Diehard
In Remembrance
I'm guessing that the flow restrictor for those shower/hose assemblies is likely at the end of the hose that connects to a water pipe.
For your flow test, did you disconnect the shower head off the hose or did you disconnect the entire hose assembly? I'm thinking you may have still been going through a flow restrictor if only the shower head was removed. If that's the case, do it again. Then what you get for unrestricted flow is roughly what you could expect to get from 2 shower heads(minus a tad) connected to that same source. While you're at it, look to see if there's a removable flow restrictor(may look like a washer with a small hole in it as well as anything else that appears to be restricting the flow, and is removable.
Were you thinking doing something like what Mikey shows in post #9 above? EDIT: (oops! Didn't realize that was a diverter and not capable of 1 in and 2 out. I guess a tee would have to be considered.)
For your flow test, did you disconnect the shower head off the hose or did you disconnect the entire hose assembly? I'm thinking you may have still been going through a flow restrictor if only the shower head was removed. If that's the case, do it again. Then what you get for unrestricted flow is roughly what you could expect to get from 2 shower heads(minus a tad) connected to that same source. While you're at it, look to see if there's a removable flow restrictor(may look like a washer with a small hole in it as well as anything else that appears to be restricting the flow, and is removable.
Were you thinking doing something like what Mikey shows in post #9 above? EDIT: (oops! Didn't realize that was a diverter and not capable of 1 in and 2 out. I guess a tee would have to be considered.)
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