plumbing around niche

[petey999]

Hello all. Im installing a new bathtub and the only place for a niche is the plumbing wall. Any problem usng 3 elbows to route plumbing for the shower head around the niche? Niche is about 12 inches wide and is centered below the shower head so i cant go directly from the valve to it. ty

 

[Reach4]

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[Jadnashua]

It will work. Your dynamic pressure will drop a little as each change of direction in a fitting will decrease the overall pressure. Probably not enough to deal with. There are tables you can read that will tell you. Unless you're dealing with a car wash (multiple heads), you might run that in pex and just bend it around the niche. Then, you'd only have one fitting on each end, and the smaller ID should still provide more volume than a single head could want.

 

[petey999]

It will work. Your dynamic pressure will drop a little as each change of direction in a fitting will decrease the overall pressure. Probably not enough to deal with. There are tables you can read that will tell you. Unless you're dealing with a car wash (multiple heads), you might run that in pex and just bend it around the niche. Then, you'd only have one fitting on each end, and the smaller ID should still provide more volume than a single head could want.

thanks for the reply