Adding and maintaining a water reservoir to the stove

[Hoodoo Creek]

I'm building a sauna for my Finnish wife. We're installing a wood stove we got for free and I want to add a stainless steel water reservoir to thd interior of the Firebox. How do I legitimately run the two stainless pipes through the wall of the stove where its sealed? Also, how does a fella maintain the reservoir in terms of the calcium scale that builds up in the reservoir? Can the reservoir be periodically removed and filled with some form of resolver?

 

[salecker]

What are you going to use the hot water for?

 

[Hoodoo Creek]

What are you going to use the hot water for?

Its for a shower in the changing room of the sauna. My wife will take cool of showers after her sauna sessions but I'd figure she'd add a little hot water to ease that cold tap water.

 

[Max W]

Are you looking to plumb the water into a pressurized system for the shower? That would have to be designed carefully as some disastrous results have come from the pressure of poorly built systems. Judging from the craftmanship and resourcefulness I see from that lovely building you should come up with a solution. What about something attached to the exterior of the stove rather than pipes penetrating..

 

[Hoodoo Creek]

That's a great point! Especially if there was a way to thermally couple the water jacket directly to the stove.

 

[Highbeam]

5 gallon propane tank to feed a little instant hot water heater for the shower makes way more sense to me.

I drove through ponderay this summer and it’s a really nice area.

 

[Hoodoo Creek]

I'm actually in Vay, very close to ponderay. You should have seen it 50 years ago before it turned into metropolis

 

[Hoodoo Creek]

This forum makes no sense at fricken all! I cant figure out how to quote, and nothing is clear. Also the pop in advertising is obnoxious and just f ucking rude.

Anyways. ( Copy and paste! ) 5 gallon propane tank to feed a little instant hot water heater for the shower makes way more sense to me.

I wanted to tap into the free heat as the sauna is operated..

 

[Hoodoo Creek]

This forum is total bullsh!t with the ads. I'm done. F*ck this place.

 

[Hoodoo Creek]

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[salecker]

This forum makes no sense at fricken all! I cant figure out how to quote, and nothing is clear. Also the pop in advertising is obnoxious and just f ucking rude.

Anyways. ( Copy and paste! ) 5 gallon propane tank to feed a little instant hot water heater for the shower makes way more sense to me.

I wanted to tap into the free heat as the sauna is operated..

What are you using to navigate the forum? a phone?
I don't get any pop up ads.
Quote is easy just push the quote button
There is no such thing as free heat, except what you get from the sun

 

[Highbeam]

What are you using to navigate the forum? a phone?
I don't get any pop up ads.
Quote is easy just push the quote button
There is no such thing as free heat, except what you get from the sun

I think being "Hearth Supporters" has benefits with regards to ads.

Propane costs me 2.10 per gallon today. That little 5 gallon BBQ tank would last quite a while only providing safe , pressurized, temperature controlled, tempering water for a shower.

Heating the sauna with wood is enough of a challenge and success.