Many city dwellers love to go to the country. But to make it more comfortable, you need to install a shower. There are several options for this design. If desired, everything can be installed independently. The types of cottage shower with heating are described in the article.
Compact options
This is the simplest cottage shower with heating, suitable for summer. It is presented in the form of a small capacity of not more than 20 liters, created from reliable flexible plastic. A hose with a shower head is attached to it. Water of the required temperature is poured into the container. If you fill it in the morning, then by dinner it will be warm. It is only necessary to suspend the capacity for the country shower with heating a little higher than the head, so that water begins to flow. Take a shower where there is an opportunity to cover the container.
A demanded model is a shower for giving, which does not need electricity to work. You only need a bucket with a volume of 10 liters or more. The device is presented in the form of a rug, which still performs the functions of a foot pump. One hose is lowered into a container of water, and at the end of the other is a watering can. If you stomp on the rug, then the long-awaited water will come from the watering can. You can swim both on the street and at home. To keep the water warm, an electric heater or boiler is used.
More sophisticated models have an electric pump so that physical strength is not required. Such models are placed in a container of water. Usually they can raise water to a height of 2 meters or more, which is necessary for a comfortable bath.
In multifunctional options there is also an electric heater. They work on the same principle - the device is placed in a tank of water, the cord is plugged in, and after 10-20 minutes you can swim. A water heater for a country shower is especially useful in cold weather in the summer.
Portable options
Even with the use of simple devices it will be more comfortable to swim in a closed place. Therefore, you need a garden shower. The shower cabin is presented in the form of a frame made of plastic pipes covered with an opaque material. It can be a film, colored tarpaulin or plastic. On the ground, such structures are usually fixed on reinforcement pins driven into the ground.
If you transfer such a design weekly, then you should not take care of the drain - the site will not be affected. Any portable design can be used in it, and heating is performed by the sun. In bad weather, you can use an electric heater.
But with the installation of a septic tank or the creation of a cesspool, you can put a garden shower in a permanent place. In this situation, you can heat the water with a portable water heater.
Stationary devices
A country shower with heating of this kind can be different. It is different:
- Location: an extension to the house or a separate structure.
- By heating method: electric heating element, solar energy, wood-burning stove.
- The material for the manufacture of the frame and casing for the country shower.
Designs are summer and winter. In the latter case, you can not install it on the street. It is also placed at home, especially if it is possible to connect to a water supply system.
What does a country shower include?
The country shower with heating should be presented in the form of a reliable design. Some of them can be used not only in the summer, but also at other times of the year. The main components are:
- Foundation.
- Drain and rake.
- Cabin, including frame, floor, pallet and casing.
- Plastic shower tank with heating.
- Water heater.
Each item is necessary. This will allow you to build a reliable and comfortable summer shower.
Base
Installation of the structure without foundation is allowed only in the case of the above light portable structure or the use of special modular cabins. They are fixed to the ground, and with the help of adjustable legs the probable movement of the soil is compensated. But such designs are inexpensive, and it is quite possible to build stationary products with your own hands. Moreover, this will require less money to buy components.
Whatever the summer shower was built, its weight is small. Therefore, a columnar foundation is required. The columns can be foundation blocks raised above the ground at a height of 20-30 cm, or segments of asbestos-cement pipes 80-150 cm long. It is desirable to hammer them to a depth slightly exceeding the layer of annual freezing of the soil. You can make poles on your own, pouring concrete formwork in advance.
Drain pit
The simplest and most expensive way to install a safe and reliable drain is the use of a septic tank with the replacement of its filler. But it is better to arrange a drain hole. For safety, it is advisable to install it at a certain distance from the shower.
The size of the drain pit can be 1-2 cubic meters. meter. In any situation, compared with the water tank, the volume of the drain pit should be 2 times its size. For drainage, it must be covered with expanded clay or broken brick.
Shelter
There may be a country shower with a heating and a dressing room. The construction of the booth is the most creative part of the process. In this business, even bold design ideas can be introduced. The frame is metal, plastic or wooden. Only all wooden parts before installation are treated with rot biocide and varnished.
When choosing the height of the frame, you need to consider that in the shower you have to wash your hair. On average, the height can be 2.2-2.5 meters. The dimensions of the structure itself are set only by users. Usually it includes a cabin and a locker room. And sometimes a water heater is installed. The minimum dimensions are 100 by 190 cm.
For cladding usually used:
- Film, oilcloth.
- Impregnated materials.
- Wood - lining, boards, slats, rods for weaving.
- Polycarbonate is preferably opaque.
- Polymer slate and plastic sheets.
- Profiled sheet.
The device of the plank floor in the shower is ideal only for areas with sandy soil and with the use of the shower only in warm weather. Otherwise, it will blow from below. In other situations, a pallet is used. It is bought ready-made and connected via a siphon with a flexible hose to the pipe that will go to the drain pit. And you can do it yourself from concrete.
Water tank
The volume of a heated barrel for a country shower is selected based on the number of people who will use the shower. About 50 liters of water are enough for a person. Tanks can be plastic and metal. The latter are better heated by the sun, but if there is a special heating - this item is not so important.
Plastic tanks have other advantages: they cannot react with water and cannot rust. They are lightweight. Often they have a square shape, which will help to save on covering the upper part of the structure. After all, tanks are often placed above, above the shower, so that the water inside is also heated by solar heat.
With the complexity of choosing a tank, you can purchase a model with PETN. They are called - water tanks with heated water - and are considered ordinary boilers. The temperature is set using the thermostat, and the thermostat turns off the heating when necessary. In addition to connecting the shower to electricity and water, you need to apply automatic control of filling the tank with water.
Water heaters
It is difficult to do without this element. There are several types of useful constructs:
- Electric flowing.
- Bulk and storage electric.
- Wood burning stoves or columns.
Electric instantaneous water heaters are usually used in the country, if there is access to the central water supply. It is mounted on different vertical surfaces. Designs provide hot showers even in inclement weather. The disadvantage of instantaneous water heaters is a high load on the power grid.
The storage device allows you to save electricity, but heating is slower. Most models have a thermostat with which you can set the appropriate temperature.
Bulk water heaters are suitable for cottages where there is no central water supply. Judging by the name, water is poured into it manually or by a pump. Typically, the device is equipped with a heating element - a tubular electric heater. But thanks to the design of the thermos, you can keep the temperature long enough.
If you do not want to install a device that is powered by electricity, then there is an excellent alternative to heating water in the country with a wood-burning stove. This is a wood burning column. This design is also called titanium. A wood-fired water heater is connected to the water supply, but can be used with a tank mounted on the roof of the shower.
If this heating device is installed near the shower cabin, then if there is a suitable insulation, it can be a heater. In this situation, with a not very large heating area, the shower can be used even in winter. It is advisable to install a wood-fired water heater with a shower in the annex to the house. In this situation, the area of the heated area increases, and after water procedures it will not be necessary to go out in the cold.
You can’t do without heating in the shower. A wide variety will allow you to choose the right equipment. The presence of the necessary devices will make it possible to make a comfortable and convenient shower at the cottage.