[Ravensfort] showers

[Cathal SilAlmhain]

While showering fully clothed with weapons might be lower on the probability list, it brings to light an unfortunate realistic possibility that I did not see mentioned:

A 250+ pound fighter, exhausted, slipping and falling, elbow, knee, or head first, into the unsupported shower wall.  I don't want to see his elbow/knee/head blow out a screw (even with washer), tear the 32 guage metal, and then  . . . you see where this can go.

Has a frame with shower curtains on all four sides been ruled out?

--Cathal




--- On Sun, 10/12/08, SF Tester <sftester2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: SF Tester <sftester2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] showers / Re: [rfofficers] Gundy's Find
> To: "byzytym" <byzytym at att.net>
> Cc: "A Kindness Of Ravens" <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 11:55 PM
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:44 PM, byzytym
> <byzytym at att.net> wrote:
> 
> >  Good info.
> > I think you are going too tick on the metal though. 
> I'm talking about thin
> > and light.
> >
> 
> The problem with thin metal is that it dents, fasteners rip
> through, and it
> rusts through way faster than you'd think. Think about
> how thick a 50 gallon
> drum is and how quickly they rot at the site.
> 
> Ok, grab your latest Quoth. Open the cover, 1st, and 2nd
> pages. Those 3
> pages combined are about .010". 4x8 feet of that, in
> steel, would be
> somewhere around 13 pounds, but would last a few months.
> Wind would shred it
> pretty quick.
> 
> 
> > Can you price the sheets of the stuff you are talking
> about and see if
> > larger sheets are available ?  I'm guessing that
> have the right UV inhibitor
> > or gelcoat will cost more ??
> >
> 
> I'll see what I can dig up. I need to go find some
> stuff anyway. Don't
> really need the UV inhibitor if we paint it. House paint
> (at least the half
> decent stuff) has it.
> 
> 
> > You will have to spell out the UHMW.  Again, those of
> us that do not use
> > the terms every day do not know what the hell you are
> talkin' 'bout.
> >
> 
> Didn't spell that one because it's long and
> multisyllable grunts aren't my
> bag ;)
> 
> Ultra-high molecular weight. Same stuff pickle barrels are
> made of. Nothing
> short of a miracle will keep paint attached more than a
> nanosecond, but it's
> tough stuff.
> 
> Another possibility is Tyvek. It's something like
> paper, but won't tear. If
> we came up with the right method to attach it, it may work
> out since it's
> cheap enough to replace it every couple of years.
> 
> If I was making the decisions, I would weld a frame out of
> 2" square tubing,
> then mount FRP or ABS panels on floating studs so the
> framework can move
> some without stressing the walls. Throw in some cedar slats
> for a floor and
> it'll last longer than me (and I'm fairly well
> pickled after close to 2
> decades in Swein camp :P)
> --
> Gundy
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