Building Shower in to Container

[aliebling]

This year, for the first time, our camp will be having a container shipped out instead of doing the usual truck thing. One of the ideas we've been considering is building the camp shower in to the container. We'd use a standard shower stall and gravity fed water (or worst case the usual sun showers) and the drain going straight to the grey water evap outside.

One of our members is concerned that the shower will become moldy/unpleasant compared to our usual simple shower (a wooden structure covered in fabric which sits on a pallet placed inside a corner of the evap).

Has anyone had any experience with a shower built inside a container and whether it became unpleasant? Pros and cons? Other thoughts/considerations?

[BBadger]

I'd probably agree with that member of your camp. I wouldn't want the spray and other crap in a container that incubates the remaining 51 weeks of the year. It'd be like setting up a shower in your garage or a shed. It'll leave residues and drips, and you'll still have to deal with putting up plastics and other crap in there. The shower may affect whatever you store in there too.

[MikeGyver]

Seems like over complicating something you already have sorted. I don't see any advantages of having it inside the container other than extra privacy. Stick with what you have.

[aliebling]

The advantages as we see them:

1. Less dust (convenient, but not that important..we're used to the dust)
2. Better shower quality when cold/windy (a big plus)
3. Shifting on playa construction to off playa construction.

The third point is the big one for us. We strive to do as much of our construction work off playa (where time is less constrained) so we can minimize the efforts required on playa.

Nor are we worried about storage the rest of the year: a smooth plastic shower stall scrubbed and dried before storage should be a non-issue.

To be clear: the planned shower in the container is a standard shower stall with a closing door/curtain. Spray in to the rest of the container should be minimal/nonexistent.

That said, if no one is doing this it does make me wonder if there's good reason for that (or if it's simply a reflection of most camps using trucks rather than containers).

[BBadger]

It's probably that most camps just store stuff in the containers, not retrofit living-space amenities into them. Go for it if you think you have it worked out.

[FIGJAM]

A spray bottle of bleach and water should take care of any mold or mildew issue.

[unjonharley]

Go ahead and bring the shower stall intact but movable. Set it just outside the container. Door to door. Put a step out and drying area just inside the container..

Mold incubates around 60 degrees.. ultraviolet kills common mold.

[trilobyte]

It's only all your camp's gear, tell them you'll gladly foot the bill and replace anything that gets damaged or moldy as a result.

[knowmad]

um the tempratures inside of those containers reach well over 110f easy, add water and you are looking at a Sauna not a shower.
jut my two Cents.

[dragonpilot]

Stay with the outside shower...how clean do you want to be?...it's the playa, fercrissakes! Yeah...and the heat inside that box...no one's gonna want to shower until 3:00 in the morning!

[Dr. Pyro]

no one's gonna want to shower until 3:00 in the morning!

Well, at least not alone.

[dragonpilot]

no one's gonna want to shower until 3:00 in the morning!

Well, at least not alone.