Originally Posted by billt460
I have replaced all of my kitchen and bathroom faucets, as well as my shower heads in both bathrooms at one time or another. Some more than once. I have yet to come across one that didn't have a flow restrictor in them. All of them were as the posted photo above shows. 30 seconds with a 1/4" drill, and they come right out. Usually I've found when the drill breaks through, it grabs and yanks the whole washer completely out.
That said, they could very well have models now that regulate the flow in a way that is much more difficult, if not impossible to modify. This is just more government being shoved down our throats in the products we buy. Just like toilets. You can't find one that uses more than 1.6 gallons per flush. Because the government won't allow it. So now you have to flush twice or three times to accomplish what one flush did in the past. Or else risk clogging the bowl. Big "improvement".
I modified my 1.6gpf toilet. I took the Styrofoam glued to the inside of the tank out so there is more volume of water and I extended the overflow tube pipe up a few inches and modified the float so that I can fill the tank higher.
1 Flush and it's no problem whereas 2-3 flushes were required in the past.
I have replaced all of my kitchen and bathroom faucets, as well as my shower heads in both bathrooms at one time or another. Some more than once. I have yet to come across one that didn't have a flow restrictor in them. All of them were as the posted photo above shows. 30 seconds with a 1/4" drill, and they come right out. Usually I've found when the drill breaks through, it grabs and yanks the whole washer completely out.
That said, they could very well have models now that regulate the flow in a way that is much more difficult, if not impossible to modify. This is just more government being shoved down our throats in the products we buy. Just like toilets. You can't find one that uses more than 1.6 gallons per flush. Because the government won't allow it. So now you have to flush twice or three times to accomplish what one flush did in the past. Or else risk clogging the bowl. Big "improvement".
I modified my 1.6gpf toilet. I took the Styrofoam glued to the inside of the tank out so there is more volume of water and I extended the overflow tube pipe up a few inches and modified the float so that I can fill the tank higher.
1 Flush and it's no problem whereas 2-3 flushes were required in the past.