Product Description

Showering outdoors after a day of playing in the surf, digging in the garden, or taking a daylong bike ride is the ultimate in summer relaxation.

Designer/builder Ethan Fierro celebrates the creativity and whimsical inspiration of summer with this collection of original outdoor shower designs he’s uncovered from coast to coast. He offers dozens of examples for homeowners to choose from, all pictured in stunning color photographs, ranging from the simple showerhead on the side of the cottage, to semi-detached and freestanding structures. Accompanying text describes the design and material elements involved in each example.

Beginning with the basics, Fierro includes an overview of basic plumbing and structural requirements, along with suggestions for incorporating a wide range of building materials, including stone, wood, metal, frosted glass blocks, earth, concrete, tile, stucco, and landscape vegetation. His plans are environmentally sound and mindful of cost-saving techniques, with ideas for repurposing found and recycled materials.

Fierro exhibits his own inspired aesthetic in the final chapter with illustrated plans for six fantasy showers, including a tree house, a vineenclosed frame, a stained-glass nautilus, and an underground cavity with a hole for sky-viewing. The Outdoor Shower will set free the inner spirit—and the inner builder—of any summer-home owner.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22911 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Review
“The book covers all the practical aspects you need to know before building an outdoor shower.”—Mary Beth Breckenridge, Akron Beacon Journal (Mary Beth Breckenridge Akron Beacon Journal )

“The ideas just flow on how to create one of these escapist retreats for yourself.”—Nancy Schoeffler, Hartford Courant (Nancy Schoeffler Hartford Courant )

The book covers all the practical aspects you need to know before building an outdoor shower.Mary Beth Breckenridge, Akron Beacon Journal (Akron Beacon Journal )

The ideas just flow on how to create one of these escapist retreats for yourself.Nancy Schoeffler, Hartford Courant (Hartford Courant )

Review

“The book covers all the practical aspects you need to know before building an outdoor shower…[H]e also includes plenty of photos of showers, from elegant glass block enclosures to simple setups supplied by garden hoses, that will make you wish for the opportunity to scrub up al fresco.”

Mary Beth Breckenridge, McClatchy Newspapers

About the Author
Ethan Fierro is a designer and builder who specializes in Asianinspired designs for teahouses, meditation huts, lanterns, fountains, gardens, land sculpture, and stone arrangements. Currently, he works with Michael Singer, Inc. on large public sculpture installations. Ethan lives in western Massachusetts.

Customer Reviews

A fine pick for any who would restore function to an outside setting
Outdoor showers aren't just for camping anymore: they're popping up as trendy home add-ons to a garden, and Ethan Fierro's The Outdoor Shower: Creative Design Ideas For Backyard Living, From The Functional To The Fantastic allows for a range of ideas and applications. Lovely color photos of such showers run the gamut from very simple to amazingly detailed, while choices in heating from solar to convention and choices in design offer details for virtually any setting, whether it be stone, wood, metal or tile. A fine pick for any who would restore function to an outside setting.

Awesome & Inspiring
The Outdoor Shower book gave me the confidence to build my own outdoor shower. It also inspired me to get creative with my design. The book is rich with technical information, packed with great photos, and full of plumbing fixture ideas and more. Ethan has done a fantastic job at filling a void.

Entertained
This book was clearly written and the author did a fine job of researching the topic of outdoor showers. the drawings and the sidebar tips were well done. the multitude of options for individual tastes of showers were well explained. the author obviously not only enjoys the art of designing the shower, but has the knowledge and talent to construct one also, which in turn helps the readers confindence in building his or her own. i would recomend this book to anyone who enjoys the outdoor experience of showering.