Where to locate and how to equip the sauna?

It is difficult to surprise our people with such an innovation as a sauna. Even in the old days, every house in Russia was supposed to have a steam room, where people not only bathed, but also had intimate conversations, and also took healing procedures. Today, saunas have partially replaced them, and people, as before, go to steam rooms with friends or family to relax and have fun.

The word sauna, like this phenomenon itself, has been around for a long time. They existed in Ancient Rome and Egypt, and a little later in other countries. The sauna has a lot in common with the traditional Russian bath. It represents a large or small room where the oven is located. With the help of a heating unit, the temperature in the room is heated to one hundred and twenty degrees, which is why the steam effect is created.

The sauna can be located both in a private house and in a city apartment. In many small countries this is not so much the norm, but rather a necessity. Saunas are divided into two main types - conventional, where they simply heat the air, and infrared, where different types of fuel are used.

There are not only similarities between a sauna and a bathhouse, but also differences.

• The bath must have a water tank, but the sauna does not have one, because it is considered dry.
• The stones are closed, but in the sauna, on the contrary, they are open. This increases the temperature.

The sauna must have a pool with cold water to create temperature contrast. There is no pool in the saunas. After all, earlier, as a rule, they were built by the river, and also doused with cold water from a well. An obligatory attribute of the bath was a birch broom, with the help of which, whipping a person, the effect of a healing massage was created. In modern dry saunas, this is unacceptable, since the leaves quickly fall off from the high temperature.

Sauna has many advantages and disadvantages. Often people do not think about them, which can have a very bad effect on their health. Therefore, it is necessary to consider all the pros and cons of being in a sauna.

Traditionally, the sauna was used not only as a steam room, but also as a place for medical procedures or even childbirth. Sauna, unlike other rooms, has always been sterile.

Rest in such a steam room has a good effect on human health. When he is in the sauna, his blood vessels dilate, pores open. Excessive sweating occurs, with the help of which toxins and impurities are removed from the body. Therefore, in the steam room, you can make healing masks for the face and body. To narrow the pores, you can use cucumber or lemon, as well as oatmeal masks. This will not only benefit by cleansing the skin, but also make it look healthy.

The sauna also has disadvantages, that is, contraindications. For example, if a person has acute infections, tumors, tuberculosis, thrombosis, cardiovascular diseases, he should never go to the sauna. After all, this can lead to irreversible consequences, and not be beneficial.

The rules for visiting any bath or sauna deserve special attention.

After all, if you neglect them, then a visit to the steam room will not please, but disappoint.

• You cannot go to the sauna immediately after eating.
• Drink alcohol and smoke indoors. All this can put additional stress on the heart and lead to bad consequences.

To avoid contracting all sorts of diseases, you need to have your own rubber slippers, hat, towel and soap. Entering the steam room, you need to take a warm shower to protect the body from drying out, then put on a hat so that there is no heatstroke.

It is necessary to be located immediately on the bottom shelf. The very first run should be no more than ten minutes. Then you need to go out and take a cold shower, relax for about twenty minutes, drink tea or plain water without gas, and only then go in again. Many people do not like such a complicated procedure, although it cannot be called a full-fledged disadvantage either.

Now there are many types of saunas, among which you should pay attention to the most popular.

Now one of the most popular options, like many centuries ago, is a simple Russian bathhouse. It is a separate room made of logs. In the middle of the room there should be a massive brick stove for heating the steam room.

The modern sauna is a steam room with dry air, but the traditional Finnish sauna is the same Russian bath, where steam is produced by simply pouring water on the stones. The only difference from the usual Russian bath is that the moisture level in the steam room is no more than fifteen percent. Therefore, sweat does not run down the body, but evaporates, which contributes to weight loss. It is due to this that such a sauna receives a lot of positive reviews.

Outwardly, they are also very similar, but at the same time they have different dimensions. The Finnish sauna can accommodate from two to eight people. Has one or two rooms. In a modern sauna, you can adjust the temperature and even the humidity level in a traditional steam room.

This kind of premises were popular in ancient times, but were available only to the wealthy class of people. While now they are visited by everyone. The structure included a changing room, a mini-room with warm water, and a separate room with hot water. They were heated with pipes placed under the floor. Hot air moved along them, coming from a bronze brazier in another room, there was also a pool here.

The building consists of a dressing room, an intermediate room where you can relax after the steam room. Turkish baths, called hammam, are divided into two halves - for women and for men.

The hamam is heated with a stove. It contains a large boiler filled with water. When the water boils in it, hot steam comes out of it through small holes, which fills the entire room. A visit to the Turkish bath is considered a must, so there are many of them in Turkey. After all, they are considered a source of pleasure and health.

This is the most unusual sauna, which is a small pool or an ordinary barrel. The water in it heats up to a temperature of thirty-five to forty degrees. When immersing in such a barrel, you need to make sure that the water does not cover the chest, where the heart is. Various medicinal herbs are also added to the water.

