# building a greenhouse-shower combo **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-greenhouse-shower-combo/598712 "2011-10-05T18:42:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![duck\_tape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@duck\_tape](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duck_tape)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-greenhouse-shower-combo/598712/1 "2011-10-05T18:42:01Z")
I’m interested in custom building a free-standing greenhouse that will also have a shower built in. I’ve explored kits, plans, 100% custom builds. There seems to be a lot of information about regular greenhouses and things like solar sheds out there in the world, but not much information on what might work best if I wanted to include a shower inside. Anyone have experience building such a thing? Any recommendations for resources, or suggestions on having one solid wall, versus multiple solid walls, ceiling types, polycarbonate panels? Mods: Not sure if this is best suited for IMHO or General Questions, so feel free to move. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-greenhouse-shower-combo/598712/2 "2011-10-05T18:45:08Z")
Exhibitionist? StG ---
**Author:** ![duck\_tape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@duck\_tape](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duck_tape)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-greenhouse-shower-combo/598712/3 "2011-10-05T18:47:46Z")
Only an issue if said audience members are willing to drive several hours into the mountains to the isolated parcel of land where this will be located. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-greenhouse-shower-combo/598712/4 "2011-10-06T01:39:17Z")
Greenhouses have to be able to handle moisture, don’t they? So any greenhouse should work. I would think the greenhouse and shower could be basically independently installed. If you got a free-standing pool shower, [like here (click Catalog to get a PDF catalog)](http://www.poolshower.com/), it wouldn’t have to attach to any part of the greenhouse. ---
**Author:** ![duck\_tape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@duck\_tape](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duck_tape)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-greenhouse-shower-combo/598712/5 "2011-10-07T19:48:03Z")
Thanks for the link. That looks like a great place for sourcing the shower end of things. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-greenhouse-shower-combo/598712/6 "2011-10-07T21:22:28Z")
You should be able to go to a hardware store and find a fitting that will allow you to attach one of those shower massager things to a garden house. There are also garden hose sprayers that are no different from a shower head. I don’t see the need for much more in a green house. If it’s a dirt floor, just spread a patch of pebbles or some pressure treated boards to stand on. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-greenhouse-shower-combo/598712/7 "2011-10-07T22:13:30Z")
> [@duck\_tape](#): > > Thanks for the link. That looks like a great place for sourcing the shower end of things. Sure. FYI, I have no knowledge of their quality, it was just one of the first links that came up when I googled, and showed a variety of styles.