Showers inside

[wagoneer]

I find that my altered diet has totally changed the way I smell. Very very little junk food lots of fruits and veggies water tea and coffee. whole grains fish and the occasional farm raised beef or chicken or pork. I bathe once a week with Dr Bronners castile soap.

 

[MaximumRide]

I'm building a shower in my trailer, I am not sure what to use to waterproof the walls. I think tiles will be really heavy and I can't afford one of those shower cases. I was thinking about using vinyl,, but apparently that's just not done... Maybe there is a paint or something I could use?

 

[Seraphim]

They make a thin oil-board paneling, using plastic runners between panels and in corners.&nbsp; Light weight and inexpensive. Decorative as well.<br><br>Most stores like Home Depot, etc, carry it.<br><br>ABS panelling works the same way, is more water proof, and I believe lighter as well.

 

[rokguy]

<SPAN style="COLOR: #808080"><STRONG><EM>Here is that link again as I don't think it worked. You must have something similar there</EM> </STRONG></SPAN><A href="http://www.handihome.com.au/panelscape_shower.htm" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.handihome.com.au/panelscape_shower.htm<BR><BR></A><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #808080">Geoff</SPAN></STRONG></EM>

 

[wagoneer]

"f" showers traveling alone me not need &nbsp;shower me stop at river me get in river me clean. Except when that snowman appears used to go to the Pecos river and get snowed on as I went from thermal spring to icy water and back real quick to the thermal spring. Only getting out was a challenge. Living in a commune was fun at 25 years old.

 

[MaximumRide]

LOL Wagoneer.<br><br>I went to Masters. (We don't have Home Depo here.) and I bought some paint that is meant for painting bathes and showers. Hopefully it will work.

 

[Seraphim]

Depends what you are applying the paint over...

 

[MaximumRide]

i found stuff to put ion first if it isnt right.

 

[MaximumRide]

So far I have a small swimming pool and a shower head that will pump in water from a container. But the pool is quite large, so I have it in the tent out side. I haven't used it for a few reasons:<BR>- No way of getting hot water out there, unless I laboriously &nbsp;transport it in a kettle (I'm considering getting a urn that is typically used for heating water when there are a lot of people who want tea or coffee at an event.)<BR>-It's so cold outside in the winter.<BR>-difficult to drain.<BR><BR>I've looked at a lot of things to make a bath out of, but they are simply too small. (eg. plastic packing container.)<BR>&nbsp;What have other people used? (I did see the comment about Lowes and the cement mixing tub. Great idea!)

 

[stude53]

Around here, Farm supply stores have tubs/troughs used to water livestock in many sizes. Tubs have a high enough sidewall to drape a shower curtain inside. A friend made his shower with a hula hoop attached to the ceiling of his box truck to hang the curtain, and a 2 1/2 foot wide, 3 foot long trough to catch the water. adding a drain hole with a hose attachment to the lower side of the tub made empty easy. When not in use, he stored his water jugs, shower head and hose,&nbsp;and 12v pump in the tub and took the curtain down , folded it, and put it in the tub also. Quite a novel setup.<br><br>Bob

 

[MaximumRide]

Thanks Bob, I will have to check out the places around here. I live in the country so finding one shouldn't be hard.

 

[MaximumRide]

<P>Like this?</P>

 

[stude53]

More like this:<br><br><a href="http://www.countrymax.com/Duraflex-15-Gallon-Heavy-Duty-Rubber-Feed-Tub" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.countrymax.com/Duraflex-15-Gallon-Heavy-Duty-Rubber-Feed-Tub</a>

 

[Seraphim]

Drainage:

Should be able to find a cheap plastic tap to fit in the side of the plastic pool. If the pools inside the unit, you can siphon the water out (like stealing gas from a tank lol) or a cheap siphon tube with an accordion pump built on., and let it drain out onto the ground.

 

[MaximumRide]

Oh I saw those today when I went looking. But I think what bought was better.<BR>Those kind of 'buckets' are heavy and not very tall. <BR><BR>I got a big blue horse feed tub, a pic of which I will upload in a sec when my phone is done charging. (As well as make a video of my washing machine.)<BR>I used it today, I boiled water in the kettle and in a big pot and had an absolutely glorious soak afterwards and watching a flick.

 

[MaximumRide]

This cost me $25. <IMG class="emoticon bbc_img" src="https://vanlivingforum.com/images/boards/smilies/cool.gif"><BR><BR>I can fit in this sitting down with my knees up. (Keeping in mind im only 150cm tall.) So lovely to soak in.<BR>I've put a 40cm ruler next to it so you can get an idea of the size.

 

[magentawave]

Regarding post #22 where GP shared her cool idea of the simple shower made with a 3 gallon black oil recycle container... At the point where the hose connects to the container, I was wondering if anyone knew of a quick-connect and quick-release type fitting I coils use there?

Thanks!

P.S. Maybe it's just an iPad issue but the "Reply" button is missing from each post on this thread.

 

[twokniveskatie]

There aren'tindividual reply buttons on posts, just a single button at the top or bottom of the page. I am hoping to have individual reply buttons on the new forum to replace "quote" buttons.

 

[magentawave]

I'm on my computer now and its the same as my iPad where the only "Reply" buttons are at the top and bottom with no "Reply with Quote" buttons at all. I never noticed this until recently. BTW, its not free but the most user-friendly forum software for the end user I've seen is VBulletin.&nbsp;http://www.vbulletin.com/