Russian bath - not only a place where you canwash up For many, this is the best rest after work, here you can relax and chat. Everyone knows about the benefits of bath procedures since childhood, scientific research has long proved their positive effect on the body as a whole, as well as its benefits for the prevention of various diseases. Now many are building baths on their own, and not only in the villages. But many who are embarking on the construction of a bath for the first time, especially young people, do not know where to start.
Consider the basic rules of construction and the standard size of the bath, starting with the selection of the site.
Site Selection
It is believed that the best place to build a baththere will be a bank of a river, lake or pond. But to prevent trouble during the spring floods it is not necessary to place a bath closer than 15 meters from the shore of the water, and it must be positioned so that dirty water does not flow into the pond.
Select a site located on a smallelevation. Because of this, you do not have to do the drainage, the water will drain itself. For example, you can place it on a hill or on a steep slope, in the form of a dugout with a terrace or veranda, which will become a resting place, a natural solarium and a playground for children’s games. And do not forget about modesty, it is better that the bath was fenced from prying eyes by large trees or a decorative fence.
If you are a fan of the black bath, you shouldtake into account that the distance from it to other buildings must be at least 12 meters. And if you decide to rebuild the bath in the living room, preference should be given to the sauna, in it, under the influence of high temperature, the tree will dry out and will not rot.
Orientation
So, the site is chosen, now we need to understandhow to put a bath. Where to install the door, what are the dimensions of the doors in the bath, where will the windows go? In the presence of a terrace, the entrance is better to make from the south side, it is warmer. And in the winter with this arrangement there will be less snow drifts and they will melt faster in the spring. And the windows are arranged in such a way that the setting sun is falling, because the bath is more often drowned in the late afternoon. It is also necessary to take into account the slope of slanting rains - if it is impossible to make an entrance from the opposite side, then it is more expedient to rebuild the vestibule to protect the door from getting wet.
Bath: size, layout
The standard bath is divided into the steam room, the washing room and the dressing room, their ratio should be 1: 1.5: 2.
The smallest is a warm "wardrobe",where not more than two people are seated. Such saunas are heated by an electric stove and it is possible to integrate them even into the bathroom of a standard city apartment. The minimum parameters of a standard bath for one family are 1.8: 2 meters, there must be at least one store where people can sit in a prone position. In the bath with parameters 2.5: 2.4, to save space, benches in the shape of the letter G are made, and in even larger ones, a parallel or U-shaped bench is made.
The height of the ceilings in the bath should also beminimal, because the larger the room parameters, the more fuel is needed to heat it. If we consider that the upper tier of the stone stove is at a height of about 1 meter from the floor, and the upper shelf is placed on a par with it, it means that for the convenience of a person hovering while sitting, the ceiling height should be at least 2.1 meters.
And if you like to go to the bath in a large company, the steam room and the wash room should be separated, and the size of the bath should be at least 12 square meters. meters
Interior arrangement of the bath. Steam bath
Steam room - the main room, not without itnot a single Russian bath. The size of a steam room can be any, it depends on what kind of stove you choose and how many people will wash at the same time, and also on how you prefer to steam, lying or sitting. Usually, one person takes 1.5 square meters. meter
The basis of the steam room - shelves or bench, its sizedepends on your preferences and area of the bath. If you prefer to steam while sitting, then the width should vary between 40-45 cm, while lying down - not less than 95 cm.
To warm the steam room, use stone stoves orelectric - heaters. The main advantage of heaters is that they heat up the steam bath faster and stronger, and subsequently the temperature can be regulated. But they hardly maintain the desired temperature and humidity.
Washing
Washing room - directly the room where wewe wash ourselves There are tanks with hot and cold water, benches for seating, perhaps a shower or a small font. The size of the washing unit is calculated on the basis of parameters - at least 1 sq. M. meters per person.
Waiting room
The direct purpose of this room is the dressing room.before entering the washing or steam room. But nowadays, when the bath is used not only for bathing, it has turned into a rest room. Ideally, this should be a separate room. Here, visitors to the bath will be able to undress, relax after a steam room, dry out after bathing, and generally clean up. For convenience, benches, chairs, a mirror, clothes hangers and towels can be arranged in the dressing room, or even a small pool can be placed to alternate hot and cold treatments. Massage lovers can install a special lounger. Also in the dressing room you need to allocate the angle for a bucket of water, coal or wood and other necessary utensils.
The arrangement of the waiting room depends on its size.and your preferences. If the size of the bath is small, the dressing room can be replaced by a large hall with a coat rack and a shelf for shoes. In the large baths make a separate dressing room and a rest room, and if you use the bath only in the warm season, it can generally be replaced with a terrace.
The dimensions of the doors in the bath should be small, and the doors themselves - single-leaf, this will allow to keep warm longer. Their width should not exceed 0.7 m, and height 1.7 m.
Construction of the bath
If you decide to build a bath by your own efforts,you need to think about everything carefully: choose a suitable place, decide what the size of the bath will be, how many rooms it will consist of, decide on the material from which you will build it. Especially if you are going to do everything from the drawings yourself.
For example, if building from a log, you need to rememberthat they are usually made about 4.5 meters long, and timber - 5.5 meters. Also for the construction of the bath, you can use the building blocks. When using them there are no restrictions, it all depends on the plan of your future bath.
Approach the construction of the bath with full responsibility and then everything will work out for you.
Bathhouse size 4/4
Nowadays, baths of 4 by 4 meters are very popular - this is an excellent, low-budget option.
The layout can be in two versions of the structure: one-storey and mansard type.
The classic arrangement of the premises:in the one-story sauna, the recreation room and the dressing room are combined. Sizes 2 to 4 meters. If the bath is of mansard type of building, only a dressing room can be located in such a room, because the main part is occupied by a staircase to the second floor. Next is the washing compartment and steam room, the size of which is 2 to 2 meters. In the 4 by 4 meter bath, it is recommended to install a small metal stove, since the large stove-heater takes up a lot of space and it will not be possible to separate the steam room and the washing room. The front part of the stove with a firebox is displayed in the rest room, and the stove itself is installed in the steam room. If you wish, you can attach a terrace and retool the attic room in the summer recreation room.
