Vincenzo Corleone
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I live on a high floor in a 31-story high rise building and I'm in the process of going through a bathroom renovation. I've lived here for about 20 years and at some point during that time I must have gotten the impression that the water supply lines going to the shower were 3/4". I should have gotten confirmation before buying the shower system, but was given reassurances by certain people.
So I bought a shower system that will have a rain shower head on a shower arm coming from the wall, coupled with a hand held shower head that will be connected to the water supply with an elbow, also from the wall, on a slide bar. I bought a thermostatic valve that is 3/4" with separate volume control valves only to learn later that the water supply pipes are, in fact, only 1/2".
I'm seriously concerned that once everything is all connected that the water pressure will be very disappointing - to the point where I'm losing sleep over it. The valves and corresponding trims I bought can be returned but it'll be very expensive to do so. Does anyone have experience with this scenario or is experienced enough to know whether my fears are well-founded or not?
So I bought a shower system that will have a rain shower head on a shower arm coming from the wall, coupled with a hand held shower head that will be connected to the water supply with an elbow, also from the wall, on a slide bar. I bought a thermostatic valve that is 3/4" with separate volume control valves only to learn later that the water supply pipes are, in fact, only 1/2".
I'm seriously concerned that once everything is all connected that the water pressure will be very disappointing - to the point where I'm losing sleep over it. The valves and corresponding trims I bought can be returned but it'll be very expensive to do so. Does anyone have experience with this scenario or is experienced enough to know whether my fears are well-founded or not?