour.
Interesting. If your house has decent enough water pressure, simply removing the small o-ring that covers the little holes in the plastic piece would be more than enough. No need to mess with the blue piece. I did this to my Delta shower head and it went from decent to torrential downpour. I put the o-ring back in. I'm on the hunt for an o-ring that exposes maybe just a bit more of the holes than the one that came with the shower head. And to anyone else doing this: I'd recommend putting that mesh screen back in. It's job to to catch any large-ish deposits that might come out of your pipes (i.e lime). It'll end of gunking up your shower head.
I just took off the little blue tabs in the middle and the little black ring that the tabs held in, and that fixed the water pressure without taking out the who blue piece.
That's what I did. After removing the small black washer, I reinstalled the large black washer and put it back on the shower stem and that increased the pressure by at least 2X. No need to take out the blue plastic piece.
Thank you very much for the kind feedback! It still blows my mind as to why showerhead manufacturers want to gimp the performance of their showerheads.
Yup, I actually have a video doing that with a Speakman shower head! That seemed to be a lot easier than this method. Both provided the same result though.
I kinda did that. I took a wood screw and put it under a flame for about 30 seconds then screwed it into to plastic piece. Let it dry and then pulled it out with pliers.
I discovered you don’t even have to remove the blue plastic part. Just punch a hole through the center of it with a screwdriver and leave it in place. Instant success in two seconds!
I wonder why Kitchen & Bathroom Faucets don’t have this? The building I live in has low water pressure. 40 PSI! But the Pressure Washer they have for washing your car is VERY POWERFUL! Does that take a Bite out my Condo Water Pressure?
I’m not sure if they do or don’t. Interesting that you said that because my kitchen and bathroom faucets all have great water pressure. So does my garden hose. Only my showers 🚿 we’re plagued by low water pressure.
@@IrixGuy I’m in Florida. What state do you live in? With your accent I’m guessing South Carolina? Georgia? Tennessee? And everyone says “It’s probably your faucet aerator! No it’s not because mine are very clean.
Thanks! It’s sad that we have to go to this much effort to feel clean after taking a shower nowadays :(. If you want to take your showering experience to the next level of quality, subscribe to my channel and check out my water softener videos.
Worked pretty good in mine however I actually wish I didn’t remove the full piece, I realized after I could have just taken a small drill bit and drilled a hole right through the middle, which would increase the pressure, but not the full force of having a giant open hole. Now my tub fills up faster than it can drain which is a bit of a problem lol
@@IrixGuy actually after doing even more research. It’s actually just the rubber o ring that’s restricting the water. Remove that and the pressure will be perfect. No need to jerk around with it for 15 minutes xP
You don’t need to take out the plastic restrictor. Take the o-ring out and that makes a substantial difference. Easy and fast. It comes out easy with a small knife blade to pop it out.
I used a drill bit the same size as the hole and held the handle upside down while I drilled so the broken plastic particles would fall down into the waste basket and in 2 minutes I had it done and the water pressure was stronger !...So thank you Mr Butt Washer!!!!......
Recently they have started gluing the flow restrictors on which has made it more difficult to take out. My previous one, I just took a pair of needle nose pliers and it slipped out easily.
Yep. The Kohler showerhead I bought today at Home Depot must’ve had it glued in. I tried everything, including the wood screw and still couldn’t get it out. Finally just pounded a big hole in the blue restrictor with a punch and hammer and pulled out the pieces. I couldn’t believe it wouldn’t budge.
@@joeorlando94 I was able to get it out after using it for a couple of days.... and then used a sheet metal screw instead of a wood screw. Came right out. I think the water softened the glue enough where it was able to be taken out with the screw.
@@ooochakalaka We can thank our brilliant government for this nonsense. Don’t get me started on gas cans and how stupid these modern ones are thanks to government.
Thanks for the video. This my friend is just too much government overreach. Take the damn restrictor out and send it to the government entity of your choice and tell them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
All I did was take a nail decorator the one you make designs with that has a rounded ball at the end and poke it in a prior small hole angle and pull. Took 2 seconds!
