Do-it-yourself brick baths.

If you decide to start building a brick bath, then you have to make a choice which brick to use in this case. This must be given special attention.

To build a bath from a brick, you can use silicate or socle material. Silicate is cheaper than socle, so you will save on its use. However, such brick baths will look less respectable. The basement, which is made of baked clay, is more environmentally friendly. When deciding to build a baked red brick bath , you need to pay attention to how well it is burned. Unburnt - bright scarlet color. It should not be bought, as it is very fragile and will collapse. The violet-brown color indicates that the brick was burned. It has an irregular shape and will create inconvenience during construction.

There are several ways to build a brick wall.

1. Make a layer in the wall with sizes from 4 to 6 cm. This will allow air to act as a heat insulator.
2. Inside the walls, put plate insulation.
3. Make a well masonry, that is, put thermal insulation into the layer between the walls.

To start the construction of a brick bath you need from masonry. Having decided to do it yourself, you will save a lot, but physically have to work hard. However, you may like the construction process and you will enjoy it. In this case, you need to be pretty careful. If you initially put the brick incorrectly, then in the future there will be difficulties when laying. Therefore, you need to monitor each row, and then the work will go quickly and easily.

Basically, a bathhouse is built in one and a half or two bricks, that is, 0.38 or 0.51 meters, respectively, and partitions in the bathhouse are folded into half or a quarter of a brick - this is 12 and 6.5 cm, respectively. Before starting laying on the foundation, they usually lay insulation in the form of roofing material. The first few rows of masonry are made from basement building material, regardless of how the bathhouse is built.

DIY brickwork

During the construction of the brick bath, the masonry must be started from the corners, on which you need to pull the mooring cord. If it sags, then a stone must be placed under it. This will ensure smooth vertical and horizontal rows of masonry. Also, the thickness of the horizontal joints is the same.

It’s difficult to build a sauna from a brick with your own hands, but following some rules will help you in this matter.

1. Firstly, the first row should be built of whole brick.
2. It is important to start laying outside.
3. Broken material, if any, is used for masonry from the inside.
4. Never use broken bricks for corners or supports.
5. Each completed row needs to be moistened before laying the next, especially in hot weather.
6. Broken or shaped bricks are laid with their batten side inside the masonry.
7. The dash row is support for beams.
8. After several rows of masonry are ready, it is necessary to strengthen it. To do this, it is necessary to install masonry mesh or steel bars in the seam.