| Well, I have had to take a couple of days away from my plumbing problems, but now I think I may have figured something out. Is it possible, that if the water pressure/amount of outflow of the water exceeds the amount of water that the shower head can put out, that it might cause excess pressure on the packing in the stems? Does that make sense? My faucet handle didn't start leaking until I had to change the shower head pipe. The original pipe was all one piece, in other words, the shower head was part of the pipe going into the wall. It put out a better than normal flow of water. I installed a new pipe and then have tried two different shower heads. Neither puts out the water like the old one, but I wouldn't say that they put out less than the average shower. Anyway, could that be causing the handles to leak when I turn the faucets on?
If so, how and where can a buy a shower head that can handle high water pressure or water flow?
Thanks!! |