Very small simple hot water system off back boiler?
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:54 pm
I live off grid with a pretty basic set up. No running water, but rainwater collection. I am just finishing building a fancy bender living room/ kitchen space that is about 15'x15'. I've just bought a beautiful used Jotul 507, which I didn't realise until I went to collect it, has a backboiler. (It was still plumbed in when I arrived to pick it up, which was interesting as the owner had no idea where any of the stop cocks were...)
Now, I hadn't been looking for a stove with a back boiler, but now that I've got one, i'm wondering if it would be feasible to set up a small hot water system around it. Currently all my hot water comes from a kettle on the fire, but after a few years without hot running water, it seems appealing. However I am a seasonal forestry worker, and so will likely move on to another woodland sometime in the next few years, so I don't want to create anything that is too complex, expensive or bulky for when it comes to tatting down. What would be the simplest possible system for running off the backboiler? I'd only want a shower and a tap (mixer I suppose to avoid getting scalded. I imagine the there must be a fair few people on barges with a back boiler system, where space is a premium. Any thoughts?
Cheers
Pete
Now, I hadn't been looking for a stove with a back boiler, but now that I've got one, i'm wondering if it would be feasible to set up a small hot water system around it. Currently all my hot water comes from a kettle on the fire, but after a few years without hot running water, it seems appealing. However I am a seasonal forestry worker, and so will likely move on to another woodland sometime in the next few years, so I don't want to create anything that is too complex, expensive or bulky for when it comes to tatting down. What would be the simplest possible system for running off the backboiler? I'd only want a shower and a tap (mixer I suppose to avoid getting scalded. I imagine the there must be a fair few people on barges with a back boiler system, where space is a premium. Any thoughts?
Cheers
Pete