[Shop-talk] faucet water flow low

[Doug Braun]

A few years ago our shower suddenly started having very low hot water flow.  I
checked everything and could find no reason.  Finally, when I took apart the
valve cartridge assembly, I found a little glob of solder that had apparently
made its way up the pipes from some over-soldered joint.

Fortunately the
cartridge was easy to take apart, but if it had been an old style faucet
valve, I would have had to unsolder the valve to remove the blockage.

Doug
--- On Wed, 1/27/10, John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net> wrote:

> 
> Anyone
have any other ideas?  I really don't want to
> have to pull & replace the
>
cut off valve, but I think that may be my next step.