Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hand being sprayed with water from the shower head. Starting or ending a long day with a weak shower is pretty unsatisfying, if ...

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.

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 ...