You do absolutely rock like others said. Our Grohe lost water pressure... lost more water pressure and it was driving me crazy. I was getting ready to buy a new faucet. Started looking around and found this. I have water pressure again. I can't thank you enough,
Thank you! Thank you! Just moved into an apartment with this exact faucet and incredibly low flow (despite other faucets being fine). Awful buildup is now cleared.
Our water pressure was horrendous! One plumber told us we needed a water softening system; another told us we should replace our whole faucet. We tried your tip, and all is good. Thanks for saving us hundreds of dollars.
Tim, thanks very much for your enlightening video. My Grohe head was blocked in exactly the same way as you demonstrated and cleaning was definitely overdue. However, following your process made me aware of some other details about the construction of the faucet head which you did not mention, that I think it is worth knowing about. In addition to poor flow, improved by the cleaning, my head has also had chronic problems with non-function of the "spray" button on the opposite side of the head, covered by the grey rubber seal. Taking the head apart as you showed also exposed the underlying mechanism for the spray button, housed in the mount into which the "filter head" screws. In there is a spring-loaded disc (with its own O-ring) and deeper in, a green rubber seal. In my case, this seal was completely knackered and had to be removed. I suspect that pieces of it jamming were the cause of the spray button malfunction. At the moment, I'm not sure what sort of seal might be appropriate as a replacement. I'm betting that Grohe does not provide one, but modification of some other common plumbing seal might be possible. After reassembly (without the ruined seal) the faucet works with both a central jet and surrounding spray, rather than being able to have either/or selected. This is tolerable, but it would be good to restore full spray button function. Given your (and others') comments about the absence of information on the internet about servicing this Grohe faucet, perhaps an addition to your video to include the other internal parts would be appreciated by the world! Regards, Peter
Tim, Thanks... saved me a lot of grief and $. I was absolutely sure that grey (round) center piece was not designed to unscrew. Absolutely 100% convinced..... until I watched your video. Thanks again. Dean
Many thanks, Tim! We thought the low flow was the big canister. Replaced that. Turned out it was the filter system you described. This video was a great help!
That filter didn't work for me. However, when I cleaned the filter in the faucet head where the hose connects to the head, all was better again. I didn't know that filter was there before this video Thank you.
Thank you! You are a genius. This worked easily and perfectly, even with just a short-nosed pliers to loosen the head (be gentle) and without removing the sprayer from the hose.
Thank you so much for this video!!! I have been looking tirelessly for a video on how to remove the sprayer and aerator from my Grohe set with no luck. My instruction book says to use an open ended or socket wrench but I couldn't figure out where or how to do that. The little round screen or aerator in the centre of the spray head fell out, so I'm going to take it apart and try to fix it if possible. From what I understand Grohe does not make replacement parts for this style of spray head anymore.
I don't understand what your problem is, exactly. You put "greasy water" into your water tank, causing a clog in the faucet? Why would you do that? Does "cut on" mean turn on? Your water pump won't turn on? No idea what you're asking. Sorry.
Sorry, I'd have to see it. Why did you buy a new faucet? Is that what you mean by "handle"? I no longer have one handy to look at, or I could help troubleshoot your issue. Check to see if there is a missing O ring. Otherwise, you might try some plumber's teflon tape.
I used your video to clean my faucet head and everything was great for a little while. Then I noticed the spray function was getting less and less water pressure (flow was not being completely diverted to spray, instead it was a mix of regular flow and the spray). I took the spray head apart again to see if something was amiss and couldn't see anything. Now the spray function will barely get any pressure at all. It seems as if whatever forced the flow to spray when the trigger was pushed is not working anymore. Does anyone know what might be going on? TIA
Sorry for the late reply. You may just have really hard water and have gotten deposits on the mechanism. Try soaking the whole shebang in vinegar for an hour or so.
You do absolutely rock like others said. Our Grohe lost water pressure... lost more water pressure and it was driving me crazy. I was getting ready to buy a new faucet. Started looking around and found this. I have water pressure again. I can't thank you enough,
Thank you! Thank you! Just moved into an apartment with this exact faucet and incredibly low flow (despite other faucets being fine). Awful buildup is now cleared.
Our water pressure was horrendous! One plumber told us we needed a water softening system; another told us we should replace our whole faucet. We tried your tip, and all is good. Thanks for saving us hundreds of dollars.
Tim, thanks very much for your enlightening video. My Grohe head was blocked in exactly the same way as you demonstrated and cleaning was definitely overdue. However, following your process made me aware of some other details about the construction of the faucet head which you did not mention, that I think it is worth knowing about.
