The bathhouse is a cult object in our life. And in the bathhouse, the most important thing is the stove. It depends on her how quickly the heated steam room heats up and cools down. If you decide to make a wood-burning stove for a bath with your own hands, then you should consider that this is a rather complicated business requiring a certain qualification.
The stove (its design) largely depends on the type and variety of the bathhouse itself. But today we’ll talk specifically about the Russian steam room, which is the most common. Having come into it, a person gets rid of physical and mental ailments. We will not give in the article kilometer-long studies of venerable luminaries of medicine, which have repeatedly proved the benefits of the bath and its role in maintaining human health.
For the Russian steam room, stone, and subsequently brick, wood - burning stoves for the bath were always used. They warm up slowly, but they are also in no hurry to cool down. However, it is very difficult to lay out a brick oven with your own hands. The fact is that for proper installation, you should not only have special skills, but also use a special refractory brick. In addition, you should take care of building a high-quality and most stable foundation. Waterproofing it must be done very, very carefully.
For this, the last row of it is laid out with roofing material, more bricks are laid on it, after - the second layer of roofing material, only after that proceeding to the further laying. They should be put as carefully as possible, laying out the internal volume with refractory bricks so that the wood-burning stove for the bath does not become unusable quite quickly.
It is a common misconception that metal stoves can be used for a bath, but this is not so. The metal instantly heats up, making it unbearable in a room. To avoid this, some clad the walls with stones or all the same brick.
Unfortunately, this measure helps a little, and the heat turns out to be “wet”. To prevent this from happening, wood-fired stoves for the bathhouse need only refractory bricks. It is imperative (!) To leave a gap between bricks and metal, the thickness of which must be at least 15 cm. Note that the thickness of the masonry should not exceed the thickness of the brick itself.
By the way, making a metal furnace yourself is much easier. In particular, there are many schemes available for implementation even by an inexperienced builder. Now we’ll look at how they make wood-burning stoves for a bath from one big pipe.
The pipe is cut into two parts. The first (smaller) is used for the construction of the furnace, blower and grate. On the firebox itself, you should find a high-quality thick lattice made of refractory metal. She will hold a water tank made from a second piece of pipe. It should be noted that a hole for the chimney is made in the bottom of the chimney, which will additionally heat the water, saving fuel. The gap between the pipe and tank is carefully boiled.
In addition, a tap is welded into the wall of the water tank. By the way, it can be installed on the furnace using two rows of refractory bricks for this - so the water will heat more evenly. Be sure to tile the corner in which the stove stands with tile or foil. This measure will protect you from the danger of fire. If you need a Finnish wood-burning stove for a bath, you will have to turn to specialists: its independent production is too complicated.