Heating in the bath: the main subtleties of implementation
A cold bath is no longer a bath, but an ordinary shed. In the process of its use, the steam room should be warmed up to +80 degrees Celsius and higher, depending on the level of humidity. The relaxation room should also not remain cold, especially in winter, if you want to spend time in it comfortably after taking a pair of procedures. We will talk about how to heat the bath room in this article.
Bake
The stove-heater is the main and, in fact, the only source of heating in the Russian bath. It is thanks to her that the whole building is being heated.
Specifications
When choosing a furnace should pay attention to the following indicators:
- Principle of operation:
- Permanent - requires the maintenance of burning fuel materials during the entire period of operation of the sauna.
- Periodic - allows you to limit only the preliminary kindling.
- The material of manufacture. Most often for the manufacture of sauna stoves used brick and steel:
- Brick oven most often uses the periodic principle of operation, since such a material is able to retain heat for a very long time. This feature allows you to relax while taking a steam room and not burden yourself with the replacement of fuel materials in the furnace. But the price of this design is much higher due to the complexity of the laying and the need to create a reinforced foundation.
Tip: if you plan to visit the steam room, equipped with a brick sauna, in the evening, then bother to melt it in the afternoon about five hours before the procedure. This is required due to the fact that the brick not only keeps warm for a long time, but also requires a long time for its own heating.
- Steel oven on the contrary, it is usually built on the principle of continuous action, since its walls are rather thin and quickly cool, although they also heat up quickly. Great for spontaneous receptions steam rooms and does not require additional costs to strengthen the foundation. Also, this design has a more compact size and is usually cheaper.
- Used fuel. Today it is possible to use a variety of fuel materials:
| Title | Characteristic |
| Firewood | They create a unique aroma in the steam room, emitting a large amount of heat, but rather troublesome in preparation and operation. |
| Electricity | A simple and convenient application instruction allows you to completely get rid of the process of kindling, but this type of heating is quite expensive |
| Liquid fuel | This is the most unfortunate option, since its use is very flammable, expensive and time consuming. |
| Gas | Cheap and convenient method of heating, but given the fact that the baths are most often equipped in suburban areas, where there is simply no public gas main, is not always available |
Furnace location
If you want to comfortably use the building all year round, and not just in the hot summer, then you need to take care that the rest room is also heated in the bath and washroom.
The ideal solution to this issue is through the placement of the furnace:
- Fire door in the rest room.
- Kamenka in the steam room.
- Water tank in the wash.
How to make heating in the bath so that it meets the specified requirements? For this, the following furnace equipment design with a side heater is best suited:
| Designation in the figure | Explanation |
| BUT | Hot liquid recoil |
| B | Cold liquid influx |
| AT | Chimney connection point |
| R | Firebox |
| D | Blew |
| E | Kamenka |
Thus, heating and water supply of a wooden bath due to such a device of the furnace is carried out as follows:
| Designation in the figure | Explanation |
| but | Cold water intake |
| b | Hot water recoil |
| at | Firebox |
| g | Kamenka |
Tip: when installing a through-furnace, be sure to protect the combustible parts of the walls with refractory materials in order to improve fire safety.
Heating a bath with an attic does not require the installation of special equipment. Warm air and so according to the laws of physics will be collected at the top and sufficiently warm the room located there. In this case, on the contrary, it is necessary to think of high-quality ventilation for hot summer evenings. (See also the article Sewage in the bath: features.)
Installation rules
To carry out heating in the bath using the heater requires you to adhere to some rules:
Steel oven
- The base under the furnace must be made of non-combustible material. For this purpose, suitable: chamotte brick, sheet iron or concrete.
- The firebox door should face the opposite corner.
- The case is desirable to impose a brick. So you protect the people taking the steam room from getting burned on a hot body and give the structure a more aesthetic look.
Brick oven
First of all, lay a reinforced reinforced concrete foundation capable of supporting the weight of the future structure.
Then work begins with a brick:
- The layer of applied cement should not be thicker, as in this case it will quickly collapse under the influence of heat. (See also the article Two-bell heating stove: features.)
- Each vertical seam must overlap with a brick, thus forming a staggered masonry pattern.
- Install cast iron elements in compliance with the technical clearance, which compensates for the possible thermal expansion of materials.
Tip: if you doubt your skills with the brick, then it is better to hire a professional bricklayer. Because in case of errors, their correction will take much more resources than payment for the services of a specialist.
Conclusion
Heating of the bath is usually carried out using stoves-heaters. Proper installation of such equipment ensures you the right temperature throughout the building throughout the year.
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