Internal design of the bath: arrangement options

Bath is the main constituent element of Russian culture. Bath procedures served hygienic purposes. Various diseases were treated in the steam room. To this day, hot steam helps to cope with various ailments, balances the nervous system, restores strength. Long frosty winters taught our ancestors to keep warm in the room: high thresholds, small windows, low doors.

Bathhouses were built outside the courtyard, it is better on the shore of the reservoir, so that the steamed person could plunge into the water, because there was no running water at that time. We bathed on certain days, sometimes the whole street used the same bath.Today, knowing the benefits of this procedure, many are building their own private baths on the garden plot or arranging a sauna in a city apartment. Own bath has become a symbol of a healthy lifestyle, this type of construction has become almost mandatory on the site.

The traditional country sauna consists of three rooms:

• waiting room;
• washing up;
• steam room.

The steam room is the main branch of the bath, for which it is being built. The temperature here reaches 60-70 degrees, with high humidity up to 90 percent, this heat penetrates into the deep layers of muscles, relaxes and warms up all organs. Using a broom made of birch, oak, juniper acts as a massage. After the steam room need rinsing procedure or dousing with cold water, then rest. The design features of the bath provide for a comfortable carrying out of all these procedures.

Modern baths are not displayed outside the borders of a private plot, small comfortable log cabins or two-story brick buildings are erected in the yard for frequent and convenient use. In a set of rooms include an outdoor terrace or balcony of the second floor. Here you can lie in the fresh air or have a cup of tea after the steam room. Washing is equipped with a regular or massage shower. For lovers to lie in the bathroom installed the necessary equipment.

A dressing room gets an extra area, furnished with a sofa, armchairs, a table with a samovar. This room is often used for temporary accommodation of guests, so the design of a recreation room is given great importance: it is equipped with appliances for a comfortable pastime - a TV, a refrigerator. The owners create many decorative and household items for their own bath. Inside or outside the walls are lovingly decorated with hunting trophies or carved trim elements.

In addition to the traditional Russian steam bath with wet steam, the sauna with dry hot air is popular with many northern nations.Manufacturers produce a whole line of equipment for country or apartment saunas. Saunas can have a large area, and can accommodate the size of the shower. Heating units of various modifications effectively create the desired temperature and humidity in the premises of any area.

Bath complex can be arranged in the attic. To do this, produce measures for the insulation of the roof, assemble a comfortable staircase with railings. This detail is necessary, since the effect of hot temperatures on a person causes a loss of attention and concentration, the steps should be as comfortable and non-slip as possible. If the bath has slopes of the ceiling, then in the low parts install shelves for storing bath accessories and woodpile, so as not to form unused deaf zones in the low parts of the room. In order to avoid bruises, the active area for soaring and washing is located in the highest part, its height should not be less than 2.3 meters.

Furnaces for a bath use various modifications. Agents on solid fuels have proven themselves well: firewood, pellets, coal. The latest ergonomic models of long burning with a water circuit allow you to heat adjacent rooms and another floor. Temperature condition is maintained during the whole time of the firebox.If the bath is connected to the gas pipeline, use cheap gas to operate the stove. Electric counterparts are less convenient because of the high cost of electricity. When choosing the volume of the firebox, it is necessary to calculate the volume of the steam room and adjacent rooms and select the stove of the required power.

The importance of compliance with the rules of fire safety. Continuous use of the furnace for many hours may cause ignition of surrounding structures. All heating parts of the stove and chimney must be reliably isolated from wooden parts. The chimney at the junction with the overlap and the roof is made of sandwich pipes and additionally protected with a layer of expanded clay. The height of the chimney for the requirements of safe operation is taken not less than 50 centimeters above the ridge of the roof.

The walls around the stove are finished with gypsum plasterboard, ceramic granite tiles, minerite, stainless steel with a layer of mineral wool or brick and natural stone. Superisol withstands heating up to 1000 degrees, light and non-flammable - a new insulating material for high-temperature furnace units. The height of the insulating layer should be 15-20 centimeters above the level of the stove and the same wider.When finishing the interior walls and structures of the sauna, non-combustible and environmentally friendly materials are used that do not emit harmful substances when heated. Making try to sustain in the same style.

