Finishing saunas and baths for the pleasure of body and soul

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Meeting different materials in one place

Sauna and bath - a combination of words resembling a kinder surprise or two in one. There is only one difference.
People who are tired of their whining and do not like, are sent to the bath, and who like and enjoy, are invited to the sauna. There is some truth in the joke, although it is difficult to disagree that the bathhouse and sauna are healing products that have been tested for centuries, delivering true and unique pleasure to the soul and body.
Why has the construction and decoration of saunas in private areas and even in apartments of multi-storey buildings become popular and relevant? Why, for many who want to buy finished buildings and view photos and video offers in print and on the Internet, the presence of a sauna or bath is a decisive factor in making a decision.

Sauna in a separate room

Sauna can be equipped in any apartment - in the Stalin building, Khrushchev and later buildings, not to mention your own home. The minimum required area of ​​the sauna, designed for two people, is 1.5-2 m².
Measure your bathroom and make sure that it fits easily in a standard room. There are two alternatives to sauna decoration in the house and apartment was made by own hands or a team of specialists.
When building a new apartment or house, it is possible to immediately determine the place where the sauna will be located. Complexity arises where the bathroom has already been repaired in some distant years and the walls are tiled.
Do not be upset, because there is an instruction for performing work in a small room:

• We need bare concrete walls, so tiles and old finishes are completely removed.
• The floor of the sauna can be made boardwalk, but this option is more applicable in your own home. In the bathroom, it is preferable to lay out tiles.

Attention: Tiled floors are laid out before the construction or decoration of the walls, before, and not after.

Cost estimate for a sauna kit

The question always rests on the cost of construction, repair, alterations, restoration. A simple picture will allow you to get a clear picture of the necessary materials for arranging a small sauna on an area of ​​1.5 x 2 m², if there is a large surface, then calculations are not difficult to do on your own.
So:

• Finishing the sauna inside begins with the purchase of a fireproof plate or panel for shielding stoves, saunas, baths, fireplaces. Mounting is carried out in the immediate vicinity of the fuel elements.
  The plate belongs to fireproof materials with a working temperature range of 80-150 ° C and a maximum temperature of 400 ° C. When heated, it does not emit toxic and harmful components, environmentally friendly components are used for production, which include fiber cement, lime filler reinforced with cellulose fiber.
  The material is not susceptible to fungal diseases and mold. When moisture enters, the strength does not decrease, the size of the panel does not change, which allows them to be installed end-to-end.
  The cost depends on manufacturers and quality, starts from 700 rubles.
• Finishing the sauna and bath is not complete without foil, its properties do not need to be listed, they are known to everyone, it will cost 1150 rubles for the sauna.
• Mineral wool is one of the cheapest materials - 1700 rubles.
• Heat-resistant cable, primer and diffuser another 1000 rubles.
• The most expensive items of the estimate are an electric furnace from 14000, a lining 7000, and a door purchase of 7000 rubles.
• The rest of the purchases - a lamp, a lampshade, a bucket, a thermometer, a hygrometer, a lounger will fit in 4000-5000 rubles

You can make simple mathematical calculations and determine the cost of a small sauna, which will result in 37,000-40000 rubles, this is subject to independent work. An appeal to a specialized team of craftsmen and the price will increase by the amount of payment for the work performed.

The device of the sauna in the bath

The steam room can be located in any enclosed area, where it is dry and free of drafts, in the apartment it is a bathroom, in a private house it can be an extension or a separately built room.
So:

• Before starting the basic work on the arrangement of the sauna, the interior finish, and in order to avoid fire hazard situations, a copper cable is laid.
• The walls are completely treated with the proposed disinfectants against fungus.
• A frame made of wooden battens is attached to the concrete walls and ceiling, which forms the basis of the future sauna.
• Mineral wool is laid on the frame, which acts as a heater and is covered with foil on top, which serves as a heat reflector.
• The ceiling and walls of the sauna are sewn up with lining.

This is how the sauna construction algorithm looks briefly.
What you need to pay attention to when performing these works:

• A sufficient frame height is 2 meters.
• Frame bars are well pressed against the wall, and their binding is done on five levels.
• The marking is made on foil, where 5 horizontal lines are marked with chalk.
• The first line is located at a height of 3 cm from the floor, the second - 60 cm, the third 100 cm. From above, the fifth line is measured 5 cm from the ceiling, and the fourth will be the middle between the third and fifth.
• The frame is mounted through pre-made special holes, strictly along the lines through the insulation.
• The pitch between the holes is 50-70 cm, the holes are plugged with wooden plugs and nylon dowels.

It is known that the interior decoration of the sauna cannot do without the heart of the room, the electric furnace. The oven is installed on the wall to save space.

