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Thaynewashburn (FL)
My Kitchen sink faucet has very low pressure. I have unscrewed the supply lines and tested them, they are fine. I have found that when I pinch the sprayer line, the faucet pressure increases. I want to be able to use both but have good pressure in both (not too much to ask!). The faucet is only 3 years old... suggestions?
**main line to faucet enters from the left into a sideways T connector (the base of the T). Then the faucet goes up and the sprayer comes out of the bottom of the side-T.
I'd like to NOT buy a whole new faucet unless i need to. Thanks
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bernabeu (SC)
if you have water from both the sprayer and the spout at the same time the diverter is broken and requires replacement
you should NOT be able to use both at the same time
proper seq. of operation:
open handle to faucet - water comes from spout
press sprayer lever - pressure on diverter 'relieved' - spout 'deactivated' & water comes from sprayer
it should be an 'either / or' but not both situation
the trick of the trade is to know when something is actually broken
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hj (AZ)
I think I know the faucet you have, but do not remember the make/model. BUT, if you have the paperwork, the company will send you a new diverter.
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North Carolina Plumber (NC)
I repaired a kitchen faucet like that not long ago. It was a Price Pfister.
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Thaynewashburn (FL)
I am not expecting to get water out of the sprayer and faucet at the same time. BUT, To get faucet pressure, I have to clamp my sprayer hose.
I do not have the info for it or the name right now (at work) but the picture should help. Thanks guys!
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hj (AZ)
Why do you have to "clamp" the sprayer hose. NOT turning the hose on should do exactly the same thing by NOT having any flow out of it.
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