Foot shower: description, design, advantages

The main problem of the majority of country farms and suburban areas is the lack of centralized water supply. Today, this problem is being solved by the construction of a well or a well, but what about those who built a country house recently and have not yet managed to equip it? We will tell about one elegant solution in this article.

Mobile shower with foot pump

Design and principle of operation

When taking a shower by yourself in the absence of water supply, there is always a problem: you have to pour water with your hands, which is extremely inconvenient, since there are only two hands. This leads to excessive water consumption, but the main thing is that it causes discomfort and makes it difficult to enjoy water treatments.

Many build a shower in the courtyard and install a barrel or tank with water over it, but not everyone can do it with their own hands, and the cost of labor and resources will be significant. In addition, the barrel must be filled with water, which must be taken somewhere.

Note! For those who do not have the ability to build a stationary shower, one simple but effective solution was found - a device consisting of foot pumps, hoses and a watering can, which solves the problem of suburban water procedures.

The design consists of the following parts:

Hoses, as a rule, use corrugated, but can meet and smooth. Corrugated are less prone to kinks and wrinkles, so they serve longer and more efficiently.

A foot pump is a system of two pump frogs, or it can be a mat with a system of many small pumps. Most often made from special medical rubber, which is completely safe and suitable for use by people in everyday life.

The principle of operation of the device is very simple: the end of the supply hose is lowered into a container with water, and a watering can is connected to the end of the shower hose, which is hung in any convenient place. Then they become feet on the mat and begin to step on the pumps one by one. As a result of pump operation, water under pressure enters the shower watering can, and you can safely take a shower, and both your hands are free.

Note! Despite the need to constantly shift from foot to foot, your hands are released, and you can enjoy the opportunity to properly take a shower and wash.

Benefits

Now let's consider this device in terms of advantages and weaknesses. To begin with, we recall that this is an option for force majeure situations where there is simply no choice to “go to a normal shower or work with feet”.

To begin with, the product is quickly assembled and also quickly disassembled, all you need is to hang the watering can at a convenient height. You will also need any water tank - basin, bucket, barrel, large plastic bottle, pan. Everything else is included.

For convenience, we present the main advantages of the list design:

• The ability to wash in any convenient place. All you need is a support for a watering can and a container of water;
• Exceptionally small dimensions and weight. You can take a shower totop not only on trips, but also on trips;
• Simple design and easy operation, as a result - high reliability and durability of the system;
• Fluid pumping occurs due to footwork., while hands remain free. This makes it much faster and more convenient to produce water treatments;
• As soon as the need for water supply disappears, you simply stop working with your feet.. This saves water;
• There is no need to make anything, buy and bring building materials., attract assistants. Just go to the store and get a shower with a foot pump;
• Relatively low price, especially if you take into account all the listed positive qualities.

If we talk about shortcomings, then immediately it should be noted that the system is poorly suited for the elderly, people with disabilities and children. It should also be said that as a means of rest after a hard day's work, this construction is also not the best option.

On the other hand, many people even like this kind of exercise while swimming, most often it was noted by women. They believe that the warm-up for the legs and the pelvis is not superfluous, and in some ways they are right. In any case, this product is not positioned as a means of rest and relaxation, but as a simple solution to a complex problem, and in this sense it fully justifies itself.

The scope of application can also be very wide: it is a shower stall, and a foot bath for the shower, installed in the garden, and washing the car, and irrigating a bush, garden, and vegetable garden. Particularly rich prospects for the use of the system are opened by tourism and recreation.

Conclusion

If there is no water supply system at your dacha, and you are not going to make a homemade shower with a barrel, then a topper is your choice. The device allows you to quickly and efficiently organize the shower in any place where you can put a bucket of water. Watch the video in this article for more on its subject.