Perfect. Been living with low (at least for me) shower pressure from both of our Toto shower heads for too long. Turns out that Toto's shower head flow restrictors are the exact ones as the Delta head you used in your video. Had them both converted in about 30 mins and wow, what a difference. I think the reason you were having a difficult time was your flathead screw driver looked like an older one and the flatheads were rounded of on the ends which wasn't cutting through the plastic. Used the same size driver on a newer one. Cut through the plastic centers like butter. Thanks for the great tip.
So the goal is not to remove the entire water restrictor, only the center. I punched mine repeatedly with a small screwdriver and it was pushed down in one piece. I removed it with cuticle nippers. I have no idea what that tiny O ring would sit on without that round center piece.
Thank you bunches! I freed myself from “the devil” 🤣 mine was much easier than yours. I don’t understand why they would but a restrictor on a handheld. Pressure is the point if the handheld. Plus my home is new construction, so it was good that I took it apart because there was crud in there.
That is awesome! Proper water pressure makes such a difference! New construction? Subscribe and check out my "Dual Shower Head Shower" video. You DEFINITELY need that!
Mine was literally seated in the shower head it was a knock off delta lol. I tried and tried but eventually just slowly melted it away using a lighter torche (great metal band! \m/)using a screwdriver pushed the melted plastic up against the inner walls the threads were half an inch higher so they were not damaged, replaced the gasket and works amazingly 😉
I'm watching this because I just removed my shower head to soak it in some distilled white vinegar to clear it of any deposits that might be restricting water flow then I recalled watching a different video and someone mentioning flow restrictors being removable, I'm not sure my shower head actually has one I see the little o-ring but that's about it, there is a little plastic thing underneath it maybe that's the flow restrictor
Now that you've got your old shower head removed, you should check out my Speakman shower head videos. Those shower heads will change your showering experience forever =).
It only took 10 seconds dude lol Lefty Lucy tighty righty, I definitely plan on buying a new one in the future but for now I'm just cleaning this one up, at the moment I'm using a solid mounted shower head that was installed when I moved in, I've been looking around for detachable shower heads that are worth the money for about 2 years and haven't found any yet that have sold me to the point where I wouldn't just pick up whatever they supply at my local Walmart
Congrats! It’s CRAZY how gimped the showerheads right off of the shelf are. If I was in the showerhead manufacturing business, I’d be embarrassed to sell them like that.
@IrixGuy I now have better pressure than my wife's garden sprayer lol. Unbelievable difference. Thank you, I wasn't that kind ripping it out. I had a back up shower head in my Jeep that is going to be returned.
I felt the same way after testing and returned an abundance of “high pressure” shower heads. It feels great to feel clean and I have no idea why they put these things in a device that it mean to clean one’s body.
That you for caring about the cleanliness of the human butt. I appreciate that. However to really get things cleaned you definitely need a hand held shower massager. So you can power wash everything.. and more
Mine popped right out... But I used a very small flat screwdriver. I put the little screwdriver in the center of that green thing and popped it out that way. Came right out. I think using a very small screwdriver is the best idea
I took a flat head pocket screwdriver and used it as a punch from the opposite side. Took longer to remove and put the shower head back than it did to remove the part.
Try showering with and then without a water flow restrictor. The experience is completely different and I don’t have to stand in the shower as long to feel clean.
Yeah my wife was complaining it was so low she couldn’t even get the soap out of her hair so after watching this I have a project after work. It’s at the top of my honey do list
needle nose plyers or tweezers better than screwdriver, The black o ring is what covers the shower holes in the blue part, Leave that in but remove rubber 0 ring.
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I used needle nose pliers to grab the little leaf and pulled it out. Took 5 seconds.
what a terrible video on how to it shoukd be how not to
Awesome video… Thanks for posting! I just found a much better way to do this from a friend of mine. Once you get the initial washer out and get past that screen, Just take a very small drill bit and drill a hole in the middle of the plastic thing. Screw a long wood screw into it. Then yank it out by the screw. Took literally 30 seconds
Thanks so much and happy Thanksgiving weekend!
I imagine you could use an easy out as well.
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I'm glad I read the comment section. Thanks
This method worked like a charm. Thanks!
Here’s a tip, if you have a wine cork screw, especially a small one, you can pop it through the hole you made in the restrictor and pop that sucker out. Just tried it and it took me 2 seconds
Awesome technique! Thanks for sharing!
