Do-it-yourself summer shower in the country

The hot summer season, which summer residents are used to spending often on their country estates, requires a shower. After all, after physical work in the garden or flower beds I always want to freshen up, and not only after work. Especially the shower saves in those moments when the house does not provide for a bathroom with a valid sewerage... So the best option is an outdoor shower, which allows you to swim in the warm season, and not only swim, but also temper.

You can, of course, acquire a pond in the form of a pool within a suburban area, but an ordinary shower for a summer residence is the most economical option, which every second person can build with their own hands.

For this purpose, the following set of tools is needed: a tape measure, a bayonet shovel, a construction trowel, self-tapping screws for wood and metal, a screwdriver or drill.

Types of simple shower structures for giving:

• The easiest way to build a shower is to simply hang a plastic bottle or an ordinary bucket with a perforated bottom on a hill, which can be any tree or pole; this type of shower for a summer residence is practical, but completely unaesthetic according to modern estimates;

• the second no less effective option is a wooden shower for a summer residence, an attractive rustic option, practical, requiring a minimum of time for its construction, several boards and a plastic tank, which can look like a barrel, or a square or rectangular shape made of metal or durable plastic;

• a very practical option is a shower stall and a profiled sheet, for the construction of which several metal profiles and several sheets of profiled metal material are needed;

• an aesthetic and practical option is a polycarbonate shower; this design is easy to erect, and the innovative material polycarbonate does not lend itself to deformation under the influence of sunlight, allows you to build various forms of shower structures, does not corrode under the influence of moisture and is not afraid of any fungus or mold, it does not need to be painted and treated with antiseptics annually ...

Features of building a shower in the country

• before starting the construction of a shower, it is worth choosing a place that is well lit in the daytime, since the water in the tank should be as warm as possible for comfortable bathing, and it can only be warmed up under the constant influence of ultraviolet sunlight on hot summer days;
• an outdoor shower must be erected on the territory as closed as possible from prying eyes, because bathing is a purely hygienic procedure, the construction of a shower stall must be provided without fail with a door curtain or door;
• in a self-equipped soul, there must be a high-quality outlet for draining water during swimming, such as sewage, the drainage of used water must be thought out, since the stability of the building and the comfort of its operation depend on the effectiveness of the created drainage system;
• an outdoor shower can have a natural water heating system or a water heating system due to electric heating elements.

The most acceptable of all the above options is a polycarbonate shower.

How to make a shower in the country from polycarbonate?

The process of preparing for construction is as follows:

1. first of all, a place without windy drafts is chosen;
2. the second step is to draw up a project for the shower to be built, it is at this stage that you need to decide on the number of shower rooms - just a washing room or together with a changing room; the dimensional characteristics of the shower are very important, since the comfort of its operation in the future by all family members depends on it;
3. the third step is to decide on what basis the shower will be erected, on the foundation being laid or on an equipped drainage pit;
4. the last stage is the implementation of all the necessary work.

Sequence of work:

• in the selected area, a rectangle or square is outlined, equal to the parameters of the future shower, in the marked area a hole is dug with a deepening of twenty centimeters; along the perimeter of the walls of a clearly dug rectangle, asbestos pipes are driven in, which will serve as a support for the shower stall; after installing the posts, small crushed stone is poured into the pit itself, mixed with large, this is done in order to create a so-called drainage natural system that will absorb water;

• a booth is formed from the purchased improvised means, for this, metal profile pipes are welded into an invented frame, the legs of which are lowered into corner asbestos pipes and fixed with concrete mortar; wooden beams can also serve as the basis of the booth; the distance between the covered rubble and the floor surface of the booth should be at least ten centimeters, this is necessary to create natural effective ventilation of the area between two wet surfaces - the floor and the absorbent drainage;

• the metal fixed profile frame is sheathed with heat and sound insulating polycarbonate, which is sold in sheets; the material is very easy to cut, bend, so making any constructions from it is very easy; polycarbonate is attached to the profiles using self-tapping screws and a screwdriver;

• after sheathing the walls, they proceed to the roof, which can be flat, since a plastic tank of any modification can be installed on top of it, or round, which can hide the tank inside the building, while the water can be connected to the heating from the mains, which does not require solar radiation rays on an installed container with water;
• the moment of creating the door is no less important, it can also be constructed from metal profiles and polycarbonate, the only moment that needs to be thought out is the way of its fastening; it can be held on welded hinged curtains, there are options for arranging the opening of shower doors like a compartment;
• the floor in the booth is often laid with wood; for future comfort and speeding up the drainage of water in the right direction, you can mount a shower sink in the floor hole.

In a shower with a floor and walls without a single crack and a closed door, it is not at all cold to take water procedures at any time of the day.

A closed type of equipped showers is more acceptable than an open one, the so-called beach one. The closed design completely hides the person taking the shower, provides comfortable bathing without the absence of drafts, comfortable hanging your belongings separately from the bathing area, which remains completely dry.

There are a lot of modifications of polycarbonate showers, the main thing is to translate your idea into reality. A minimal set of innovative and inexpensive building materials contributes to the development of imagination, embodied in the personal plot.

The most important thing during the construction of a shower stall in the country is to pay attention to the safety of heating water, if you really connect heating elements to the installed tanks, then only low-voltage ones.

Modern plastic shower tanks always provide a large quantity of heated water, which does not require any additional devices for heating water in the summer.Another question is if the shower is used during demi-season periods.

We make a shower for giving from scrap materials (video)