alano
Senior Member
We bought our Hawk with the water heater and external shower option and have used the exterior shower quite a few times in mostly National Park CGs where showers were not available nearby. We used the bathing suit method and I even rigged a curtain rod off the jack mounts. Still between eyes and weather, it wasn't ideal. After much rumination and an AHA moment in Orchard Supply Hardware one day I figured out an interior shower that the wife said was superior to some of the more sketchy CG showers.
The first step was to change the faucet in the sink. This was on the list of upgrades anyway but got a boost to the top since I wanted a threaded aerator that I could remove to attach a shower hose.
The AHA moment came when I ran across a mortar mixing trough. It has a flat bottom and high sides. It travels on the back seat with the drain plumbing facing up. More on plumbing later.
The next piece of the puzzle was to construct a circular-ish curtain rod / shower hose holder. I used a PVC structure along with custom-made curtain hooks made from steel wire and spray painted. I put a hose holder in the middle and a Tee at one end to make an shower caddy attachment point. When driving, the "ring" pretty much sits like in the picture except the top is under the the comforter.
The "ring" hangs from small hooks I screwed into the lift boards. Four little bungees suspend it rather nicely.
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The first step was to change the faucet in the sink. This was on the list of upgrades anyway but got a boost to the top since I wanted a threaded aerator that I could remove to attach a shower hose.
The AHA moment came when I ran across a mortar mixing trough. It has a flat bottom and high sides. It travels on the back seat with the drain plumbing facing up. More on plumbing later.
The next piece of the puzzle was to construct a circular-ish curtain rod / shower hose holder. I used a PVC structure along with custom-made curtain hooks made from steel wire and spray painted. I put a hose holder in the middle and a Tee at one end to make an shower caddy attachment point. When driving, the "ring" pretty much sits like in the picture except the top is under the the comforter.
The "ring" hangs from small hooks I screwed into the lift boards. Four little bungees suspend it rather nicely.
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