The Most Florida Project We Build
Pool in the backyard? You need an outdoor shower — for rinsing chlorine before it hits your indoor plumbing, and because showering outside on a warm evening is one of life's simple pleasures. Near the beach? An outdoor shower keeps half the sandbar out of your house. Even without either, an outdoor shower off the primary bedroom is the kind of feature guests remember.
What Makes a Good Outdoor Shower
Privacy. The first design question. Options range from a simple privacy screen to a full enclosure with a door, to strategic landscaping — bamboo, areca palms, and clumping grasses grow fast in Florida and screen beautifully. We plan sight lines from every neighboring window before we place a single fixture.
Water supply and drainage. Hot and cold lines run from the house (or cold-only for a simple rinse station). Drainage goes to a proper drain tied into the landscape drainage — not just onto the ground, which creates a mud pit and can violate local codes.
Materials that survive Florida. This is where outdoor showers differ from indoor ones. Salt air corrodes cheap fixtures — stainless steel or marine-grade brass only. Sun destroys wood that is not maintained — ipe, teak, or composite decking for floors and screens. Tile needs exterior-rated setting materials. Everything gets chosen for UV, rain, and salt.
Freeze protection. North and central Florida do freeze. We install shutoffs and drain-down valves so you can winterize in two minutes when a cold snap comes.
Styles
Pool rinse station. Simple cold-water showerhead on a post near the pool — the practical workhorse. Garden shower. Enclosed, hot and cold, designed as a landscape feature with stone and plantings. En-suite outdoor shower. Off the primary bedroom, fully private, hot and cold — the luxury version people use daily nine months a year.
Costs vary widely with plumbing distance and enclosure style — a simple rinse station is a modest project, a full garden shower is a real build. Call (407) 434-9297 for a free on-site estimate.
Design Touches That Make It Special
The best outdoor showers feel designed, not improvised. A stone or paver pad underfoot instead of bare ground. A small bench or ledge for soap — built from the same stone as the pad. Plantings chosen for the steam and splash: tropicals like bird of paradise and philodendron thrive in the microclimate a shower creates.
Lighting extends the season: a simple wall-mounted fixture on a timer means the shower works after sunset, when Florida evenings are at their best. Solar options work where wiring is impractical.