The microclimate with high temperature and high humidity dictates the use of natural materials. A bath built from solid linden, aspen, cedar logs does not require additional wall cladding. These materials, when heated, facilitate air by the release of healing oils. This material has plasticity when changing temperature and humidity conditions, durable. Beautiful interlacing of wood fibers creates a pleasant video sequence.

A steam room lined with bricks or blocks of artificial stone, sheathed inside with clapboard from the same types of wood. It is undesirable to use pine, because of the high temperature in the room it can release resin, which creates unaesthetic run-off on the surface. Pine is unstable to moisture and strongly deformed by dampness. Although it is an affordable and inexpensive material with good decorative qualities, they can decorate a rest room and an entrance area.

Lining has a different trim profiles, rectangular or cylindrical, which simulates a log cabin. For trimming, you can use a ground edged board. Thickness is better to take 2-4 centimeters. This will allow the wood longer to resist deformation, to keep warm well. Originally looks trim from unedged boards. This gives the rustic features of the interior.

In brick or block construction, the wall is sheathed with a batten and insulated with a vapor insulating material. Then make another rack frame, which is recruited facial finish. The ceiling is trimmed similarly. The floor in the steam room is also sewn up with a wooden cut board. Between the cement screed and finishing floor lay a layer of waterproofing.

For the body of the stove the best choice would be a fireproof brick, it gives a beautiful slender pattern, has good performance properties. Gives the interior warmth and comfort.The heated brick retains heat for a long time and contributes to the long-term maintenance of the optimum temperature in the room. Cast iron or steel models are easy to use and easy to install. Specially provided for boxes for natural stone: basalt, jadeite, quartzite. These stones quickly heat up, do not crack due to high temperature, and do not contain harmful secretions.

Doors in the bath rooms make capital, with good thermal insulation qualities. These qualities have a natural tree. Door leaf is decorated with carved panels or glass inserts to visually expand the space. Modern door designs can be made entirely of special glass. These models are equipped with insulating gaskets.

A huge choice of options for finishing materials and modern equipment for the bath allows you to create stylish modern interiors. Sauna in the apartment of a multi-storey building becomes a valuable component of comfort. Manufacturers offer a complete set of turnkey different sizes and modifications of the steam room. Externally, these steam rooms look like a regular room, but the interior of a block-house or clapboard plunges into the atmosphere of a real steam room.

The size of a home sauna varies from traditional sizes to miniature ones., the size of a shower cabin. But all the details of the traditional steam room performed at a high level. Shelves have standard sizes, convenient configuration to accommodate two or more people. The shelf of the upper tier is wider and is installed at a height not higher than 1.5 meters from the ceiling. The design of the doors involves a glass component. Glass does not close a small space, but serves as a unifying element of interiors in a loft style.

Sauna is installed in the bathroom, or under it is given a special room. In the studio apartments, the saunas included in the interior of the room became fashionable.Fully glass partitions create the illusion of a single space. Color LED lights give a feeling of peace and relaxation. Functional shower completes the full cycle of the bath procedure. Smooth surfaces, the lack of detail, the monochrome composition of minimalism makes it possible to relax in the rapid pace of modern life.

Older generations remember the times when baths were built on the shore of the reservoir. Today it is not always appropriate to dive after a steam room in a pond, or not everyone was lucky enough to have one in his own area. Owners of their own baths can equip their pools. The pool can be located in the open air near the entrance to the bath. Another option is to build a swimming pool in the washroom.

The interior of the sauna with a swimming pool outside can be arranged in a trendy single space. The pool is a way of dividing into a steam room and a recreation area, at the same time separating the indoor steam room and an outdoor gazebo. The combined construction of the terrace creates a barrier from prying eyes. The original glazing of a roof will allow to admire the star sky during bathing procedures.

The two-storeyed bath expands possibilities for arrangement of additional rooms. Such a structure can combine in itself the functions of a bath and the functions of a dwelling. The first floor is reserved for a steam room, washing room, changing room and kitchen. The second is given as a rest room, living room or bedroom, a room for a massage or a gym.

Exquisite interior design can be the design of the steam room in the Turkish style. Traditional Oriental bath - hammam is heated by a stone bed, located in the center of the room. Hamam is often complemented by a stylized waterfall on one of the walls, in which you can rinse after hot procedures. The air in the Turkish bath is not burning, but has a comfortable temperature.Such a constructive heating device is perfect for spa treatments and massages. The room is decorated with mosaics or tiles with an oriental ornament. Neon lights and benches for hamam unite Eastern and European cultures.

