Wood stove warms up water in Feuerwasser’s garden shower
Feuerwasser creates a garden shower made of stainless steel that uses an integrated wood stove to heat up the water. At the center of the steel frame lies a wood-fired heater that can warm up the water in three minutes and without the use of electricity or any solar power. In this case, users can take showers anywhere, and in wintertime especially, because they can just light up the blocks of wood to heat up the water.
The company says there’s not need to stick the garden shower with wood stove into the ground because it comes with a stand where users can simply put four stone slabs. This allows the shower to be stable as well as portable so that users can move it anywhere they want. Feuerwasser says that using stainless steel as the main frame lets the garden shower stand rust, making it easy to clean and sturdy for long-term use.
all images courtesy of Feuerwasser
Mixing valve changes the water’s temperature
To use the garden shower by the company Feuerwasser, there’s a hose that should be connected to the shower, which will fill all the pipes with water. After that, the user builds a fire in the wood stove using small logs, and as soon as the water warms up, they can control its temperature using the mixing valve.
If they prefer a cold shower, they can just shower without rotating the valve. Feuerwasser’s garden shower opts for a modest design, so the team strips it off from any buttons, screens, or pumps. It focuses only on fire, water, and temperature with a knob. The team adds that the shower is different from the solar ones because the latter need sunlight to run and take a long time to heat. The Feuerwasser, in this case, uses logs to bring up the water’s temperature, making it non-reliant on any technology.
view of the steel frame from above
the movable base of the portable shower
the shower doesn’t have any solar panel
the wood stove lies in the middle of the frame
users pop in logs to begin heating up the water
detailed view of the stove
project info:
name: Garden shower
company: Feuerwasser | @feuerwasser.co
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