An important role in a cozy bathhouse is played by its proper arrangement. When making shelves for this room, certain manufacturing rules should be followed, because they occupy the bulk of the steam room as well as the washing compartment. Next, we will consider some points that must be taken into account when making a
shelf for a bath with your own hands.
The choice of materials for shelves in the bath
Bath furniture should be made only from environmentally friendly materials. Due to the fact that the wood is in contact with the skin when bathing, such products can harm it if they are of poor quality. Wood should not emit tar and dry quickly enough. Also, in contact with the body, it can burn it. The most suitable are boards from poplar, oak, linden, aspen, which are not only strong enough, but also pleasant for human skin. Making such shelves for a bath with your own hands is not difficult at all.
The device shelves has various options:
- Step - shelves are located along a wall that does not have windows, in two or three tiers. With this arrangement, the lower shelf is cooler than the overlying ones. This location option is more suitable for a spacious bathhouse.
- L-shaped - the lower shelf and the upper are attached to the same wall, and in front of them (on the next one) the middle is attached.
- “Coupe” - in this version, only two tiers are made, which are attached along one wall. The upper tier, as in the train, can be raised and fixed on the wall. This option is most suitable for small steam rooms, where you can not do without saving space.
- There is another option of collapsible shelves that are easily disassembled and assembled. A great advantage of this arrangement of the device is their mobility, because the shelves are easy to take out and dry.
Making a shelf for a bath with your own handsFirst, a wooden frame is installed, to which the boards are attached. It usually consists of 5 racks and 10 bars 50 x 70 x 1090. The bars are attached to the racks with screws, 2 screws per rack. It is better to connect the components of the frame with oak wedges, which are hammered into pre-made holes. But basically, making shelves in the bathhouse, their manufacturers do not want to burden themselves with additional chores and use ordinary self-tapping screws in the form of fasteners, recessed into the wood or screwed from the inside. When the frame is ready, the flooring from the boards is laid. The gap between them in the flooring is about 20 millimeters. When making shelves for a bath with your own hands, it should be remembered that the wood for them needs to be processed mechanically, but it does not need to be impregnated or varnished with anything. Shelves should have an aesthetic appearance, rounded ends and hold firmly. It is necessary that there is an open space below - it is left for air circulation and convenience when cleaning the floor. When placing shelves, you need to calculate the required distance to the oven so as not to get a burn when rising from them.
Dimensions
The main dimensions of the shelves are determined depending on the area of the room itself. The length of the bench for the bath should be at least 1.5 m. The most optimal distance between the ceiling and the upper shelf is no more than 120 cm, and the height between the levels is approximately 60 cm. You can determine which items are best done by looking at the photos of the shelves for baths.