Sauna of the barrel with your own hands

The dream of a bath in a private house or at a dacha sometimes seems unrealizable, since the construction of the - is a busy business, and it will take quite a bit of space. But, it turns out, a dream can be realized by building one of the compact models of a bath-barrel. The tub of the barrel with their own hands can be done after careful study of the technology of its manufacturer and with the very serious approach to work.

Not only that this kind of bath is compact and easy to operate - it is able to decorate any kind of personal plot and bring a lot of pleasant moments of relaxation and healing, thanks to the healing properties and aromas of natural wood.

The volume of the of the - bath room is very small, so it is very quickly warmed up, which saves fuel or electricity if the furnace heats up from the it .

Despite the fact that one or several rooms of such a bath are small, they perfectly accommodate all the necessary for rest and recovery attributes, made surely also from wood

- are comfortable benches for steam room and dressing room, buckets for water. There is a place for a stove with a heater and even a shower.

Best wood for bath-drums

In order for the to be comfortable with , it is necessary to pay attention to the wood from which it will be made. If almost any material can approach a regular bath, since from the inside the structure can be additionally trimmed with a more suitable tree, then for a barrel it is necessary to choose it immediately.

For example, you can not make its from softwoods, as they are rich in resinous constituents, and when heated they can be actively extracted, and the heated resin can burn the skin.

• The only pine tree that is excellent is suitable for for a bath-barrel, is a cedar. It has numerous healing properties, including aromatherapy .Cedar is remarkable and with its technical qualities - , it does not deform and does not crack from temperature difference, not gives shrinkage , resistant to moisture and microorganism damage. In addition, such wood has wonderful rich textural patterns and color shades, which is very important for the solution of the aesthetic design of the bath.
• The oak, strength and hardness structure will be an excellent option for construction of a bath-barrel. Its structure will last for many years. In addition, the moisture hardens the oak wood and makes the its more durable. But this material - is quite expensive, therefore it is often used only for the manufacture of individual building elements.

Oak wood has deep saturated dark shades and excellent textured pattern. It, like cedar, has medicinal qualities, therefore will suit for a bath in all respects.

• Lipa - is a traditional material for the construction of the bath , as it is capable of creating an amazing curative and light microclimate indoors. In the bathhouse, lined with linden, various diseases of the respiratory system, liver and kidneys were treated. The vapors of this tree are able to have a beneficial effect on the skin, rejuvenating the its and cleaning.

Lime wood is good is amenable to treatment and not gives shrinkage. Bath , built from linden, quickly warms up and keeps heat well.

The main drawback of the structure of the linden can be called fragility, since low density and small resistance to fungal damage leads to decay and damage to the wood.

• Another with one wood used for the construction of a tub-barrel is the aspen -, it is in many respects similar to a linden in characteristics. It has almost the same positive and negative qualities, but it tolerates moisture a little better, does not deform and less crack.

Aspen has a lower price, so a bath built from by can be called a budget option.

• , fir or fir birch is used for such structures and other wood, but they are not suitable for the construction of a tub-barrel, so their use is better to be abandoned.

Varieties of Banana Barrels

Bathhouses can be of three different types:

• Saunas on dry steam. For such a bath is nice to have a row next to the font with cold water or at least a traditional wooden bucket , suspended next to the exit from the steam room.
• Traditional Russian bath with hot wet steam and a broom. It consists of two rooms - steam and washing.
• Ofuro - is a Japanese bath-tub, similar to a font, but heated with a built-in oven.

Traditional sauna

This kind of bath is familiar and familiar to to all .The washing itself consists of two procedures, for which two rooms are needed:

• Paired - is a room filled with steam from water spilled onto heated stones. It is better if the steam will be from vara from healing cleansing herbs .
• Washing - is a room in which water procedures are taken after a good steam bath.

Since water is used in such a bath, it is necessary to provide the floor system with water in the design, and to avoid the its stagnation, the structure itself is installed with a slight inclination.

The oven in the bath is installed between two rooms. It must necessarily be equipped with a tank where the water is heated - this part of the furnace goes into the wash. In the steam room comes a special grid with stones, heated from the furnace.

The furnace furnace goes into the wash chamber, and its must necessarily be fenced off so that the does not get burned during washing. The heater should be compact, as the place in the tub-barrel is very limited. The walls around the oven are covered with a heat-resistant material.

Sauna

Sauna - is a bath with dry steam, and it can be located can in one room. But by tradition, after such a steam room, you must immerse yourself in cold water. If there is no pool or a natural of the reservoir , will have to build font, otherwise the washing procedure will not be complete.

It is easier to arrange a sauna-barrel than a traditional bath. To do this, it is necessary that the room is hermetically sealed, and there are no cracks in the walls and floor. Only in the roof or in the wall there is a small hole under it, which has a special latch, which can be closed completely or partially.

