How to make a polycarbonate suburban shower

A summer house without a soul is not a summer house. And here it was not so important that it was built for the cultivation of snacks or only for rest and relaxation, in any case it is necessary to swim. The modern market provides a lot of ready-made options, but a self-built dacha made of polycarbonate with a dressing room will not only save money, but also become a subject of personal pride.

Moreover, it is relatively easy to do.

Why polycarbonate

In the recent past, most of these structures were assembled from wood; those who preferred capital structures built cabins of brick. But a tree in such conditions will not last long, and the price for a brick shower is far from democratic.

Polycarbonate is a synthetic material and is suitable for such constructions as well as possible.

• Not counting the time for the arrangement of the foundation, if you need it, of course, you can collect a shower at the dacha from polycarbonate with your own hands for one, maximum two days. And in the most lightweight version you need for this, only a hacksaw, a drill and a screwdriver.
• The sheets themselves are quite flexible, which makes it possible to construct not only traditional, parallel-perpendicular structures, but also rounded or other non-standard forms.

• Often, for such buildings used so-called cellular polycarbonate thickness of 8 - 16 mm. It is a cellular material with high strength characteristics. If you believe GOST, its strength exceeds the strength of glass more than 5 times. Therefore, provided proper installation, no hurricanes such a cabin is not terrible.
• The material can be used in a wide temperature range from -40 to +120? С. What is very important for the vast expanses of our great country.
• This sheet weighs 6 times less than its direct glass competitor. Thus, it is disproportionately easier and more convenient to transport and even mount it.

• Not the last role is played by its aesthetic appeal.. The color range of polycarbonate is impressive in its diversity. In fact, you can build a shower of any color you like and at the same time you don’t have to repaint it every year.

Important: Opponents indicate that when heated, this material is able to expand, and when cooled, to return to its former state. So that this incident did not create problems, it is enough to drill holes for fastenings 1 mm larger in diameter. A similar gap should be left when joining sheets.

Construction Tips

Shower for giving from polycarbonate can be under construction in two options. The summer lightweight shower is much easier to construct and assemble, but a capital cabin with a foundation and a heated one will last much longer, plus it can be used in the off season.

Project development

Any, even lightweight construction needs a project. It is not at all necessary to create a detailed drawing, a sketch with dimensions is quite enough.

But you should start with determining the place to install the shower.

• The first thing you should pay attention to is the convenience of filling the tank. Few people will like to carry water in buckets to the edge of the plot and pour it from the stairs. Therefore, it is better to locate a booth near the water intake.
• The second, but no less important factor is the presence of a drain. Ideally, the structure is better located 2-3 meters from the septic tank or drain hole, the volume of which should be at least 2m ?.

Important: Do not take a shower directly next to the drain pit. In process of filling of the drain tank in summer heat all smells from it will rise in a cabin.

• Summer shower, in many respects called summer because the water in the tank is heated by solar energy. From here we conclude that the cabin should always be in the sun.
• In order to take water procedures at any time of the day, it is desirable to equip the lighting in the booth. But it is worth considering that there will be high humidity, respectively, the lamp must be used protected.

Tip: as an option, such a structure can be positioned immediately behind the house. In this case, it will be easy to connect the water, crash into the sewer drain and bring the power supply. Plus, it is possible to install a passive heating boiler in the attic and paralyze it with a tank.

Believe the word, it is not enough to have one washing booth, in order to ensure elementary comfort for yourself, it is better to immediately build a country shower with a polycarbonate locker room. The minimum size of the booth should be meter per meter. The dressing room can be made slightly smaller, about 1m by 60 cm.

The height of the booth from the pallet on which you will stand up to the shower diffuser is about 2 m, but this distance can be varied depending on the average height of regular users. In some sources it is advised to make 2.5m, but here we mean the full height of the whole structure from the ground.

Cab mounting

It is clear that sheeting sheets are mounted on the frame, so you should immediately decide what material it will be assembled from. Wooden beam 50x50 is cheaper and easier to build from it, but the tree is short-lived, plus it will swell from moisture. It is much better to take a metal profiled pipe or corner. The construction is light, so 40x60 pipes are enough; as for the corner, a wing of 25 mm is fine.

Bearing cab stands should be concreted. To this end, a columnar foundation is made up to a depth of half a meter. If you build a lightweight version, it is better to mount the floor in the cabin in the form of a pallet by fixing it on the racks, and pour gravel under the cabin itself and equip the drain groove.

For a more capital option will require the arrangement of a solid concrete base. In addition to the pillars for concreting racks, you will need to select the soil under the cabin to a depth of about 150 mm and make formwork, pour the concrete bath. Pre-install there plastic drain pipe with a conclusion to the septic tank.

Tip: the most convenient option would be to buy an inexpensive acrylic shower tray for the shower and to concrete it.

The sheets themselves are fastened using self-tapping screws with a sealing gasket. Moreover, as mentioned earlier, the holes for fastening need to be done 1 mm wider in diameter.

Honeycombs should be placed vertically. Ideally, cells should be hermetically sealed on both sides. To do this, there is a special U-shaped profile, inside which is laid silicone.

A few words about the tank

Let's start with the fact that for each user is calculated at least fifty liters. The capacity of traditional models ranges from 100 to 200 liters. The shape of the tank does not matter in principle, the main thing is that it should be of a dark color. So the water in the sun will heat up many times faster.

Kohl, we are talking about a cottage, that is, about a dwelling with periodical living, then it is better to install plastic tanks. They are less interested in scrap metal hunters. Although the usual two-liter metal barrel, if it is firmly attached to the frame will last a long time. Stainless steel on unguarded cottages is better not to use.

Shower for giving with heating from polycarbonate, a thing convenient and very attractive. But to make such a tank with your own hands, we highly recommend you, especially if your knowledge of electrical engineering is limited to the school curriculum. Electricity is a serious matter and far from everyone is able to embed the heating element.

The best solution would be to buy a ready-made plastic tank specially designed for shower cabins. In addition to the heating element, a dry-running sensor is mounted in it, that is, if there is no water, the heating elements will not turn on. And the valve that protects against overflow. The price of such a miracle is now hovering around 7 thousand rubles.

The video in this article contains material on the theme of the summer shower.

Conclusion

As you can see, it is not as difficult to build a shower for polycarbonate with your own hands as it may seem at first glance. The cost of the whole structure is quite capable of a man with average incomes. And if you consider that such a cabin will last for at least 20 years, then the price is generally quite cheap.