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• Posted in thread: Shower head reduced flow in tub on 03-04-2013 at 10:33 AM
  It's a speakman showerhead - the noise is hard to describe, like the faucet is much more
  strained. I can measure, the flow, but I can stand there, screw in the hose and unscrew and
  watch it change dra...

• Posted in thread: Shower head reduced flow in tub on 03-03-2013 at 07:58 PM
  I didn't do anything except replace it. Last night I removed the hose that connects the j-pipe
  to the shower head while the tub was on and it went back to normal, screwed the hose back on
  and it made ...

• Posted in thread: Shower head reduced flow in tub on 03-02-2013 at 12:46 PM
  "Some people" routinely drill out the flow limiter that comes pre-installed in all new shower
  heads. That guarantees a strong flow. However, since the tub spout is isolated from the shower
  head, there...

• Posted in thread: Shower head reduced flow in tub on 03-01-2013 at 10:06 AM
  our old hand held showerhead had cracked and was leaking, so I installed a new one with the
  same flow rate, but when we turn the water on now the flow is greatly reduced, and the flow out
  of the fauce...

• Posted in thread: Sizing water softener for best efficiency on 12-07-2012 at 01:00 PM
  I wasn't sure if that was an option, but I guess that's the point of the bypass valve, correct?
  In other words, a1.25 cu foot capacity (resin) will be more than what we need and leave room to
  grow?

• Posted in thread: Sizing water softener for best efficiency on 12-01-2012 at 12:04 AM
  Thanks for the link. So since I have actual usage numbers, should I size this based on averages
  or based on the rare spikes in usage? It would appear that I would be safe using 3,000 gals
  month as a s...

• Posted in thread: Sizing water softener for best efficiency on 11-30-2012 at 04:23 PM
  So I'm hoping to buy the proper sized softener to use salt efficiently. Hardness is 23 GPG, on
  city water, 2.5 bathrooms, 2 people in the house and pretty much never have guests. I've
  attached my actu...

• Posted in thread: Step Repair on 10-27-2010 at 03:03 PM
  Okay I'm going to give it a shot this weekend - just one more thing I wanted to add, I saw in
  itsreallyconc's post a mention of this only being 5 or 6 sq. ft. I think the pictures might be
  deceiving. ...

• Posted in thread: Step Repair on 10-25-2010 at 03:24 PM
  So how would I go about doing that myself? The feather-edging? Will it match the surrounding
  texture if I do that?

• Posted in thread: Step Repair on 10-19-2010 at 10:39 AM
  Don't know what a drywall hopper gun is, and I've never done any concrete work at all, but
  willing to give it a shot. I definitely would like to match the color and texture if possible,
  I believe that...