I added an external water hose to my trailer

A while back I was looking for a way to add an external garden hose to my trailer. Link to thread I wanted to be able to use this hose while out boondocking so I could put out the campfire at the end of the night. Well I did complete the mod quite a while ago but never got around to posting. So below are the pictures to my modification.

I decided I was too chicken to drill any holes in the exterior of the trailer, so I had to locate the hose by a door. I didn't feel like buying a crimper so I used SharkBite fittings from Home Depot. Below is the T adapter that I cut into my cold water line to the water heater.


Here's a picture of the line running past the water heater. I put the line up on blocks for two reasons.

• 1) It spaced the spigot at the end of the line up off the floor to make it easier to turn on and off.
• 2) It gave a small bit of protection against things sliding up against the water heater.

Here's the picture below.



I used a 90 degree fitting to turn the corner toward the exterior door.


I then added a threaded SharkBite fitting and a ball valve. To finish off the install I screwed a quick release hose fitting on the end to give me a second layer of leak protection.


And here is my 8 year old spraying the hose and watering the desert plants. Yes I know my spart tire cover is ratty, but it keeps the sun off the spare. :)


So far I like the modification and will probably do it again on my next RV. Here's a few more pictures that I have but they are basically the same.