I want to have 2 shower heads in my shower. I am building a 4.5 X 4.5 tile shower. Can I do that without losing too much water pressure when they are both running. How?
2007-08-30 03:28:52 · 8 answers · asked by Vanessa 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
When doing this professionally, we run larger (1") water supply lines to the shower. Be advised that you will also be using twice as much hot water as usual and your water heater will deplete it's supply faster.
2007-08-30 05:10:30 · answer #1 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That really depends on the water pressure in your home and the size of the shower pipes.
I have seen new custom-built elegant shower installations (with large piping) that use a diverter valve so you could choose either an overhead rain/mist head or a vertical pair of body-length sprays, depending on which way you flip the diverter handle. There was a central position that gave both ways but I don't think it was used very much.
2007-08-30 04:48:10 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just built a shower with 4 body sprays and 2 shower heads and didn't really notice a great deal of pressure loss.
Good Luck!
2007-08-30 03:37:43 · answer #3 · answered by Parercut Faint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The size of the water supply and the water pressure is what will determine your answer. If your handy rig the two together and try it. It can be done with a few pvc fittings, connect to your present shower head.
2007-08-30 11:42:27 · answer #4 · answered by petethen2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends. Naturally you will lose some water pressure, but whether it is noticeable or not will depend on how bad the pressure is to start off with. All showerheads sold in the past decade or two have flow reducers built in to limit the water flow. If the water flow is too low with two showerheads removing those reducers may help.
2007-08-30 07:48:54 · answer #5 · answered by Brian A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I can add is that we have a dual head shower and there is no loss of pressure even when other water is being used in tandem. I think it really depends on the way the plumbing in your home was set up.
2007-08-30 05:40:23 · answer #6 · answered by dawnb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will lose water pressure, so what you can do is connect a water pump to your heater (boiler) where the water passes from the street to your boiler (heater). That ought a do it. You wil have hotel kind a pressure.
2007-08-30 03:37:19 · answer #7 · answered by Freedom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there are reducers available which you install in the showerhead connector--they will increase the pressure..works great....any hardware or plumbing supply should have them..
2007-08-30 03:49:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