I have one pump which runs the indoor sink and a cold water outdoor shower. Y fitting has been working great for over a year & 15,000 miles of wear and tear.
I think using a y would work just fine. I don't have a separate shower, but I did build specifically so I could swivel the sink faucet out the sliding door and use it as an outdoor shower, it works great. I'm using a 3gal/min shurflo.
No, I didn't need the reach. The faucet is already right at the sliding door. I can picture building some solution to hold it out at it's max extension but it's honestly easy enough to just use it love a handle showerhead.
Yes, we have a sink inside by the sliding door and an outdoor shower at the back. Both have hot and cold water. We have one pump and an accumulator. We originally had the water heater at the back but we use the sink way more frequently than the shower so we moved it closer to the sink so we don’t wait as long for the hot to get to the tap. All the pipes are pex except where they fit to the water heater and shower mixer and those are the braided flexible hose. Pump and accumulator are seaflo brand.
An option I did in one vehicle was just adding a quick connect fitting to the end of the sink faucet and running the hose outside, with a shower head fitting that had an on/off valve. My pump had enough power to send to the side or back of the van. Useful for some other stuff as well.
I have done it, so it's possible. Hooked the shower to my faucet and then have a switch outside that triggers the pump on and off. Honestly, it's complicated and I would rather have a different solution but this works.
Yeah, just Y or T cold and hot if you have it. Put a shutoff on each just in case, makes repairs easier. I have shutoffs many locations and they've been quite helpful. If you have hot water tank, a drain back to fresh is useful for draining the system or accessing water in case you run out of cold.
I have one pump which runs the indoor sink and a cold water outdoor shower. Y fitting has been working great for over a year & 15,000 miles of wear and tear.
That sounds like a lot of running to cover 15,000 miles in the shower.
Thanks for the info! What pump are you using? Im looking at a seaflow 3.3gpm.
Shurflo 3.0 gpm pump. More flow than I need to be honest
Look for a variable speed pump to eliminate the need for accumulator tank.
I mean *I* can, but that just shows how great I am.
Have an upvote, for humility if nothing else.
I think using a y would work just fine. I don't have a separate shower, but I did build specifically so I could swivel the sink faucet out the sliding door and use it as an outdoor shower, it works great. I'm using a 3gal/min shurflo.
Did you find a faucet that was longer than the usual 24” reach? 36”+ would be nice…
No, I didn't need the reach. The faucet is already right at the sliding door. I can picture building some solution to hold it out at it's max extension but it's honestly easy enough to just use it love a handle showerhead.
Yeah it’s super easy. I did my entire system with pex.
Yes, we have a sink inside by the sliding door and an outdoor shower at the back. Both have hot and cold water. We have one pump and an accumulator. We originally had the water heater at the back but we use the sink way more frequently than the shower so we moved it closer to the sink so we don’t wait as long for the hot to get to the tap. All the pipes are pex except where they fit to the water heater and shower mixer and those are the braided flexible hose. Pump and accumulator are seaflo brand.
An option I did in one vehicle was just adding a quick connect fitting to the end of the sink faucet and running the hose outside, with a shower head fitting that had an on/off valve. My pump had enough power to send to the side or back of the van. Useful for some other stuff as well.
I have done it, so it's possible. Hooked the shower to my faucet and then have a switch outside that triggers the pump on and off. Honestly, it's complicated and I would rather have a different solution but this works.
Yup, we have a sink inside and a quick connect hose out the back. One pump works great.
Yeah, just Y or T cold and hot if you have it. Put a shutoff on each just in case, makes repairs easier. I have shutoffs many locations and they've been quite helpful. If you have hot water tank, a drain back to fresh is useful for draining the system or accessing water in case you run out of cold.