I'm getting ready to remodel my main/only full bathroom. It is currently a tub/shower combo. I want to take the room down to studs and install a stand up alcove shower where the tub used to be. This is because my wife and I have always enjoyed showering together, and a tub/shower isn't enough room and the tub shape causes there to be very little "flat" area for good footing, non-slipping. Plus we're getting older, and not having to step over a tub rim would be really nice. This is our forever home, so I'm not worried about resale value from having no tub in the house.
With that said, I would love to install dual shower heads, one on each end of the shower, that would have individual temperature control and often be running at the same time. I have basic plumbing skills (compared to a professional) and have installed several standard tub/showers and water closets. From the research I have done, it would seem that this plumbing project is likely too complicated for me to do myself. There are pressure balancing considerations, supply pipe size considerations, water speed in the pipe limitations, likelyhood of low water acceleration at the shower heads, not to mention running out of hot water quickly from our 50gal heater.
My question is this: Am I over-complicating this, or is this as complicated as it seems, and I should probably avoid it as a DIY install? Thanks.
With that said, I would love to install dual shower heads, one on each end of the shower, that would have individual temperature control and often be running at the same time. I have basic plumbing skills (compared to a professional) and have installed several standard tub/showers and water closets. From the research I have done, it would seem that this plumbing project is likely too complicated for me to do myself. There are pressure balancing considerations, supply pipe size considerations, water speed in the pipe limitations, likelyhood of low water acceleration at the shower heads, not to mention running out of hot water quickly from our 50gal heater.
My question is this: Am I over-complicating this, or is this as complicated as it seems, and I should probably avoid it as a DIY install? Thanks.