The bath should be hot - it is known to everyone. But how to make the sauna heat faster and stay cool for longer? The answer is obvious - you need to insulate it. The technology of warming directly depends on the material from which the bath is built.
Baths of their logs and beams
Walls of saunas from a log house with a log diameter of more than 25 cm can not be insulated, it is enough to perform high quality caulk and waterproofing, and also to insulate the floor and ceiling. If the log is thinner, or the bath is built of a bar - warming is necessary. Traditionally, the wooden walls of the baths are insulated with a "cake" made of vapor barrier, a basalt-based insulation and a windproof film and are lined with facing materials.
The scheme of insulation baths from the log house
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Brick bath
Brick, unlike wood, quickly cools and freezes, and it is impossible to warm it to a warm state in winter. To make it hot in a bath of brick, simple insulation is not enough - you need to build from the inside of the steam room additional walls of a bar of 10x10 cm, which is then fixed with a vapor barrier and a heat insulation material with a heat-reflecting foil. Over the insulation put waterproofing and cladding the internal walls of the lining. Between the brick wall and the beam it is necessary to leave an air gap in order to avoid heat leakage.
The scheme of insulation of a brick bath
Bath from foam blocks
Blocks have good thermal insulation properties, but because of the porous structure they quickly absorb water, so the insulation of the bath from the foam blocks must be carried out necessarily. By analogy with the brick walls, a log wall is built from inside the bath at some distance from the outer foam concrete wall. The crate wall is fastened to the crate and the "pie" is laid from the reinforced vapor barrier, the insulation - mineral wool or foam, waterproofing layer and interior finish. To reduce the humidity in the gap between the main and the bar wall, ventilation windows should be provided. They are made between external blocks, and for the time of use, the bath is closed.
Thermal insulation scheme of
asbestos bathhouse frame.
frame house technology. Frame construction technology is considered to be the simplest and fastest, and the thermal insulation properties of a properly built frame house should be excellent. Heater, for the frame to be selected based on mineral fibers. On the outside of the heater installed wind protection, and the internal - steam insulation, then you can proceed to the finishing works.
Frame bathhouse insulation sample
Insulation of the floor and ceiling of the sauna
Heat leakage in the bath is possible through the floor and ceiling. As a heater for the floor use the same heater as for walls, but twice as thick. Waterproofing should be given special attention - the wet insulation loses its properties. On the rough floor are attached counter-racks, on them - a layer of vapor barrier, between the slats are placed slabs of mineral insulation and covered with a waterproofing film with an overlap on the walls. Finishes the construction of the finishing floor.
Floor insulation scheme for the sauna
It is recommended to heat the ceiling similarly: the beams are filled with a rough ceiling, the block frame and the vapor barrier are fixed. Lay the slabs of mineral wool, fix them with filing, cover with double waterproofing and fix the finishing board.
Ceiling Insulation Scheme