As there is practically no water in the sauna, it is not necessary to do the for .The room is set fairly wide benches for the convenient location of visitors, and a stove with a heated stove.

Sometimes a few drops of oil or tincture made on medicinal herbs - on the are created on the stones. is created aromatherapeutic effect, with which it is possible to prevent and treat certain diseases.

The drum sauna can be installed both horizontally and vertically. It should be noted that with the horizontal its position, the area of ​​the room is almost doubled.

Video: what is a barrel-sauna

Japanese bath ofuro

Ofuro - is a Japanese version of a bath-barrel, and it has its advantages in locating and simplicity its use.

This bath tub does not have a roof, despite the fact that it can be used all year round.

Have such a barrel on the wooden floor, inside the it arrange all the necessary facilities for the reception procedure - is a wooden seat and oven, fenced off with a wooden partition so that none of those in this bath-font are burned.

internal device Japanese wisdom - is an association of land, water, air and fire, which was embodied in the bath-house .In this case, the tree personifies the earth, furnace - fire , water and ambient air create a harmony in the complex that positively affects the health and emotional state of the person taking such a bath.

A Japanese bath can have an elongated shape and a slightly different, safer construction of combining barrels and stoves. In a tub-barrel can simply pass the pipes, heated from the oven, installed next to it.

. But, in this case, the water in the bath will warm up for a longer time, and the means the , more fuel will be needed to make the its heat and maintain the desired temperature.

Healthy in the Japanese bath 10 - 20 minutes. Then the steamed body needs to grind the rigid mitten, which is an analogue of a broom in a Russian bath.

Preparation of material for the construction of the

bath-tub. It is not enough to know which wood is better for building the - bath-drums. It is very important to choose and purchase well-prepared, high-quality material.

• If you plan to independently process the boards, you need to select them from the calculation 45 ÷ 50 mm thick and 90 ÷ 95 mm wide.
• If the owner does not have his own woodworking equipment, then it is better to order the required amount of material to a qualified master, by drawing up the drawing and pointing to on it dimensions. It should be noted that the production of blanks for the - bath-tub is a very painstaking process, since they must ideally be adjusted to each other.

• The number of boards will depend on the planned diameter of the barrel. In order to calculate their number, will have to make drawing on a scale, drawing a circle and accurately divide the of its by the width of the board from which the barrel will be collected. The size of the room will depend on the length of the boards. Usually the length of the structure varies from 2.5 to 6 meters, depending on which bathhouse is planned for construction.
• In addition, you will need boards from which to build the "bottoms", that is, the rear barrel wall and the front its part with the opening for the door.
• Requires wooden beams for supports under the barrel.
• The whole structure is necessarily pulled together by iron strips, which will look like real hoops on a conventional barrel.
• The room must be closed tightly, so the door and windows must be adjusted very accurately.
• Requires boards for the device floor and shops.

• bath tub. A heat-resistant material is required for the thermal insulation of the furnace from the - board surface. Usually minerite is used for this.
• A small ventilation window should be provided.
• Think about what and how the chimney pipe will be made.
• A water drain pipe is being prepared, if is a Russian bath, hot water tank, drip tray, if the in the washroom is equipped with a shower.
• Roofing material is selected depending on the structure of the roof - it can be a gable roof with rigid roof or soft roof laid directly on the top of the house-barrel.
• Self-tapping screws and nails of stainless metal are used for mounting.

• . In addition, the bathhouse can include a small open veranda in front of its entrance. For this element, too, you need to provide construction material.

Water diversion

The bath, in which a large amount of water is used, requires the device of its tap. Some believe the that the suffice to do in the floor holes , that the would the liquid was draining and soaking into the ground. However, if the bath is used frequently, high humidity under the structure can lead to rot and fungus - first there will be an unpleasant smell, then the floor will become unreliable and, in the end, just will fail .Therefore, it is better to immediately take care of the correct arrangement of the drainage system.

As mentioned above, the tub-barrel is installed with a slight slope backwards so that the water flows down to the end of the washing room, where a special hole is set up in the for the to drain, to which I attach the tt to the pipe going to the drain pit. The pipe, supplied by to the floor, must be insulated, as in the winter from the temperature difference, it can simply crack.

By rounded the semi-walk is difficult, so the bottom of the bath-barrel is arranged grating flooring. On such an , the floor will be convenient for the to move, water does not stay on its surface, and the boards dry up on all sides.

Sauna barrel with your own hands - step by step

Prepare the in the for all elements of construction according to the drawing, they are treated with antiseptic agents, dried and begin to assemble.

Assembling of drum base

Without a solid foundation, the entire construction will be of the unreliable , since it takes over the entire load and supports the structure over the earth .

