With cold weather and the holidays fast approaching, this month’s to-do list focuses on some of the less obvious, but very important, indoor cleaning and repair tasks to get your home in tip-top shape for holiday guests. One of the oft overlooked, and easy peasy winter home maintenance to do’s is cleaning your faucet aerators.
Clogged sink aerators can cause reduced water flow or an unevenly spray when you turn on bathroom or kitchen faucets. Is this happening to you? Yeah, it’s your aerators. Luckily, this is another easy task using white vinegar, and the hard work is done while you’re sleeping!
To clean a faucet aerator:
- Unscrew the aerator from the end of the faucet.
- Drop the aerator in a bowl of white vinegar.
- Let the aerator sit overnight.
- The next day, rinse the vinegar off the aerator.
- Screw the aerator back on the faucet.
You’re done! Your water should be flowing freely now. If it’s not, and the vinegar didn’t work, your aerator may be too far gone and needs to be replaced. No worries, though. Faucet aerators are cheap and easy to find at your local hardware store. Take in your old one, match it, take the new one home and install. Voila!
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