How does changing the shower head increase water pressure? Shouldn’t the water be coming out at the same pressure throughout my house in spite of what shower head I have?

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How does changing the shower head increase water pressure? Shouldn’t the water be coming out at the same pressure throughout my house in spite of what shower head I have?

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The shower head changes the nozzle size that the water comes out.

Pressure is force over an area . The force of the water doesn’t change, but the area that it occupies does.

Smaller nozzle means smaller area, smaller area means pressure increases.

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