A visit to the bath fills the body with energy, health. This type of relaxation gives a good mood, strengthens the immune system. To create a similar building on your own site, you will need to familiarize yourself with all the building requirements. Only with their observance can we create a comfortable relaxing environment inside such a structure.
One of the most important issues during construction with your own hands is the correct choice of the size of the furnace for the bath. The advice of experienced professionals will help to understand this issue. This is one of the most important elements of the steam room. Therefore, the process of its installation must be approached responsibly.
General rules
Creating a stove, a fireplace for a bath, the size and location of the structure must be thought out in advance. Regardless of the material of construction, type of fuel and other issues, a number of general rules for organizing and conducting the construction process should be taken into account.
The stove must have a solid foundation. All combustible materials (partitions, walls, etc.) must be at least 26 cm from it. The area in front of the door must be protected by thermal insulation with a metal apron. The chimney must have high-quality insulation at the point of passage through the ceiling and roof.
The construction process of the furnace in the bathhouse is regulated by SNiP 41-01-03. It stipulates all fire safety rules. When constructing such a design with your own hands, you will need to take into account the characteristics of the material of the furnace, as well as the type of fuel on which it works.
Brick oven
When determining the size of a brick furnace for a bath, it is necessary to consider the features of such a building. This is a heavy construction. Therefore, a foundation is always made for a brick kiln. Its variety is selected in accordance with existing conditions. At the same time, the type of soil, weather, climatic features of the area, the presence of groundwater are taken into account. You should also consider the design features of the furnace itself. Most often, for the arrangement of a steam room, a strip type of foundation is used. It consists of sturdy pillars or piles. Its size should be larger than the building itself.
Having decided on the foundation, you should pay attention to the choice of materials for the furnace. It should be a refractory brick and a special clay mixture. Such a composition is recommended to be purchased in specialized stores. In such mixtures, all the required proportions are taken into account. Masonry is carried out in accordance with the developed project.
In the process of building any heater, it is important to observe the proportions, the location of the key structural elements (chimney, mines, dampers, etc.). Regardless of the type of construction, this element of the steam room includes a firebox, blower, chimney, heater.
Metal furnace
An iron stove for a bath, the sizes of which are selected according to the type of fuel, belongs to the category of fire hazardous equipment. Unlike brick and stone varieties, the case of a similar design, even with a special casing, heats up quite a lot. This also applies to smoke exhaust pipes.
On sale are many options for open and closed metal furnaces. You can install them yourself. However, when buying, many manufacturers indicate mandatory installation by qualified specialists. Otherwise, the warranty on this product will not be valid. This is due to the increased fire hazard of the equipment.
Some owners of the construction for the bath still decide to mount the metal furnace on their own. In this case, you must be extremely attentive to all the details of this process. Otherwise, the operation of the metal heater will be unsafe.
Key factors for choosing a furnace size
The dimensions of the furnace for the bath are selected in accordance with a number of factors. First of all, take into account the type of fuel on which the device will operate. Each of them has its own specific sizes. They are regulated by modern standards and requirements.
One of the important factors when choosing a furnace for a steam room is energy efficiency. The design should warm the room. In this case, excess heat leads to the appearance of additional costs for energy resources. Therefore, it is necessary to choose the dimensions of the device in accordance with the dimensions of the room, the heat transfer of the equipment.
The dimensions of the heater can also be influenced by materials for finishing the hull and the room as a whole, the method of gas removal. It is also important to consider the degree of automation of the equipment and the level of safety during operation.
Solid fuel heaters
The size of the brick sauna stove is selected in accordance with the established standard sizes. Such designs almost always use solid fuel to generate heat. When choosing, take into account the dimensions of the furnace and the type of design. This will allow you to calculate what area the equipment is designed for.