Wish I’d read comments before I purchased a little ten dollar tool set because I have several cork screws 😂😂😂
Killer! This worked for me! Thank you!!
This worked for me! Thank you for sharing!
Legend!! Got a corkscrew. Straight in one of the holes. Straight out. Took about 2.5 seconds !!
Glad I read comments! Got a corkscrew. Into one of the holes. Came straight out. Took around 2-3 seconds. Brilliant !!
Congrats!
Thanks for the tutorial. Purchased a Kohler a few months ago and the water basically dribbled out, now with the removal of the restrictor, I am having the best shower I've ever had! Thank you🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
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Thank you! I was trying to remove the water saver on my shower head and doing a bit of a hack job. Your video reassured me to persist, and sure enough: beautiful water pressure now!
Awesome!
Thanks! I wasn’t sure if the blue plug was a restrictor (there is a small gasket that blocks outlet holes, too) or part of the shower head. Your video confirmed it for me. After digging at the restrictor for about 2 min, I grabbed my drill and punched a 1/4 hole in the center. After that, it pried out very easily with the screwdriver. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!
Tip: Use one of the small flatheads people use for glasses or very small screws - also there are 4 little prongs on the blue piece , bend them flat and inward which gives room to flip the ring out easily
Great tips! Thank you for sharing!
Yes, that or a set of picks are the way to go for removal
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK VERY MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO BRO. DID EXACTLY WHAT U SAID AND NOW MY SHOWER IS CRACKIN LOL
Woohoo that is awesome!
“Gotta wash my butt” is one of the best reasons to remove these things … and there are many, many reasons.
Flow restrictors don’t really save water if you have to take a shower 5-10 times as long to feel clean.
Amen!
No drill, no needle nose pliers. Used a paper clip to pick out the screen gasket, then just a Phillips Head screwdriver to screw a wood screw a little way through the tiny holes near the edge of the blue restrictor. Yank up the screw and the entire restrictor into which it is embedded will pop out with it. Just takes a minute or so once you pick out the gasket screen to get access to he restrictor. Worked on all 3 replacement showerheads I got.
Great technique!
Did you keep the screen gasket on or off?
@@Joelsmediahere I put the screen gasket back in place.
Needle nose pliers might have been a better choice to remove the blue thing.
Absolutely.... 5 seconds
Yes. One try for each piece. Done.
when he said “that’s the devil” I felt his pain 😂😂😂😂😂
Omg, thank you so much! even though we have a Mainstay 6-setting shower head, it looks just like yours, all the way to the inside of it. Luckily I got the whole thing out! Works amazing! 🥰
You are so welcome!
Great tips for removing the flow restrictor which I think is just the rubber o-ring, right? Do you reinstall the screen and small plastic part for a Kohler showerhead? Thanks!
It’s a matter of personal preference but I like having all of the restriction removed.
I had this exact type or model and I used a small bit or eye glass scre driver to poke a hole in the middle then I used and small allen wrench "L" Shaped tool and angled the turn handle part into holr and then applied leverage and the blue restricter started to come out and used needle nose plyers to pull it the rest of the way out.. I used a small allen wrinch and it did bend its shape from prying. So maybe not too small/thin of a allen wrench.... in this video the guy still leaves most of the blue ring in his shower head for best flow would be to remove it all like I did.
Interesting technique!
Can confirm that removing the black o-ring does the job, no need to struggle with the blue plastic. Just tried it on two different shower heads and pressure/flow massively increased
Awesome! That little o-ring is enough for some but every house is different.
They change the pipe of our shower & the shower head but I change it with a host. I found white little stones like dirt on the filter of the shower head. It's not a calcium deposit cause they are shape like litte triangle. Whata are those?
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1/4” drill bit and a nice dewalt drill. Hold it upside down so the plastic does not block the holes in your shower head. Takes about 30 seconds.
Run a screw into the center 1/4 of an inch.. pull the entire thing out with the screw. No drilling, no plastic shreds. 5 seconds.
Could you tell me where the flow restrictor is on a new but traditional style Delta kitchen faucet? Thanks! I've cleaned--and removed--the aerator.
No clue, unfortunately. I’ve only worked with shower heads.
