Recently I corresponded with another Mudcatter about taking advantage of the warm water coming through the city system. I have a shower head on my patio cover and after dark have complete privacy (no neighbors behind the house and those on either side positioned in such a way that no windows overlook this spot). I'm able to run the water for a couple of minutes until the water in the pipes in the house (chilled because of air conditioning) runs through and then it's pulling warm water from the city pipes. By now the water is probably 90^o.

A tepid shower in the fresh air means that as soon as you turn off the water the warm air now feels cool and is far more refreshing than anything achieved in the bathroom shower.

A co-worker of mine has built a spot for his shower against the back of his house and uses one of those big old broad apartment shower heads over a redwood porch with a 3-4 foot fence on two sides that hold a soap and shampoo ledge and towel hook.

We both live in large cities but are fortunate with our landscaping and wild features (a creek with a greenbelt behind my house, lots of trees and stall stockade fences at his). I suppose having access to an outside shower in the city makes it all the more appealing.

What are you doing at your house?