exeunt
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So I'm 95% of the way through the plumbing on our new shower and was about to T off my existing line when I thought I wanted to check with someone about supply capacity.
I currently have a '73 house with 3/4" copper feeding the house, going through our water softener and then splitting off into two 1/2" lines for hot and cold. From that split, the entire house is done using 1/2" copper. The specific run of 1/2" I'm splitting off feeds a bath, two toilets, two sinks and now a shower.
We haven't had any problems with water pressure, and we are adding a shower in our ensuite so we don't need to use the guest bath anymore, so we don't anticipate too much parallel use of the fixtures. Changing the 1/2" to 3/4" would be a big deal on a relatively small project. Is it against code to split off the 1/2" to feed the shower? Is it highly recommended not to?
Thanks
I currently have a '73 house with 3/4" copper feeding the house, going through our water softener and then splitting off into two 1/2" lines for hot and cold. From that split, the entire house is done using 1/2" copper. The specific run of 1/2" I'm splitting off feeds a bath, two toilets, two sinks and now a shower.
We haven't had any problems with water pressure, and we are adding a shower in our ensuite so we don't need to use the guest bath anymore, so we don't anticipate too much parallel use of the fixtures. Changing the 1/2" to 3/4" would be a big deal on a relatively small project. Is it against code to split off the 1/2" to feed the shower? Is it highly recommended not to?
Thanks