Usually I know its the other way around but in our house we have really low water pressure.. but only with the cold. The most noticable effect is when we try to use the kitchen sprayer with the cold water and it just dribbles out. When we use it with the hot, it works fine. What could be wrong and how can we fix it?

Jenn

speedball1

Hi Jenn,

One handle or two knobs on your faucet? What's the brand? You have some trash or crud that is either in the cold water ports of a cartridge or blocking the seat of the cold water side of the valve. To be more specific and give you instructions I will have to know the brand and the approximate age of your faucet. I'll wait on your reply. Tom

jennforschler

Its a moen and I believe it was installed in 1993. My boyfriend bought the house is 1999 and he hasn't done anything to it since. It has 2 handles one hot, one cold. Please help! Also.. I am completely new at this home owner/fixing thing so be specific!!! LOL

Thank you so much for your time!

labman

Shut the water off to the cold. There may be a couple of stops under the sink. Or you may not have anything except the main valve at the pressure tank or meter. If you have to close that, cut the power to the hot water tank or turn it to pilot.

Pry off the plastic cap that says ''C''. Unscrew the screw under it and pull the knob off. There should be a big nut. Unscrew it, and pull the stem and all out. Clean off any crud you see. Also briefly open and quickly close the valve you closed. This will cause water to spurt out the hole you left washing any crud back in the line out. It may make a mess too. Carefully put everything back like it was. Turn the water back on. You may need to remove the sprayer too, and give it a shot of water making another mess. Once everything is working and not leaking, turn the hot water heater back on. If this doesn't work, post back and Tom or I will do out best to help.