Have a cottage or summer house - it's great. Here you can deal with growing vegetables, fruits, create a beautiful garden, relax with children, friends. That is, the pastime variants are even debugging.
However, you will definitely want to take a shower, refreshing after work in the garden or in the garden. For this, of course, we need appropriate devices.
It's just a bucket of water - not the most pleasant option. Do not always make a bathroom. Therefore, the optimal solution is to build a shower cabin. And the polycarbonate is greatly suitable as a material.
Pros and cons of polycarbonate were considered in detail in the article about street showers.
Stages
By deciding to build a shower cabin with your own hands, applying polycarbonate, we recommend splitting the work into several main stages:
- Project creation;
- Arrangement of shower;
- Insulation;
- Choice and installation of the tank;
- Creating heating;
- Plum organization.
Let's dwell on each of them in more detail.
Project creation
At this stage you need to take a sheet of paper, or use the computer capabilities.
Think out what form you want to do whether the cabin will have a dressing room, which growth and dimensions of the largest member of your family. Calculations should be done based on these parameters.
Standard sizes for shower are:
- 1 square meter - square floor area;
- 2.5 meters - Height of the cabin.
Of course, the project may have a number of individual features based on your wishes, requirements. The most important thing is to consider each centimeter, to accurately indicate the size of the design, provide for the location of it, as well as the ability to sum up the communication if necessary. Do not forget about the drain system.
Cabinous arrangement
- Mark the marking of the territory under the foundation.
- Drop the pit depth of about 80 centimeters.
- Place profile steel pipes, which are installed at one level.
- Pour the pit with a concrete solution.
- Start assembling a metal frame. Metal corners are assembled with a square and fixed with the welding machine. So you will create an area under the tank and the floor.
- The angles of the coming squares are attached to racks to create something like a parallelepiped.
- Thought in advance the location of the doors before conspiring the transverse strips. For them, pipes are suitable, the diameter of which is somewhat less than the diameter of the racks. They are welded or fixed by bolts to the base of the frame.
- Now we have a door yam and treat metal elements with special primers and paints.
- Getting Started by flooring. Here you will need a special tube. Water to the drainage system will go through it. This water can be useful for watering the garden.
- If you make a cabin with a locker room, limit the possibility of getting there. To do this, it is enough to make a footboard or threshold on the floor.
- The resulting design is trimmed by polycarbonate. As practice shows, the optimal thickness of the sheets is 20 millimeters. Fixation is carried out with bolts.
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Insulation
If you are planning and use the shower in the winter, it means that you will definitely warm it. Here the best solution will be the foam. Fill in it the frame compartments before the trim. It is also recommended to close the polymer sheets with films that contribute to the protection against moisture and steam.Linoleum, PVC panels or oil can help the cabin. Here are already focusing on your own preferences, but choose exclusively moisture-resistant materials.
Choice and installation of tank
The tank must be installed on the roof of the cabin so that it is under the influence of direct sunlight. So the container will be able to warm up faster and more efficiently.
Think how it will be more convenient for you - to fill the tank manually or connect the hose from the water supply.
Form choose yourself, exactly as the material - aluminum, plastic, steel. Note that the plastic is the simplest in circulation, they are easy to transport them, they quickly warm the water. However, in winter, be sure to cover the plastic container to protect against frosts.
Metal heavy and bulky, require regular maintenance and more powerful frame.
As for the volume, then focus on the number of family members and the intensity of the use of the soul. As a rule, 200 liters quite grabs.
Creating heated
Heated can fully charge the sun. Often, many do it. However, in a short time, water will not be warm. Therefore, you have to look for alternatives.
For example, you can make something like a greenhouse on the roof of the cabin. This is the simplest design of plastic coated with polyethylene. Such measures allow you to increase the temperature of the heating by 10 degrees.
Also well helps the mirror, foil, which are attached to the northern side of the structure.
Do not forget to install the float in the tank, which will raise cold water upstairs, and you can take the shower under the already warm water.
For winter operation, it is recommended to install a large heater - something like a boiler. It is better to divide the tank into two sections - under cold and hot water. To heat 50 liters of water with a boiler with a capacity of 2 kW you will need one and a half hours. The simplest mixer will make it possible to make a warm shower.
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Slum Organization
To do this, you will need a slight recess, a compost pit, a drainage system and a high-quality septic tank.
Consider, it is impossible directly under the cabin septic and drainage, as this will lead to the appearance of unpleasant odors. Also, do not forget to make a drain pit more than the volume of the water tank used.
Operating Rules
The charm of polycarbonate is that it does not need special and thorough care.
- The contaminants that appear are knocked down by a jet of water from the hose.
- Do not pull panels with hard rags, do not use detergents with abrasives, because you create a variety of scratches.
- Before using a means, make sure that the components are not dangerous for polycarbonate.
That's all. Build a booth will not be much difficulty, and the simplest rules of operation will allow many years to enjoy the warm, encouraging the shower on your summer cottage.