Decks and Outdoor Structures
Outdoor showers in Lancaster and Chester County, PA
An outdoor shower gets used every day in summer: after the beach, after the pool, after the garden, and before the dog comes in. We build them against the house so the plumbing is short, side them to match so they look like part of the house, roof them with a louvered pergola, and finish them inside with a bench, hooks, a shelf, and a rain head with hot water.
What Is in an Outdoor Shower from Us
- A framed platform with a composite floor that drains, on footings or a gravel bed.
- Walls framed and sided to match the house outside, with white panels or cedar inside.
- A louvered or slatted roof that lets light through and keeps the structure open.
- Hot and cold supply from the house with a shutoff and a drain-down for winter, a rain head and a hand sprayer, and a mixing valve.
- A bench, double hooks, a corner shelf, and a door with a latch.
- Drainage to a dry well or the yard, planned so the house foundation stays dry.
Winter and Water
The supply lines are run with a shutoff inside the house and a drain so the shower is emptied in October and nothing freezes. The water goes to a gravel dry well or the lawn, away from the foundation, or to a drain where the township requires it. Both details are decided on the first visit.
The One on This Page
The outdoor shower below was built for a family who wanted somewhere to rinse off coming back from the beach. The walls are the same tan lap siding as the house, the posts and trim are white, the roof is a louvered pergola, the inside is white vertical panels with a built-in corner shelf, a rain head with a hand sprayer, hooks, and a wood bench, and the floor is composite on a framed platform.
Projects
Outdoor Showers We Have Built
Questions
Questions We Get
Can an outdoor shower have hot water?
Yes. We run hot and cold from the house with a shutoff and a drain-down inside, so it is a real shower and it survives the winter.
Where does the water go?
Into a gravel dry well under or beside the platform, or onto the lawn, always away from the foundation. Some townships want a connection to a drain, and we check.
Does it need a permit?
The plumbing does, and a structure against the house usually does. It is a small permit, and we walk you through it.
Process
How We Work
- We visit, measure, and talk through the scope before anything is priced.
- You get a written proposal, and we build to it.
- Where the work needs a permit, we walk you through it every step: the application, the drawings the township asks for, and the inspections.
- We are on site from the first day to the last, and the house stays clean while we work.
- We walk the finished job with you, fix anything on the list, and clean up.
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Where We Work
Based in Christiana, we work across Lancaster County and Chester County.
Lancaster County
- Christiana
- Gap
- Quarryville
- Strasburg
- Lancaster
Chester County
- Parkesburg
- Coatesville
- West Chester
- Kennett Square
- Downingtown
- Malvern
- Chester Springs
- Frazer
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