Strong water pressure feels like a luxury, especially when you are stepping into a morning shower or filling a bathtub in a hurry. Yet the quickest “fixes” people reach for, from cranking open a valve ...

Several years ago, I moved into a condo in San Francisco. My wife said we might not be able to stay. Stepping into the shower, we were greeted by a sad trickle rather than a blast of water. No amount ...

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Becca Lewis is home maintenance writer who aims to foster confidence in and inspire DIY enthusiasts at all skill levels. Becca attended Southern Connecticut State University, where she studied ...

Q: I have a bathtub/shower combination, and when I pull the knob on top of the spout to start the shower, only a little water comes out of the showerhead while most of it comes out of the tub spout.

Low water pressure is the absolute worst — especially when you’re taking a shower and the stream of water above your head is so weak that it takes 20 minutes to rinse out shampoo and conditioner. The ...

It's sometimes a problem that has an easy fix ...