Shower Pipe/Head question - pulls a vacuum?
I'm ignorant when it comes to plumbing, so I apologize. I changed the shower head in the bathroom in the place I rent. I put in a Oxygenics to see if would help mask our low pressure problem. In this house the kitchen faucet runs moderately well, the bathroom sink very well and the tub faucet and shower poorly.
After installing the new head I noticed that the water pressure out of the faucet (bottom) is much lower (lower flow) than with the original shower head.
I then removed the shower head and noticed that the water runs at a higher rate out of the bottom faucet when no shower head is on the head pipe. And that the head pipe pulls a vacuum when the bottom faucet is running. Is this normal?
The more the head pipe is restricted, the worse the flow out of the bottom faucet is.
I'm ignorant when it comes to plumbing, so I apologize. I changed the shower head in the bathroom in the place I rent. I put in a Oxygenics to see if would help mask our low pressure problem. In this house the kitchen faucet runs moderately well, the bathroom sink very well and the tub faucet and shower poorly.
After installing the new head I noticed that the water pressure out of the faucet (bottom) is much lower (lower flow) than with the original shower head.
I then removed the shower head and noticed that the water runs at a higher rate out of the bottom faucet when no shower head is on the head pipe. And that the head pipe pulls a vacuum when the bottom faucet is running. Is this normal?
The more the head pipe is restricted, the worse the flow out of the bottom faucet is.
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