USMorgan was born in London, England, but lived in Morriston, Swansea, for 11 years and was a pupil at Morriston Comprehensive School and then studied a BTEC Performing Arts course at Gorseinon College, now Gower College Swansea, before moving back to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama in his late teens. He starred in the first series of the Sky One Television Series Hex, as Troy and has appeared in supporting roles in the films Alexander and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and the BBC2 miniseries, The LineHe has also appeared the television series Doc Martin and Casualty and he played William in Mansfield Park alongside Billie Piper. In 2010 he played the title role in the mini-series �Ben Hur� which first aired on CBC television in Canada and ABC TV in America, on April 4, 2010. He plays Klaus in The CW�s show The Vampire Diariesand played Lysander in the 2011 film Immortals,

BuddyTV ranked him #84 on its list of �TV�s Sexiest Men of Summary: Low water flow to a shower head can be caused by a low-flow rough-in Every hotel I've ever been to has a high pressure shower head that blasts me with more water than I could ever need. But the one in my house sends out just a trickle byI know there is a federal regulation that requires shower heads to produce no more than 2.5 Gallons Per Minute (GPM) at 80 PSI but I assume hotels are also bound by those rules. I've been baffled by this problem and for years I didn't know how to fix it. Now I've finally figured it out. I measured the water flow rate from my shower head and got 1.0 GPM, but I can get nearly 10 GPM from the utility sink in my basement. Even when the shower head and tub spout are removed the water flow is 1.4 GPM or less from the bare pipe, so I know it's not the fault of the restrictor in the shower head. 40 PSI municipal water and copper pipes throughout the house.

Shower head: 1.0 GPM Bathtub spout: 1.4 GPM Shower pipe w/o shower head attached: 1.1 GPMSheer Roman Blinds Ikea Tub spout pipe w/o spout attached: 1.4 GPM2004 Toyota Sequoia Headlight Bulb Size Toilet in the same bathroom: 3.9 GPMBest Mud Tires For 2x4 Atv Utility sink in the basement: 9.9 GPM Since I have great high pressure shower heads elsewhere in the house, next I checked if there might be something gummed up in the shower valve blocking the water flow. unscrewed the hot water handle and removed the cartridge, but it was nice and clean and there didn't seem to be any blockage in the pipe, either. water supply to flush out any unseen blockage that might be in there and just to

see how much water would come out. But when I put the cartridge back in I got the same poor water flow. I did notice the cartridge lets water in through two tiny little holes and thus makes a great bottleneck. It seems like it is designed to reduce water pressure by about 80-90%. It is essentially a low-flow shower valve and no matter what shower head I use it will provide poor water I did some googling and called some plumbing supply stores but as far as I can tell no one has ever heard of a low flow shower valve or low flow cartridge. Everyone suggests checking for a partially closed shut-off valve in the line, gunk clogging up the valve, a restrictor in the shower head, corrosion inside galvanized pipes, or low water pressure to the entire house. I don't have any of I asked some plumbing supply stores and a plumber, but there doesn't seem to be a different cartridge I could buy that would increase the water flow. cartridge doesn't have a part number or brand name anywhere on it but it looks

like an imitation Moen cartridge. After I tried to drill it out and caused a leak, I replaced it with an Ace hardware part called "Faucet Stem Moen StyleIt's a replacement for a Moen 1224 stem but it looks like my shower never had a genuine Moen part. I went to Home Depot to check out rough-in valves there, but there is no information provided about water flow rate. On American Standard's website, however, there are some spec sheets for their rough-in valves that give waterMy solution was to replace the rough-in valve with an American Standard part and now my water flow rate is much improved. I have heard that the 2.5GPM government regulation caused some manufacturers to overcompensate and produce super-low-flow components that are way below 2.5GPM just to be on the safe side. But as far as I know, that regulation applied to shower heads and kitchen/bathroom faucets, not to the shower valves themselves. It seems that my shower valve was made with stems/cartridges that are also used

for bathroom sink faucets, and those are limited to 2.2 GPM at 80PSI by law. just seems like a bad design to carry those parts over to a shower/tub valve. used to take half an hour to fill the tub, which is really annoying and benefitsNow it's high flow and pressure all the way. Is your shower head not performing like it used to? deposits can build up in your shower head. This can cause the nozzles to squirt water in all directions or clog up completely, leaving you with poor water pressure or low flow. Here are our top tips (listed from easiest to more complex) to help get your shower head back to peak performance. Many shower heads have flexible rubber nozzles. You can dislodge mineral buildup in these nozzles by simply massaging each nozzle with your finger. can also try gently scrubbing the nozzles with a toothbrush. There are a couple ways to do this: Keeping your shower head clean gives a much better shower. It is an easy job