Popular wisdom says: “If you take a steam bath, you never grow old.” The best way to preserve health, youth and beauty is a hot Russian steam room, and a Finnish sauna is also not bad. But the pleasure of using this grace completely depends on the internal structure of the bath rooms. The bathhouse does not like the hustle and bustle, the atmosphere in it should favor leisurelyness, calmness and relaxation, therefore each internal element requires close attention. The main room is a steam room, in which there should be comfortable, practical shelves, so that, as they say, the body rests and the soul recovers.
Shelves in the bath are traditionally built from soft non-resinous wood. Despite the pleasant smell of coniferous trees, they are never used for rooms that are intensively heated. The resin, having generally healing properties, can cause a lot of inconvenience and even harm when heated. It is rich in healing aromatic oil; when heated, the pinene contained in it can cause poisoning.
Benches and shelves in the bathhouse are made of wood with a pleasant smell and low heat capacity, most often from linden, poplar, aspen, birch. These breeds have all the necessary properties for creating an excellent steam room: they quickly warm up, but at the same time they maintain a temperature that is comfortable for the body, pleasant to the touch, and tolerate high humidity. At the same time, when heated, they exude a pleasant pacifying aroma that promotes relaxation and recovery.
A clear leader in the high-quality finish of the bath, especially the steam room - ordinary linden. The wood of this tree emits indescribably fragrant essential oils that have a bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effect. It is generally accepted that linden has positive energy. In addition, phytoncides increase sweating, which is especially appropriate in the steam room.
Traditionally, shelves in the bathhouse are made of aspen, despite the fact that in ancient times the Slavs considered it an unlucky tree. Traditional healers claim that aspen has a unique ability to rid of diseases and improve the human body. Its wood has high operational characteristics: strength, resistance to moisture and rot. Under the influence of high temperature and steam, aspen shelves do not crack, do not warp, and do not lose their color and neat appearance. And most importantly, they do not repent enough to burn themselves.
It’s quite difficult to find the perfect wood for finishing the steam room and the installation of shelves. For example, soft wood, with all its excellent qualities, has the disadvantage of poor cracking resistance. Since wooden shelves in the bath house do not require a significant amount of material, many prefer not to save money and purchase expensive Abashi African oak wood for them. Lining from this hard rock is not deformed, does not crack, is not afraid of heat and moisture. Abashi oak has a porous structure and, accordingly, low thermal conductivity, because the shelves for the bath in the steam room almost do not heat up, you can burn and sit on them without fear. Abashi wood is light in color and has a beautiful structure; it does not darken with time and retains its attractive appearance for a long time. The choice of Abashi on the shelves in the bath, despite the high price, is justified by durability, practicality and undoubted health benefits.
Wood suitable for interior decoration and shelving in a bathhouse is not limited to the mentioned species, you can choose other wood materials, but the requirements for their properties remain the same: in the first place is expediency and usefulness, and only then beauty, prestige and price. It must be remembered that the bathhouse is not just a place for washing, but in some way a medical complex.