I recently moved into a new building and my water pressure is extremely weak, but only coming out of the shower head. The pressure from the tub and sink faucets seem “normal” to what I’ve had in the past.<\/p>\n
While the building is prewar, I’m on the 3rd floor (of 12) and can’t imagine that ALL the tenants in this building are ok with the weak pressure. Thus, I have to assume it’s my apt…<\/p>\n
What can I do to rectify this? I’ve heard that replacing the shower head might work (it’s currently a brand new one, although the cheap market standard one) and failing that, calling the plumber?<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently moved into a new building and my water pressure is extremely weak, but only coming out of the shower head. The pressure from the tub and sink faucets seem “normal” to what I’ve had in the past. While the building is prewar, I’m on the 3rd floor (of 12) and can’t imagine that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23597,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-56299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brokers"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/05\/weak-water-pres\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Weak Water Pressure Fix","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/05\/weak-water-pres\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/05\/weak-water-pres\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Brokers","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Bklynight"}],"creator":["Bklynight"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2011-05-24T11:50:45Z","datePublished":"2011-05-24T11:50:45Z","dateModified":"2013-09-20T14:44:59Z"},"rendered":"