There is also another type of Japanese sauna, where cedar sawdust is poured into the barrel instead of water.They are heated to fifty degrees and a person is immersed there for literally ten minutes. At the same time, medicinal essential oils released from sawdust enter the human skin through the opened pores and heal it.

Another type of barrel sauna. Made from natural cedar, it has become very popular for its healing properties. It was invented many years ago to combat various skin and colds.

A very small sauna that is being built over a previously dug hole. This design has an unusual peat roof. The stove-heater is on the side, and shelves are placed against the wall opposite.

Designed for rest after fishing and hunting. Has a lodging for the night. The heater is used not only for heating the sauna, but also for preparing food.

Got great popularity. They build it in deep frosts from ice, the thickness of which must be at least thirty centimeters. The shelves are made of wood, and the roof is covered with spruce branches. Steaming in such a sauna, a person feels great. Spruce branches not only serve as a roof, but also have healing vapors released during the heating of the sauna. The steam creates a thick mist and helps you relax. You can use such a sauna up to fifty times. True, it is contraindicated for those who have any diseases.

The latter types of saunas are not suitable for location in an apartment, but there is a place for them next to a private house.

Now is far from the time when the sauna was a pleasure available only to the rich. Today, everyone can afford this luxury.

The sauna built into the room consists of a wooden box heated by a stove. In apartments, only an electric heater can be used to heat it. A wood-fired stove is suitable for a summer cottage or a private house.

Now the stores sell ready-made prefabricated or built-in mini-saunas. If this is a prefabricated model, then it is assembled from ready-made panels according to the principle of a constructor. Such a building is very beneficial in that it can be disassembled and moved to another location. The built-in sauna cannot be moved.

Different versions of sauna models are available in company stores. These are both large family and small corner cabins, which can be placed in bathrooms combined with showers.

Also, the sauna can be made to order from different types of wood. You can install it both in the shower room and in the pantry, and even fence off a part of the corridor under the steam room.

Outside the city in the country or in a private house, a sauna is often equipped in a garage. This solution has many advantages. This is a reduction in financial costs, and the implementation of communications, such as sewerage, electricity, water pipes that connect both rooms.

Thermal insulation should consist of two layers of any material, glass wool is best suited here. This is an environmentally friendly material that does not contain harmful substances, which is important when high temperatures are reached.

The simplest option would be to run the pipe to the nearest sewer. The pipes are hidden under the floor covering. If this is not possible, then it is necessary to make a cesspool next to the garage.

When buying or building a stove, be sure to consider which of the heating options will be the best. An iron stove, for example, will not keep warm for very long, but melt and heat it very quickly. You can also put a brick oven. In this case, the opposite is true - the kindling takes longer, and the heat lasts longer.

In private houses, the sauna in the basement is very popular. This allows you to relax and unwind without leaving the house, as well as save territory on a small plot. Establishing a basement sauna is simple and expensive. After all, if some other zone was already equipped in the basement earlier, everything will need to be replaced or re-planned.

The stove occupies the most important place in the sauna. For its arrangement, you need to make a solid foundation. The stove is built so that the firebox goes into the dressing room, and the chimney goes through a window in the wall of the basement. There must also be a separate exit to the street.

When starting to build a sauna, you need to familiarize yourself with their standards and norms.

Indoors, the height of the steam room should be approximately two meters and ten centimeters. When installing the shelves for lying, you need to take into account that the height from the ceiling to the upper shelf can be about one meter and ten centimeters. Indeed, in the sauna, the temperature is higher closer to the ceiling.

At home, the size of a mini-sauna is determined depending on how many people will take a steam bath in it. For each person in such a steam room, there should be a correct area of ​​approximately two meters. The most optimal size for a mini-sauna is 2 x 1.8 meters.

Having engaged in the planning of a sauna in an apartment or house, you can make a real highlight out of it, regardless of where it will be located. The main thing is to create a sound plan and stick to it. The room must be suitable for the parameters of the sauna. It can be equipped both in the basement and in the attic, even combined with a shower. If work is carried out on a suburban area, then you can build a full-fledged sauna in the form of a separate building or an extension to the house.

Generally speaking, a sauna is not a very large room with a stove and shelves. But if a person is not limited in funds, then you can make it bigger and more multifunctional. For example, add a gym or a large lounge to the dressing room and shower room.

Having decided to equip a sauna in the house, you must first study the technical side of finishing. If the budget is not very large, but you want to do everything beautifully, you will have to work hard. When creating the basis of a sauna, it is necessary to decide whether it will be a separate room or a room combined with a bath or shower.If the area allows, then it is better to make the sauna separately so that you can calmly steam without disturbing other family members.

When decorating walls and ceilings, it must be remembered that it must be made of wood. It is advisable to make the sauna itself from beams, this will be relevant for both the steam room and the relaxation room. The cheapest material is considered to be lining made of aspen or linden. This is a moisture resistant tree that, among other things, also has medicinal qualities. Of course, you can take wood of more expensive species, but the price in this case will be an order of magnitude higher.

This finish can also be used in the shower room. The humidity in such a room will be higher, and the temperature, on the contrary, will be lower, so it will be necessary to make protective panels of tempered glass. This will protect the lining from splashing water, and it will not be able to deteriorate too quickly.