Attention: The furnace must be factory-made and always with automatic shutdown.

The door of the sauna always opens outward and should not have any latches or locks. It can be made of special tempered glass, it looks very stylish and luxurious.
Dry steam in the sauna gives a very low humidity, but there is a lot of moisture there, so ventilation should be in order. The role of the supply opening can be performed by a slot under the door, but the exhaust opening is mounted in the corner farthest from the stove.
Lighting in the sauna is done so that moisture cannot penetrate the source of electricity. Lamps must be resistant to high temperature and humidity, they are covered with special caps or lampshades, are not mounted on the ceiling, but mounted on walls. It is forbidden to install the lamp directly above the heater.
It remains to arrange bath accessories and the sauna in the apartment is ready.

Attention: The installation of a sauna in the bathroom of the apartment is not prohibited, but appropriate authorization is required, which is not difficult to do if desired.

Complex of finishing works

Comprehensive furnishings of saunas and baths include not only wall cladding with materials. This is a finishing process with many nuances, a bunch of little things and subtleties, features and small tips from specialists.

Waiting for the hosts

So:

• The interior decoration of baths and saunas, especially the steam room, is carried out with utmost care and responsibility. In this place, high temperatures and moisture are concentrated.
  Proper room insulation must be ensured and factors such as steam and waterproofing taken into account.
• It is necessary to competently approach the selection of suitable materials for finishing the bath and various auxiliary attributes.
• Improper decoration of the bath and sauna, or rather its individual rooms, which can be attributed to the key, and this is the washing department and steam room and, consider that the construction should be started again. Double expenditure of funds, an extra waste of time and effort that can be spent on removing toxins from the body in a ready-made steam room.
• The conclusion suggests itself that it is better to entrust this type of work to specialists with sufficient knowledge, and most importantly, experience gained in these matters.
• High-quality decoration of saunas and baths is the key to durability, versatility and strength, combining amenities and aesthetic design of the premises.

What to choose from sauna decoration materials

The construction market offers many fixing materials and cladding, various types of stoves, fireplaces, various types of insulation and insulation materials, from which you can choose the right option for yourself, solving the problem of design and reliability.
When building a sauna, pine and spruce wood are most often used. Its practicality, a pleasant light color with a sunny shade, an attractive appearance that does not change over the years, moisture resistance and a pleasant smell have provided the need for this wood.

So:

• Proper decoration inside the sauna, the washing compartment and the steam room (seeSteam room decoration: principal features), require other species of trees and it is necessary to pay close attention to this.
• It is better to clad the steam room with hardwood. Otherwise, there is a risk of sticking to the resin that conifers emit when heated and get a rather deep burn.
• It is not allowed to apply the paintwork of the facing material, the tree must “breathe”.

Cedar in the decoration of the sauna

Cedar belongs to coniferous species of wood, which has very beneficial healing properties for health. Siberian and Canadian cedar, oddly enough for conifers, is suitable for decorating a steam room.
A favorite of craftsmen who are happy to process wood and buyers of finished cedar products.
What is good and attractive Canadian cedar for finishing saunas:

• The unique properties of cedar were known even to the Indians and the indigenous inhabitants of Siberia.
• Strengthens the immune system and has bactericidal properties.
• The interior decoration of the sauna with cedar allows you to steam in the sauna and breathe its smell, which manifests itself only when heated.
• The essential oils that cedar wood is filled with have a healing effect on the upper respiratory tract.
• Scientific studies have shown that sauna rooms, lined with cedar products, have twice the sterile air than medical operating rooms. Phytoncides have an antimicrobial effect.

Linden in the sauna

Linden honey and the antiviral effect of tea with honey for colds, strengthening immunity with constant use within reasonable limits. Linden is used in the decoration of the sauna, because the qualities of flowers and leaves are inherent in wood.
So:

• Proper decoration of the linden sauna helps reduce the risk of colds.
• When heated, linden wood gives off a pleasant honey smell with essential oils that have bactericidal and anti-inflammatory properties.
• High humidity enhances these properties of linden, so it serves as one of the ideal finishes for baths and saunas.
• The positive energy of the tree creates a relaxing and restorative effect.
• Linden is famous for its diaphoretic and purifying properties, or the removal of toxins from the body.
• A large number of essential oils of linden wood does not cause allergies, which is a hallmark of other trees.
• Simplicity of processing and grinding, light weight and resistance to moisture ensure the durability of buildings and a very attractive appearance.

The design of the interior, design and cladding of saunas and baths must be done taking into account the objective imperfections of wood, as a material, so as not to get deformations and distortions from temperature changes and humidity. Good luck.