MY Kingdom for some water pressure

[dvc guy]

Here is my report from Vero Beach 2/20 -2/25 the good the bad and the other

Checked in at about 1 PM, requested 1 bedroom non smoking top floor, they had some rooms ready, but none top floor and would not have any not happy but ok.

They had ocean view 2nd floor if I wanted to wait, sure no problem. I had my food put in the frig, and they delivered it to the room , so when I got to the room the food was in the frig, I had never seen that before very nice touch.
Handicap room, my fault I should have know better and asked before we agreed to the room.
After I saw the view I decided to keep it.
Room 1227 Building 12, nice view of the ocean now that many of the trees are gone from the hurricanes. The room looked clean upon check in but upon further review it was in need of some extra cleaning in the kitchen, and we saw a few bugs. They came up and cleanied again, ok not great and the bugs were no longer present.
Laid down on the matress to go to sleep and DW( who has a bad back) says I can feel the springs, and she right. It was 11:30 at night so I figure here we go to get a new matress tomorrow. The bed was not great but with DW bad back she selpt OK and we kept the bed . I have never gotten anything but excellent beds , and was very unhappy with this.

The shower what can I say except there MUST be a bteer way to save money, it was like taking a shower with a watering can, the worst I have ever seen at Disney.

Overall the resort looked great, the beach is bigger then ever, we did not have any sit down meals , but Bleachers was very good, and the green Cabin room was excellent.

We rented bikes it looks like they got some new ones, but did not have any that were a good fit for DS 8, they could use a few more.
The weather was great and we enjoyed our time at Vero.
Any questions??

 

[rocketriter]

At BCV last fall we noticed that the water pressure was fine in the sinks and the hot tub, but very poor in the showers. We assumed that Florida requires a slow-down insert in the shower head.

 

[JimMIA]

We assumed that Florida requires a slow-down insert in the shower head.

That's not a Florida thing, but many counties have those restrictions for water conservation purposes. If they do, it should be on all outlets. We have that here in Miami and it drives you nuts, but water is a feast or famine thing in South Florida so we understand. I think the water restrictors are what led to the invention of needle-nosed pliers.

If you saw a problem in just one place, I'd be suspicious of a clogged screen in the shower. We have a lot of minerals in the water and sometimes the filtering screen just gets clogged. It's usually a simple matter of unscrewing the thing, dumping the gunk out, and putting it back together.

 

[JimMIA]

Another thing that could cause the low water pressure is the lowering of the overall water pressure in the entire system. Our county water department did that a couple of years ago during a drought to conserve water.

I don't know what Vero's specific water situation is right now, but it could be a problem beyond the control of VB or any other business in that area.

 

[BobNed]

At BCV last fall we noticed that the water pressure was fine in the sinks and the hot tub, but very poor in the showers. We assumed that Florida requires a slow-down insert in the shower head.

Actually, it is a Federal law called the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (it has been revised several times since) which requires all shower heads sold in the U.S. to have a maximum flow rate of no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. The good part of the law is that while you can't buy a shower head without the restriction, the manufacturers just put a flow restrictor in which is easily removed - by the homeowner. Disney can't remove them because the law requires them in commercial facilities.

 

[IsAreWasWereAm]

We were in unit 1236 (1BR lockoff) during our January stay and had none of those issues. We didn't have an ocean view room, but had a great view of the ocean from our living room. We did find the dehumidifier a bit annoying, but only turned it up at night or while we were out and about. During our week stay, we learned that a lockoff means that you may get noisy neighbors. We found it interesting that everyone that moved into the studio part just HAD to try to open the door to our side!
We too rented the bikes and decided that a couple of 20" children's bikes would be a great addition to the fleet.

 

[sjdisneywedding]

I thought the showers in HA rooms had lower water pressure to begin with. I have read this in quite a few places.

 

[sjdisneywedding]

Actually, it is a Federal law called the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (it has been revised several times since) which requires all shower heads sold in the U.S. to have a maximum flow rate of no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. The good part of the law is that while you can't buy a shower head without the restriction, the manufacturers just put a flow restrictor in which is easily removed - by the homeowner. Disney can't remove them because the law requires them in commercial facilities.

this doesnt make sense though, if its a federal law then pressure should basically be the same througout country, so except for the ones who do remove it everyone would have same pressure.

but thats not case due to the many reasons pointed out above, county restrictions, dvc resrections, whatever.

what Im saying is if everyone is required to purchase the same shower head with regard to max flow rate then the differences in flow have to be caused by something else

 

[NMW]

Actually, it is a Federal law called the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (it has been revised several times since) which requires all shower heads sold in the U.S. to have a maximum flow rate of no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. The good part of the law is that while you can't buy a shower head without the restriction, the manufacturers just put a flow restrictor in which is easily removed - by the homeowner. Disney can't remove them because the law requires them in commercial facilities.

Does anyone remember the Seinfeld episode where Krammer and Neuman were trying to buy "illegal" shower heads from the back of some guys car in an alley? It was because their building installed the lower flow shower heads. This thread reminded me of this and I was laughing!

 

[BobNed]

this doesnt make sense though, if its a federal law then pressure should basically be the same througout country, so except for the ones who do remove it everyone would have same pressure.

but thats not case due to the many reasons pointed out above, county restrictions, dvc resrections, whatever.

what Im saying is if everyone is required to purchase the same shower head with regard to max flow rate then the differences in flow have to be caused by something else

You're absolutely right! The law says "maximum flow rate" of 2.5 gallons per minute. Some places may have tougher standards, and I have seen shower heads with flows as low as 1.0 gallons per minute.

 

[Plus4206]

Channel locks & a shower head from home work wonders. The problem is that Disney uses a water restrictor with a standard shower head. Too small an amount of water is going thru nozzles that are too big.

We stay in Rochester NY occassionally because our DS attends R.I.T. Every hotel we've stayed at has GREAT water pressure and volume, better even then my home.

 

[WolfpackFan]

Regarding shower water pressure, we noticed the same thing at HHI back in December. The funny thing was we had a 2BR unit, the shower pressure in the master bath was just a trickle while it was fine in the other bath. I thought even there must have been something wrong and thought about calling the front desk, but never got around to doing it.