Wash up with no hook ups

Ah, yes. The water bed days. It's nice to have something other than memories. :)

Does your RV have an outside "dog wash" shower? I made a simple PVC adapter that connects a garden hose to the shower hose fitting on the outside faucet set.

That' a good idea, but did you know, if you have a shower, you can remove the shower head and attach a garden hose to the shower hose. Or remove the hose completely and connect the garden hose to the spot where the hose attaches to the knobs - wall. It's the same thread as your garden hose.

DutchmenSport wrote:
That' a good idea, but did you know, if you have a shower, you can remove the shower head and attach a garden hose to the shower hose. Or remove the hose completely and connect the garden hose to the spot where the hose attaches to the knobs - wall. It's the same thread as your garden hose.

That would be great, if it was that way on all RVs. My shower plumbing is not to hose bib standards. Hose bib standards are close to 3/4" NPT, which would make for a very large shower hose fitting.

Richard

Dutch_12078 wrote:
Does your RV have an outside "dog wash" shower? I made a simple PVC adapter that connects a garden hose to the shower hose fitting on the outside faucet set.

Ah yes, I do indeed have an out side shower. But I'm out here in the middle of no where and had to make do with what I had on hand. I have often thought of grafting a hose bib on to the shower plumbing, but always get side tracked by something, like the new 460/528 stroker engine I installed last summer. See ya at the top of the hill (with clean FROG). GRIN

Richard

What I did on our 5th was to run pex lines to the low water line drains (hot and cold) and run them to both sides of the trailer with ball valves (with the handles that turn 90 degrees) at the ends to hook a hose to.

I now have hot and cold water on each side of the trailer, with no hose thru the window. It was a great weekend project that took very little time.

When not using them I have the screw on covers on the end of the ball valves, in case one of them is accidentally opened.

gbopp wrote:
Ah, yes. The water bed days. It's nice to have something other than memories. :)

What,,, Memories... I still have a KING size water bed, wave-less...

ball valves are great.. I installed one on the drain for the fresh water tank.... No need to get under trailer with a wrench.:)

when looking for a trailer.. I thought WHY an outdoor shower... I do like the outdoor shower NOW... for lots of reasons...

There are some car washes in Blythe, CA not too far away.

RLS7201 wrote:

Dutch_12078 wrote:
Does your RV have an outside "dog wash" shower? I made a simple PVC adapter that connects a garden hose to the shower hose fitting on the outside faucet set.

Ah yes, I do indeed have an out side shower. But I'm out here in the middle of no where and had to make do with what I had on hand. I have often thought of grafting a hose bib on to the shower plumbing, but always get side tracked by something, like the new 460/528 stroker engine I installed last summer. See ya at the top of the hill (with clean FROG). GRIN

Richard

I do understand "making do with what you have"! Been there, done that many times...

Some time when you stop in at a hardware or big box home improvement store, grab a 1/2" CTS PVC female to 1/2" NPT pipe adapter, the shortest piece of 1/2" CTS PVC pipe they have, and a 1/2" CTS PVC to male garden hose hose adapter. Cut a 2" piece of the pipe off and use it to connect the adapters with a suitable PVC solvent cement. Total cost will be buck or so, depending on the length of the pipe you have to buy. Cheaper if you already have some 1/2" PVC on hand to cut the short nipple from. Of course CPVC will also work well.

DutchmenSport wrote:
That' a good idea, but did you know, if you have a shower, you can remove the shower head and attach a garden hose to the shower hose. Or remove the hose completely and connect the garden hose to the spot where the hose attaches to the knobs - wall. It's the same thread as your garden hose.

Standard shower hoses and heads are 1/2" NPT, not the 3/4" GHT used on garden hoses.