New Bathroom Shower Head

[john curzon]

The shower head we have on the end of a flexible hose is connected to the the bath taps and is quite old. Its in a low pressure system feeding from a hot water cylinder, so the nozzles are very small in diameter. The spray nozzles are rubber and are now a bit Perished. I'm told this is as a result of soaking the head in Harpic toilet lime scale remover. Which i did to remove some of the limescale blocking some of the nozzles. Some of the replacement cheaper low pressure heads i have looked at all have the plastic nozzles. As i wish to keep the purchase price down am, I best getting another one with plastic nozzles or paying more for an 'all' metal one ?Which presumably I can then use lime scale remover in future without damaging the nozzles since its all metal ? Thanks for advice.

[Roger Mills]

You can use lime scale remover on a head with plastic nozzles - but I find that poking out the nozzles with an appropriately sized sewing needle is more effective.

[Tim+]

I thought the whole point of small rubber nozzles is that you rub them firmly with your thumb to remove any limescale as it just cracks off. No descaled needed.

Tim

[Colin Bignell]

That has always worked for me.

[alan_m]

You remove limescale on the rubber ones by rubbing your finger over the little nipples surrounding the holes.

[Jeff Layman]

As others have pointed out, get a shower head with rubber nozzles. We got our 15cm diameter one from Aldi 9 years ago, and it still works perfectly with a shower pump. It has varying patterns, including pulse. I suggest you regularly check Aldi and Lidl for their showerhead offers.

In future, don't use Harpic. Use a kitchen limescale remover (Lidl's is fine), or even vinegar or citric acid to remove limescale. We are in a hard to very hard water area, so often have to use a descaler.

[Brian Gaff]

I've also found that the bendy tube is getting harder to bend, one supposes due to limescale inside it too. I've sat there poking the holes out in theshower head, it appears to be plastic with artificial silver shiny paint on it. Brian

[Roger Mills]

Allegedly! Hasn't always worked for me, though.

[Animal]

Yes. But the rubber decays, goes hard & disintegrates. Plastic & metal require poking or acid. Metal is more robust but more vulnerable to acid damage. Whatever you get, on a low pressure system pick a large head with lots of holes.