Buck shower .Barrel for summer shower heated

Design summer soul

bathing facilities on a country site to ingeniously simple.It consists of:

• small building of brick, wood, metal or fabric stretched over a frame;
• drain hole;
• water tank;
• valve with a shower nozzle;
• electric tena (cylinder), if heated shower.

option of building mass, from the simplest and cheapest to the strong buildings for many years.And the outside shower can be a build (collect) with his hands, and buy ready-made of wood, sandwich panels or fabric.

How to choose the tank for the shower

Just as there are a lot of materials for the construction of the walls of the soul, as diverse and variants of the tank.Usually it is made from scrap materials: steel, aluminum or plastic barrels of sealed metal cans and other things.You can also cook special container size the soul to look more aesthetically pleasing design.

Families enough tank volume of 100-200 liters, but always take into account the builds endurance wall construction.If the brick shower with a good foundation to easily withstand the weight of the wood will have to be strengthened with additional supports and fabric absolutely will not pull such a load due to the weakness of its frame.

If the tank is manufactured by welding specially for the soul, it immediately Provide details for comfortable use.For ready-made containers, these elements are added as before installation:

• water inlet;if you plan to top up through the hose, and small enough, but if it is necessary to carry water bucket - choose the appropriate size;
• hole have to close the lid to the trash did not get;
• would be good to provide water level indicator, to avoid unpleasant surprises;
• mount for the hose;
• mount tena cable (if heated shower);
• bottom bore holes for connecting the valve tap with shower head;
• himself valve valve installed after the installation of the tank on the roof of the shower and carefully sealed.

Summer shower with heated

tanks with a pre-heater can be purchased ready-made and can be made with your own hands.In the second case will also implement the ideas in two ways: with the purchased Tenom with thermostat or with a conventional boiler.Consider the two.

In the first case is rather weak water heater capable of heat full 200-liter water capacity of up to 30 degrees over 3 hours.Consumes he +/- 2 kW of electricity.The undeniable advantage - the thermostat will turn off the heater power when the water reaches the set temperature.This is, firstly, will prevent family members from burns if overheated water, and secondly, will save on electricity if there is no time to follow the heat.

In the second case, heating is very simple: just put in a barrel and the boiler is switched into a power outlet.For it will have to follow, because no sensors it does not.In Internet forums, there are many disputes, how effective this method is and whether it is capable of a conventional boiler to heat 200 liters of water.Feel free to answer: effective can.Moreover, he quickly heats the water up to the critical temperature, so you just need to determine in advance how fast it will heat the water in your tank to the desired degree, and include a heater just for this time period before the time of bathing.

Note!Any water-heating heating spirals, designed for use in water tanks must be completely immersed in water, otherwise they will in just a few minutes will be ruined.