Shower in the country with their own hands: a description of

You worked on a country site or rested - it is not so important, in any case, you will certainly want to take water treatments at the end of a long summer day. In order to have such an opportunity, it is necessary to build a shower in the country with their own hands.

Next, we consider the most popular solutions to this problem.

General stages

No matter what type of dacha shower you prefer to build, some steps will need to be done anyway:

Location selection

The choice of the optimal site for building is accompanied by the following rules:

• No shadow. The sun's rays are a natural and free source of water heating in the shower tank, and if it is not equipped with a forced temperature increase system, it is the only one. Therefore, try to provide them with sufficient access to the building by choosing an open area for the shower.

Tip: it is recommended to choose a tank for a shower of dark shades or even paint it black. This will increase the level of absorption of sunlight, thereby reducing the heating time of the liquid poured into the container.

• The presence of drainage or drainage pits. Used water should drain off somewhere, and it is better to take care of this in advance than to wait for it to find its own way to flower beds, to a cellar or other place undesirable for moisture accumulation.
• Compliance with the overall design. You should not place the shower in front of the facade of the house, if it has already been erected, or in other equally important places where it will break the overall interior. This is especially true of temporary buildings that are not distinguished by their special aesthetics.

Design

Ready-made drawings, the size of the soul in the country with their own hands can be easily found on the Internet. You can also independently make your own unique project.

The main thing is to make the drawings of the soul in the country with their own hands were supplied with all the necessary dimensions and the list of materials used.

Option number 1: film design

If your suburban area is rarely visited, then it does not make sense to erect a capital construction, and an elementary film structure with several advantages will be enough to receive water procedures:

pros

1. Minimum selling price. You do not need a large amount of expensive materials.
2. Ease of erection. You can easily and quickly cope on their own.
3. The possibility of dismantling.

Here you can immediately identify two positive points:

• If necessary, such a shower can be moved to a new, more suitable place.
• For the winter, the building is disassembled and hid in a warm, dry room, where neither aggressive weather conditions nor the danger of being stolen will threaten it.

Minuses

The negative sides here are no less obvious than the positive ones:

1. Dullness of appearance. Racks covered with film, do not represent a special aesthetic value.

1. Low comfort. The simplicity of the design does not allow to realize many useful functions inherent in capital showers.
2. Short life If you don't hide a film shower for the winter, then in the spring you will most likely have to build a new one.

Installation

So, if you, having weighed all the pros and cons, decided on this economical option, then you will need a step-by-step instruction for the soul to give your own hands:

1. At the selected place, remove the top layer of turf and level the site. From it we dig a small waste trench to the drainage system.
2. We take four metal corners 2.5 m long and eight by 90 cm. As an alternative, wooden bars can be used, but their dismantling will be more difficult.
3. We drill holes at the edges and bolt them into a quadrangular frame.

Tip: it is recommended to immediately paint the iron structure to prevent the occurrence of corrosive processes in the future.

1. We cover with a film, leaving one side partially loose, so that you can push it back to get inside.
2. Put the usual wooden lattice on the floor as a pallet.
3. On the roof install a suitable water tank, equipped with a watering can.

Tip: for servicing a temporary building it is convenient to use a portable shower bag. It is easy to use, does not require a reinforced base, is easily removed and most often has its own heating system.

Option number 2: frame building

This type of shower is a kind of intermediate option between the film construction and the capital brick structure. Such a building is perfectly protected from wind and precipitation, is able to spend the winter in the open air without losing its stability, and is equipped with such pleasant things as shelves for shower accessories and coat hooks. But without careful care you will not last long.

In this case, the course of work is expanded by some activities.

Foundation casting

Since the frame construction of the soul for giving implies its permanent presence in one place, it must be equipped with a suitable basis to avoid further subsidence into the ground:

1. We remove a ten centimeter layer of land with an area corresponding to the future structure. It is noteworthy that in this case it is not necessary to be limited to 90 by 90 cm in size, you can allow to build a more spacious structure, in which there is a place even for changing rooms.
2. We tamper the bottom, and lay the sides with pieces of plywood as formwork.
3. We mix concrete solution using the following ingredients and their proportions:

1. On the place where the sink will be located, we place a small log wrapped in roofing felt. So we will create an opening through which we will lay then a drain pipe.
2. Fill the prepared place with mixed mixture.
3. We derive the slope of the surface in the direction of the flow.
4. We are waiting for a full seizure.

Frame

The assembly of the frame is slightly different from the above option. The only exceptions are the large dimensions and the presence of central horizontal crossbars at a height of about one meter, which are necessary to enhance the mechanical stability of the entire structure.

Tip: Vertical posts can be concreted during the laying of the foundation. This will increase the reliability of the design.

Sheathing

The following materials can be used to fill the walls:

• Antiseptic treated wood.
• Chipboard.
• Plexiglas.
• Polypropylene panels.
• Iron sheets.
• Slate.

All elements are securely screwed to the "skeleton" of the shower with bolts.

A roof of a shed type covered with a metal tile, roofing felt or slate will be enough.

Option number 3: capital construction

The capital project of the soul in the country is an independent architectural structure, which must be registered without fail at the relevant administrative institution. This already suggests the need for such a design.

Moreover, in this case, usually for the construction of walls used brick, which must be able to lay, reinforced foundation, requiring additional costs, and a massive roof that can withstand any precipitation for many years. And when you build a residential house with a built-in bathroom, then the need for such a solid construction will disappear, which cancels all the forces invested in it.

Conclusion

A shower in the country is necessary, but it is up to you to decide what type of construction to build for this purpose. You can get by with a temporary construction or create something more durable, it all depends on your future plans for the site.

The video in this article will introduce you to additional materials. The dacha visited should have all the necessary living conditions, including the shower.