• The base consists of two three or four elements( depending on the total length of the structure) - boards having a width of 300-350 mm and a thickness of 35 - 40 mm. On each of them, a recess is marked and cut out, repeating the shape and size of the arc of the contours of the drum being assembled, since in the future the boards of the lower part of the structure will be fixed to this base.
• Cut out the stands, they are exposed on the defined the same distance from each other. The first stand must be under the entrance door of the bath, and the last - under the rear wall.
• Further , these supports need to be fastened together in rigid flat structure.

Manufacturing of front and rear of

• walls. When the stand is ready for construction, it is possible to start manufacturing the rear and front of the walls. These parts must be perfectly flat. In addition, the rear wall should provide for the location of one or two windows, and in the front - door opening .From their location will depend on which area of ​​the element will be the bars on which the boards are fixed. They must be fastened across the design.
• First an equilateral square is assembled from the bars and planks. Then, finding its middle, mark out and draw a circle, which must be carefully cut with a jigsaw.
• Further in circles mark openings of windows and doors, and also saw out. If necessary, the cut out holes are reinforced along the perimeter by additional bars.

Preparation of boards for drum walls

The next step is to properly to mark and prepare boards for sheathing of barrel walls. In each of the boards, at the level where the is installed, the front and rear walls of the are cut to the widths of the thickness of the boards from which the front and rear walls of the are made and a depth of 8 to 10 mm. In these grooves will be installed round "bottoms" of the barrel.

If it is supposed to make not one but two rooms in the barrel, the grooves are cut in the of the three places, since the separating wall must also be installed in them.

Doors and windows

The manufacture of windows and doors - is quite a complicated and painstaking task, , the more so that they must be hermetically sealed. Therefore, they are best made to order in profile firms, providing the master with dimensions taken from .Only a hermetically sealed room is able to provide the necessary effect from bath procedures.

Assembling bath

• The base under the tub-barrel is installed on the solid prepared area, which has a small slope, to which the drain pipe is pre-installed. Later it will be connected drain, installed in the bath.

• support parts. Further, on the basis of the cut arcs, the middle is marked, the first barrel board will be fixed to it.

Then, to it are installed other boards from one side and the other from the middle, for the entire length of the arc of the base. It is very important to ensure that the cut grooves coincide in a single groove. In this way, the drum floor will be closed.

• The next stage of the is the installation in the grooves of the fixed boards of the front and rear walls. They must fit tightly into their intended grooves and stand without support. These walls form the shape of a future bath.
• Further fastening of boards goes to the front, middle and back walls. The boards are fixed parallel to one side of the barrel.

• Installing boards along the entire circumference of the barrels, the structure needs to be pulled together in two, three or even four locations with metal tape. At the ends of the tape, holes are made through which the bolt is passed and the is tightened to its by twisting the nut.
• Next, you install windows and doors.
• The next stage is to cover the structure of the roof - this can be a soft roof( for example, flexible tiles) or metal sheets that are laid on the waterproofing arranged on top of the barrel. You can mount the design and for the gable roof. The skates can be covered with metal or profiled sheeting.

• If there is a veranda in the construction plan, then is set up with its - , the seats are installed on both sides of the door.

Video: assembly of bath-tubs

Arrangement of a bath from the inside

Before start arrangement of a bath from the inside, walls are recommended to be covered with linseed oil, which will protect the wood from moisture. It needs to be done with all the wooden elements that will be installed in the bath.

When the barrel is ready, you can equip the with its from within with all the necessary elements:

• device holes in the floor for draining and connecting it to the pipe;
• installation flooring - it should stand rigid , but be removable , for convenience in cleaning the room ;
• manufacturing of and fixing of shelves ;
• finish of wall, ceiling and floor in the place of installation of the furnace with the necessary thermal insulation ;
• installation of furnace and removal of the chimney. When passing through a wooden surface, it must also be isolated ;
• connection of the water tank if it is installed separately from the chimney;
• with desire and capability - carrying water supply ;
• if was planned - installation of a shower tray and shower ;
• with , , you can mount the table ;
• carrying electrical wiring with a good waterproofing of the cable part and all electrical fittings .
• near bathhouses usually install a font in which they are dipped after they are decoined in the steam room .

It should be noted that if it is planned to use a bath-barrel in the winter, it is recommended to make the insulation of the building outside, otherwise the heat will not be stored in the room for long , and a large amount of fuel will be required. Warming should be done according to all the rules, using steam - and waterproofing.

Video: assembly of the sauna-barrel kit with the vertical arrangement

The construction of the - tub-barrel is quite a difficult task, and if there is no experience with wood and 's knowledge of its characteristics, it is better to entrust this work to a qualified master. There is another one way to get this structure on your site - is to purchase a ready-made bath in a company that specializes in the manufacture of such structures. Its will be delivered and installed in the right place - will only have to conduct all communications, to flood the oven and go to the steam room.

Video: installation of a complete set of tubs of a horizontal arrangement