How to Fix Slow Water Flow in a Waterfall Faucet

This faucet is a Vigo VG03024 in Matte Black.
Tools Needed: Channel locks/adjustable wrench, allen wrench (2.5mm (?), needle-nose pliers, eye-glass screwdriver, or other fine tip, and a magnetic tip.
Make sure you turn off your supply valves prior to removing the brass threaded ring.

[SomeAaron]

Sometime YouTube is the best. Thanks for showing me exactly how to fix the exact problem I was having with this exact same faucet! 😁

I like the design of this faucet. It's really easy to take apart and none of the pieces are at risk of being damaged in the process.

[jvon]

Some heroes don’t wear capes... they make Youtube videos! Thanks for posting 👊🏼

[JRBerberich]

Thanks for the video. Mineral deposits had my plastic flow restrictor permanently stuck, but leaving it in the faucet and brushing it out with a pipe cleaner and toothpick fixed it.

[michaelspano]

Wow, thank you so much for posting this! Much easier than I anticipated.

[deepsubmicron]

Excellent and very useful video on addressing low flow! Easy to follow and fixed my problem in about 5 minutes with the help of your video- thank you!!

[euv]

Thank you so much for the video. I own a Vigo faucet and have searched for months on fixing the slow water issue. This really works!!!

[solanomrt]

Thank you so much for this video. I was breaking my head as to what was the issue and mine is a new faucet. All is good now.
Thanks again buddy, I appreciate it.

[TheCharleslam]

Thanks Colin. Excellent video. This is very helpful and it saved me the effort of calling Vigo support or returning the product. I also like to add to your video that mine (bought in March 2022) came with an O-ring placed inside the white plastic reducer. I also removed the O-ring and the flow was powerful now. much appreciated!

[gallopr]

I have the exact faucet and you literally saved my day. Got an old house and got a bunch of junk in my water lines

[LarshThatCasual]

This is perfect! I just bought a used facuet, and noticed it was running slow. I'll be doing this tonight.

[davidsmith]

I too thank you. I took the stupid faucet apart 10 times (trying different things) but never even knew that little plastic piece was the problem!! Once I cleaned that out, it flowed perfectly!!

[skinnysylvie]

Thank you so much Collin!!! Will give it a shot on my bathroom faucet.

[JCoversH]

You have no idea how helpful this was!!! I’ve been searching for a fix for a long time. You the REAL mvp!!

[fettered]

Thank you for the video. There are very few references online and this fixed my problem.

[thomasweir]

You just saved me £100 plumber call out!! Thanks very much!

[dangurvich]

Thank you! Would have been lost without this video. Worked like a charm.

[dennisnielsen]

I will share my experience with this. My old house had been mostly replumbed except for the supply to the upstairs bath. I installed a Vigo waterfall faucet and with the flow restrictors in place but it ran too slowly. Took the restrictors out and it was better but still very slow. A few years later we re-did the plumbing to that bath. Then the water shot out of the faucet and climbed the far side of the vessel sink and onto the floor. Tried putting the restrictors back in but wasn’t happy with the still greatly reduced flow so I took them back out. If you have good water pressure and kids, you might want to leave the restrictors in. If you’re cautious when turning the water on you should be OK with them out. Vigo make a higher flow restrictor (1.8 vs 1.2) but I don’t feel like hassling with it.

[miguelxavierpereira]

Hi have 2 waterfall faucet brand Hansa and the 2 have the same problem, slow water fall. Thank for the tutorial! very useful. When i repair mine Hansa faucet I will make the video of disassemble and repair of it.

[cyprinut]

Bravo. I have a completely different brand, but it was the same inside.
I failed to heed my plumber friend, who told me whenever installing these on a new or otherwise repaired line to install a hose and run the water into a bucket before hooking up each line. I had a little copper bit in mine from cutting the line to replace the shutoff.

[marcusarilus]

Thank you Collin your video was a great guide to fixing this problem .