Low Flow in shower of the Dutch Star

[newmarokie]

I have terrible water flow in the shower. On the pump or hooked up to city water, no noticeable difference. I have checked flow through the sediment filter and water softener and it is good. I replaced the filter in the wet bay, it may have helped a touch, but not much. What else do I check/replace?

 

[Sealyn]

There are valves behind the escutcheon plate that seem to work closed, remove handles to remove plate.

 

[Oregon Camper]

Took me 3 hrs but I got every single water saver disc out of every faucet and shower head. You won't believe the tiny hole they expect water to get through!

Mark

 

[Boat Bum]

Calcification of the shower head?

 

[newmarokie]

It ultimately was hard water deposits in the valves Sealyn directed me to. After I got out a dictionary and looked up what an escutcheon plate was, I got in and the valves hadn’t closed. With the shower head off, I ran both sides in and out a couple of time and flow improved dramatically. I wonder if a “winterization” with a mild HCL solution for about thirty minutes would help the system. We use a softener now, but can’t know how the system was treated by the previous owner