Multiple shower heads - force & control

[big dan]

We are building a bathroom in the basement that should be big enough for 2 people. Roughly 54" W by 48" D. We would like to place 2 shower heads in this stall that will be tiled throughout.

I am running 3/4" copper to the shower stall area and would like to then feed each shower head with 1/2" supply.

Should this give me enough pressure when both heads are in use?

Also we would like to feed the heads with a single control that
would control the temperature & pressure for both heads, is this possible so far. It would also be nice to have a diverter that could feed one head or the other or split between the two, but haven't found anything like that yet.

thanks in advance.

[Wgoodrich]

You could put a 10" pipe to the two shower heads and run it through one valve and it will slow the flow to capacity of the one valve.

If you want full flow of water then install 3/4" from the water supply through everything from water sofener through water heater through to the shower. Then install one valve for each shower head or buy a special valve rated for dual shower heads.

I advise two valve same as two showers. This would give you all the options you were thinking of yet allow most water flow separately to each.

EPA will probably frown on the following but If you want to increase water flow through your shower heads even more then take off the shower head and take it to your garage and drill out the center hole to a bigger hole. This will greatly change the amount of water flow through to your body.

Just try put the shower together normally as two separate showers with individual valves. Then after you take a shower or two then take off one of the two shower heads and drill out the flow reduction hole. Then screw the shower head back on. Ten minute job that if done you should find a great difference in water pressure and flow between the two shower heads. Suspect then you will invest a second ten minutes to drill out the second shower head.

Shower heads have a flow reduction hole that reduces the amount of water flowing through the heads.

Bad side of the above is you may run yourself out of hot water due to the increase flow of shower water.

Then we can talk about a larger water heater or parallel water heaters using again 3/4 lines.

Remember flow of water is reduced through a plumbing system by the smallest hole the water has to flow through all the way from water source to end of useage of the plumbing.

Let us know what you find

Good Luck

Wg