Hi all I have a single handle American Standard faucet in my spare bathroom that is rarely used. When I went to turn it on the other day the pressure is very very low. I did manage to remove the shower head and turn on the water in hopes of flushing out the debris with no success. This faucet is only 6 years old and never really used since it's a spare bath. I was told by someone I can clean out the screen but when I take off the chrome cover plate and handle I have no idea what to do at this point. Please help. Chuck

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Originally Posted by crwmlw

Hi all I have a single handle American Standard faucet in my spare bathroom that is rarely used. When I went to turn it on the other day the pressure is very very low. I did manage to remove the shower head and turn on the water in hopes of flushing out the debris with no success. This faucet is only 6 years old and never really used since its a spare bath. I was told by someone I can clean out the screen but when I take off the chrome cover plate and handle I have no idea what to do at this point. Please help. Chuck

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Shut the water off to the valve and open it up. Remove the cartridge and check and clean the inlet ports. Now turn the water back on for a moment to flush out the supplies and valve body. You should have a strong stream coming out of the open valve body. If so, reassemble and test. If not, click on back. Good luck, Tom

Ok thanks, my question is how do I remove the valve body? Once its removed I should then turn the water back on to remove debris?

Im coryy, I meant once the cartridge is removed turn the water back on?

Ok I took a pic of the faucet how can I upload this ?

OK I figured out and cleaned the ports and reassembled but pressure is still really low