I hope there's a sign on the top of the stairs exit saying ” shower in progress” or else somebody's going to have nightmares when they see their mama showering on accident 😵💫😵💫😵💫
When doing a small square like that in the future, drill a hole in the side of the existing concrete and hammer in rebar and leave some rebar sticking out of the new concrete pour into the box you are concreting to tie the new concrete into the existing. This will prevent the smaller pour from settling
I'm positive your shower build is 100% mom approved, by this mom for sure! Excellent job - it's so beautiful! Great job Andrew - great video... I love that you explain what you're doing and why. Hope you have a great week.
I am not a plumber, but it is my understanding that CPVC is not uv resistant so it may degrade being outside exposed to the sunlight. Just throwing it out there.
CPVC becomes brittle over time in about 10~12 years especially on the hot water side since it gets hot then cools with no use. I would have done a concentric Pex within a PVC Sch 40 pipe for extra physical and UV protection as PEX also degrades with UV exposure. I've ended up repiping homes with CPVC to PEX. CPVC was super popular in the 90s.
Flow Guard Gold CPVC is terrible stuff! The homes in our neighborhood were built about 25 years ago and the CPVC is failing. Insurance will pay for water repair damages but not repiping houses. After 3 floods our neighbors repiped their entire home with PEX to avoid the hassles. Cost was ~$10k. I would never recommend installation of CPVC. It’s a time bomb. By the way, there is a lawsuit underway against the CPVC manufacturer.
You should add a valve to drain the water for the winter. Maybe I missed that in the video. Then you could blow out the lines with air if you want. Maybe you don't live in an area that gets really cold. The project looks great for the rest of it. Great Job. Your Mom is a lucky lady.
Nice build. I recommend you spray the cpvc with a protective coat. Perhaps also cover it with foam to protect against sunlight and sudden frigid temps. Copper probably would've been better for outside. Or have the faucets on the wall and then just hook up hosepipes during the summer to supply the shower. I would have reversed the door so the hooks are accesible. Perhaps add hooks on the brick or hang it from the deck. I would also have wrapped the post embedded in the concrete.
Vibrating the concrete would have been a chefs kiss. In a pinch a chisel tip on an SDS against the form works really well. Still, 5x better that I could have done lol, awesome work!!!
That turned out really great! The Vigo shower system looks sleek. The privacy wall looks good too. It all ties in well. I like how you can detach the water lines from the feeder lines when winterizing this system. Well done Andrew. Momma has to be proud.
That's a solid trench drain, why not bury the gutter downspout on top of it with a pop-up emitter at the end? Looks like the grade drops right off down there
I have an outdoor shower with a propane instant on water heater, supplied by a garden hose. It’s portable if necessary. Definitely the best thing I’ve ever built. Nothing beats taking a hot shower on a cold rainy night.
looks good but way to much slope on that tile and should have used a color match silconized grout calking for the edges aswell as covered the plumbing just the little details regardless it works and im sure shes happy
OBSERVATION..should have tied the house gutter next to it in same trench. After u pour the concrete, tap the forms to take air out of pour and help it settle. Nice vid
Whee! When I saw that digger appear, the first thing I thought was the Thron Bros finally got tired of digging ditches and found something on Amazon ! glad to see you at it again and I must say that shower is much better than most indoor showers I have seen or used. At first I thought your Dad did not watch your premier showing of your concrete mixer until it sunk in that we dads have a tendency to tell stories of the olden days experiences ad nauseum... Overall you did great. I think covering the pipe with fabric over the stone was the best idea yet. Dirt would have found its way in sooner or later. I thought you may have retired so I was glad to see the instagram 4 part series of this job and wondered if along version existed so I dug up your home page and voila'. Thanks for an informative and entertaining video. Hi to Brian and family. Ciao. PS: Can't imagine your Mom being shy! May we see ALL of the baby pictures please. So fun. This shower would be welcome to my inside of the house shower which needs replacing . Hmm.
Trying to think about towel hook placement on the outside around the door, can’t put it between house n shower, probably not clean enough. Shower door can’t pop open with just a hand coming through, but alas, maybe showering in swimsuit like you did makes it a non issue. I like your Hollywood production value of the dying flower/greenery placement, plopped down flower pots, it’s a nice effort. I’m from the entertainment industry so I know how all that goes. OH, the viewing platform from up above, will always be a place for humor.
