Shower Head for Outdoor Shower

[DrRod]

We built an open-top outdoor shower a couple of years ago --sort of like the Green Acres prototype. It has been a blessing but the holes in the keep clogging. I've thread punching them out with needles et al but they stay clogged. I think the solution is a plastic head. When I review them on Amazon I see "high pressure" and a few "high flow" [2.5 gph] but I'm not sure what this means. We have plenty of water pressure and have our own well [that benefits from more usage] so water conservation is not a factor. I just want a head [preferably hand held] that will blast the dirt off me. Any advice is appreciated.

 

[PILOON]

Sounds to me like U need to do some filtering.
I also had a similar problem as I use lake water and it contains fine suspended particles.
After trying different filter cartridges that all clogged rapidly I happened upon the idea of using a pool filter.
It simply uses a fine nylon mesh to capture the fine particles and as a rule only needs cleaning every 2-3 months which I do so with a simple bottle brush.
Only recently I gambled and tossed my spare older filter in the dish washer and it came out just like new.
Only problem is adapting the pool filter housing down to normal household pipe size but that's doable.

Having returned to this thread I've noted that another poster used the proper term.
The filter I used is called 'a spin down filter'.

 

[Username Taken]

How about an RV Filter??

 

[DrRod]

You could be right but I assumed the clogging was from corrosion.

 

[Doofy]

You could be right but I assumed the clogging was from corrosion.

or...minerals.

 

[ning]

or...minerals.

If it's clogging quickly it's probably filterable; filter it and you may still have long-term precipitate from minerals, but that's going to be on the order of years most likely.

Consider at a minimum putting a 40 or 100 mesh spin-down filter early in the pipeline (just after the pressure tank - yeah you'd love to filter before the pressure tank but if the filter clogs your well pump won't shut off and you'll torch the pump) and it'll improve all of the water in your system, not just the shower.

 

[ponytug]

You might consider a spin down filter like this for sediment, though I wonder if the issue isn't hard water. I toss ours in a baggie with water and citric acid for a few hours. (Use a rubber band to hold it on, and don't for get to remove it before turning on the water.)

All the best, Peter

 

[CalG]

We built an open-top outdoor shower a couple of years ago --sort of like the Green Acres prototype. It has been a blessing but the holes in the keep clogging. I've thread punching them out with needles et al but they stay clogged. I think the solution is a plastic head. When I review them on Amazon I see "high pressure" and a few "high flow" [2.5 gph] but I'm not sure what this means. We have plenty of water pressure and have our own well [that benefits from more usage] so water conservation is not a factor. I just want a head [preferably hand held] that will blast the dirt off me. Any advice is appreciated.

Soak the head in vinegar. If it flows freely. Minerals had built up.

 

[Cougsfan]

Seems like some of the new shower heads with little rubber nubbins for the individual holes work really well for mineral build up and probably for small contaminates too. When they plug with mineral deposits you just rub them a bit with your finger to unplug them.

 

[plowhog]

You might consider a spin down filter like this for sediment

This is really good advice. I just installed this exact filter in-line with my water line going to my yard sprinklers. I got tired of the yard sprinklers getting clogged from sediment from the well.

This filter works great, it's easy to see when debris has been trapped, and easy to clean.