Brad McClelland
New Member
Thank you in advance for any help! I currently am remodeling my master bathroom shower and am wanting to make sure i'm not making a mistake. I have a older house built in '69 in central NC that is currently plumbed for the most part in CPVC (ick...). I've been working on upgrading and changing it out but have only got a few fixtures changed over so far. Everything is being converted to 1/2" PEX with crimp rings, would love to go the expansion fittings but think with the manifold should be OK with the pressure loss and lack of fittings. To start with I installed a Viega manabloc 30 output system that is only running the master and a few other things so far as I'm changing things over. It's input is 3/4" on cold and hot currently. In the master bathroom I am installing 2 shower heads each dedicated obviously off of the manifold, off of one diverter it will run a shower head and a handheld that will switch between the two. Off of the other diverter it will run a shower head and body sprays on the opposite side of the shower head to give a spa experience. I am currently planning on installing 3 Moen A501 body sprayers and want to make sure I have sufficient water pressure. The sprayers say that they take max 1.75 gpm and from what I've seen a 1/2" Moen can only handle about 5-6 gpms, so I'm thinking no more than 3 body sprayers and definitely not 6 as I would like, thoughts...?? And yes I know I'll drain my water heater quickly lol, gas tankless here we come.