What's wrong with the one inside?

Nothing.I like to take off my soaking wet workout clothes and cool off before going into the house.

Google "outdoor shower" and you'll find tons of great ideas. My wife and I have used one for the past 20+ years for the summer in upstate NY. We use an old 40 gallon galvanized tank painted flat black as a solar hot water heater but you probably don't need that in Texas. How about a spiral of bamboo fencing material?

What ever you do you'll love it.

Hugh

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Genetics load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger.

It's inside. That is the problem.

There is nothing like an outdoor shower. We have one we use in the summer. Right from an OWS, bike, or run and into the shower with the blue sky. Perfect.

Only someone who hadn't used an outdoor shower during the summer would ask what's wrong with the one inside;)

Hugh

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Genetics load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger.

I lived in a few beach houses that had them. They were all plumbed through the wall to an interior bathroom. They had both hot and cold. (Necessary for California beaches most of the year)

If you just want an outdoor hose shower, you could do just about anything. You could run a hose adapted to a showerhead wherever.

I have 2 options..

If its proper hot (Queensland Australia here .. .summer.. so its pretty warm..).. then kit off and dive in the pool for 15 mins..
Simply to pull down temp..

If its not so hot, or perhaps i have been CX or MTB riding (so covered in shite), then i just use the hose down the side of the house.. its warm for the first 10secs or so (the water that has been in the hose line), then cools down nicely.. so no rude shock....

Personally with those i'd not bother with a formal shower.. outside at least.. Faling that just put a shower head above the outdoor tap and rig the hose pipe attachment to it.. done deal for maybe 50 bucks

Its more fun having sex in an outdoor shower.

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There is always the "westside shower". You hang the hose over a tree branch.....taa daaa.......(yep, i'm a west sider)

I have a cheap "Camp Shower" that I use after races and open water swimming. It is basically a heavy duty plastic bag that has clear material on one side so the black inside absorbs sun. You hang it in a tree or suitable object.

When staying in Bend, OR in the summer the AirBnB we rent has an outdoor shower. Man, there's nothing quite like it. I hear you 100%!

I'd highly recommend looking at an "instant" inline water heater. You'll save a lot of energy and only have water on demand with a tankless setup.

~DE

do you have access to water supply, like exterior hot water heater? if so you could definitely DIY. I was able to do in a day on the side of my house with some copper pipes, shower head and faucet handles. Amazing what you can learn on the internet.

If you're already starting from a hose... Easy to put a 'Y' fitting on the faucet so you still have your regular hose available; we've got one with secondary valves on each line so you can open/close them independently of the main. Run a secondary hose to the fort/stall, then a threaded coupler from hose (coarse thread) to 3/4" PVC (fine thread). Then another coupler from threaded to smooth PVC (could also maybe step down from 3/4 to 1/2" depending on your pressure; might also be able to cut out a couple or 2 if you can find one that goes straight from 3/4" hose thread to 1/2 smooth female end).

From there, anybody with opposable thumbs and a room temp IQ (I know, even me) can fashion the rest of the necessary plumbing from a hacksaw and a can of blue PVC cement, plus whatever elbow/endcap/nozzle fittings you need from the hardware store. It's cheap and easily customizable by length, and flexible enough to tolerate middling precision unless you're in a super tight corner or something; also pretty tolerant of temp swings, no rust, etc. You can even put in a T-cutoff valve easily ~ it's just like an irrigation line, except you'll be working more vertically than horizontally (and no digging!).

Buying an actual "shower kit" to install would be way less satisfying and cost you DIY Man Points.

I have a nice one, but my dogs always poop on it. So I use the "backup" shower after surfing and yard work.

get your neighbor to mow your grass.... ;)