With a light steam, or Sauna in the apartment

Which is better: a sauna or a sauna? The dispute on this topic will continue, probably forever. But the sauna still has some advantages over the traditional bath. Firstly, it is enough to use it for 10-15 minutes, this is enough to make daily morning routines. Secondly, a sauna can be built in an ordinary city apartment, not Making a great reconstruction and not creating problems for neighbors.

Experienced builders argue that the sauna in the apartment - this is quite real. But only to approach its construction should be very serious. It is important not to make any grandiose movements and not to break down the walls. You just need to "bring" the room where the sauna is supposed to be built, to the required characteristics.

Of course, most often it is equipped in the bathroom, but you can use the balcony, pantry, bathroom, that is, any small room. In principle, to have a sauna in the apartment, a sufficient free area of a meter per meter or even less. The smallest Finnish structures have dimensions of 80x80 cm, the height does not exceed 210 cm.

Before the sauna in the apartment appears, you can sew the walls and the ceiling with your own hands. It can be linden, aspen, cedar or pine. But the best material for the sauna (both for sheathing and for shelves) is the abachi wood. This tree is from Africa, which does not heat up at all. At a temperature in the sauna up to 110 Degrees of a shelf from such material are heated only up to 40 degrees.

When decorating walls and ceiling, it is necessary to take into account that water should not fall between the boards. Otherwise, the decay of the tree is inevitable. To avoid this, the panels are stacked so that the joints overlap and there are no slots between them.

In the premises where any bathing procedures are carried out , it is forbidden to use paints, varnishes and other chemical finishing materials, it is advisable to burn the wood only with a blowtorch so that it does not lose its original appearance very soon from steam and strong moisture.

A stationary sauna for an apartment is an "inverted glass", which is installed on the floor. Supports for walls are made of wood. The shape of the design helps to relax and relax the whole body. Special waterproof lamps are covered with decorative wooden shades, which creates a feeling of peace and relaxation in the room. Decorative grilles cover the hatches, through which air is supplied and discharged.

The sauna in the apartment assumes a special ventilation system. More often The ventilation of the room is based on natural air exchange, which is created due to the difference in air flow pressure. Hot air is released into the bathroom, which only contributes to its heating. But when designing a ventilation system, one must take into account that the oxygen that enters the air can burn out. And this will lead to irreversible consequences for both the person himself and for a room that can catch fire.

Professionals involved in the construction of saunas, suggest that the thickness of the insulation must be at least 50 mm. And on the inside should be laid a layer of vapor barrier made of aluminum foil.

Sauna in the apartment can not be without a stove-heater, the power of which is selected depending on the volume of the room. Specialists say that the power of the heating element is selected from the calculation: for 1 cubic meter of air - 1 kW.

For glazing windows and doors of a sauna, double-glazed windows with tinted double glazing are usually used .