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Posted by Jeff Wisnia on December 18, 2006, 8:00 pm
bob kater wrote:
> the only way for this to happen is more water coming thru then the spout can
> handle, check pipe sizes to the diverter spout and make sure they did not
> reduce it down for some odd reason
I agree.
I'm assuming that when the OP wrote, "The slower I fill the
bath, the more water comes out the head," he was describing turning a
diverter valve lever below the main valve, it looks like there's one
partially hidden by the handle in his photo.
If it's been happening since he had the shower redone then he should get
on the back of whoever he paid to do that work and get him to make it
right. It may just turn out to be something not quite right with the
diverter valve.
Or, he may have unusually high water pressure in his home, and no
pressure regulator, in which case installing one could solve his problem.
I've seen situations where the pipe going up to the shower head from the
valve had to be extended several feet above the the head and looped back
down to prevent that kind of problem.
Lots of things to check, but the guy who did the work should fix it.
Jeff
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>>marks542...@yahoo.com wrote:
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>>>ephedralover@hotmail.com wrote:
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>>>>I have a similar shower handle to this
>>>>http://www.faucets.com/galleries/tub-shwr-gallery/images/4355.jpg
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>>>>Had the shower re-done about 6 months ago. When filling a bath a small
>>>>amount of water comes out of the shower head. The slower I fill the
>>>>bath, the more water comes out the head. Any ideas? Thanks.
>>>
>>>The ir should be a diverter valve control , often on the spout for the
>>>tub , that closes a vlave and diverts the water to the shower. Check
>>>that that valve is completely open.
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>>The diverter appears to be working fine. It is the kind at the end of
>>the spout.
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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.
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