In addition to poor flow, improved by the cleaning, my head has also had chronic problems with non-function of the "spray" button on the opposite side of the head, covered by the grey rubber seal. Taking the head apart as you showed also exposed the underlying mechanism for the spray button, housed in the mount into which the "filter head" screws. In there is a spring-loaded disc (with its own O-ring) and deeper in, a green rubber seal. In my case, this seal was completely knackered and had to be removed. I suspect that pieces of it jamming were the cause of the spray button malfunction.
At the moment, I'm not sure what sort of seal might be appropriate as a replacement. I'm betting that Grohe does not provide one, but modification of some other common plumbing seal might be possible. After reassembly (without the ruined seal) the faucet works with both a central jet and surrounding spray, rather than being able to have either/or selected. This is tolerable, but it would be good to restore full spray button function.
Given your (and others') comments about the absence of information on the internet about servicing this Grohe faucet, perhaps an addition to your video to include the other internal parts would be appreciated by the world!
Regards,
Peter
Tim, Thanks... saved me a lot of grief and $. I was absolutely sure that grey (round) center piece was not designed to unscrew. Absolutely 100% convinced..... until I watched your video. Thanks again. Dean
Wonderfully helpful, thank you. Especially liked at the end, "and Bob's your uncle!" Haven't heard that in years and gave me a good laugh.
Glad it helped. Got that expression from my travels in Australia years ago.
Many thanks, Tim! We thought the low flow was the big canister. Replaced that. Turned out it was the filter system you described. This video was a great help!
theolmaestro My pleasure!
Thanks, Tim. I pronounce you to be the smartest guy on the internet, for at least the next 5 minutes!
Tim. You rock. I’ll share this with my local plumber.
thank you! this saved me $80 for a new faucet head
My pleasure!
Thank you great simple video and a big help to me!
Thanks for cleaning the sink and removing your paraphernalia 👍🏽
That filter didn't work for me. However, when I cleaned the filter in the faucet head where the hose connects to the head, all was better again. I didn't know that filter was there before this video Thank you.
Thanks. Good demo and appreciative that you kept your plumbers Butt for your mates personal enjoyment.
Thank you Thank you! This was an incredibly user friendly short to the point video and perfect for non plumbers like me.
Thank you for posting! This proved quite helpful!!
Thank you! You are a genius. This worked easily and perfectly, even with just a short-nosed pliers to loosen the head (be gentle) and without removing the sprayer from the hose.
Love SoCal You're welcome! FINALLY, after decades of self-promotion someone has recognized that I am a genius! 😆
Thank you so much for this video!!! I have been looking tirelessly for a video on how to remove the sprayer and aerator from my Grohe set with no luck. My instruction book says to use an open ended or socket wrench but I couldn't figure out where or how to do that. The little round screen or aerator in the centre of the spray head fell out, so I'm going to take it apart and try to fix it if possible. From what I understand Grohe does not make replacement parts for this style of spray head anymore.
You removed the filter off camera so I can't really see what it looks like. So I don't know if I'm doing it right. Just FYI. Thank you for this.
gotta love the turkey gobbles in the background haha.
Lauren Cwiklo Funny, I thought the turkey voices were only in my head!
Very helpful video. Is anybody can show how to remove first filter from handle where it connected to the hose?
I can't get the filter screen out of my Grohe. Any tips?
Hi,
I just put greasy water in my 1996 Tioga but my water will not cut on please help if you can
I don't understand what your problem is, exactly. You put "greasy water" into your water tank, causing a clog in the faucet? Why would you do that? Does "cut on" mean turn on? Your water pump won't turn on? No idea what you're asking. Sorry.
Do we just bought a new Handle and it is leaking now. What can we do to prevent it from leaking from the hose to the handle connection?
Sorry, I'd have to see it. Why did you buy a new faucet? Is that what you mean by "handle"? I no longer have one handy to look at, or I could help troubleshoot your issue. Check to see if there is a missing O ring. Otherwise, you might try some plumber's teflon tape.
I used your video to clean my faucet head and everything was great for a little while. Then I noticed the spray function was getting less and less water pressure (flow was not being completely diverted to spray, instead it was a mix of regular flow and the spray). I took the spray head apart again to see if something was amiss and couldn't see anything. Now the spray function will barely get any pressure at all. It seems as if whatever forced the flow to spray when the trigger was pushed is not working anymore. Does anyone know what might be going on? TIA
Sorry for the late reply. You may just have really hard water and have gotten deposits on the mechanism. Try soaking the whole shebang in vinegar for an hour or so.
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