Aerators

Aerators

An ongoing problem in Metro Manila is the periodic shortage of aerators with the threads on the inside and seemingly endless shortage of aerators with threads on the outside. I have a small plastic bag with parts for these as far as the inside pieces such as screens, etc. and a toothbrush to clean the screens of the hard slime that builds up. I have noticed in units many do not how to clean them with water spraying all over the place. The internal parts may also begin to fall apart depending upon quality. I would encourage everyone to have those coming to the Philippines to buy a few of each in the US and Canada before leaving. I do not know if parts from metric system nations work. I would even buy a couple of each from someone and show you how to clean them

Oh, the shower is another story requiring vinegar and also to replace the washers from the hose with ones that have screens to prevent particles from the water pipes from flowing into the shower heads. We recently replaced the shower head with one of these new filter types with beads for this and that to remove chlorine and heavy metals.