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Anonymous Posted on Feb 01, 2011

I have noticed a decrease in my hot water flow in Some of the faucets in my house. The kitchen is the worst, but the problem isn't consistant thru the house. For example; the master bathroom only has a reduced hot water flow in one of the two sink faucets. I had someone come out and test the water pressure and he said that it seemed fine. This was after a person had come out the prevoius week and told us that we needed to replace the pressure gauge, after he did a $495 main line flush :( Help

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Most sink faucets will have an areator screen ot a spray attachment at the exit of the faucet. These normally screw in and should be easily removed. You may need to use a cloth to protect the finish and use a pair of channel lock pliers if the threads are stubborn.

Remove and clean the areator screen and allow the water to run freely to allow for removal of any sediment or blockage in the line. The flow should give you an indication if there is any blockage remaining in the line.

Replace the aerator. This will have to be repeated for each faucet.

If the main line was flushed in the house; this may have already been done. If not the flushing process may have broke material free which is clogging the aerators.

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