The heating devices of the presented type can be made of stone or metal. Small solid fuel furnaces have dimensions of 5x3.3x6.6 m. Such a unit is capable of heating up to 100 m³. The volume of the furnace is 60 liters. This option is suitable for medium-sized baths. There are designs with even larger dimensions. They are not suitable for a small room.
If the steam room is small, you should give preference to gas or electrical equipment. The solid fuel heater is suitable for medium and large rooms. In a small bathhouse, the use of such equipment is inappropriate.
Gas, electric stove
Today, the dimensions of a metal bath furnace can be quite compact. Such equipment is suitable for almost any size premises. In our country, electric furnaces are rarely used. Only in non-gasified areas it is advisable to install such equipment.
Gas stoves require professional installation. You cannot perform this procedure yourself. This is considered unsafe.
When choosing equipment, you need to pay attention to the number of burners. Today, there are many options for equipment that can be used to heat the room and water. The width of such a unit is usually 50 cm. The height can be from 60 to 70 cm. If the gas furnace is made of brick, its dimensions will be quite large. The most compact designs are made of sheet steel.
Choosing an installation location
When installing a do-it-yourself bath stove, the dimensions of which are selected in accordance with the factors listed above, it is necessary to draw up a project. In this case, it is necessary to choose the right place for the installation of equipment. The unit must heat the steam room, rest room and dressing room. It is recommended to arrange metal, brick heating structures so that one part of them goes into the steam room, and the firebox with the door is in the rest room.
This arrangement of equipment will be most appropriate. It will turn out to warm immediately all the rooms of the bath. Installing several stoves in a bathhouse is impractical. Fuel costs will be high.
If the furnace is characterized by small dimensions, it is installed directly in the steam room. This approach is used in most cases for electric furnaces. The rest of the rooms can be heated with underfloor heating. These are electric wires laid under the base of the premises. You can also make water floors.
Foundation
The size of the foundation for the stove in the bath is selected in accordance with the dimensions of the heater itself. The base is made of brick or concrete. It should take into account the weight of the furnace. In this case, the foundation must be perfectly flat, located exactly horizontally.
A sheet of asbestos is laid on the floor. Its thickness should be at least 12 mm. From above it is covered with a sheet of iron (thickness 1 mm or more). The sheet should extend beyond the furnace from the door by 50 cm, and from other sides by 3 cm.
The side with the fire damper should go towards the entrance to the room. At a distance of at least 1.5 m there should not be any fire hazardous materials for finishing the opposite wall. The back and side surfaces should be at a distance of at least 50 cm from any objects and surfaces. If combustible structures are located near the stove, it is necessary to separate them from the stove with a layer of thermal insulation and a sheet of metal. Refractory bricks can also be used for this purpose.
Roofing and chimney
Having correctly selected the dimensions of the furnace for the bath, as well as its location in the room, it is necessary to pay attention to its chimney. If it is constructed of refractory bricks, in the zone of its passage through the ceiling and roof, it is necessary to thicken. The wall will be 25 cm thicker. In this case, an insulating layer of iron sheet must be mounted in this area.
If the pipe is metal, in the place of its passage through the roof it is necessary to make not only a screen, but also to separate it from the chimney with a special heat-insulating material. Outside, the metal should also be insulated. Otherwise, condensation will appear on it. Today, for such designs, special sandwich panels are used. They are installed only in the zone of passage of the chimney through the roof. A section of steel should come from the furnace.
The ceiling above the heater also requires special protection. Insulation material 1/3 must exceed the dimensions of the stove. First, a basalt thermal insulation layer is mounted on the ceiling. A sheet of metal is mounted on it.
Security
When furnishing a furnace, all safety requirements must be met. Electric heaters must be grounded. In order not to accidentally touch a heated surface and not get a burn, it is recommended to make a wooden fence at a distance of 0.5 m from the stove. Around you can also arrange a special screen.
Having considered what sizes of the furnace for the bathhouse exist , as well as the basic installation rules, everyone will be able to correctly choose and install the heater in the steam room.