You wake up on a hot summer morning and don’t have time to wait around until the hot water starts flowing from your shower head to wash off the dew of the night before. You grab your garden hose, put it over your head, and start rinsing off at full blast while still inside the house. There’s no need to do anything more complex Outdoor Shower than to screw the hose to the pipe and wait for the sun to warm the water, or at least that’s what you think—until you slip on the wet floor and fall flat on your back.
Connect the Hose to a Pipe
One of the best things about installing your own ute dusch is how easy it is. You just need a garden hose and a pipe long enough to reach your desired location. Next, screw one end of the hose onto your outdoor spigot and then take a plumber’s tape or Teflon tape and wrap it around threads where your faucet connects to its pipes for at least two turns. If you can’t do that yourself or have doubts about doing so without leaking, find a handy person in your neighborhood who can help you out with that score. Now all you have left is running water from your faucet through one end of the hose and toward where you want it—your new showerhead!
Wait for Water Temperature to rise
Cool outdoor showers are possible by screwing a garden hose onto a simple spigot. However, if you do not want cold water coming out of your spigot, turn on both taps, as well as any necessary valves and faucets. If you have a valve for each tap, open all of them; otherwise, just turn one counterclockwise. The water from these devices will run through the pipes and heat up. Since it takes time for water in pipes to heat up, open all necessary faucets about 15 minutes before using your cool utedusch. Then hang out inside until temperatures rise; there’s no need to turn on cold taps anymore because warm water will be coming through shortly after you prepare it!
Have Fun with Your New Shower!
If you’re camping or just enjoying a nice outdoor event, use these outdoor shower cups to rinse off. Just run your garden hose through one of these cups, turn on a cold faucet, and voila—instant, outdoor shower. These nifty little containers also work great for trips with kids because they are easy for them to fill up and easy for you as well because they hold all that water.
Design Ideas from Readers
Many of our readers gave us tips on how to make these DIY outdoor showers. A few ideas were creative and cool enough that we wanted to share them with you, including putting a shower pan beneath your sprayer hose, or just setting up a garden hose in front of your house and being ready for anyone needing water. We also recommend checking out these 5-star-rated hot tub solar covers for keeping your sprayer hot (without running any electricity). After reading through all those comments, here are some ideas on how to build an outdoor shower
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