Also, for wall decoration, porcelain stoneware or stone is often used, which, in combination with wood, looks stylish and beautiful. But it comes at a cost. In addition, the wooden base of the walls itself looks really beautiful and should not be hidden from prying eyes.

When finishing the dressing room, where the microclimate is not the same as in the steam room, you can use inexpensive, respectively, less durable wood, for example pine.

It is better not to make wooden floors in the sauna. After all, they will very quickly begin to rot and lose their presentability. Therefore, it is better to use ceramic tiles for floors, which will be convenient to maintain. At the same time, it will last longer. Wicker bamboo rugs can be placed over the tiles to prevent slippery and hot steps on the floor.

A planed board is suitable for a rest room. And in the shower room, on top of a concrete screed with a warm floor below, you can even put river pebbles. This will save you money on tiling and also provide a daily foot massage that is very beneficial to your health.

If the sauna is small and at the same time has three separate rooms, then the doors to the steam room and shower room can be made of glass. This will help you feel comfortable and not be afraid of confined spaces. It is still better to make handles on the door of wood, so that it is convenient to grip, and the palm does not slip.

It is imperative to put a hygrometer next to the door to measure humidity, and a thermometer to measure air temperature. This will allow you to always feel comfortable and always catch the moment when it is better to leave, so as not to harm your health.

You can create a modern style in the steam room by decorating the walls, ceiling and stove. The walls can be easily sheathed with boards of different shades or decorated with ornaments. Or you can even make the interior in eco-style, complementing the room with a large number of shelves and benches in the steam room.

The use of built-in lamps, LED strips, which can have different light shades, will be very effective. This will not only add light to the room, but also make it brighter and more interesting.

For the design of the shower room, you can use all the same wicker and wooden decorative elements. You can even find a large barrel made of natural wood, which is so nice to jump into after the steam room.

There is no need to get carried away with the decor in the lounge. It is enough just to put a wooden table and wide benches decorated with carvings. A small samovar with a service will be a great addition. Aromatic herbs or sachets can be laid out on the table.

It is worth attaching shelves for bathroom accessories on the walls, as well as placing hooks for towels and bathrobes. So everything you need will be at hand and at the same time completely safe.At the same time, there will be free space in the dressing room, where there will be enough space for a breath after the steam room.

Before equipping a sauna at home, you need to study the safety rules, because it is above all. If an electric stove is installed in the sauna, then it must be factory-installed with an automatic shutdown, which is triggered immediately after the desired temperature is reached in the sauna. A flame retardant cable must be used for connection. Wiring must be conducted separately, securely insulating.

The sauna must have a good ventilation system as well as a fire alarm. It is necessary to install a sauna in brick houses or houses with reinforced concrete ceilings. It is imperative to have the necessary documents from the fire service, sanitary and epidemiological station, housing service. If the sauna has been rescheduled, then you need to contact the BTI.

It is allowed to use wood for decoration of the sauna only with a special impregnation, so that it does not rot and does not catch fire. Materials must be natural, because any coating made of varnish or paint will not only deteriorate at high temperatures, but also release toxic substances.

Additionally, it is necessary to make an overlap with high heat transfer. At the same time, the insulation should be no thinner than fifty millimeters. The power of the stove must correspond to the power of the electrical network in the apartment. A standard network can handle up to six kilowatts. This will be enough to heat a sauna for two or three people.

Sauna is a place where you want not only to take a break from everything, but also to relax and have fun. Including aesthetic. Therefore, the appearance of the sauna is of great importance. To determine the choice of style and materials, you can consider several beautiful options, thought out to the smallest detail.

• If the apartment is small, but you still want to have a cozy sauna at home, then a barrel sauna will be exactly the option that fits perfectly. Such a sauna will fit perfectly even on the balcony, in contrast to the huge structures with a slide and a sink. Steaming in such a barrel, you can relax no worse than in nature or in a full-fledged sauna. The only drawback of this option is the lack of a shower and changing rooms nearby.
• Also, a great option for an apartment would be a sauna in the bathroom. The mini sauna fits easily here. Plus, you don't have to connect communications, because they have already been carried out. This mini-sauna can easily accommodate two people, and after a pleasant rest, you can take a shower in the bathroom next to it.

• If you have at your disposal not only an apartment, but also a country house or summer cottage, then a separate room can be allocated for the sauna. You can decorate it in a rustic style. In the corner of the room, put a large stone stove, decorated in Russian style, make large wooden shelves that go well with the stove. In such a sauna, made for a traditional Russian bath, you can have fun with a large company.
• If you want a more modern interior, then you can do it by playing with light. Wooden shelves and walls can be decorated with modern fixtures installed throughout the room. They create comfort and tranquility. In addition, such a room immediately seems more modern.

Today the sauna is considered a place where you can not only relax, but also be cured of various ailments. It allows you to create a special atmosphere in the house and immediately becomes a favorite place to relax with guests or relatives.

How to build a sauna with your own hands, see the video below.