I've been thinking about adding an outdoor shower to my GMC with wet side
bath. I haven't seen any threads from people that have done this, but it
seems there are several ways to do one & I'd be interested in thoughts from
people on the list. In increasing levels of complexity (I think) are:
* Run a tee from the existing shower head - this has the advantages of
being relatively freeze resistant, but it'd take two people to get the
temperature right.
* Run a tee from the kitchen sink - this might actually be simpler than the
first method, but one MIGHT be able to do it single handed via the window.
Probably a two person job. One disadvantage is it's on the "back side" of
the coach.
* Run hot and cold lines to the refrigerator compartment and then put in a
control. To take a shower, just open up the door & work the controls. The
disadvantages to this are susceptibility to cold, reduced cooling from the
fridge, and the possibility of a plumbing failure messing up the expensive
refrigerator.
* Plumb off into the propane compartment and put controls in there. It's a
fairly simple run, but the controls would be a bit low. The other
disadvantage is it gets pretty cold in there in the winter.
* Plumb through the bath wall with hot and cold into the GFCI door & remove
all the GFCI outlet electrical (I don't use it anyway - why bother when you
can use the campground 20 amp outlet?). That'd have the advantage of being
pretty easy to insulate & using an existing door at a convenient height.
It'd have the disadvantage of being a lot of work & losing the GFCI in case
I ever wanted it.
* Plumb through the bath wall & put in a new door. Disadvantages as above
but with the added problem of matching paint and getting the new door &
getting it keyed like the other doors.
-Steve A.
77 Eleganza II
bath. I haven't seen any threads from people that have done this, but it
seems there are several ways to do one & I'd be interested in thoughts from
people on the list. In increasing levels of complexity (I think) are:
* Run a tee from the existing shower head - this has the advantages of
being relatively freeze resistant, but it'd take two people to get the
temperature right.
* Run a tee from the kitchen sink - this might actually be simpler than the
first method, but one MIGHT be able to do it single handed via the window.
Probably a two person job. One disadvantage is it's on the "back side" of
the coach.
* Run hot and cold lines to the refrigerator compartment and then put in a
control. To take a shower, just open up the door & work the controls. The
disadvantages to this are susceptibility to cold, reduced cooling from the
fridge, and the possibility of a plumbing failure messing up the expensive
refrigerator.
* Plumb off into the propane compartment and put controls in there. It's a
fairly simple run, but the controls would be a bit low. The other
disadvantage is it gets pretty cold in there in the winter.
* Plumb through the bath wall with hot and cold into the GFCI door & remove
all the GFCI outlet electrical (I don't use it anyway - why bother when you
can use the campground 20 amp outlet?). That'd have the advantage of being
pretty easy to insulate & using an existing door at a convenient height.
It'd have the disadvantage of being a lot of work & losing the GFCI in case
I ever wanted it.
* Plumb through the bath wall & put in a new door. Disadvantages as above
but with the added problem of matching paint and getting the new door &
getting it keyed like the other doors.
-Steve A.
77 Eleganza II
