[Greenbuilding] Greenbuilding Digest, Vol 5, Issue 17

[Frank Cetera]

Nick, I checked out the Sunfrost shower design on the website.  What I'd
like to get my head around, coming from the more naturalist camp, is how to
design a wall with natural materials for a shower.  My building design
knowledge set is not very developed, though I have some of the skills to put
the pieces together once I understand how.  Learning natural building like
anything takes experience which I am trying to develop, but for now I would
ask anyone for some advice on how to make walls for a shower without using
plastic or fiberglass or the like.  Can anyone point me to a design for a
shower wall using natural building materials?

If I were to use ceramic tile, what would I put underneath for the structure
or the thermal mass for instance?  Could I use a wooden frame for a surround
shower with simple tiles over top?  Would all contemporary shower designs
require some sort of manufactured product to prevent water leakage to abide
by codes?

~Frank


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> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:27:45 -0500
> From: "nick pine" <nick at early.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Steam Shower?
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> A fully-enclosed shower like this:
> http://www.sunfrost.com/efficient_shower.html
> with a 5'x8' R2 20 Btu/h-F front door and 82 ft^2 of R10 8.2 Btu/h-F
> enclosure
> could be 120 F with (120-70)28.2 = 1410 Btu/h, ie 413 watts of steam from
> a  $50 Ranco ETC 111000 digital thermostat and a 1500 watt coffee urn with
> the thermostat bypassed and a 1/4" polypropylene tube from the urn to the
> tub
> and another tube from a toilet tank to keep the urn full, to make a steam
> shower
> with the tub empty or a hot soaking tub with the tub full.
>
> Nick
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