Serviceable Hand Held shower Head

Grallert

As our school year opens today with the arrival of nearly 170 boarding students We go through dozens of hand held shower heads among a ton of other things. The plumbing is old and never gets a break. Is there a serviceable shower head out there? I find that debris gets through the strainers and blocks the small orifices' in the head. This seems like something that could be addressed. I hate buying boxes of these things only to through them away every six months. The rub is even the "good" heads get broken some how.

So I get decent looking inexpensive ones knowing their future.

The house keepers really like the hand helds because they can spray down the shower stalls and I like to keep the house keepers happy.

Thanks for your in put

mattmia2

Grohe/Hansgrohe makes some lines where you can buy the parts al le carte.

HVACNUT

Whole house water filter. I could use one myself.

Grallert

That's on the list but pretty far down. We have approximately 45 showers and as many sinks and toilets. Big house.

Larry Weingarten

Hi, Is it grit or hardness buildup? If the latter, maybe soaking the showerheads in vinegar and rinsing out might give them more life? I've done that in my hard water area with good results.

Yours, Larry

Grallert

It's grit. All the original domestic is brass. I can't tell what the grit is though it's not sand or at least I don't think it's sand. Doesn't look like it. It could be coming from the city or from the miles of piping.