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Having a bathhouse in the country, you don’t always want to build an additional shower. It seems that there is already one facility for bathing, but the bathhouse needs to be heated, and it is reluctant to wait for a long time. After the garden, you want to quickly wash yourself, and make it easier in the shower. The solution to the problem is the construction of two in one. A built-in bathhouse with a shower in the country house will allow you to take quick water procedures and take a long steam bath on cold evenings.
Tips for arranging a shower inside a bath
There are many options for arranging a shower inside a bath. There are no special requirements here, however, important factors are taken into account, such as: the purpose of the shower, the method of supplying and heating water. Let’s say a shower is needed only for a cooling procedure after visiting the steam room. Then it’s easier to attach a wooden bucket to the wall and organize a waterfall. You can pour water manually or bring a water pipe with a tap. Heating for the waterfall is not required, because this is what the contrast shower is designed for.
Lovers of comfort in the bath install a shower with hydromassage jets. For such a system, you will have to take care of heating the water and creating pressure using a pump.
The simplest solution is a traditional shower with a tank and a watering can. It can be used always, even when the bath is not heated.
Regardless of the design of the shower, you need to find a place to install it. Usually this is designed before the construction of the bath begins. The shower does not require much space. It can be organized in the dressing room, allocating an area measuring 1,2×1,5 m. If the bath has already been built, the shower is installed in the washing compartment. In general, every corner of the building is suitable for arranging a shower compartment. Another thing is that the interior may suffer, and some inconvenience will be created, but this issue is up to the owner to decide.
Summer shower inside the bath
Arriving at the dacha, a person first goes to the garden to work, and in the evening he needs to immediately wash himself. It is unreasonable to heat a bath for a long time after each earthwork. A quick wash is organized in the summer shower. In order not to install a separate booth, a bathing compartment is equipped inside the bath. For water, a plastic tank is installed on the roof. A branch pipe is taken away from it, passed through a hole in the roof of the bath, a tap with a watering can is screwed on and the summer shower is ready.
The tank is filled with water from a well with a pump or buckets. To fill the water in any way, you will have to provide a ladder near the bath.
The comfort of a mobile bath
Now in large summer cottages it has become fashionable to acquire a mobile bath. It is especially convenient if there is a large pond and beautiful nature nearby. In terms of its functionality, a mobile bath is no different from a traditional building, only it is not built on a foundation, but, for example, on a car trailer. A simple example, a block container is used for a bath. Inside, a steam room, a shower, a locker room and other amenities are equipped.
With a mobile bath, it is convenient to go on vacation to the river at any time of the year. If desired, the house can be installed permanently and used in the country.
The video tells about the device of a mobile bath:
An easy-to-transport mobile bath can be bought factory-made. They call her mobiba. The design consists of a tent, a collapsible frame and a stainless steel wood-burning stove. The bath is quickly assembled and disassembled. It is easy to transport in the trunk of a car. The tent is made of polyester. The awning is able to keep warm inside the bath in frost up to -20оC.
The video provides an overview of the Mobiba MB-12 model:
Year-round use of the shower inside the bath
If the summer cottage is not rarely visited, but residential, then the bath and shower are used all year round. The arrangement of the washing place is thoroughly approached. With a bath, everything is clear. The water is heated on the stove, and the steam room works. And here’s how to wash in the shower, if there is no desire to heat the entire bath. Here you will have to worry about separate heating and water supply, as well as organize a complete drain system. Each of these points should be considered separately.
Shower water supply
With the onset of cold weather, water for the shower cannot be supplied from the summer version of the tank installed on the roof of the bath. With the first frosts, the liquid will simply freeze inside the container and pipe. For year-round use of the shower, the tank is installed in the bath under the ceiling near the stove. You can fill it with water manually with buckets.
If there is no place for a tank inside the bath, a flowing water supply is organized. Not every summer resident can boast of having a water supply system, so they most often use their own well. To create pressure in the shower, you will need to install a pump.
To create pressure in the plumbing system to supply water to the shower in the country, one of three types of pumps are used:
- a downhole pump is able to lift a high column of water from a deep well with a small casing diameter;
- a submersible pump is used to draw water from shallow reservoirs;
- The surface type pump is installed on the ground near the well, and it is able to create a water column with a maximum height of 7 m.
The supplied water for the shower from the reservoir and other storage facilities is cleaned using coarse and fine filters.
Shower water heating
With the onset of cold weather, without hot water in the shower, you can’t swim. There are several options for heating it:
- A storage tank with water is installed inside the bath above the stove, and a metal smoke tube is passed through it. When burning firewood, the water will heat up, and inside the bath it will be warm. A more complicated scheme is shown in the photo. The oven has a built-in heater. The heated water from the combustion of firewood rises through the pipe into the upper storage tank. The system works on the principle of home heating.
- If a gas main passes near the cottage, the water for the shower can be heated using a gas column. Here, the option of bathing immediately under running hot water is appropriate, or it is pumped into the tank for further analysis. The first option is more convenient because there is no need to install a drive inside the bath.
- Heating of water for a shower with electricity is organized using an electric boiler. Water is heated inside the storage tank from the heating element. The temperature is controlled automatically. Another way to heat water for a shower can be arranged using a tankless water heater. It does not require storage capacity. The water is heated by passing through a powerful heater.
Using electric shower heaters can be dangerous due to the possibility of electric shock. It is important to provide reliable grounding and connect the devices correctly.
Drainage from the shower
A pit is provided under the floor to drain water from the bath. It is usually concreted or an airtight container is installed. Dirty water enters the pit through the slots of the ladder, and from it it is already directed through the pipeline to the sewer or drainage pit.
In the same pit, water from the shower should be sent. The best option is to pour the concrete floor in the shower compartment and lay out the tiles. At the lowest point of the floor, a funnel is installed with a pipe leading to the pit. From above, the funnel is closed with a decorative mesh. In the shower, anything can fall on the floor, such as soap or a washcloth. The mesh on the drain hole will prevent clogging of the drain.
On the video, a shower organized inside the bath:
Conclusion
A shower installed inside the bath is not a luxury item. This is what many household summer residents do, saving money and space in a small area for installing a separate shower stall.