LOL you know....as i posted earlier i sat here and made circles with my hands trying to estimate the diameter. i was thinking softball, yet surely bigger. ill double check for you...i am interested in exact measurements as well. it is big...my largest along with moso.

Obviously none of the people who have responded have even a remote clue about how to properly size a line. When designing a potable water distribution system you begin by selecting all the end use fixtures to determine what the end use load will be. In the case of the original post they want a shower head, body sprays, a hand shower and possibly a rain shower head. Quote:"How many fixtures will you have on at any one time? Remember that 3/4" pipe has double the capacity of 1/2" pipe." Code requires that we design a potable water system for a worst case scenario. The system must be capable of maintaining the code listed minimum fixture "Dynamic head pressure" even when every fixture in the house is turned on at the same time. The statement that a 3/4" pipe has twice the capacity of a 1/2" pipe is not true. The capacity, or properly the volume of flow is determined by the size of the metering orifice in the end use fixture. It is true that a 3/4" line has double the cross sectional area of a 1/2" line however both will supply the same volume, the difference being that the velocity of flow will be twice as fast in the 1/2" pipe. The problem here is that as the velocity of flow increases the "fiction head pressure loss" increases dramatically. In addition to the loss of pressure due to friction head if the velocity of flow exceeds 8fps we start seeing sever pipe wall erosion, which leads to premature pipe failure. In fact, while acidic water is the leading cause of pin hole failure in copper pipe, excessive velocity in undersized pipe is the second leading cause of pinholes. Preferably we should have the end use fixture data available when designing the system but in situations where that information is not yet available we use the gal/min flow rates that are published in the code. Now getting back to the original question. All the end use fixtures in question are types of shower heads and per code shower heads are restricted to 2.5gpm so let us begin putting it all in perspective. Using the code standard of 2.5gpm we get shower head (2.5gpm), hand shower (2.5gpm) and body sprays (2.5gpm)equals and a hand shower(2.5gpm) for a total load of 10gpm. Consulting the "Type L Copper Friction Loss Table" we find that if we supply this shower with a 1/2" line the velocity of flow would be 13.80ft/sec and the pressure loss would be 67.72psi/100ft of pipe. If we increase the pipe size to 3/4" the velocity of flow is 6.62ft/sec and a pressure loss of 11.17psi/100ft.

Fori, thanks for the website. The salesperson at the cabinet shop suggested backplates too, but I didn't find too many, didn't do a very good search I guess. Now I have more of an idea of the range of styles/finishes, so thanks for the link. From the little I have seen of backplates, I can tell that I wouldn't love the look of the backplate and handle, at least not in my price range. Also, I don't trust myself picking out one style of pull much less a backplate and a pull! It tough beig design challenged like me! But, this just might be my best option. I really don't like the idea of filling holes and trying to match stain, that'd be even worse. Maybe I'll go on down to Ace tomorrow(supposedly they are a dealer for the hardware you linked) and see what I can find out. Thanks a bunch! PS, are bin pulls intended more for drawers than upper cabinets?

I'm in Clearwater, FL. I thought it may be a vole, based on the reading I did, but the dirt around the hole isn't ever loosely thrown around. There's kind of a smooth packing around the perimeter. My boyfriend thinks it may be a sprinkler head underneath the garden, but there's no set pattern of days/time this happens. It's typically overnight but there have been 2 times it happened during the day while I was at work. I also doubt the sprinkler would eat my spinach and kale leaves, lol! I will take some pictures when I get home tonight.