rainfall shower head query

utajoker · 22 Apr 2019 at 19:58

Hi

Our new build has a standard shower head and a rainfall shower head which you switch between.

I've never used a rainfall shower head before and assumed they didn't have as much pressure as a shower but still had enough to make streams of water and just spread the water over a wider area.

Ours when i have tried it seemed to be drops, much like rain.

It may seem stupid but is this working correctly?

i'm asking a stupid question because i have seen showers that only have a rainfall head on them, it must give a shocking shower if it is only a raindrop type shower.

Simmz · 22 Apr 2019 at 20:28

No should definitely have some power to it. Won't give you the massage feeling like a normal smaller head, but should feel a lot more relaxing and widespread that it's easier to clean yourself with. Can you grab a video at all?

utajoker · 22 Apr 2019 at 21:30

Simmz said:
No should definitely have some power to it. Won't give you the massage feeling like a normal smaller head, but should feel a lot more relaxing and widespread that it's easier to clean yourself with. Can you grab a video at all?

i will take one tomorrow and post.

chroniclard · 22 Apr 2019 at 21:37

Have a large rainfall type shower head, it's about 35cm cm square. We have fairly low water pressure but it works great.

Psycho Sonny · 22 Apr 2019 at 23:31

You need a shower pump

jpaul · 24 Apr 2019 at 08:35

Psycho Sonny said:
You need a shower pump

exactly

we have about 20L/min - 1bar flow, and one of those rainfall things will not shift the shampoo or soap off of your body ~~take the skin off a rice pudding~~,
so a small shower head much more useful

utajoker · 24 Apr 2019 at 09:11

https://youtu.be/zxNRNiECgMw

Here is a video of the rainfall then the normal shower head which has good pressure.

This is a new build house, i would expect it to work correct without me needing to add a pump. We haven't given in our snagging yet.

LiE · 24 Apr 2019 at 09:39

Yea that is pretty poor pressure.

Simmz · 24 Apr 2019 at 10:17

Hi utajoker,

Yeah that is awful pressure. I know it can be a chore to ask, but are you friendly with any of your neighbors yet so you could ask how theirs is or to possibly check it out. Even your smaller shower head the pressure on that should be a lot more powerful.

Do you know what kind of system you have? Was the video running on the set temperature? If so, how is it if you turn it down to cold, is it the same?

How about the taps in the kitchen as well and how long roughly to fill a bath up?

chroniclard · 24 Apr 2019 at 10:43

Strange, ours is nothing like that even with low pressure!

jpaul · 24 Apr 2019 at 12:06

judging by the video looks like there is some kind of pressure limiter on the rain-fall,
it's pressure didn't drop when the small head was turned on, if both are calling on same hot/cold water mix;
rain-fall could have had that extra water when the small is off ?

Abyss · 24 Apr 2019 at 12:42

Unscrew the rainforest head and check there isn't a removeable waterflow restrictor built into it. Although the pressure is that low it looks to me like there's something in the pipe.

rexehuk · 24 Apr 2019 at 18:50

That looks more like a blockage than a pressure issue... Low pressure would be continual run with no omph.

As suggested would unscrew head and see what comes out of the spout firstly.