Porch shower

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Millie

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Ok, here's the thing about living in the woods....no witnesses. LoL.
My power was out for 4 days, and though I had plenty of no rinse body wash and shampoo, by this morning I was dying for an actual shower, and my tub was full of water bob.
So I took a big trash bag and (quite) a few 2-litre coke bottles full of nice cool-ish water and some real soap and a big towel out to the back porch. I used the trash bag as a floor pan and took a shower outside. It not only cleaned me up, it very nicely cooled me off! It was the best thing that happened in days! Wish I'd thought of it a couple of days ago....
So there you go, porch shower!

(I'm still glad I filled up the water bob, because I now know you need to reinforce the seams on the "funnel" that hooks to the tub faucet...it sprung a leak. Next time I'll fix it beforehand.)
 
I have a little bracket to hang my 5 gal bucket shower (bulkhead fitting/hose/shower head) under the roof that is over the hot tub. I make sure the chems are good when big weather is coming in. The hot tub water will stay nice and warm for a week after the power goes out.
 
At one point there were some photos of me doing this very thing at a camp-out at @thrillhill . Had a 5 gal black bucket with a 5 ft black hose and a sprayer on the end. It got very warm. It was nice for all that got to see it...
 
I bet that was refreshing and liberating!
 
Mom tells a story on my dad. The house they lived in at the time had no bath room. Up comes a thunder storm. Dad jumps up out of bed, grabs a towel and bar of soap. To the back stoop he heads. He takes a rain water shower in the middle of the night while mom is worrying herself sick that he will be struck by lightning.

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Once when I was spending a couple of weeks in the woods at Ft. Bragg and everyone else was getting their showers pumped directly from Mott lake I found it was cleaner just to set a 5 gallon water container on the fender of a 5 ton and use the vent hole as the faucet for my baths.
 
DrPhudd said:
I have a little bracket to hang my 5 gal bucket shower (bulkhead fitting/hose/shower head) under the roof that is over the hot tub. I make sure the chems are good when big weather is coming in. The hot tub water will stay nice and warm for a week after the power goes out.
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I know I have one of those Coleman camping showers somewhere, but didn't want to search the house! A hot tub sounds nice for winter!!!
 
Grits said:
Mom tells a story on my dad. The house they lived in at the time had no bath room. Up comes a thunder storm. Dad jumps up out of bed, grabs a towel and bar of soap. To the back stoop he heads. He takes a rain water shower in the middle of the night while mom is worrying herself sick that he will be struck by lightning.

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I totally get both sides of that! I've taken showers in the rain, nothing better than a good storm. Lots of us still take a bath in the river. Cold, but great!
But my darling mother went nutso when I moved here and used to go run around in a storm. It's just so cool to see the storm up close and personal. It had never really occurred to me that I might get hit by lightning, and she got the idea into my head, so no more dancing around in the rain for me....(sigh)....
So the porch shower was sort of a way to get back to that.
 
All the shower talk is making me think of ideas. Now to build or get a 5 gallon bucket with a valve mounted in the bottom for this purpose. Hot water is not a problem when you own a fire bowl and a wood stove.
 
Jp8819 said:
All the shower talk is making me think of ideas. Now to build or get a 5 gallon bucket with a valve mounted in the bottom for this purpose. Hot water is not a problem when you own a fire bowl and a wood stove.
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Funny I was just thinking that a repurposed Aga or something (wood stove with boiler built in,
very popular in rural England) would make for a really nice porch snug with en-suite shower.

What's an Aga you ask? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGA_cooker
 
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My wife and I aren't too proud to take a shower out at the barn in the wash stall. We've got an electric water heater out there. If there are any issues with the gas on in the house, barn shower it is!


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Grits said:
Mom tells a story on my dad. The house they lived in at the time had no bath room. Up comes a thunder storm. Dad jumps up out of bed, grabs a towel and bar of soap. To the back stoop he heads. He takes a rain water shower in the middle of the night while mom is worrying herself sick that he will be struck by lightning.

