Remove Moen Kitchen Faucet Flow Restrictor - Moen Align Faucet shown - Easy way to get better flow!
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- This video shows how to remove the flow restrictor from a Moen Align kitchen faucet. Other Moen faucets, and other brands, may be similar. I hope this video is helpful. Thanks for watching, and good luck with your repair!
This is an easy modfication that anyone can do! If you already have the nozzle/head removed and the screen removed, skip to 02:26 to see where to grab the flow restrictor. Thanks for watching! : )
Thank you for posting!!!!!!!!
Took me less than 5 minutes!
@@Veronica-je9qj Excellent - great job on your DIY! Thanks for watching : )
Thank you so much!!! For some reason, everyone else only talks about cleaning the screen and not about removing the flow restrictors! Flow restrictors are a massive annoyance when you have a well. Insane that the govt tries to regulate absolutely everything right down to our own water pressure. I can only imagine what this annoying part adds to the costs of faucets.
If I could upvote this 100 times, I would. I so agree about cleaning the debris out of the screen--that won’t solve the problem I need to fix.
This is by far the best video for this tutorial.
Thanks, and thanks for watching! : )
Thank you so much!!! Our faucet had terrible pressure. I found a lot of grit in that first screen. Thought I had fixed the problem. But, no change. Then I found your video and you explained how to remove the flow restricter. Now... finally a usable faucet!!!.
I'm glad it helped! Yes, this made a big difference for our faucet, too - I wish we would have done it years ago! : ) Thanks for watching
You are the best! My brand new Meon is working great and have strong water Flow!
I almost refund it and spent 2 hours trying to find a 2.2 gpm faucet.
Thanks a million!
Thank you sooooo much for your video!!! First of all, let me say that it is THE perfect instructional video! It was well thought out and easy to follow. Thank you for your lay out and by informing us of everything we will need and why. All of your tips and explanations were very helpful and gave me confidence to get this job done. And I am happy to say that I was able to do it in less than 5 minutes!😃
This is why I am so excited to see this video: I purchased and paid a plumber to install a new Moen faucet that is beautiful, except once installed, I noticed that the water flow was severely reduced from the previous faucet! I was devastated and had I known I would have to live with that, I would have kept my old one. I've been dealing with this beautiful low flow faucet for over 2 years now! And hating it! I am so happy that I happened to come across your video while looking for instruction on removal of flow restrictor for my shower head. Until now, I thought the water flow in my kitchen was reduced, because the plumber had to change out the piping size from my old 1970 original due to some new strict Californian law in addition to the federal law for water conservation. So when I watched your video, I immediately ran downstairs and tried it and IT WORKED!!!!😆🎉🤗 YOU ROCK!!!!!! 🤩
Wow, that is super! Great job on your DIY! Thanks for watching : )
Lady you've just made my day! Thank you for sharing! God bless you!
Thanks for watching! : )
Thank you for the great detail! This was super easy with your instructions and totally fixed our problem of not getting consistent hot water from our tankless with this exact Moen faucet. With the increased flow, we get hot water in under 90sec every time and it probably saves water from endlessly running it to try and get hot water.
Nice - great job on your DIY! : )
Nice job. I like how you pause the video to highlight something. Nice touch. Too bad not all faucets are this easy to modify. Thanks.
Thanks for watching! : )
You can drill out the blue water restrictors on the newer shower spray heads. The companies are getting trickier with the water restrictors: They are practically cemented in now. A sharp drill bit and taking your time will get the job done and get the water flowing! :)
Great video! I did this technique to my shower heads a few years ago.
Unfortunately, the companies are getting smarter about those water restrictors.
A few years ago, you could just pull them out (like this video), last year when I replace two shower heads...those water restrictors were not removable! I had to drill them out! A little more effort, but WELL worth it for a nice strong spray for showers. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for sharing your tips, and thanks for watching! : )
Great detail and side comments as you do the work.
Thank you, and thanks for watching! : )
Yeah! Thank you. The tip about grasping the green part worked.
Thank you so much for this video!! Not only was able to remove the flow restricter, but I discovered that the last time he cleaned the sediment out, my not-so-handy hubby put the o-ring inside the little white basket, so that was probably what was causing a weird leak down the side lol. Thanks again, great video!
Great catch on your o-ring! I'm glad the video was helpful, and thanks for watching : )
Amazing timing... I was just tasked by the domestic goddess to supply her with more water at her fountain of food distribution cleaning station (the wife wants more pressure at the kitchen sink)
Well, if you have a flow restrictor like this, removing it makes a huge difference! Good luck : )
Thank you so much! It only took me a minute to fix it. Your instructions are so clear and to the point!
Well done, thanks for watching! : )
Awesome video in 2024. Helped me immensely. Well done with the pausing and explaining! :)
Thank you, and thanks for watching! : )
NICE video. Clear, good pacing, good views - especially the freeze-frames to show important parts. A flow restrictor is nice for saving water, but in a kitchen sink, it is an abomination. In a kitchen sink, you need a lot of water, FAST, and a lot of pressure for cleaning. You can't soap, fill, rinse, or clean anything with the 1.5gpm rate that these devices are limited to from the factory. Having an automatic dishwasher doesn't matter. There are always things you need to wash and fill in the sink. The first thing I look for on any kitchen sinkset I put in my house is whether I can get that thing out of there without a hassle. If I can't, it's on to the next product.
