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13/4/2018 at 7:53pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Daves mate on 12/4/2018
Is there any point in them? Of all the folk I know with caravans not one has ever used the shower in their van. Could something more useful be done with the space? Do any of you ever use your shower?
why would you not use it that's what its there for
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13/4/2018 at 10:53pm
Location: Stockton on Tees
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We do 100 nights a year in our caravan, always use the caravan shower, rarely use the onsite shower.
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13/4/2018 at 11:52pm
Location: S Wales The Badland
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The idea of SWMBO managing to take a shower, using less than 120 litres of hot water at a rate of deluge that would have had Noah paddling home to build a bigger ark...
No. We use the site facilities.
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14/4/2018 at 7:26am
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We don’t use the shower....or the toilet..in fact the oven has not been used the microwave is just a glorified bread bin
Think we should of saved a few quid and stuck with a tent !
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14/4/2018 at 8:24am
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What are we actually describing as a shower? Is it a separate cubicle within a large washroom or the shower head & curtain fitted inside the small toilet compartment on a different type of layout?
Presumably if one wants a shower then one would buy a caravan with a separate shower cubicle & if a shower is not needed then a smaller toilet compartment which normally includes a shower head allowing more living space within the caravan would be the one to go for?
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16/4/2018 at 4:04pm
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We never use ours - it is the small one described by OpenSauce. We do use the loo though and the compartment stores our dirty clothes awaiting washing and spare carrier bags. It's a bit tight at the best of times and I am pretty slim. Oh and I sometimes use it to change in when on one of those continental sites where everyone is a bit close!
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17/4/2018 at 12:17pm
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We always use our shower, regardless of on site facilities. Comfort, convenience, and guarantee of hygiene are all plusses. The modern sealed unit showers present no dampness risks, so why not use them to the full? Non-use of a shower will not improve resale of the van. In the end, though, it's down to personal choice - you've paid for your van and how you use it is entirely one's own business.
At one adults-only site we have visited, the owner told me about a German couple who had an additional shower attachment on the outside of their van, and were openly showering in the nude.
Now there's a site to behold!!!
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17/4/2018 at 1:10pm
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That would have been a sight to behold.
Thought all newish vans had outside shower fixings?
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17/4/2018 at 1:23pm
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Quote: Originally posted by blueexpo97 on 17/4/2018
That would have been a sight to behold.
Thought all newish vans had outside shower fixings?
Ours does, but only cold water, it’s classed as a dog shower!
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17/4/2018 at 2:16pm
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The ones that are loo/shower/sink, all in one 'phone box' are painful. That is what we had when we had the motorhome. (are they any different nowadays - anyone know?). As a result, we used the 'block' quite a bit. Since we changed to a caravan - with a good size washroom - we rarely if ever use the block. And, are able to go on the smaller sites, where kids are rare, which is always a bonus.
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17/4/2018 at 2:46pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 17/4/2018
The ones that are loo/shower/sink, all in one 'phone box' are painful. That is what we had when we had the motorhome. (are they any different nowadays - anyone know?). As a result, we used the 'block' quite a bit. Since we changed to a caravan - with a good size washroom - we rarely if ever use the block. And, are able to go on the smaller sites, where kids are rare, which is always a bonus.
We found that when we had an Autosleepers Talisman. For the smaller motorhomes I think little may have changed. Some do have a hinged section where the mirror and washbasin wall swings round to screen the W.C., but are still, as you say, 'phone box' size.
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18/4/2018 at 1:35pm
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our first caravan had a wet room with a shower curtain so i used the campsite showers with one exception.
our current caravan has a separte shower cubicle and i use it every morning as does the wife. just because i cant be bothered with walking to the shower block and possibly waiting for a free cubicle.
the only time i use the site showers is if i have been to the beech and i am covered in sand.
my sons 6 and 8 are little soap dodgers so they avoid showering for as long as they possibly can.
the only issue other thna the aquaroll/water hog issue is the fact the boiler in my caravan is only 5L so disciplin is needed to swich water off when 'soaping' otherwise there will be no hot water left for 20 minutes or so.
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