Not really sure if this is sufficiently boffin-y. However...
I am currently having my upstairs bathroom redone, and when we exposed the pipes supplying the whb, it turns out that the Hot is a 22mm pipe, and the Cold is a 15mm.
This was built by a self-builder, and we were trying to fathom why this might be the case.
My fitter commented that making it 22mm would probably result in a slower supply of hot water, and mentioned the Venturi effect.
Plumbing and fluids not being my thing, can someone supply an explanation as to why this is the case (or a link), and why he may have done it?
One impact of the new bath I have installed in addition to the shower is that there is now backwash up through the plughole of the downstairs shower (which has replaced a bath) and it now needs a non-return valve. What fun.
Cheers
F