Will a wider shower hose give better pressure?

newboard

The bath taps give a great strong flow, but the shower is very weak indeed. There isn't much improvement when you hold the shower head below the height of the bath taps.

The hose itself seems very narrow, so I'm wondering would there be a significant improvement in buying a wider hose?

Thanks

2ndcoming

newboard wrote: »

The bath taps give a great strong flow, but the shower is very weak indeed. There isn't much improvement when you hold the shower head below the height of the bath taps.

The hose itself seems very narrow, so I'm wondering would there be a significant improvement in buying a wider hose?

Thanks

The width of the hose won't increase the pressure. Triton T90 SR all the way.

Montage of Feck

Wider hose will decrease the pressure.

Naos

If I turned my shower head upside down, the water would barely flow out of it, this was after cleaning, pinning the holes etc.

I had a look for some high pressure shower heads and went for this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07NL7SV41/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I wasn't expecting much, but honestly the difference was night & day. It went from barely trickling out to water hitting the ceiling.

For 20e it's worth a punt.

Sleeper12

newboard wrote:

The hose itself seems very narrow, so I'm wondering would there be a significant improvement in buying a wider hose?

Many spurious shower hoses have a narrow rubber tubing inside & this will restrict the water. Buying a genuine Mira or Triton hose will definitely be an improvement

newboard

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Many spurious shower hoses have a narrow rubber tubing inside & this will restrict the water. Buying a genuine Mira or Triton hose will definitely be an improvement

I saw this on youtube as well - that some installers fit this restrictor to save water usage. Is this not the same thing as using a narrow hose?

If it makes a difference, the pressure doesn't seem too bad, the volume of the flow just seems really poor. Maybe they're the same thing

cnocbui

Gravity fed water systems are a joke. One of the best improvements I made to my house was to fit a 3 bar Stuart Turner dual pump in the hot press and reconfigured the plumbing so that the entire house plumbing worked at that pressure. The amount of time saved every decade in not waiting for water to fill baths, sinks, toilet cisterns would amount to days. The sheer pleasure of a high capacity shower that can deliver 26 litres a minute alone made it more than worth it.

Mellor

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Wider hose will decrease the pressure.

That is not true. No idea where you got that from.
I think you are confusing speed with pressure. Speed will decreases, and a higher volume pipe, but pressure and flow rate (in litres/m) won't decrease.
They could increased, but that depends on what the limiting factor is in OP case,