Awesome video, I have great pressure, an deal with minerals in well water , so I'm constantly dealing with this, Lol mind you I built this house less then 5 yrs ago , so frustrating! Thanks again bud!
That is awesome! Thank you very much!
thanks, just removing the black rubber seal was good enough for me.
Awesome! It's a matter of water pressure and showerhead....sometimes the rubber ring alone is enough!
That first screen/washer he took out is to keep debris out of the shower head-I'd put that back on if you are on well water...
Thanks for this! I just moved into a new apartment and couldn't even get all the shampoo out of my hair the pressure was so low.
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So I removed the restrictor but now my shower is making a high pitched noise. Anyone else have this issue? And how do I fix it? Delta shower head with hose and removable wand. Thank you.
Okay, I have the same water restrictor that you do - with the water dribbling sadly from the shower head. However I decided to approach the issue more conservatively. So rather than removing or destroying blessed everything, what I did was start by removing the tiny black rubber O ring from the blue restrictor with a pair of tweezers - which opened a whole series of additional holes underneath. I decided to test the result before going further: I replaced the mesh screen with attached rubber ring - both for aeration and proper distribution of water throughout the shower head - and the result was excellent! As a bonus, there was no need to drag out a drill or even a screwdriver - and no fiddling with silly plumber’s tape.
Awesome! Removing the rubber ring only works for some.
Yep! We did an experiment after realizing the pressure was too strong after destroying the restrictor in the same Delta shower head. We had another one and instead we just removed the o-ring and it was a nice happy medium I think. Then again, we have very strong water pressure so that's probably what made it too strong haha
Should always use a bit of plumber's tape.
I just did exactly the same thing with great results. I didn't have a screen in our for some reason, I may have removed it in the past. Anyway, I came her to .are this same comment and found yours pretty quickly. Glad I realized that this was an alternative approach, before I dug anything out in pieces. I did need some needle nose tweezers to do it and that made it a piece of cake.
I removed the rubber ring with a safety pin and got a noticeable difference
Thank you for posting! I have the exact same shower head and performed the same fix (plus a nice soaking on some vinegar). You rock!
Glad it was helpful!
Hey man do you need to put that mesh filter back on? Does it also act as a restricter? I took mine out
No worries, I took mine out too. I think that it may serve a purpose but without it, I achieve outstanding water pressure and suitable water pressure to wash my butt is the objective.
Yes the mesh/rubber grommet should be put back in! Only the colored plastic piece below the mesh is the restrictor! The mesh can trap sediment from getting in the shower head and the rubber on it seals the head to the water pipe on the wall!
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On some styles of shower heads, they come apart below the water regulator too. If you have one like that you can just pop it out from the bottom side. Usually takes a single tap with a screwdriver and pops right out.
Needle nose pliers are the key! I took care of this in one attempt. FYI.
Needle nose pliers work well! Great technique!
Yep, they pop right out when using needle nose pliers, it took 2 sec.
Exactly what I did just now to this exact same showerhead. Easy peezy, would have gotten IrixGuy back to washing his butt a few minutes quicker.
My wal-mart shower head w/handheld had 2 restrictors, the main assembly had a blue one with a hole in the middle which I easily removed by turning in a little screw and pulling out with pliers. The handheld sprayer had a spring-loaded restrictor where you could press in the center so I used a bent pick to hook in and under it to pull out.
It’s CRAZY how some many manufacturers try to severely gimp the performance of their showerheads.
I just helped a friend with a delta hydrorain and either its old and stuck or the restrictor is glued in. The tabs all just broke off, so I removed the oring and drilled a hole in the middle and it works great now
Great technique and that’s awesome!
This is the solution when the restrictor is fixed
did the showerhead got louder compared to when the restrictor was on? Heard without it it makes and annoying noise.
I removed the restrictor before the initial installation, so I don't have anything to compare it to. I can say that it's not loud with the restrictor removed and the water pressure is strong and cleans me well!
@@IrixGuy Just bought a new shower head and had to install the restrictor (California), water flow it's perfect and pressure acceptable. Great vid thank you.
I just installed a new Peerless 3&1. Took out the flow restrictor and the flow is still weak. Any suggestions?
