The Rocket Powered Shower
Building, Conservation, Energy Systems, Waste Systems & Recycling, Waste Water — by Milkwood Permaculture September 1, 2009
Plan for our Rocket-Powered hot water system for the Basecamp shower + bath block
Spending all your day gathering sticks for a hot shower is just no fun. No fun at all. Mind you, anything that results in a hot shower (or even better, a hot bath) has to be considered a priority at Milkwood. So when Nick finished converting the old ‘Sunbeam Sheep Shower’ structure (basically a new-fangled sheepdip) to a shower block with a little wood-fired, home-made firebox thingamy to heat the water for the shower and the bath, that’s what we did. Lots of stick-gathering.
The romance of wood-fired hot water quickly wears thin, however, if your water-heating system is not terribly efficient. Because this means the system requires a fair deal of wood to heat the water, which therefore releases a corresponding amount of CO2. And also results in lots of stick gathering. So Nick went searching for the most super-efficient, super-simple and super-funky heating system idea he could find, which could then be converted to a water heating system. And thus we discovered the glory that is the Rocket Mass Heater.
Comments (8)Milkwood Permaculture – PDC (FarmReady Approved), October 4 – 17, 2009
Courses/Workshops — by Milkwood Permaculture
Who: Taught by Nick Ritar of Milkwood Permaculture
When: October 4-17, 2009
Where: Mudgee, central western NSW, Australia
Come along and do your PDC at Milkwood Farm, a Permaculture Demonstration Site in the making in the rugged hills of outback NSW. This course is hosted by Milkwood’s Nick Ritar and Kirsten Bradley, two young Permaculturalists busy making a difference in Australia’s rural landscape.
A full course re-imbursement is available for Australian farmers, land managers and their families through the FarmReady subsidy scheme.
Nick Ritar has previously taught Permaculture courses with Geoff Lawton and Darren Doherty, and now brings a fresh and passionate perspective to Milkwood Permaculture’s on-farm courses.
The Permaculture Design Certificate is considered by many to be the strongest foundation course available to begin ’skilling up’ for a world in flux. An intensive, on-farm course – theory and practical experience as a comprehensive introduction to Permaculture Design.
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