Hello guys and gals. I recently picked up a Sprinter that had already been converted. The bathroom has a toilet and what appears to be a shower drain, and I can tell whoever did the conversion started to seal the walls for a shower, but it was never installed. I thought to myself "hey, that shouldn't be too hard to install a shower!" despite having zero experience doing such things (no time to learn like the present!)
Here is the bathroom:
http://i.imgur.com/nTXjhFT.jpg
Am I correct in thinking that a shower would work in this situation? In Europe some of the shower/bathroom combos work like this, where the water actually falls onto the toilet.
Before figuring out exactly what needed to be done I stupidly went ahead and bought one of these portable tankless water heaters. It's outdoor, but I thought I could get away with it if I cracked the back door when it was running. I don't know if this is a viable plan or not, and I also hadn't considered the gas tank.
Here's where I'm at: http://i.imgur.com/DKph4xn.jpg. I've hung the heater on the back wall and was going to try to route some water and gas into it. The bathroom is on the other side of that wall.
Apparently you need to mount a 20lb tank to the outside and can't just put it in the back. Is that right? That's not going to work for my situation. And I'm guessing it's not smart or viable to use those little propane canisters you can buy at Walmart either.
After a few unsuccessful attempts at hooking up just the water portion of the heater I'm thinking maybe I should forgo the heater all together and just take cold man showers. The water pipes inside have 1/2" connections and slightly smaller tubing (3/8" maybe?) and after buying a bunch of adapters and trying to wire in through this connection here with a t-joint, I realized maybe I should hop online and ask some people who might actually know what they are doing.
Is there a better way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? Is tapping into my current sink water supply with a "t" adapter the right way to do this? If I forgo the heater and just install a shower head in the bathroom, is there a recommended type I should be looking at? Does anyone need a portable water heater?
Thanks!
Here is the bathroom:
http://i.imgur.com/nTXjhFT.jpg
Am I correct in thinking that a shower would work in this situation? In Europe some of the shower/bathroom combos work like this, where the water actually falls onto the toilet.
Before figuring out exactly what needed to be done I stupidly went ahead and bought one of these portable tankless water heaters. It's outdoor, but I thought I could get away with it if I cracked the back door when it was running. I don't know if this is a viable plan or not, and I also hadn't considered the gas tank.
Here's where I'm at: http://i.imgur.com/DKph4xn.jpg. I've hung the heater on the back wall and was going to try to route some water and gas into it. The bathroom is on the other side of that wall.
Apparently you need to mount a 20lb tank to the outside and can't just put it in the back. Is that right? That's not going to work for my situation. And I'm guessing it's not smart or viable to use those little propane canisters you can buy at Walmart either.
After a few unsuccessful attempts at hooking up just the water portion of the heater I'm thinking maybe I should forgo the heater all together and just take cold man showers. The water pipes inside have 1/2" connections and slightly smaller tubing (3/8" maybe?) and after buying a bunch of adapters and trying to wire in through this connection here with a t-joint, I realized maybe I should hop online and ask some people who might actually know what they are doing.
Is there a better way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? Is tapping into my current sink water supply with a "t" adapter the right way to do this? If I forgo the heater and just install a shower head in the bathroom, is there a recommended type I should be looking at? Does anyone need a portable water heater?
Thanks!
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