I haven't tried a Peerless but do you have another shower to try it on to see if the pressure follows the shower or follows the Peerless?
We broke a section of it off and the entire thing fell right on out. OMG the water pressure is amazing. Caution! You will empty your water heater QUICK! Thanks for this science experiment
Woohoo! Sounds like you should check out a tankless water heater :)
If i have a shower head rated at 2.5gal per min and remove the restrictor what can I expect for water use?
No clue, unfortunately but it feels great to feel clean :)
@@IrixGuy water bill yolo
I took a small drill and drilled holes in the blue plastic thing. Then gently did the sides. I was able to remove the whole piece. I also removed the wire mesh in black piece.
Excellent technique! #LikeABoss
I used a wooden skewer stick. Popped right off
I stabbed it with a screw driver until it was punctured lol.
Thanks for the video, went and took mine out. I would recommend some needle nose pliers, had that thing out in 2 seconds with no trouble
Great tip! Thank you!
@@IrixGuy don’t feel bad I dug at mine to got the saver out but I left the blue edging in there to! Then my ocd went nuts took a tiny tip of knife the rest popped on out lol
I had a similar looking restrictor on a glacier bay model shower head, just removing the rubber gasket in the middle solved my pressure problem well enough.
Awesome! Water pressure is a must :)
I ended up taking a sharp screw and driving it into the middle of the blue part between the tabs, and then it pulled out a lot easier.
My needle nose pliers could not get a good grip on the tabs and kept slipping out.
The nice part about using a screw is that it doesn’t rip off tiny plastic parts, like a drill would, but if you take the screw out you can put the restricter back in with slightly higher pressure if you like (we have the in2ition, so the restricter makes the dual spray pointless).
Cool!
That worked like a charm. Thank you so much!
So happy to have helped! A showerhead with little water flow and little water pressure is useless :)
Sweet! I may have wasted $30 by buying a high GPM modded one from eBay. I haven't gotten it yet, and got impatient. Glad I found your video. It's much better now and only took 2 mins. I guess I'll put the eBay one in the guest bathroom when it arrives.
Check the link within this video’s description to find the showerhead like I use. A quality showerhead without water flow restriction gets the job done!
Great video, our shower head must've jarred lose at one time and reset itself cause we had great pressure then all of a sudden it went low flow on us. I took the blue re-stricter out and no it 's working great again, Thnx👍👍👍
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I just broke it with a screwdriver and a hammer, turned it upside down, shook and pieces of restrictor fell out. Took me a minute.
Cool
Thank you finally got it out on a kohler maxton!
Woohoo! Congrats! Enjoy the great water pressure =)
If you grab a pair of needlenose players, and gently grasp the edge of the restricter (inside) and once you have grabbed it just yank on it swiftly and hard and the entire assembly should come out. It did for me first try. Just have a firm grip and pull in a straight line very hard. You should see my shower water strength now, I don't pay for water and my flow was already amazing now I have a deep massage thing going on - and if I turn my water on full its almost painful. Thanks for the video. This is a must do for every guy out there having sucky shitty showers that don't massage your back or lower spine!! Thanks again. My shower head is a Peerless Model #76314 (only $16) with 3 modes which maybe will actually work now that there is sustained and good water flow coming out. !!! :_)))
I'll be dog-gone. I didn't even know they still made Peerless. Dang, that was the go-to brand in the 70's and 80's. Well if I don't like this new Delta one (which is plastic, not metal) I'll have to try the Peerless. The one I'm replacing is Moen with only 2 settings (simple and to the point) but he's about to retire so 'in with the new'. lol
Thanks! just saved me from spending money on a new showerhead. I removed the inner blue ring but needed to put back the black ring with the screen.
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I got scared when I ran into the blue piece but when I saw the same thing in your video, I decided I was gonna destroy mine too and sure enough, AWESOME water pressure that blows you to the other side of the room. Woo!
NO DOUBT! Proper was pressure from a showerhead is so important!
