Material for finishing the bath outside and inside

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Turnkey baths

Forest, baths, log houses there is no problem in their acquisition, any whim for your money. Do you want a turnkey bath?
Have you decided to do the finishing of the built bath yourself? The choice of finishing materials is put at the forefront and the first thing that comes to mind is wood and wood products.
Following the popular wisdom “it’s better to see once than hear a hundred times”, we turn to video screensavers. It comes to understanding that there is a variety of different materials and it is simply necessary to obtain information about its properties, otherwise the bathing process instead of pleasure can bring disappointment.

Exterior finish of the bath with various materials

The construction of the bathhouse and materials for the decoration of the bathhouse are made of various constituent elements that require their selection according to their quality and application.
So:

• Timber. Preference is given to machining (polishing) walls and facades timber baths. The belt grinder is used when grinding a bath from a bar and other flat surfaces.
  There are models of belt grinders equipped with a bag for collecting wood dust, which significantly improves and facilitates the execution of work. After polishing, the walls are covered with special means that prevent the growth of microorganisms, the ignition of the beam, as well as to give beauty and emphasize the texture of wood fiber.
  Well-sanded wood, after appropriate processing, maintains a decent appearance for many years.
• Vinyl siding. The budget option includes facing vinyl siding. The relatively low price of the material, good protection from weather (snow, rain), solar radiation and temperature extremes, while the bathhouse takes on a modern, stylish look.
• Under the log. The combination of modern facade panels with the texture of natural stone or brick and siding decoration under a log laid horizontally, the photo above, gives originality and individuality to the structure. Leading manufacturers of such panels offer a material that imitates logs of various tree species, such as pine, walnut, cherry, oak.
• Block house. Finishing materials for a bath with the strange name of a block house or a block house when translated from English, have recently been presented on the building materials market, but have already established themselves on the most favorable side. The board is flat on one side and with a spike on the side, convex on the other side and with a groove in the side, simulates logs and conveniently connects during installation.

Attention: A distinctive feature of the house block is its chamber drying, which prevents the deformation of coniferous and deciduous trees of which it is made.

• It refers to a non-waste technology called “square in a circle”, when four boards are cut from a log at the edges, they are used to make a house block, the central part is used to produce ordinary boards.

Mounting a block house exterior wall

For exterior finishing work, panels made of coniferous trees (pine, spruce) or larch with a width of 130 mm and above are more suitable.

Layout of materials

Installation can be divided into separate stages, the instruction and the technology for performing work do not cause difficulties:

• The preparatory period lasts several days until the wooden block of the house is fully acclimatized.
• Waterproofing treated the surface of the walls.
• A vertical crate is installed with a standard pitch of 70 cm.
• Thermal insulation is installed, the thickness of which is approximately 5 cm.
• A film that protects against wind and moisture is installed.
• An additional thin layer of lathing is mounted, creating ventilation inside the house block. It is fixed with screws to the bars of the first crate.
• Installation and assembly of the house block is in progress. Holes are drilled in the boards.

Attention: To prevent moisture accumulation in the grooves, the house block is mounted with the spike up.

• It is attached to the vertical crate with screws, and a spike groove is connected to each other.
• Brick facade panels are made of high quality materials and it is difficult to distinguish polymer material or real masonry from close range. It is important that the durability of the finish and a decent appearance throughout the entire service life are guaranteed.
  The colors of the panels range from burnt brick of red shades to multi-colored facing strips.

Interior materials

It is possible to complete the material for the interior decoration of the bathhouse according to the climate of the bathhouse compartments. Dressing room decoration, rest rooms and other rooms where there are no high temperatures, it is possible to carry out a pine.
It refers to cheap, affordable, easily processed materials with a beautiful structure, an exciting smell and healing properties. Materials for finishing the steam room and washing department are selected from deciduous trees (linden or larch).
They are great for a hot bath, retain their color and do not burn the body in contact with it. The interior of the Russian steam bath, from the point of view of contemporaries, is simple and concise.
This is what creates an inexplicable charm, attracts and makes you come back here again and again, to once again leave the problems and the bustle of urban life for a while and organically feel like a piece of nature.

The ceiling and its decoration

So:

• For the ceiling, planed boards 20-30 mm thick, nailed to each beam with two nails, are excellent.
• Lining is an ideal option with a lot of advantages.
• Natural, warm material with good thermal insulation.
• It is mounted on a crate, which allows you to fill hollow spaces with any heat-insulating material.
• The lining can be attached directly to the ceiling, provided that the humidity in the room is small and the ceiling canvas is perfectly even.
• The cladding of the ceiling in a pair of wooden lining is completed with a skirting board made of wood. It serves not only as an additional element in the design, but also gives the surface a neat, finished look.

Floor, walls and shelves

AT finishing the bath inside It is not recommended to use chipboards, paint or varnish wood.

The dressing room, relaxation room and steam room are lined with boards

The floor in the bath is lined with quality material, taking into account the characteristics of the room:

• The dressing room, relaxation room and steam room are lined with boards.

Types of wood for the dressing room, lounges and steam rooms:

• Oak
• Linden
• Aspen
• Alder
• Cedar
• Larch
• Pine

It is pleasant to feel such a surface with bare feet and the tree perfectly retains heat.

• The thickness of the boards is 30 mm and slightly higher, but the humidity level should not exceed 12% during flooring.
• Boards are placed on wooden logs treated with an antiseptic and with a permissible moisture content of not more than 18%.
• The floor in the washing compartment is made of concrete, tiled.
• The high humidity of the room quickly makes the tree unusable.
• Wooden lattices are placed on top of the tiles so as not to slip on wet floors and which can then be dried on the street.
• The bathhouse is decorated with tiles, it is important to provide holes for draining excess water.
• When choosing wood for decorating the walls of the bath and materials for interior decoration of the sauna, special attention is paid to the thermal conductivity index, which should be minimal, especially for rooms with high temperature.
• Materials must be of high quality without knots and resin pockets, the surface is clean and dry.
• In addition, the interior materials of the sauna and bath should be resistant to splitting, be durable, have a pleasant smell or peculiar aroma and a stylish, decent appearance.
• Wall paneling is especially popular in the decoration of the walls of the bath and sauna.
• Previously, the walls are covered with mineral insulation and aluminum foil or foil thermofol with the same functions, but more practical and convenient in installation and for sealing the room.
• Shelves made of aspen, poplar, linden are pleasant to the touch, they have no resin, and they dry quickly.

Attention: For the manufacture of shelves, sunbeds and benches, you can not use a tree of cypress and white fir with a heavy smell, which can cause discomfort and discomfort.

• Being in the bath, a person, regardless of desire, comes into contact with the surface of sunbeds, shelves, benches, so certain requirements are imposed on them.
• The tree should be moisture resistant, durable, with low heat capacity and a pleasant aroma.

Factory materials that have previously undergone heat treatment, serve and operate much longer than purchased on occasion and on the cheap. This factor must be considered when buying, as well as the quality and quantity of materials used, which determine the cost of finishing the bath.