Adherents of Japanese philosophy will certainly have to taste the bath in the Japanese style. To do this, it is enough to equip the washing compartment with a round wooden font. This font-furaco is divided into two parts: in one there is a bench for sitting, in the other - a heating element. An excellent relaxation procedure occurs outdoors in the open air. Another option - ofuro - rectangular containers in human growth with heated cedar or linden sawdust. Immersion in them for 20-30 minutes cleans the body from toxins. This beautiful equipment can be placed in a city apartment.

The traditional dressing room turned from a usual locker room to a full-fledged drawing room or a restroom. This room is finished in the appropriate style, decorated with sets of furniture made of wood, matching the style of the whole complex.The furnace of the fireplace is often brought into this front room, here they chat with friends or family members gather for tea on the veranda. Unexpected guests can spend the night in the rest room, for this there is one or two beds. Furniture is better to choose a stylized Russian style.

The classic Russian bath is an unsurpassed and favorite option for finishing the sauna room in the village. Living fire, crackling burning logs, heat and wet steam - the best cleaning procedure for residents of cold regions of our country. The steam room is often combined with a washroom in one room. In the summer, bathing in an ice-hole replaces a wooden bucket with cold water, which is suspended from the ceiling. The interior is decorated with fabulous characters from Russian epics.

Stone stove - an essential attribute of the Russian bath. It can be tiled with tile, which will add noble antiquity. This bath can be done by hand. Main condition: good insulation for heat retention. The height of the room is visually reduced by understating window openings. Logs and decoration is made deliberately coarse to preserve the Russian style.

From the materials for finishing choose: light wood, metal forged elements, ethnic accessories, objects of Russian life. The layout can be any, but the design should be maintained in the tradition of wooden architecture, the shape of the rooms is preferable rectangular, the best material for finishing walls and ceiling is log logs, saturated with oil, in a stylized version - wall paneling with a cylindrical profile.

Doors are made of massive boards. Accessories play a major role in creating the ethnic national image of the bath. Brooms hanged on the walls, wooden trunks and gangs placed apart, items of peasant life decorate the rest room.Instead of soft armchairs made of furniture, it is better to prefer wooden chairs or benches. The old chest can be restored and put in a dressing room, it will add rustic features to the interior.

Scandinavian countries have their traditional form of buildings - chalets. This type of design solution is becoming popular in Russia due to similar weather conditions. The chalet is an addition to the natural landscape and is located in a picturesque area, away from settlements, on the elevated shore of the lake. This location is ideal for arranging a bath. The shape and material of the building is close to the traditional Russian bath, but it has its own characteristics.

The walls are built from massive timber or logs., the building has one floor, sometimes equip the attic. Wood and glass prevail in the finishing materials.The architectural feature is the observance of squat proportions due to the ratio of height to the area of ​​the bath. Reliability and security is achieved by the appearance of a gable kisha with a low overhang of ramps. In buildings on the relief of one slope of the roof can rest on the ground. The asymmetry of the roof is explained by the concept of embedding the house in the relief.

The chalet’s saunas are heated with a classic fireplace or stove. The use of modern modifications of long-burning stoves allow you to maintain the required temperature for a long time, while the consumption of firewood will be minimal, which is important in cold climates. Interior items are selected in the traditional Scandinavian style - comfortable massive furniture made of natural wood.

In the recreation rooms in the Scandinavian-style baths, the presence of a specific point of view of the natural landscape is of great importance. For this purpose, tape glazing is used on one of the walls. Constructive beams of the ceiling and walls are the decoration of the interior, they are specially emphasized to give brutality to the atmosphere. The chalet is organically combined with the latest ergonomic and functional equipment of the steam room, shower and swimming pool with ethnic design.

A variety of design techniques and different styles can be seen in modern bath complexes:

• Futuristic hi-tech design.
• Sauna in the Scandinavian style.
• Finnish sauna with a swimming pool.
• Sauna with a decorative waterfall of steam.
• Neo-gothic in the decoration of the steam room.

Review the original design of the bath in the next video.