@@IrixGuy gotta clean that butt 🤣
Very helpful as I am about to install a new shower head. I cleaned my son's and ruined it by making the holes bigger !! so hopefully the new one will work but just need to get that small metal filter out first and then see if there is a blue or other extra water limiter inside it. here in the UK and in the US should be OUR choice if water is limited or not, not that state's...Pause... done it in seconds - thanks. There was the metal little grill with plastic round the sides (and also in the old one I was removing which had never run fast when last replaced and now I know why) and then in the new one only below that a white plastic thing I did not need to break as I could push through the round hole on other side of the round head thing with a screw driver and it fell right out. Now it is back to our 1990s style speed in there.By the way I have also had to put a shower curtain in (my shower door broke - different room of the house and is such a rare very small and built in with tiles above size I just cannot find a replacement and nor can my plumber. I would still prefer a door but will leave it at that for now.
Helpful and hilarious. Thanks.
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Thank you Sir
You are most welcome!
HELPFUL HINT: Only remove the tiny black rubber ring! Not the whole plastic assembly. This instruction was given to me by the manufacturer of the showerhead. They said it coded the warranty but it would increase water pressure. Use a needle or a pin and the ring lifts out easily. Works like a charm and takes only a few seconds!
For some showerheads of mine, the ring alone was enough but I've achieved the best results by removing the entire thing.
I use some tweezers and they came right out in 5 seconds 😂😂😂
Had to do this with my kitchen faucet. I had to remove the entire aerator. The restrictor appears to be fused to it. When I get time I will try to drill some more small holes in it and see if that works.
Btw, I was fine with the water pressure but my water lines weren't. Every time I turned on the faucet I was getting MASSIVE water hammer. It shook the entire faucet every time I turned on the water. With that restrictor out of there no hammering at all.
Awesome!
Needle nose pliers pulled it right out much easier than a screwdriver. Thanks for the tip! No pun intended.
Thank you!
That's what I'm using but it only clipped off the 4 tips of the blue thing. I used a metal dental pick to get the tiny o-ring out. The o-ring being removed might be enough. It seems like that is what mostly blocks the water from coming through the tiny holes of the restrictor. I'm going to try it with just the o-ring removed in hopes that I don't have to fight with the whole blue piece for an hour.
Can you drill it out?
That would be one way but this is how I did it.
Wow! The lesson I learned here was not to use a screw driver to remove the gasket.
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Thanks my friend
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Thanks. I found removing the rubber o ring was more than adequate for my needs. Hotel like pressure 😊
Sometimes the little rubber ring is all that is needed but every shower is different :)
Interesting. If your house has decent enough water pressure, simply removing the small o-ring that covers the little holes in the plastic piece would be more than enough. No need to mess with the blue piece. I did this to my Delta shower head and it went from decent to torrential downpour. I put the o-ring back in. I'm on the hunt for an o-ring that exposes maybe just a bit more of the holes than the one that came with the shower head.
And to anyone else doing this: I'd recommend putting that mesh screen back in. It's job to to catch any large-ish deposits that might come out of your pipes (i.e lime). It'll end of gunking up your shower head.
I just took off the little blue tabs in the middle and the little black ring that the tabs held in, and that fixed the water pressure without taking out the who blue piece.
Awesome!
That's what I did. After removing the small black washer, I reinstalled the large black washer and put it back on the shower stem and that increased the pressure by at least 2X. No need to take out the blue plastic piece.
Question?...Why didnt you just use a drill with a larger drill bit on it?
I didn’t want to risk scratching things up.
Thanks for posting this! I literally had just bought one of these and couldn’t figure out why the water pressure sucked. Now it’s perfect!!!
Thank you very much for the kind feedback! It still blows my mind as to why showerhead manufacturers want to gimp the performance of their showerheads.
I saw someone on amazon say you can drill a screw into the device, then pull the screw with a pair of pliers.
Yup, I actually have a video doing that with a Speakman shower head! That seemed to be a lot easier than this method. Both provided the same result though.
I kinda did that. I took a wood screw and put it under a flame for about 30 seconds then screwed it into to plastic piece. Let it dry and then pulled it out with pliers.
That’s exactly what I did. It worked
I discovered you don’t even have to remove the blue plastic part. Just punch a hole through the center of it with a screwdriver and leave it in place. Instant success in two seconds!
All water pressure situations are different but that may get the job done for many too =) Thanks for sharing!
❤🎉🎉🎉🎉Thank you bruh you made my mom's morning😊
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I wonder why Kitchen & Bathroom Faucets don’t have this?
