Bigfoot Shower Help

Your shower water goes to the gray tank...... In the pic of outside shower, pull that white flexible hose out. It is hose that connects to shower head. Pex plumbing inside camper goes to the taps. If you turn taps on the way it is, you will be running water somewhere inside camper from that white hose. Over the years I have taken those shower heads off my 3 different Bigfoot's and adapted a sink sprayer hose & head. Much easier to use and conserve water dry camping. A threaded white plastic fitting from hardware store has same thread as shower hose, and then a brass reducer bushing into that to adapt to sink sprayer hose.
If your inside taps base for shower hose is cracked and needs to be replaced, it is a big job. I did it on my 2002 2500 9.6. I had to remove both outside shower box and city water hookup box so I could get arms & hands up behind sink from outside, then work by feel only to undo Pex waterpipe fittings and plastic spud nuts from taps so taps could be removed from inside, then reverse proceedure to install new taps and reconnect Pex water pipes. After putting plumbing boxes back into fiberglass shell I resealed around them with Geocel.
I have two of those showerheads & hoses sitting in my garage never used. I think they are pretty common equipment, probably find them in an RV store.

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I just added an Outside shower to mine. I like this one because the supply doesn't disappear into the rear compartment like your original which is one less hole for cold air to enter.

Many have found the Oxygenics shower head a most excellent replacement for OEM shower heads. Amazon has them. Here's a link;

https://www.amazon.com/ETL-26781-White-Oxygenics-Shower/dp/B00F5MUB66/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1525182412&sr=1-1&keywords=oxygenics+shower+head

It even has a built in shut off valve at the shower head to save water.

Replacing the cheap factory faucet with thermostatic one from China was probably the greatest modification I did to my camper.
I made a pictorial on this forum.
Even the thermostatic valve come with decent shower head, I was never fan of those "toothbrush" heads and put 5" round head.

You can spend as much or little as you want- one source search Amazon, rv shower head.
https://www.amazon.com/rv+shower+head
Most heads with hose also include hanging brackets.

Ya that exterior hose going back into camper is odd...

Z-Peller wrote:
Your shower water goes to the gray tank...... In the pic of outside shower, pull that white flexible hose out. It is hose that connects to shower head. Pex plumbing inside camper goes to the taps. If you turn taps on the way it is, you will be running water somewhere inside camper from that white hose. Over the years I have taken those shower heads off my 3 different Bigfoot's and adapted a sink sprayer hose & head. Much easier to use and conserve water dry camping. A threaded white plastic fitting from hardware store has same thread as shower hose, and then a brass reducer bushing into that to adapt to sink sprayer hose.
If your inside taps base for shower hose is cracked and needs to be replaced, it is a big job. I did it on my 2002 2500 9.6. I had to remove both outside shower box and city water hookup box so I could get arms & hands up behind sink from outside, then work by feel only to undo Pex waterpipe fittings and plastic spud nuts from taps so taps could be removed from inside, then reverse proceedure to install new taps and reconnect Pex water pipes. After putting plumbing boxes back into fiberglass shell I resealed around them with Geocel.
I have two of those showerheads & hoses sitting in my garage never used. I think they are pretty common equipment, probably find them in an RV store.

Click For Full-Size Image.

That picture is awesome. Lots of good ideas for me, from the toilet paper “shed” to the additional towel racks.
I get it now, on the outside shower hose! it just got shoved back into the wall likely after someone disconnected it for some winterizing idea. The other end of the hose is there, it’s just hidden in the picture, I squirted water out of it when I bought the camper.

I like the sink sprayer idea and will run it by my wife, the only issue I can see is that you can never go hands free then. (Certainly save water like that)

I think my inside faucet is ok so far, it’s only leaking from the shower head connection.
Sounds like the connection is a pretty standard size on theseshower heads.

My shower curtain was gone when I bought the RV. I ordered a 47x64 liner, do you or anyone else have any better advice on this issue?
Thanks so much.

Kayteg1 wrote:
Replacing the cheap factory faucet with thermostatic one from China was probably the greatest modification I did to my camper.
I made a pictorial on this forum.
Even the thermostatic valve come with decent shower head, I was never fan of those "toothbrush" heads and put 5" round head.

Thanks! I’ll check out your pictorial

Ski Pro 3 wrote:
Many have found the Oxygenics shower head a most excellent replacement for OEM shower heads. Amazon has them. Here's a link;

https://www.amazon.com/ETL-26781-White-Oxygenics-Shower/dp/B00F5MUB66/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1525182412&sr=1-1&keywords=oxygenics+shower+head

It even has a built in shut off valve at the shower head to save water.

This is likely my best choice for a happy wife!
Thanks

Farmboy666 wrote:
I just added an Outside shower to mine. I like this one because the supply doesn't disappear into the rear compartment like your original which is one less hole for cold air to enter.

I agree on the hole issue, might make this a future mod

Z-Peller wrote:
Over the years I have taken those shower heads off my 3 different Bigfoot's and adapted a sink sprayer hose & head. Much easier to use and conserve water dry camping.

Could you give me some advice on “best practices” for attaching accessories to the bathroom wall in the Bigfoot. (Drill slightly under size and just screw in?)
Appreciate anyone else’s ideas on this subject also.

Thanks
John