How to build a shower from the profile pipe with your own

Many people in the summertime prefer to leave the stuffy city apartments and spend time in the countryside. However, the absence of such a blessing of civilization as a shower can significantly spoil the impression of even the best outdoor recreation. The solution to this problem is a summer shower, the construction of which this article is devoted to.

General information

It is completely easy to build a summer shower on your own, and you don’t even have to spend a lot of time on it.

All you need is:

• Prepare a tank of suitable volume;
• Make the frame of the future shower;
• Sheathe frame any sheet material.

The main part of the work is the manufacture of the frame. If you know how to work with a welding machine, then the best option would be a frame made of shaped pipes. This material is inexpensive, durable and quite durable.

Tip! If it is not possible to make a shower of pipes, you can use for this purpose a wooden beam, pre-treated with an antiseptic.

Below we consider how to build a summer shower out of pipes.

Features of construction

Materials

So, to build a summer shower from a profile pipe, you need to prepare the following materials:

Location selection

Before proceeding with construction, you need to decide where the suburban shower will be located out of the profile pipe.

The following requirements are imposed on the place for future construction:

• It is desirable that the shower was located on a hill that will improve the outflow of water.. If there is no such place on the plot, it is necessary to dig a drain hole.
• The place should not be shaded, which allows water to quickly heat up in the sun.
• If the site has a well, the distance from it to the future, the shower should be at least 8 meters.. In addition, the shower should be located at a sufficient distance from the basement of the house.

Project preparation

Any construction, as is known, begins with the preparation of the project, and the construction of the summer shower is no exception. At the design stage, it is necessary to determine the size of the future structure and its structure.

Most often summer showers have the following dimensions:

• Height - 2 -2.5 m.
• Length and width - 1.5 m.

Of course, you can change the dimensions as desired. For example, many increase the area of ​​construction and equip it with a dressing room. The latter can be separated from the shower with a curtain or partition.

Preparation of the basis and drain hole

You should start building your own hands with the preparation of the drain hole and foundation. The size of the pit depends on the number of people living. The pit should be located close to the booth itself, for example, behind it.

The bottom of the pit is necessarily filled with sand and gravel, and the walls are laid out with stone or brick. When the pit is ready you need to complete the base with a sink.

The work is done in this order:

• First of all, you need to prepare a platform - remove trash and grass.
• Then the drain pipe is laid so that it goes into the pit at an angle. Drain is best located in the center of the shower stall.
• Next, you need to mark the future site and along the contour to form a formwork of boards or other material.
• After that, the bottom of the formwork should be covered with a layer of rubble and rammed.
• Then on the corners of the formwork are installed supports. For this pipe you need to score 20-30 centimeters in the ground. Racks can be placed vertically or at a certain angle, as shown in the diagram.
• After installing the racks, you should lay a metal reinforcing mesh, which should rise slightly above the surface of rubble.
• At the end of the work you need to fill the formwork with concrete.

Manufacturing frame

When the concrete hardens, you can make the frame for the summer shower from the profile pipe. Since the concrete screed will not be subjected to heavy loads in the course of work, it is not necessary to wait 28 days for the concrete to gain brand strength.

Production of the frame follows from the frame under the tank. To do this, connect the racks around the perimeter, as well as diagonally. Then the racks should be connected with crossbars located on three sides, which will give rigidity to the structure.

On this skeleton for a shower from a profile pipe is ready, now you can proceed to its arrangement and covering.

Shower arrangement

The arrangement of the shower begins with the installation of the tank. It is desirable that the capacity was flat and wide. In specialized stores you can buy a special tank for a summer shower with installed accessories.

If the container has a sufficient surface area, it can serve as a cabin roof.

Otherwise, you will first need to lay the roofing material.

• In one of the walls of the tank, which will be facing the booth, you should embed the fitting.
• After installing the tank on the roof, a ball valve and a shower head is attached to the fitting. The water supply is regulated by a ball valve.

Tip! To make the water heat up faster, the tank should be painted black.

Finish

After the main part of the work, you can begin to finish the booth. As mentioned above, for this you can use any sheet material. To fix it on the frame, you can use screws.

Also need to make the door. It is very simple to make it - you just need to boil a frame of suitable size out of the profile and sheathe it with the same material as the shower frame. The most difficult thing in this procedure is to install the awnings correctly, so before installing the door you need to carefully mark.

Tip! Instead of the door, you can use curtains, which are used in bathrooms.

At the end of the work should perform a wooden lattice and lay it on the floor of the shower. After use, the grate can be removed and dried. That, in fact, is the whole basic instruction for building a summer shower.

Conclusion

To make a summer shower at a summer cottage out of a shaped pipe, every home craftsman who has the skills to work with a welding machine can do it. This design will last more than one year and at the same time looks quite nice.

You can read more information on this topic from the video in this article.