The building I live in has low water pressure. 40 PSI! But the Pressure Washer they have for washing your car is VERY POWERFUL! Does that take a Bite out my Condo Water Pressure?
I’m not sure if they do or don’t. Interesting that you said that because my kitchen and bathroom faucets all have great water pressure. So does my garden hose. Only my showers 🚿 we’re plagued by low water pressure.
@@IrixGuy I’m in Florida. What state do you live in? With your accent I’m guessing South Carolina? Georgia? Tennessee?
And everyone says “It’s probably your faucet aerator! No it’s not because mine are very clean.
@@StrongNoah Georgia....sometimes! If you still have pressure problems, check out my Oxygenics video.
@@IrixGuy I was experiencing the same thing. I Just changed the shower head, it solved the problem. It was probably almost cloged.
The flow restrictor on your faucets is the the aerator the water comes out of.
Genius my man
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Used a series of drill bits and vacuumed the shavings off. Pressure is up!!
Sweet!
Once I got to the restricter, I threaded some floss through it and that let me pull it out pretty easy.
Very cool technique! Thanks for sharing!
I had that thought. How did you get the floss through? Even a curved sewing needle would be too big to get in there.
@@thebewitchinghour831 I bent the end of a floss threader and used that to thread the floss through. It worked pretty well.
Worked pretty good in mine however I actually wish I didn’t remove the full piece, I realized after I could have just taken a small drill bit and drilled a hole right through the middle, which would increase the pressure, but not the full force of having a giant open hole. Now my tub fills up faster than it can drain which is a bit of a problem lol
Awesome!
@@IrixGuy actually after doing even more research. It’s actually just the rubber o ring that’s restricting the water. Remove that and the pressure will be perfect. No need to jerk around with it for 15 minutes xP
Needed to see it before, this way we are not sure if it worked or not
It worked wonders for me in all of my showers!
i took off mine works great now
Perfect!
You don’t need to take out the plastic restrictor. Take the o-ring out and that makes a substantial difference. Easy and fast. It comes out easy with a small knife blade to pop it out.
Every situation is different. I needed to take out what I did within this video to achieve the desired water flow from the shower head.
I tried doing that and did no difference. I really needed to remove the restrictor.
Thanks!!! this is an absolute necessity!!
No doubt! Gotta warsh tha butt!
I used a drill bit the same size as the hole and held the handle upside down while I drilled so the broken plastic particles would fall down into the waste basket and in 2 minutes I had it done and the water pressure was stronger !...So thank you Mr Butt Washer!!!!......
Awesome!
"Ask the government first." 🤣🤣🤣
ROFL :)
Recently they have started gluing the flow restrictors on which has made it more difficult to take out. My previous one, I just took a pair of needle nose pliers and it slipped out easily.
Interesting? Screwing in a wood screw and then pulling out with pliers probably won’t work much longer LOL
Yep. The Kohler showerhead I bought today at Home Depot must’ve had it glued in. I tried everything, including the wood screw and still couldn’t get it out. Finally just pounded a big hole in the blue restrictor with a punch and hammer and pulled out the pieces. I couldn’t believe it wouldn’t budge.
@@joeorlando94 I was able to get it out after using it for a couple of days.... and then used a sheet metal screw instead of a wood screw. Came right out. I think the water softened the glue enough where it was able to be taken out with the screw.
@@ooochakalaka We can thank our brilliant government for this nonsense. Don’t get me started on gas cans and how stupid these modern ones are thanks to government.
@@joeorlando94 Settle down Boomer, it's a shower head video.
Thanks for the video. This my friend is just too much government overreach. Take the damn restrictor out and send it to the government entity of your choice and tell them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
Amen!
Check with your local government before messing with your shower head folks😂
ROFL sad times that we’re living in, for sure!
All I did was take a nail decorator the one you make designs with that has a rounded ball at the end and poke it in a prior small hole angle and pull. Took 2 seconds!
Perfect. Been living with low (at least for me) shower pressure from both of our Toto shower heads for too long. Turns out that Toto's shower head flow restrictors are the exact ones as the Delta head you used in your video. Had them both converted in about 30 mins and wow, what a difference. I think the reason you were having a difficult time was your flathead screw driver looked like an older one and the flatheads were rounded of on the ends which wasn't cutting through the plastic. Used the same size driver on a newer one. Cut through the plastic centers like butter. Thanks for the great tip.