Yea we spent a lot of time thinking about that. It’s only for a 4’ section or gutter near the fireplace and the runoff should go right across the slab and into the garden area which is down slope
Looked kinda crazy to me too.... Definitely better options considering that their budget didn't seem very limited. I was surprised to see 2x6s used for floor forms.
If people plan to keep their bathing suits on when using this shower then there's no reason to add a door. If people plan to use this shower fully nude then anyone on the deck can just look over and see in since the roof is open.
Nice work. You should of cut off the corner post and install concrete ancre for the post, also drill holes in the old concrete and put rebar in it to tie the old to the new concreat. So they go up and down together.
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Looks great, but... just curious, how long does it take for the water to drain after a rain storm? The waste water drain field isnt very large, so I'd imagine it would fill up rather quickly when a heavy rain occur, that would limit ability to use the shower for a couple of days after a big rain. Any plans to make it larger in the future or tie it into a different drain solution? Not saying its bad as is nor am I saying 'you did that wrong, you suck', mostly wondering if any expansion plans or if anything you would do differently?
Just FYI rebar is required to give concrete tensile strength. I'm not sure that is required in your scenario so could have saved yourself a little time and effort but otherwise looks great!
FYI: Sharpe can be removed by writing over it with a Dry Erase marker. Dry Erase markers will turn the Sharpe into Dry Erase too and you can just wipe it off with a cloth.
I thought about this a lot…I was going to put in a cleanout at the end but I figured that I would just be able to snake it from the drain (the run is only 10’) if there are issues in the future. Fingers crossed 🤞
By placing the drain at one end, even better at a corner, couldn't you have entirely skipped diagonal cuts, diagonal extra joints and diagonal levelling? Size-wise, couldn't you have used just 3x3=9 tiles, rather than cutting 4x4=16 tiles ? 😳
Oops. The 12 in. space between brick façades and two shower walls is a dead end for humidity, mold, ... arguably unnecessary. A round-the-corner entrance could have solved the visual privacy without a door. Actually, the intermediate landing of those stairs is overlooking the shower close-range, and the actual main issue re:privacy. Would the shower under the stairs have been an option, just three walls, entrance from the façade corner?
Andrew Something tells me you (Andrew) probably got several messages about you in the outdoor shower and where was the shower cam. Sorry Mom but Anders got some nice furry pecs 😂😅
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That Outdoor shower is nicer than a lot of Indoor showers. 👍 Beautiful job. Mom raised you right. ❤
I apprecaite it!
I hope there's a sign on the top of the stairs exit saying ” shower in progress” or else somebody's going to have nightmares when they see their mama showering on accident 😵💫😵💫😵💫
Haha you can lock the latch from the inside thankfully. But my parents are empty nesters at this point so that’s on them haha
@@AndrewThronImprovements he may be talking about looking down from the deck above
@@Jeremy-pf3bb Oh yea you're cooked if that happens lol
If I was in that shower, they’d only look once.
No amount of therapy will fix that!
Should have wrapped that deck post going thru your concrete to prevent direct contact with the concrete. That wood is going to prematurely rot.
Hold me tight
@@Sandy_Marley ????
When doing a small square like that in the future, drill a hole in the side of the existing concrete and hammer in rebar and leave some rebar sticking out of the new concrete pour into the box you are concreting to tie the new concrete into the existing. This will prevent the smaller pour from settling
The stairway looking straight down into the shower made it an interesting design choice.
My thought exactly
Yeah .... not a great placement
If they are the only people around when they are showering, they may not care. They might even enjoy it.
So what about the people that can stand on the porch and look right down into the shower?
I'm positive your shower build is 100% mom approved, by this mom for sure! Excellent job - it's so beautiful! Great job Andrew - great video... I love that you explain what you're doing and why. Hope you have a great week.
I appreciate it, Lucy! Thanks for the support and have a great week on your end as well 👍
Cool balcony view for everybody having barbecue
I am not a plumber, but it is my understanding that CPVC is not uv resistant so it may degrade being outside exposed to the sunlight. Just throwing it out there.
