Water Works

Inside a pumped shower casing. © Eugene Brennan

More home maintenance, it never stops. This time cleaning the screen filter in the shower because pressure had dropped. I wrote a comprehensive article about this a few years ago, but withdrew it because of liability worries. It's not the sort of thing that should be done unless you are experienced and know the potential hazards and understand the safety precautions which must be taken. This filter could easily be broken too I guess if it's pulled out unevenly or with excess force. And it needs to be seated properly too when it goes back in so that the O-rings fit tightly, so observing such details and how things were before they were disassembled is important. Water spraying inside a compartment onto live parts wouldn't exactly be safe, especially if an RCD isn't fitted at the consumer panel to shut off power in this scenario. Not sure why they put the filter inside. Some manufacturers have made them accessible from outside the enclosure.

Filter housing. © Eugene Brennan

Shower unit filter. © Eugene Brennan