Awesome and thank you for the tip! Water pressure is a great thing, isn't it? =)
So the goal is not to remove the entire water restrictor, only the center. I punched mine repeatedly with a small screwdriver and it was pushed down in one piece. I removed it with cuticle nippers. I have no idea what that tiny O ring would sit on without that round center piece.
Thank you bunches! I freed myself from “the devil” 🤣 mine was much easier than yours. I don’t understand why they would but a restrictor on a handheld. Pressure is the point if the handheld. Plus my home is new construction, so it was good that I took it apart because there was crud in there.
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Thanks! Water pressure is like a fire hose, hits all the right places.
Perfect! Stay clean!
Yep, did it!! ❤
Awesome!
Thank you!
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:) " that's the devil" love it!!Thank you for the video. No it is not for patient people but it worked love it
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Mine was literally seated in the shower head it was a knock off delta lol. I tried and tried but eventually just slowly melted it away using a lighter torche (great metal band! \m/)using a screwdriver pushed the melted plastic up against the inner walls the threads were half an inch higher so they were not damaged, replaced the gasket and works amazingly 😉
Amazing technique and that’s great that it worked! BTW, check out my Speakman showerhead videos too! I’ve converted all showers to them.
Mine came out with a pair of needle nose plyers 10 seconds max.
I'm watching this because I just removed my shower head to soak it in some distilled white vinegar to clear it of any deposits that might be restricting water flow then I recalled watching a different video and someone mentioning flow restrictors being removable, I'm not sure my shower head actually has one I see the little o-ring but that's about it, there is a little plastic thing underneath it maybe that's the flow restrictor
Now that you've got your old shower head removed, you should check out my Speakman shower head videos. Those shower heads will change your showering experience forever =).
It only took 10 seconds dude lol Lefty Lucy tighty righty, I definitely plan on buying a new one in the future but for now I'm just cleaning this one up, at the moment I'm using a solid mounted shower head that was installed when I moved in, I've been looking around for detachable shower heads that are worth the money for about 2 years and haven't found any yet that have sold me to the point where I wouldn't just pick up whatever they supply at my local Walmart
Oh ya, got the whole blue ring out. Love the pressure
Congrats! It’s CRAZY how gimped the showerheads right off of the shelf are. If I was in the showerhead manufacturing business, I’d be embarrassed to sell them like that.
@IrixGuy I now have better pressure than my wife's garden sprayer lol. Unbelievable difference. Thank you, I wasn't that kind ripping it out. I had a back up shower head in my Jeep that is going to be returned.
I did this today… and holy shit is there a difference in how much more water comes out of the shower head. I should of done that 5 years ago
I felt the same way after testing and returned an abundance of “high pressure” shower heads. It feels great to feel clean and I have no idea why they put these things in a device that it mean to clean one’s body.
That you for caring about the cleanliness of the human butt. I appreciate that. However to really get things cleaned you definitely need a hand held shower massager. So you can power wash everything.. and more
Mine popped right out... But I used a very small flat screwdriver. I put the little screwdriver in the center of that green thing and popped it out that way. Came right out. I think using a very small screwdriver is the best idea
Great technique!
I took a flat head pocket screwdriver and used it as a punch from the opposite side. Took longer to remove and put the shower head back than it did to remove the part.
Fantastic
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you very much ! I had the Milwaukee ready to go and found your video. Thank You !!!!!!
Suhweet!!!!!!!!! Enjoy the great shower! 🚿
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I don’t understand the purpose I guess it’s there to save water but you say in longer with less pressure
Try showering with and then without a water flow restrictor. The experience is completely different and I don’t have to stand in the shower as long to feel clean.
Yeah my wife was complaining it was so low she couldn’t even get the soap out of her hair so after watching this I have a project after work. It’s at the top of my honey do list
needle nose plyers or tweezers better than screwdriver, The black o ring is what covers the shower holes in the blue part, Leave that in but remove rubber 0 ring.
For my setup, I removed all of this and my shower has been perfect ever since. Every situation is different though.