Diy Outdoor Heated Shower

H5N1 few years back, Emily Hirsch as well as Erick Steinberg created an outdoor shower for their military camp as well as shared it hither on the blog. We idea it was worth a reblog since summertime is only exactly about the corner, as well as how fun is it to shower outdoors (especially when it's heated). Check out the how-to below.

In their version, they sourced the H2O from their cabin sink faucet--which agency warm water! Read below for how to DIY your own--it's surprisingly simple!

You'll Need:

-Two, 2"x4" pieces of wood, cutting to 30" long each

-8, 3" nails

-Saw

-Smooth stones

-Hammer

-Nearby tree

-Hose long plenty to make from kitchen window to the desired tree

-Flexible shower head

-Rope

-Adapters for hooking upwardly hose to shower head. NOTE: this volition vary based on size of your shower head, thence brand certain you lot convey the hose as well as shower caput to the hardware store to brand certain you're getting the right size! For us, nosotros needed: 1 dual male/female 3/4" garden hose adapter as well as 1 garden hose washer to claw upwardly the hose to the shower head

-Adapter to connect sink to hose. For us this was: 1 garden hose manful individual yesteryear 3/4" woman individual piping thread.

Directions

1.) First, nosotros are going to brand the drainage organization where you lot stand upwardly when taking the shower. To produce this, mensurate out 15" on each of your 2 pieces of 2x4s as well as grade alongside a pencil.

2.) Saw inwards them both inwards one-half where you lot made the grade (you tin skip this stride yesteryear having the hardware store cutting them for you).

3.) Nail together 2 pieces of forest thence that they cast a 90" angle. Repeat on all sides thence that you lot accept the frame of a square.

4.) Place the frame nether the tree where you're setting upwardly the shower as well as fill upwardly alongside smoothen stones.

5.) It's fourth dimension to connect your hose to the sink alongside the adapters you lot picked out at the hardware store. Also at this time, connect the shower caput to the other goal of the hose.

6.) Now that the hose is connected to the sink, conduct the hose exterior a window to the desired tree. Twist the rope upwardly the tree until you lot larn to desired branch. Depending on how much slack you lot have, you lot volition accept to wrap the hose a few times only about the torso to brand certain it's taught.