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please help...plumb simple shower drain in cabin?

 
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Hello good people.  I am rebuilding an old cabin. I'm running behind
for winter.
I have a well house 100 to 150 feet from the cabin.
I planned to do heat tape and insulation on water hose from
well to cabin....then install hose thru cabin wall, install
simple faucet.  Have electric 5 gallon heating element
to heat 5 gallons of water for shower.

But how can I drain shower water?
Thinking of stock tank tub or shower base from
Lowes.  Cabin is elevated ? about a foot off ground with concrete
block
Need simple cheap system.  Don't have a lot of time
or money.
Any ideas?
Thank you
God bless
Love and peace to you from southern Missouri Ozarks
 
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Hi Bethany;
I'm guessing there is no bathroom at all in your cabin?
If you're going for super simple then an appropriate size stock tank to stand in.
Drill a hole in the bottom side to install a plastic hose bib connector and run a garden hose thru the wall or out the door to drain.

 
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Thomas’s approach is reasonable.  You may want to give some thought as to what happens to the water after it exits your cabin.  You could run it out on the ground pig there us nothing to be polluted.  Another option would be to bury a large garbage can or 55 gallon drum.  In MN with very Sandy soil I buried five 55 gallon drums , shot full of holes, with rocks in them to deal with grey water.  It worked for the 4 years I was there.
 
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I love both ideas from Thomas and John, and here's my twist (primarily because IF your ground is as rocky as mine, digging deep holes for trash cans ain't gonna happen) - the garden hose attached to the tub could be run out to wherever you're going to put your gardens, then a soaker hose could be attached to that. You'll likely want to bury it under straw, wood chips, or something else that's insulating, to prevent it freezing, in winter, though.
 
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Thank you very much
I was watching a YouTube on how to install a drain on a stock tank.
But the hose sounds simpler and smaller hole thru the wall.  
I like it.
Thank you
Will save money too

We just moved here few months ago.
So focus is on shelter/wood stove/winterizing now.
But gardening will come later. Can I put soapy water on plants?
Peace and love
Blessings
 
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Bethany said, " Can I put soapy water on plants?



It might depend on what kind of soap it is.

You might try using the greywater to water some trees at first.

Have you thought about how you will keep the water hose from freezing in the winter?  Maybe setting some bales of hay over the hose might work.
 
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As for using the greywater, we have a forum for that too.

Oasis Design has a good amount of info you can read up on over the winter to make a plan for using the grey water later.
 
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Hello again.  I'm just going to use the hose when I drain the stock tank so I didn't think it would freeze.
But I have lived thru a lot of freezing winters in my lifetime.  I'm in southern Missouri Ozarks. Zone 6.

Good day,
Bethany
 
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