Super super nice! I wish my mom could have had that when she’d work in her gardens 12-18 hrs every single day. She died two years ago at 98.
CPVC becomes brittle over time in about 10~12 years especially on the hot water side since it gets hot then cools with no use. I would have done a concentric Pex within a PVC Sch 40 pipe for extra physical and UV protection as PEX also degrades with UV exposure.
I've ended up repiping homes with CPVC to PEX. CPVC was super popular in the 90s.
Flow Guard Gold CPVC is terrible stuff! The homes in our neighborhood were built about 25 years ago and the CPVC is failing. Insurance will pay for water repair damages but not repiping houses. After 3 floods our neighbors repiped their entire home with PEX to avoid the hassles. Cost was ~$10k. I would never recommend installation of CPVC. It’s a time bomb. By the way, there is a lawsuit underway against the CPVC manufacturer.
@@prestongabel1513agreed I don’t understand why people use CPVC still
You should add a valve to drain the water for the winter. Maybe I missed that in the video. Then you could blow out the lines with air if you want. Maybe you don't live in an area that gets really cold. The project looks great for the rest of it. Great Job. Your Mom is a lucky lady.
You're absolutely right and I did add valves for emptying. Maryland winters can definielty do a number on water pipes.
Nice build.
I recommend you spray the cpvc with a protective coat. Perhaps also cover it with foam to protect against sunlight and sudden frigid temps.
Copper probably would've been better for outside. Or have the faucets on the wall and then just hook up hosepipes during the summer to supply the shower.
I would have reversed the door so the hooks are accesible.
Perhaps add hooks on the brick or hang it from the deck.
I would also have wrapped the post embedded in the concrete.
9:04 The little bug noooooo
Yea that was an unfortunately casualty. 0 days without an incident.
What an amazing Son you are!, Your Mama must be so proud of her boy! Xx
Vibrating the concrete would have been a chefs kiss. In a pinch a chisel tip on an SDS against the form works really well. Still, 5x better that I could have done lol, awesome work!!!
That turned out really great! The Vigo shower system looks sleek. The privacy wall looks good too. It all ties in well. I like how you can detach the water lines from the feeder lines when winterizing this system. Well done Andrew. Momma has to be proud.
Apprecaite it, John! Yea I have some other valves at the low point for quick empty. Winter has no chance.
That's a solid trench drain, why not bury the gutter downspout on top of it with a pop-up emitter at the end? Looks like the grade drops right off down there
This looks amazing! But seriously the best part is 22:38 Lol, trust me....
Prettiest outdoor shower that I've ever seen ! ❤ love that you did this for your Mom and shared with us ! Thank you !
I apprecaite the support!
well done - so many skills involved. I think here in the UK we STILL do often mix concrete in a wheel barrow by hand......
Wow beautiful project …thanks. Last couple of minutes at end were icing on the cake.
Awesome. Beautiful space.
Confused on caulk instead of grout along edge of tile.
Your instructions are so easy to understand, it's great!
Thank you!
I have an outdoor shower with a propane instant on water heater, supplied by a garden hose. It’s portable if necessary. Definitely the best thing I’ve ever built. Nothing beats taking a hot shower on a cold rainy night.
looks good but way to much slope on that tile and should have used a color match silconized grout calking for the edges aswell as covered the plumbing just the little details
regardless it works and im sure shes happy
I luv luv the shower. Thanks for listing the products.
Sweet work brother this deserves a like comment & subscribe. The template over the tiles is genius. Those tiles have some really nice colours in them.
We used to use the Spin Doctor’s but switched to Lev-Tec wedges. Nice shower btw.
I love it, much better than my pallet walls and floor and water hose fitted with a pet wash shower head extension. Hey it works though.
OBSERVATION..should have tied the house gutter next to it in same trench. After u pour the concrete, tap the forms to take air out of pour and help it settle. Nice vid
Very nice job. All high end products..
