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cabin_pal
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# Posted: 17 Sep 2011 09:53pm - Edited by: cabin_pal
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Inspired to build an outdoor shower at my cabin, I recently picked-up a copy of "The Outdoor Shower: Creative design ideas for backyard living, from the functional to the fantastic" in a quest for building ideas. (It never hurts to profit from other's mistakes, aka "learning experiences.")
Here's the link to the book at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Shower-Creative-functional-fantastic/dp/158017552X/ref= sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316310823&sr=1-1
Maybe you'll find inspiration for your own shower project here.
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larry
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# Posted: 10 Mar 2013 06:00pm
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love my outdoor shower
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GreatWhiteNorth
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# Posted: 10 Mar 2013 06:34pm
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Our very rustic temp solar shower!
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cabin_pal
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# Posted: 10 Mar 2013 07:58pm
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Good use of a pallet! I don't think I would have ever thought of that. Your shower looks most inviting!
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wakeslayer
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# Posted: 11 Mar 2013 10:14am
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I think I posted this somewhere else, but here is our shower. It is off the back of our 8x8 storage shed.
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Borrego
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# Posted: 11 Mar 2013 10:13pm
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here is ours.....
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cabin_pal
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# Posted: 12 Mar 2013 05:09am
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Looks like you have an Eccotemp L5 water heater hooked up. I'm about to install one, myself, this week. Has yours served you well? Did you have any trouble getting it set up and running?
Thanks for posting your photo: another inviting outdoor shower!
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Borrego
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# Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:26am
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4 years now and going strong, they are awesome and a breeze to install. I'm about to get their larger model for my cabin!
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cabin_pal
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# Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:42pm
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Good to hear! Thanks for the feedback!
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 19 Mar 2013 10:54am
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This one is from the Purplerules' post.
Purplerules utdoor shower
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cabin_pal
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# Posted: 19 Mar 2013 02:55pm
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Very nice! I especially like the shower rod, shower head, and colorful curtains. Quite the tidy set-up!
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Purplerules
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# Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:02am - Edited by: Purplerules
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Thanks cabinbuilder for posting it for me.
This is the updated version. Just bought the all in one unit from Lowe's this past week. We just hooked up the Eccotemp L5 to it.
The before version was a hotwater shower pan with a broken teak table top used as the floor. Hubby much happier with this set up.
It was so cool showering a night under the stars!
Oh and we really like the spigot at the bottom to rinse your feet or fill up a bucket.
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 29 May 2013 09:55am
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This one is from countrygirl's post.
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Grandma Off Grid
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# Posted: 30 May 2013 05:46pm
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summer bath.
have solar bag too but that thing is heavy.
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burtonridr
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# Posted: 10 Jun 2013 06:14pm
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This thread rocks! good ideas 
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Taiwin
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# Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:44pm
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My tin shower before trim work
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cabin_pal
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# Posted: 21 Jun 2013 05:25am
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Pretty light reflections on the pan!
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skootamattaschmidty
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:32am
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I found this old clawfoot tub on kijiji which is perfect when my wife wants to soak in a hot tub with candles lit, sipping a glass of wine looking at the stars out the window. I didn't want to pay the big bucks for the chrome curtain rods that are available so I made my own out of copper pipe and painted it. A hot shower is by far one of the best additions to the cabin!
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skootamattaschmidty
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:33am - Edited by: skootamattaschmidty
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The vanity is made with cedar logs for the legs and enclosed in barn board to keep rustic and fit in with the cabin.
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 12 Jul 2013 12:04pm
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This is richardbosart's shower using bucket system
shower using bucket system
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 9 Mar 2014 05:01pm - Edited by: CabinBuilder
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Outdoor shower project from silverwaterlady's "Our Log Cabin".
Quoting: silverwaterlady The shower was built with leftover materials from our cabin. I wanted it open air with a view of the water like the showers we used in Hawaii. It was built with a lot of extra room for a dressing room and outdoor sink. We put the tank on a dolly so it is easy to move. 
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cabin_pal
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# Posted: 9 Mar 2014 06:49pm
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Quoting: Purplerules This is the updated version. Just bought the all in one unit from Lowe's this past week.
Purplerules, you mention that your all-in-one shower unit came from Lowe's. Do you happen to remember what the unit is called, or have a product number for it?
Also, can you please describe what the pre-made unit consists of: the mounting grid of wood pickets: piping and shower head; lower spigot?
Yours is certainly an attractive set-up, but it's unclear what parts came from Lowe's, and what you may have added, yourself. Any clarification on this would be greatly appreciated!
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Purplerules
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# Posted: 10 Apr 2014 10:54pm
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Sorry it took me so long to reply. It came as all of the above. Except of course the L5 Eccotemp. Think it was called outdoor shower. It was in the patio area with outdoor furniture. We love it.
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cabin_pal
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# Posted: 11 Apr 2014 04:48am
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Great! Thanks for the reply. I'll go looking at Lowe's, now that I have a better idea what to ask for. Hope they still carry it!
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 27 May 2014 10:40am - Edited by: CabinBuilder
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This one is from rob L's post:
Quoting: rob L Devised a simple off grid shower that worked great! Used a Zodi battery operated pump, ran the hose through 1/2 in electrical conduit..Heated water from nearby stream with a turkey fryer propane set up.. Worked great and very simple! Used bamboo screen for privacy... Great forum for ideas and help!
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Shadyacres
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# Posted: 28 May 2014 09:47pm
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Here is our shower which is just about finished. Can't wait to try it out.
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SE Ohio
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# Posted: 2 Jun 2014 12:16pm - Edited by: SE Ohio
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Cabin came with shower stall and Zodi tank. Hooked up a 12 volt bilge pump, tubing and low-flow shower head. Added outlet and switch (rated for 120 volts, but only hooked up to cabin's 12 volt off-grid system) for pump.
We heat up 5 gallon Zodi tank on stove. When water is warm enough we move tank by shower, drop in bilge pump. Switch controls pump. One cannot take a long-luxurious shower with 5 gallons, but one can soap up and rinse easily enough.
Zodi tank isn't a requirement. Any large heatable container will do.
Low-flow shower head was a freebie from Columbia Gas (we're customers at our regular home).
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missouriboy
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# Posted: 6 Jun 2014 05:12pm
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Here is a link to my review of my Ecotemp 5 outdoor shower (towards the bottom of page 2):
http://www.small-cabin.com/forum/6_3462_1.html#msg65968
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RedTailHawk
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:55pm
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Our indoor and outdoor showers
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outdoor shower (taken after media blasting on logs)
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Irishguy
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2014 05:25pm - Edited by: Irishguy
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Please explain something for me...
We have just purchased an Ecotemp L5, but haven't installed it yet. I have the Ecotemp L5, a SureFlo pump, and I plan on using rain water from a 275 gallon tote that I also recently purchased. The pump will be powered by a deep cycle battery that I will recharge with a 100w solar panel.
My question is this:
So basically you shower in this order:
1. Turn on pump with a switch that you have wired into one of the lines from the battery to the pump.
2. Turn on the ecotemp and it fires up and starts heating the water.
3. Does the handle have a button to turn on the water flow at the head? or does the water start coming out as soon as you switch on the pump?
I guess I'm kind of confused as to the sequence of events...
If I am going for a semi-permanent install I assume I need the pump switch within reach of the shower. And possibly a water resistant switch? I think I read where someone used a pull switch like you use on a lamp or ceiling fan.
I'm trying to plan all of this wiring, plumbing, etc... out befire I go up there, because the nearest hardware store is minimum 1 hour round trip and that's if you don't actually buy anything. 
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