Shower pressure too high

[colinM50]

Friend has recently been appointed warden in a care home and a couple of their showers, though not all, are just too high powered feels like they almost cut you with the pressure. They work fine, temp adjusts OK it's just too strong water pressure. Most of the showers are OK it's only two or three that are affected. They all look to be of the same make, not sure what.

What can I do easily and cheaply to fix this for them?

Their maintenance budget in verging on the non existent so please don't say call a plumber they really don't have the money. This fix will probably be done by me out of the goodness of my heart and any parts down to me too, so cheap solution is best.

TIA

 

[TicklyT]

A flow restrictor (a fancy name for a washer with a small hole in the middle?) fitted in the hose between the shower valve and head may provide a solution.

 

[flameport]

Another option would be to get a shower head with larger / more holes in it.

 

[iwaters]

A flow restrictor (a fancy name for a washer with a small hole in the middle?) fitted in the hose between the shower valve and head may provide a solution.

This. We have massive pressure in our house. I fitted the flow restrictor because of the amount of water we were using and it did reduce the sharpness of the water.

 

[dreadnoughtheating]

Another possibility is fitting a Pressure Reducing Valve to the inlet pipework. (some come with an integral gauge so that one can see what pressure the outlet is set at)

Would a Thermostatic Blending valve also be a good idea (or are the existing valves already controlled internally)?

DH

 

[muggles]

Bristan make flow limiters for showers, go here for details... http://www.bristan.com/epages/Brist...hops/Bristan/Categories/Showers/Flow_Limiters

 

[colinM50]

Thanks for the help chaps.

Went to local plumbers this morning and asked for a Bristan pressure reducer and he just grabbed one off the shelf. "Six or eight litre one mate?" he asked me. So I settled on the eight and for a fiver (cash,) job done.

Perfect and excellent advice from you all.

Many thanks