In a Russian bathhouse, they not only wash, but also strengthen their health. And in order for her to please her warmth and serve for more than a dozen years, the owner of the building must have an idea of how to install a furnace in the bathhouse. After all, it is a source of heat, not only how warm and cozy the steam room will be, depends on its quality and appearance, but also on the mood of the owner and his friends / guests.
How to build a do-it-yourself bath stove
Without this very important part, the steam room will not be a real steam room. Before you install an oven in a bathhouse, you should think over everything before starting work. First of all, you need to decide on the model. If a brick stove is laid out, then the foundation is executed for it in advance. If metal, then a base is not required for it. Of course, you can make changes to the finished
bathhouse interior, but such innovations will take more time and require more money. Yes, and it will be much more difficult to do.
When purchasing metal furnaces in a bathhouse, it is important to familiarize yourself with the installation instructions. And if you make the stove yourself, then you need to perform a number of construction works.
Installation Rules
When installing the furnace, you must adhere to the general rules and regulations necessary to ensure proper operation and safety.
The most important rule is that the stove should be kept away from flammable materials at a distance of 1.5 meters, and the chimney should be removed through a passage specially arranged in the ceiling and roof. To avoid ignition of wooden structures, the chimney pipe is wrapped with a steel sheet. In the resulting space lay thermal insulation - expanded clay or basalt cotton wool.
There are also ready-made sandwich structures for the chimney. They are two pipes of different diameters, between which non-combustible insulation material is laid. But in the finished form, the chimney will be more expensive.
Foundation for the furnace
Before installing the stove in the bath, you need to equip a non-combustible coating. To make the design more reliable and safe, its installation is carried out on a previously prepared base made of fireclay brick or concrete. The foundation for the stove in the bath should be absolutely smooth and durable. Most often, the floors in the bathhouse are wooden - and then, to ensure fire safety, a steel sheet is laid on them. Its value should exceed the size of the stove by 50%. An asbestos sheet or tile is laid on top of the steel. There are also ready-made protective shields made of steel with a cross section of 0.8 cm.
Most often, they either install wood-burning stoves in the bathhouse, or those that will be heated by coal. In this case, it is necessary to arrange a metal platform in front of the door, which should have a relatively large size so that ignition does not occur from accidentally deposited coals. It is also recommended to enclose the space around the furnace with non-combustible materials. The walls of the log house are protected by steel sheet screens and thermal insulation.
Metal furnaces
Their advantage is that the metal heats up faster than brick. Consequently, less fuel is needed. Such a stove is good in that it is easy to mount, and the price is affordable for everyone. Metal furnaces can be ordered by individual order, and you can also purchase factory-made ones.
This design has a significant drawback - after the furnace ceases, it cools very quickly.
Brick stoves
A brick heater is the most practical option, but expensive and time consuming. This type of furnace gives softer heat, keeping it for a long time. One of the advantages of the heater is its safety, since the risk of getting a burn is excluded. But along with its advantages, it has one drawback. A similar design heats up very slowly. In this regard, a large amount of fuel is required.
Brick Masonry Principles
Before you install an oven in the bathhouse, you need to consider several important nuances. You should pay attention to the order of the brick - it is carried out carefully. If a large oven is placed, then its power will be quite high.
Particular attention is paid to the masonry mortar . It is kneaded using special technology on clay, which must be soaked in advance and allowed to stand for some time.
Do-it-yourself bricklaying of the brick furnace in the bathhouse, observing the norms and requirements. In order for the structure to be solid, it is necessary to align corners and rows using a level. As the third row will be laid out, begin to build in the doors of the blower. To avoid skewing, they should be twisted with wire and remain in this condition until the end of work.
During the laying of the fourth row, a recess is made for the grate, through which ash will be poured into the blower. The masonry is carried out to the required height for installing the tank, which is installed on the channels mounted in the furnace. So that the tank does not burn out for a long time, it can be finished with asbestos.