Whee! When I saw that digger appear, the first thing I thought was the Thron Bros finally got tired of digging ditches and found something on Amazon !
glad to see you at it again and I must say that shower is much better than most indoor showers I have seen or used. At first I thought your Dad did not watch your premier showing of your concrete mixer until it sunk in that we dads have a tendency to tell stories of the olden days experiences ad nauseum... Overall you did great. I think covering the pipe with fabric over the stone was the best idea yet. Dirt would have found its way in sooner or later. I thought you may have retired so I was glad to see the instagram 4 part series of this job and wondered if along version existed so I dug up your home page and voila'. Thanks for an informative and entertaining video. Hi to Brian and family. Ciao.
PS: Can't imagine your Mom being shy! May we see ALL of the baby pictures please. So fun. This shower would be welcome to my inside of the house shower which needs replacing . Hmm.
I am not building an outside shower, but I watched this whole thing 😂 Excellent work!!
Trying to think about towel hook placement on the outside around the door, can’t put it between house n shower, probably not clean enough. Shower door can’t pop open with just a hand coming through, but alas, maybe showering in swimsuit like you did makes it a non issue. I like your Hollywood production value of the dying flower/greenery placement, plopped down flower pots, it’s a nice effort. I’m from the entertainment industry so I know how all that goes. OH, the viewing platform from up above, will always be a place for humor.
This is awesome!
WOW.. Great job. You were definitely not fooling around with that shower! :)
The outdoor shower came out awesome. Now my wife wants one...😅
Love me a handy man 😍 new subscriber here! Loving the content so far
Looks great! Was the downspout behind it able to drain properly still?
Yea we spent a lot of time thinking about that. It’s only for a 4’ section or gutter near the fireplace and the runoff should go right across the slab and into the garden area which is down slope
Did you leave the wood strips embedded in the concrete shower floor?
Looked kinda crazy to me too.... Definitely better options considering that their budget didn't seem very limited. I was surprised to see 2x6s used for floor forms.
The ones used to template the tile? No, that was just used as a template to mark the tile.
awesome video man! keep it up!
If people plan to keep their bathing suits on when using this shower then there's no reason to add a door. If people plan to use this shower fully nude then anyone on the deck can just look over and see in since the roof is open.
Look down to see a show
Door could be good as a wind block if the breeze gets chilly at the end of the day.
looks neat though
Nice work. You should of cut off the corner post and install concrete ancre for the post, also drill holes in the old concrete and put rebar in it to tie the old to the new concreat. So they go up and down together.
You should learn how to spell-😂
*I wasn't financial free until my 40’s and I’m still in my 40’s, bought my third house already, earn on a monthly through passive income, and got 4 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone's that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future! Investing in the financial market is a grand choice I made.*
The wisest thing that should be on everyone mind currently should be to invest in different streams of income that doesn't depend on government paycheck, especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a time to invest in Stocks, Forex and Digital currencies.
That's awesome!!! I know nothing about investment and I'm keen on getting started.
What are your strategies?
If you are using a really good broker or account manager, it's easier to earn from the market
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Nice but that location is wild. Once you see the stairs 🥴 i wouldve covered the top 😅😂 cause drones lol
This is Amazing!!!
Thanks!
It’s beautiful, but I hate having to stand on the drain while I’m showering lol
Well done, amazing, i would have painted the concrete n cut the bush😂
hi it's nice, the final scene in the shower could have been longer👀
That slope would have been much easier with a pool trowel!
This is so cool. Great video.
Thanks Yulia!
You did good job
Thanks Allen!
Looks great, but... just curious, how long does it take for the water to drain after a rain storm? The waste water drain field isnt very large, so I'd imagine it would fill up rather quickly when a heavy rain occur, that would limit ability to use the shower for a couple of days after a big rain. Any plans to make it larger in the future or tie it into a different drain solution? Not saying its bad as is nor am I saying 'you did that wrong, you suck', mostly wondering if any expansion plans or if anything you would do differently?
Did you catch sillicosis?
GREAT JOB!!!!
Thank you!
Awesome ❤❤❤
Just FYI rebar is required to give concrete tensile strength. I'm not sure that is required in your scenario so could have saved yourself a little time and effort but otherwise looks great!
Really nice
Thanks Pamela!
