Update on Elchenburg Showers
Seneschal Atlantia
Good evening, Atlantia.
As we prepare for Coronation this weekend, followed by War of the Weeks shortly after, I wanted to take a moment and address the issue of showers at the Elchenburg Castle site.
There has been a lot of concern about them since the tragic incident that occurred last month that resulted in the loss of Baron Dressell of Seven Bends.
Immediately after that weekend, the site owners of Elchenburg Castle reached out to me with plans for modifying the showers on site. They have been very open about what they planned to do and have been updating me regularly so that I can keep Society aware of what’s happening.
In the time since, the site owners have had meetings with the Fire Marshal and the County Inspector. They also consulted with licensed plumbers and electricians, and have made the following changes:
The shed showers, located near Vingulf, no longer use propane. They have been hooked into electric hot water heaters, and the water is sent to the sheds with sufficient pressure that all showers can run at once with good pressure. There is no more propane used with those showers.
The wood showers down in the ravine have had the propane tanks and propane heaters moved outside of the shower itself, and the propane tanks are being secured in place.
These changes met with approval from the Fire Marshal and the County inspector, the proper permits were obtained, and following the completion of the work by licensed contractors, the County Inspector signed off on the plumbing and the electrical as being properly done and up to code.
If you have further questions about the showers, I ask that you reach out to the site owners of Elchenberg themselves, as they will be able to provide more detail.
Society has stated that with these changes and subsequent inspections, the showers are usable at this site by the SCA.
-Cian
Kingdom Seneschal