I agree! Thanks for watching : )
Thank you so much for this video! So easy to understand and step by step! So much appreciated! Doing this for sure!
Thanks - yes, the increased water flow is great!
Thanks for watching : )
Great video. Soft spoken. Concise. THANKS MUCH!
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Thank you. My brand new moen faucet now works as it should!!! Why do they put those silly things in there to begin with???
Nice! I'm glad the video helped : ) Thanks for watching!
this video was well done with easy to follow instructions
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Thank you! Great video.
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Thank you. It worked perfectly on mine faucet too.
Nice - great job on your DIY! Thanks for watching : )
I love you. Such fantastic attention to detail.
Explained beautifully! Thank you.
Thanks, and thanks for watching! : )
Worked great! Thank you!
That's great! Thanks for watching : )
Very helpful and a well done video. Thank you
Thanks so much!
Thanks for watching! : )
thanks. i knew there had to be one. it makes no sense for a utility faucet (kitchen) to have a flow restriction.
Fun Fact: to movement to "lo flo" to save water has a flip side: no flow in areas with low water pressure already. Where I am we have less than 30 lb. pressure, whereas I was in a city with 105 pressure (damages plumbing) as the pipes for delivery needed to be upgraded due to massive build projects but the pipes were not upgraded. Moen has kits that now as as low as 1.5 gpm as California is going to be 1.8, down from 2.0 and most places are 2.2. So being ahead of the curve it would be nice if retail kept up and let us know what's going on!! I have THREE clients in the same building this week complaining about their new install, and now I know what the issue is! (No, I didnt install).
Great video! Do you have another that shows how to remove/clean the aerator?
No - but I can tell you this: the little honeycomb parts of the aerator deteriorated on this wand, so I called Moen to see if they had a replacement part number that I could buy. They sent me a whole new wand, for free - we didn't even have to pay for shipping! So, if you're having an issue with the aerator, give them a call. The number for the warranty department is 1-800-289-6636.
I hope that helps! : )
@@L35inColorado thank you!
Why would they have a flow restricter on it anyways? Thanks for the video, I'll check what brand ours is!
My understanding is that the US government has required manufacturers to include flow restrictors in shower heads since the '90's, but consumers can remove them at their discretion. I'm not sure if there's a similar law regarding faucets, but many faucets have them.
The flow restrictors have their purpose in saving water, and some people like them - but some people don't like them and prefer to regulate water themselves using the handle valve (that's what I prefer).
This faucet in particular is rather lack-luster on the sprayer with the flow restrictor installed: it works much better without the restrictor! Thanks for watching : )
really great job video...
Thanks, and thanks for watching! : )
Hello L35 healthy new year great presentation enjoyed it your videos are awesome thank you.
Thanks! Happy New Year to you, too! : )
Thanks for your very helpful video but your audio levels are way, way too low.
Thanks for the feedback, and thanks for watching : )
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Maybe some day, but I don't have those jobs lined up right now, and I have my hands full right now! My Rav4 radiator replacement video shows a partial coolant drain and refill - the most important part of that job is bleeding the coolant system, which is shown at the end of that video.
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I hope that helps!
Good thing you're wearing gloves. Never know when that toxic water might get your hands dirty.
Thanks for watching!
Show me how to do this to a bathroom faucet, please. Thx.
you should have shown BEFORE and AFTER... we were laughing that you didn't show your face, and rightly so, because if you did, AI would identify you and a SWAT team would burst into your house... for violating water restrictions LOL
Haha - oh man, I wouldn't be surprised if some day we have to deal with that! Yes, I should have done the "before and after" to show the difference in the flow, but I didn't think of it at that time. When you do this modification, you'll certainly be able to tell, though - especially if you're on a well or have compromised flow in the first place. Thanks for watching! : )
Is there a removable flow restrictor in a kitchen spigot (not the faucets--I've cleaned them out)
I'm not aware of any restrictor elsewhere in this faucet - just the restrictor in the wand, as shown. I hope that helps - good luck! : )
Sweet!
Thanks for watching! : )
Unless you're washing all of your dishes by hand and really needing the higher pressure, all this does is help you waste water. Many people think they have a water pressure issue when they really have a clogged screen issue... Clean that first part and try again instead of removing the flow restrictor.
Wasting water is a concept that doesn't apply to many of us. We pump water out of the earth and return practically all of it to the earth, where it is treated and returned to the aquifer. Minimal quantities of domestic water evaporate and return to the atmosphere. That water precipitates out of the atmosphere and returns to the surface. I'm not sure better water flow from a kitchen faucet results in a significant increase in water usage. When filling vessels, the flow rate is unlikely to have much impact on water consumption. Presumably, if you use a faucet to fill a pot or a glass, you'd use the same volume of water whether your faucet has an anemic stream or strong flow. When washing, I would expect that weak flow results in either extended wash time or poor hygiene (when the washer abbreviates the process out of impatience). Even if the process took exactly the same time, the additional water usage is insignificant. If I were living in a desert where the water cycle can't keep up with potable water demands, I would move somewhere habitable. Who wants to live like he's on Dune?
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