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    I am tearing out a bathroom and the old shower was a built in Neo type design. The plumbing actually comes up out of the floor and is not inside a wall per say but is just sticking up out of the concrete. What would be the best way to move this water line to either an inside wall or to an outside wall. Will putting 90 deg turns in my plumbing decrease my water pressure. I am thinking about building a small wall that will go in between the shower and sink that could hide the plumbing as I move it towards the inside wall. The length from where it is now to the inside wall is approx. 3-4 ft and would entail at least a couple of 90 deg. turns. To get it to the outside wall is would be approx 5-6 ft and entail at least 3 to 4 90 turns. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The plumbing is copper coming out of the floor. Should I convert it over to pvc? It is a small bathroom so I want to go with glass on the outside shower walls and want to tile the inside to make it look more open, thanks... help please...

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    Hello Roger, First of all you can add in as many turns as you need and that will have no affect on the water pressure. Now when you go from large to small size water line you will loose some volume. As long as this change isnt drastic you shouldnt worry. Every fixture you buy today has a water saver built in that reduces the flow to 1.6 gallons per minute. And also please dont use pvc. Its horrible. A more economical choice is pex pipe. Its very flexible and is rated for colder temperatures than any other kind of pipe. You can also use a sharkbite fitting that is water tight and just pushes onto the pipe. The pex pipe is nearly as flexible as a piece of cable. Just dont over stress it or kink it.

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