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I just moved into a new house. I took my first shower last night (to the relief of the neighborhood).
The shower performance was pitiful. There are three positions. One just puts out water that just runs out and down. Massage makes a useless little spitting stream. The last is the only one that works. It is adequate to take a shower but has no force at all. The water comes out and starts curving down rather than maintaining enough velocity to continue straight.
The house is plumbed with two water manifolds fed by a 3/4" pex pipe. The pipes from the manifolds to the individual points of use are 1/2" pex.
Pressure from water system is set to 40/60.
The question. Is this piping sufficient?
The shower performance was pitiful. There are three positions. One just puts out water that just runs out and down. Massage makes a useless little spitting stream. The last is the only one that works. It is adequate to take a shower but has no force at all. The water comes out and starts curving down rather than maintaining enough velocity to continue straight.
The house is plumbed with two water manifolds fed by a 3/4" pex pipe. The pipes from the manifolds to the individual points of use are 1/2" pex.
Pressure from water system is set to 40/60.
The question. Is this piping sufficient?