How to Install an Outdoor Shower Stand
If you live by the ocean, or have a big space outside your home, you can install an outdoor shower. The first step in building an outdoor shower is installing the stand on which the shower will be built. You can buy the wood posts and other equipment you need at any lumber yard or building supplier. The wood posts will serve as the stand for your outdoor shower. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Post hole digger
- Measuring stick
- 4 by 4 wooden posts, 8 feet long
- Cement
- Water
- Hoe
- Carpenter's level
- Shovel
- Stick
Instructions
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Choose the location for your outdoor shower stand. Mark the location for each post that will support the shower stand with a rock or some other handy item. The shower stand area should be roughly 3 feet by 4 feet, but you can adjust the dimensions of the shower area according to your preferences.
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Push a post hole digger into the ground where you will insert a post, then lift the digger out and lay the dirt that was scooped by the digger aside. Continue digging until you've dug a hole about 2 feet deep.
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Dig the remaining three holes for the posts. Insert a measuring stick into each hole to check the depth of the holes.
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Install the posts into the four holes, about 2 feet into the ground.
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Make a concrete mix. Mix the cement and water according to the manufacturer's instructions. The concrete mix should have a pudding-like consistency. Use a hoe to mix the cement and water together.
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Ask a friend to support each post as it stands on the hole. Check if the posts are straight using a carpenter's level, then pour concrete into the holes around the posts using a shovel. Poke the concrete down into the holes with a stick.
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Build a wall around the sides of the posts, then install a shower on one corner of the shower area. You can use one of the posts to mount your shower.
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Tips & Warnings
Lay a cement or brick floor for the floor of your outdoor shower stand.
You can ask a steel fabricator to weld together a frame to support the wooden walls of your shower stall.
References
- Photo Credit Chrome shower image by e_annen from Fotolia.com