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Millie said:
I totally get both sides of that! I've taken showers in the rain, nothing better than a good storm. Lots of us still take a bath in the river. Cold, but great!
But my darling mother went nutso when I moved here and used to go run around in a storm. It's just so cool to see the storm up close and personal. It had never really occurred to me that I might get hit by lightning, and she got the idea into my head, so no more dancing around in the rain for me....(sigh)....
So the porch shower was sort of a way to get back to that.
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They sell small battery powered pump showers that you can just drop into a 5 gallon bucket.

I haven’t used one, but the Boy Scout troop used to always carry one around.
 
ncav8tor said:
Ok, I’m dating myself but this is how I pictured Millie’s shower:



You are too funny. I laughed so hard I scared the cat!
If only my shower was even 1/100 as cool as this one....
There's a reason I'm glad there were no witnesses, I'm OLD!!!


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Went to mexico a few years ago and stayed in one of the bungalos at the resort. We had an outdoor shower/garden. I have wanted to build one ever since I was there. It was about 25 by 25 ft with high brick walls so nobody could look in. Water plants all over the place and really well done marble work.

The wife and I took a few long showers out there.
 
NCLivingBrit said:
Funny I was just thinking that a repurposed Aga or something (wood stove with boiler built in,
very popular in rural England) would make for a really nice porch snug with en-suite shower.

What's an Aga you ask? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGA_cooker
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I know about Agas, but what I really want to know is....what is a pikey? I'm pretty sure it's not a cuss word because the Top Gear guys said it a lot and it wasn't bleeped out...so help me out and tell me?
 
gsimmons said:
It’s a traveller or gipsy. It’s not a flattering term.
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Really! Oh, those bad Top Gear boys!!!
I don't care, they're still my favorite guys on tv. Or Amazon, I guess, these days.
 
gsimmons said:
It’s a traveller or gipsy. It’s not a flattering term.
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Specifically it's a non Romany itinerant usually of Irish extraction. They are almost universally a thieving blight, destroying wherever they alight and leaving nothing but missing property and a mountain of trash, a lagoon of feces and used nappies in every low lying area.
 
NCLivingBrit said:
Specifically it's a non Romany itinerant usually of Irish extraction. They are almost universally a thieving blight, destroying wherever they alight and leaving nothing but missing property and a mountain of trash, a lagoon of feces and used nappies in every low lying area.
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Lol on nappies!!
Love the way you express yourself, btw.
 
Millie said:
Lol on nappies!!
Love the way you express yourself, btw.
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I had to rewrite that several times actually, my thoughts on itinerant travellers are less than kind and I didn't want to come across like a nutjob. More of a nutjob.
 
Millie said:
Lol on nappies!!
Love the way you express yourself, btw.
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The Brits have a way with words that in unparalleled. Somehow they've managed to get creative with insults and profanity in a language that, unlike Spanish, is pretty devoid of it naturally. They'll come up with some combination involving breakfast, the dog's bollocks, and your mother.

This "Yank" had the pleasure of visiting the countryside a few times, which is much different than the cities. One of my wish list items is to take my wife there for a visit. Go sit in a local pub, have some food (which is usually excellent), some beer which is even better than the food, and chat with the locals. You won't regret it.
 
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noway2 said:
The Brits have a way with words that in unparalleled. Somehow they've managed to get creative with insults and profanity in a language that, unlike Spanish, is pretty devoid of it naturally. They'll come up with some combination involving breakfast, the dog's bollocks, and your mother.

This "Yank" had the pleasure of visiting the countryside a few times, which is much different than the cities. One of my wish list items is to take my wife there for a visit. Go sit in a local pub, have some food (which is usually excellent), some beer which is even better than the food, and chat with the locals. You won't regret it.
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Of all the things I left behind to come here, I miss country pubs most of all.

Couple of pints, a Ploughman's and a pleasant afternoon.... Nothing like it.
 
An outdoor shower is a great idea, if you have the space. Where I live I wish I could build one. Perfect for after mowing the lawn or just working in the yard on a hot and humid summer day. There's just nowhere to put it to make it private and practical.

My sister and BIL live up in MA on a private lake with about 3ac. I've been after them for the last 5 years to let me build an outdoor privacy enclosed shower under the back porch (hot/cold blended single chain pull valve, double layer lattice walls, raised oak flooring, drain cistern and an oak planked spring hinged door). That's a perfect situation when they have family groups over as the septic isn't made for that volume.

I like "projects" (between fishing) when I get up there for a week...
 
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