Came out mint! Great job. Good boy :D
I would spin that rain pipe to the shower cuz it'll make it more... Cooler I guess lol
Haha thought about that tbh
🌴🌴🌴 Awesome job my friend simply awesome 👏👏👏 Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
I appreciate it, Carlos!
The arm veinssss
Very nice! 👍👍
Thank you!
I want one!!
Well...if you enjoy cold water showers..
Can you imagine in WINTER????
LOL
@franklee2683 He ran both hot and cold water lines to the shower, all good...😊
Very nice.
Thanks Tim!
Excellent video, thank you
Thanks Brock!
Wow! Knocked it out of the park!
Appreciate it!
You’re going to be bummed when that deck column needs to be replaced
Another awesome project
I appreciate it!! 🙏👍
You can just see it from the stairs
FYI:
Sharpe can be removed by writing over it with a Dry Erase marker. Dry Erase markers will turn the Sharpe into Dry Erase too and you can just wipe it off with a cloth.
Great tip! The pencil was washing off in the wet saw 😅
Or just use some organic solvent you might have on hand. Acetone for example.
won't the drainage system be clogged with dead skin, hair etc. after a few months/years?
Not if he left the underground pipe open enough to purge it
I thought about this a lot…I was going to put in a cleanout at the end but I figured that I would just be able to snake it from the drain (the run is only 10’) if there are issues in the future. Fingers crossed 🤞
@@AndrewThronImprovements but I also think the holes are big enough for it to be self-cleaning. But yes
This build would never pass a European Inspektion!. Burying a wood post in the concrete in a shower😂…..
It wouldn't pass an American inspection either.
So impressed!
I appreciate it and thanks for watching!
Awesome
Thank you! 🙏
🥵 looks amazing!
Thanks!
You're a beast! Great work.
Appreciate it, Matt!
Total Price for project?
It was a lot….way more than I thought it would be. Probably 2-3k. I feel like that is a LOT for an outdoor shower 🚿
@@AndrewThronImprovements one clip, garden house with hand sprayer, $10, 5 minutes. Heh
🖤🖤
What's the point of an outdoor shower?
Take a shower, outdoor
C pvc sucks because it’s brittle and will have pin hole leaks. After like 20 to 30 years your definitely gonna have problems
So before I watch it says you tried so does that mean I get to watch you fail? Let’s watch and find out.
By placing the drain at one end, even better at a corner, couldn't you have entirely skipped diagonal cuts, diagonal extra joints and diagonal levelling?
Size-wise, couldn't you have used just 3x3=9 tiles, rather than cutting 4x4=16 tiles ?
😳
Oops. The 12 in. space between brick façades and two shower walls is a dead end for humidity, mold, ... arguably unnecessary.
A round-the-corner entrance could have solved the visual privacy without a door. Actually, the intermediate landing of those stairs is overlooking the shower close-range, and the actual main issue re:privacy. Would the shower under the stairs have been an option, just three walls, entrance from the façade corner?
That plumbing looks horrific… wrong glue used on that pipe as well…
Those tile cuts around the drain are pretty rough
Do you need an additional Mom? I would love to have an outdoor shower!
4:37
Andrew Something tells me you (Andrew) probably got several messages about you in the outdoor shower and where was the shower cam. Sorry Mom but Anders got some nice furry pecs 😂😅
They must not have inspections or permits etc wherever this guy lives. Oh my gosh that concrete works was so bad. And the drainage ugh.
👏👏👏💗💗💗❤️
👍🙏
Boa noite! Admiro sua arte porém os vídeos ficam cansativo porque você fala o tempo todo, para min Ja é suficiente mostrar seu trabalho o antes e o depois, essa e a minha opinião por assistir seu conteudo. Obrigada
Sorry, but why would she need an outdoor shower?
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Come on man could have added any more adds to the video. Christ
I hope nobody takes a dump in the shower. That probably wouldn’t go over to well with the environment po po
😳 me neither…
Why would you make such an idiotic comment, it takes a low class mind to realize this
That’s never happened to me but seems like it might have happened with you😳
You're mom has no privacy in the shower from the deck above...
No. It's not going to be "sick"...
Internet construction has destroyed the youth.
It'll be alright
Yeah dude, I only stayed until the end because I thought I was going to get some wet mom action! Click bait dude. Not cool.