[Greenbuilding] heating DHW directly with wood

[RT]

On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:45:53 -0500, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> ...Germany... Micro-sized fireboxes mounted beneath storage tank
> ...typically located in the bathroom

I started to think about the possibilities of utilising the carcase of a  
discarded barbeque, lined with firebrick for a firebox but then started  
thinking of something like a Chinese kang instead.

Presumably Reuben would not be making this wood-fired HWH simply for quick  
showers.

So what about placing the soaking tub over top of the kang ?

Not only would the wood fire heat the water initially it could also, if  
desired, keep the water in the tub hot for prolonged periods of time and  
keep the bathroom itself toasty too.

Many other possibilities with such a set up come to mind (more than just  
bathing) the more I think about it.

In olden China, families would practically live on the kang all winter,  
not just sleep on it.

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Rob Tom					AOD257
Kanata, Ontario, Canada

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