Requirements for the installation of the sauna in the apartment Baths, saunas and pools,Useful advice
Perhaps it is difficult to abandon the useful effects of the bath on the human body. But what if I want to go to the bath more often, but not the opportunity to visit this institution? You can go in two ways: Build a bathside next to the country house, or even better - install a compact Finnish sauna in the apartment.
Naturally, they will have to face many difficulties, but according to experts, it is worth it. After all, the bath helps a person to clean the body, bring slags, drive a cold.
Preparatory stages
The first step towards getting a bunny pleasure is that it is possible that the apartment will need to make redevelopment. It will be necessary if your room has a small area. In addition, when redeveloping an apartment, it is necessary to properly arrange the project.
After that step, the following main rules for installing the sauna in the apartment is the gasket of reinforced wiring. The voltage must be three-phase so that the Kamenka Mobile Sauna worked at full power. It is necessary to spend three-phase voltage only with the power permission that controls your home.
And the third preparatory stage in the installation of the sauna in the apartment is to get permission from the fire company. Specialists in fire safety make tight requirements for this issue.
A number of nuances that must be respected when installing a sauna in the apartment:
- the sauna must necessarily be located near the room with a room that has access to the street. If the apartment is on the top floor, this room can be access to a balcony or loggia (only for infrared saunas);
- on fire safety standards, it is prohibited to install a sauna in the basement, as well as on the last floors of the house. This is due to the fact that the wiring and other lighting devices of the Finnish sauna operate at the highest temperature;
- an ideal option for installing a sauna in the apartment is the location of the room on the first, the maximum - the second floor of the house;
- the sauna heating furnace should have a thermostat and automatically turn off. It is necessary to install it in the meter from the wall;
In addition to compliance with safety, it is necessary to take into account and technical points - ventilation equipment. For the sauna, the air exchange must be 6-7 cubic meters of air per hour just one square meter of the sauna. These requirements are performed when equipped with a separate supply channel, which will go out. It is necessary in order to keep natural ventilation in the sauna, otherwise the fan blades can melt. By the way, forced ventilation is allowed only in certain types of saunas, including Turkish "Hamam."
Installing the sauna in the apartment involves additional protection for the electric meter, in addition to the three-phase line, you need to install protective machines for the meter. If the voltage in the network is 220V, then a single-phase machine is installed, at a voltage of 380 - a three-phase installation is necessary.
The next step will be the laying of the heat and waterproofing layer. For the floor, the tile is best suited, it is necessary if the sauna is assembled from several elements. If the Finnish sauna is acquired with infrared radiation assembly, then carefully examine the instruction to understand, the floor isolation is necessary or not. By the way, you can put a ceramic tile on the floor, and on top of it - wooden flooring. Thus, you can get an analog ball in the apartment.
If the sauna is equipped with a steam generator, then it is necessary to bring the plumbing to it and install the filter for water purification, and, of course, do not forget about the sewer.
How to choose a sauna equipment
Each element for the sauna in the apartment must be chosen very carefully.
- Electrical equipment. Naturally, no one will turn the bathhouse to firewood, so you immediately need to make a decision, which electrically tanes need to be purchased. They are placed directly in the stones. Electrical name is desirable to establish security rules, its power must come from the size of the room. So, for one sauna cubometer, one kilowatt power is enough. This simple calculation will help you with a choice of oven. Beans for the sauna in apartments must have a power of 2.5 to 8 kilowatt. It is desirable to immediately acquire the electric furnace with protective machines. And it is necessary to remember that water on stones under which electric heating elements are located, in no case should fall!
- By purchasing stones for the sauna, it is necessary to take into account that they can crack. Such volcanic rocks as diabases or peridotitis are suitable for the sauna. It is impossible to use the usual stones, since when heated, they allocate sulfur.
- Arrangement. Here you need to rely on your income, if the budget allows you to, then it is desirable to sew a sauna with a clapboard or a wooden solid timber. It should be borne in mind that the sauna area will slightly decrease, but the sensations will be unforgettable. When choosing a tree, it should be borne in mind that not all breeds are suitable for baths. Oak and beech should not be used, as they are very hot and you can get a skin burn.
- Doors for the sauna, it is desirable to install not wooden, but with a double-glazed window. Such a door will last much longer and their sealing is better. The wooden door is considered a good option, but it can be deformed.
- Accessories. This is a personal decision of everyone. But it is advisable to equip a bath so that it is comfortable to bathe. One of the amenities of the home sauna is the installation of a special cooling system - the oxygen supply system, which comes with air through the hose. This helps strengthen the effect and rejuvenation of the body.
Saunas for apartments
Most popular with sauno lovers is a compact infrared sauna. It is a sauna-cabin for apartments and other, small premises. Its size will depend on the size of the room. Saunas are available on sale, which can be installed on the loggia and in the bathroom single and double. In order to assemble it, the space is necessary, the size of a little more square meter.
The principle of operation of such a sauna lies in special heaters - infrared emitters. The cabin such a sauna is easy to assemble and, if necessary, disassemble and transport, for example, to the cottage. Such a sauna will not take a lot of space, it is enough to install enough space a little more than one square meter. Consumes an infrared sauna some electricity - from 1.7 kilowatta.
Also on sale are presented combined saunas: Finnish with infrared radiation.
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