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jwrichte

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We are in the process of builder a home and are putting in a shower that will have a main head, 2 body sprayers, and a hand wand all running from a diverter. In addition to that we will have another single shower head off to the side. The builder forgot to have the plumber run the second head and called him back out to add it right as we are about to start drywall. The plumber split the secondary head off of the existing plumbing for the main setup. I am wondering if we are going to run into a problem with not having enough water to make all of this worth it. Would love an opinion on if this seems right or if we need to have them run a separate line for the secondary head.

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Thanks for the help!

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I got a kink in my neck looking at them:D

multiple heads you should probably run 3/4" tube if you are concerned about volume. It will be to late to do it once it 's completed.
You can get a trash can and test it before you close it up.

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I just don't understand how some people can do work like that. If you don't any pride in what you do for a living your going to live a very unhappy life.


saw a rival company doing work down the road..so we stopped by to check them out. jeeeeeeze.

all they owned was a 2 9/16 bit. evrything was run threw a big hole

they did not use caps, but squiched the ends of the pipe, it was leaking

back fall on arms...looked like ****

we went to our office and demanded a raise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

told the boss....DAMNIT WE DO QUALITY WORK...WE WANT QUALITY PAY

and got it

first time i ever made over 10 bucks an hour 1985
 
If you look really close at the first picture, it seems that there is 3/4" ran until just before the shower valve.

Regardless, that isn't enough valve for that many heads, if you intend to run 2 or more functions at the same time. 2 functions will probably be usable, but not great. 3 functions will be abysmal.
 
Pex is next to impossible to make look neat. I have spent many hours trying. When you start using too many elbows....you aren't taking advantage of the product you are using. It's a balancing act...nothing will ever look as good as a straight run of copper.

Those aren't plastic "crimp rings", they are upenors expansion system. It's a great set up for pex pipe.
 

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