Chris Fox
Member
Hello everyone this is my first post. This site was recommended by John Bridge site.
I am a DIYer and in the middle of a bath remodel. While tearing my shower apart for new drywall and for kerdi wrap, I thought to add a body sprayer or 2 in addition to a rain like shower head that will replace a typical shower head.
The house was built in 1995 and assume, especally here in Phoenix, that a water restrictor is in the valve. This was also realized in the fact that the nearby tub has tons of flow and the shower is less than powerful.
Attached are pics of the shower wall open. I was surprised to see the hot water line loaded with elbows etc which may be effecting water flow? but some thought(on John bridge) it woulnt make a difference if I added a flex copper line in place of the complex line, I dont know for sure?
So my intent is to add a couple of body shower sprayers near the shoulder on the same wall as the valve. My concern is adding lines for body sprayers and find I have no pressure.
As a flow test I added a garden hose to the shower riser pipe(elbow) and found I was filling(hot line only) 3 gallons in 45 secs so pretty close to 2.5 gallons a minute.
Questions.
1. are there valves specially made for body sprayers and a overhead?
2. recommendations on install diagrams etc. most likely wont be using a complete kit but purchasing a couple of sprayer heads seperatly.
Thanks is advance, I hope to learn alot from this site...
Chris
I am a DIYer and in the middle of a bath remodel. While tearing my shower apart for new drywall and for kerdi wrap, I thought to add a body sprayer or 2 in addition to a rain like shower head that will replace a typical shower head.
The house was built in 1995 and assume, especally here in Phoenix, that a water restrictor is in the valve. This was also realized in the fact that the nearby tub has tons of flow and the shower is less than powerful.
Attached are pics of the shower wall open. I was surprised to see the hot water line loaded with elbows etc which may be effecting water flow? but some thought(on John bridge) it woulnt make a difference if I added a flex copper line in place of the complex line, I dont know for sure?
So my intent is to add a couple of body shower sprayers near the shoulder on the same wall as the valve. My concern is adding lines for body sprayers and find I have no pressure.
As a flow test I added a garden hose to the shower riser pipe(elbow) and found I was filling(hot line only) 3 gallons in 45 secs so pretty close to 2.5 gallons a minute.
Questions.
1. are there valves specially made for body sprayers and a overhead?
2. recommendations on install diagrams etc. most likely wont be using a complete kit but purchasing a couple of sprayer heads seperatly.
Thanks is advance, I hope to learn alot from this site...
Chris