Brickwork is carried out to that level until it closes the tank on all sides. Do not forget about the doors for the furnace. Masonry lead to the twenty-third brick. After they begin to raise the pipe. Masonry pipes lead to half a brick. Its height depends on the height of the roof, but it should be 1.5 meters above the level of the roof.
When arranging a brick oven, with special attention it is necessary to monitor the seams between the elements. Their thickness should be less than 5 mm. Seams must be thoroughly sealed with mortar to avoid smoke leakage through them.
When installing the oven in the bathhouse with your own hands, the main thing is to avoid mistakes and mount the design correctly. For this, it is necessary to make calculations and draw a plan for the location of the heater. When creating a drawing, it is important to remember that the furnace itself should be located at a distance of one meter from the walls, and the pipe should be discharged through a pre-made chimney.
When installing shelves and benches, a distance of 1.5 meters from the furnace is observed. Her door should be in the corner of the bath. Better yet, place the firebox in the dressing room.
During construction, many questions arise, including how to install an oven in a bathhouse. The most important step is a well-made base for the oven. The best option would be to prepare a place during laying the foundation. To do this, fill in a specially separate platform, taking into account the size of the future furnace. This platform will be the basis for the heater.
Metal furnace installation
If a metal furnace is mounted, then the lack of a foundation under it is not a problem. The weight of the product is usually small, so you can make a stand on the floor of a steel sheet, brick and fireproof plate.
A plate is mounted on the floor base with screws. A brick is laid on it with a solution. After the solution dries, a steel sheet is attached to a special glue. It is necessary to wait two days until the mixtures have completely dried and only after that make installation of the product.
If a furnace manufactured by a factory manufacturer is installed, then before starting work, you should carefully study the instructions and strictly follow its rules. If the design was custom-made, it is necessary to seek the advice of a furnace master.
After the base is ready, you can install the oven. The dimensions of the stand should strictly correspond to the parameters of the stove. It should be located by the door of the furnace to the entrance. The stove itself should be in the corner of the steam room.
Chimney and pipe installation
The next step after installing the furnace is the arrangement of the chimney and the installation of the pipe.
In modern construction, for a more aesthetic appearance of buildings, many began to use square chimneys. But such a design is not practical, since soot gathers faster in the corners, and it will often have to be cleaned.
A proper stove in a bathhouse is one that has a pipe made of stainless steel. Its shape should be round. The cross section of the pipe should correspond to the diameter of the inlet in the stove. Its minimum length should be 5 meters.
Capacity setting
Often in elite baths, boilers are installed to heat the water. They are easy to install, and the devices are powered by electricity. The boiler can be located anywhere. Of course, this option is optimal if all communications are connected to the bath, and besides, the size of the building allows.
Well, if such conditions are absent? When it is not possible to use a water heater, there is an alternative - to arrange the stove in a bathhouse with a tank. This design allows you to heat the water during the furnace.
The tank is installed near or above the stove. This option will be optimal not only in the absence of electricity, but also if the structure is small.
In rare cases, the tank for the stove in the bath is installed directly directly on the stove. But this is not the best option, since such a design contributes to the creation of a cold cork, and this prevents melt the furnace. If the container is in contact with the inlet pipe, condensation will form in it - and as a result, the chimney will quickly become clogged with soot and soot.
note
There are several important points, with which the bath will last for many years and will delight the owners with its warmth and comfort.
Firstly, as a supplement to the above, you can advise you to strictly observe safety precautions. It is not news that the cause of the fires in the baths is most often the stove. And basically the fire starts at the places of contact with the wooden structures through which the chimney passes.
If the installation of an electric furnace is planned in the bath, then it is also necessary to ensure electrical safety. In this case, the wiring is carefully calculated by summing the power of all devices.
When the steam room is small in size, and it has a metal furnace installed, that is, there is a risk of getting a burn. In this case, it is better to overlay it with a brick or arrange a partition like a screen.