Those who adhere to traditions often prefer bathhouse designs with a font. At all times, the real Russian bathhouse had many fans. Interest in this unique place for physical and moral cleansing does not subside even now. Many people are trying to build bathhouses on their property, as our ancestors did, that is, using all technologies. At the same time, innovations that simplify construction and the quality of the building are not ignored.
Despite the fact that nowadays most buildings called bathhouses look somewhat different than even 100 years ago, the main components remain unchanged. We are talking about steam, heat and water. In order to thoroughly steam and cleanse your body of dirt and your head of bad thoughts, you need to perform this procedure in the right steam room. It takes a lot of time and effort to arrange it, but this is not a reason to ignore comfort and convenience in other important rooms.
For example, when arranging a washing room, you must follow all the rules of the given room. There can be quite strong temperature changes and high humidity. Modern sinks are very different from what these rooms looked like in the old days. However, many bathhouse owners still pay tribute to tradition and install classic baths. They look more interesting than simple basins. Of course, a font is not as comfortable as a bathtub, but this option will ideally decorate any bathhouse.
With separate rooms
In compact buildings, to save usable space, several rooms are combined into one. This allows you to properly organize the layout of the interior rooms in the bathhouse. True, this is not always convenient. For example, when combining a steam room with a shower room. Someone took a steam bath and decided to wash themselves. The rest of the visitors continue to steam.
And everything would be fine, but how to soap your hair in hot air? If the proposed building site allows, then it is better to separate these two rooms. In addition to the main rooms, you can now enjoy taking a warm bath directly in the fresh air. Get an unforgettable pleasure from hydromassage bubbles. Now let's talk about everything in order.
With font
Since ancient times, people, after visiting the steam room, plunged into a nearby body of water to slightly cool down their heated body. Nowadays, owners of private estates do not always have the opportunity to enjoy swimming in a natural reservoir.
In order not to break tradition, people came up with a simple device - a font. This is a kind of bowl filled with cool water. It’s not difficult to download or order a drawing of a steam room with a plunge pool. The forms for such mini-pools are:
- Oval;
- Round;
- Rectangular;
- Square;
- Angular.
The most pleasing to the human eye will be pictures of bathtubs with rounded shapes.
Sometimes they are made in the form of a barrel or a wooden bathtub.
True, for their location it is not always possible to use the chosen place economically.
Therefore, developers often opt for forms with right angles.
Information. The most convenient and compact option, without a doubt, remains a corner-shaped font. It will fit perfectly even into a small corner.
The range of materials used to make the bowls themselves offers a wide choice of products. This allows each developer to choose an option at an acceptable price. The fonts are located in two ways:
- Open (install a portable bowl on the floor in the wash room);
- In-depth (similar to arranging a swimming pool, a niche is dug into which the bowl of the future font is later placed).
Such a design must be thought out in advance at the design stage. If the size of the complete bathhouse project does not allow you to take up additional space, and the desire to plunge into invigorating cool water is irresistible, then the best solution would be to take the font outside.
Attention! Consider the climatic conditions specific to your location. Select bowl materials that are resistant to harsh weather conditions. Baths installed outdoors can be equipped with heated water.
With steam room
The design of a bathhouse with a separate steam room and washing room is the right solution.
Small, but such a significant room for the entire building.
After all, without a steam room, a bathhouse will turn into an ordinary place for swimming.
This room is the main one in obtaining benefits and healing.
The steam room does not require anything unusual for its arrangement.
But there are several nuances, the observance of which will allow all its visitors to steam comfortably. First of all, this is the size of the room itself.
The next important point will be the insulation of the walls. It is carried out in two stages:
- During construction;
- During finishing work.
Important! The design of the steam room must take into account the maximum number of visitors. The standard size of a steam room for 3 people is 2x2.5 meters. The ceiling height should vary from 2 to 2.2 meters.
Good thermal insulation will allow you to quickly warm up the steam room. It is better to avoid windows in this room. This will reduce heat loss. Bath complexes with a washing room and steam room are quite functional; a more expanded complex with a steam room, washing room and changing room.
Information. Daylight can replace electric lighting. The brightness is selected taking into account the wishes of the owner.
The last moment will be finishing the steam room. Materials must be accessible, inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and resistant to high temperatures. After the main construction work, the heater, doors and furniture are installed.
Important! Remember that treating materials used to decorate the steam room with varnish is prohibited. Heating the walls and shelves will cause not only an unpleasant odor, but also the possibility of intoxication of visitors.
With washroom or shower
Separating the shower room and steam room is a good solution. As we said earlier, this allows avid bath attendants to steam at a time when some, unable to withstand the effects of high temperatures, decided to cool down under a cool shower. A shower cabin can be installed in the wash room. It’s worth noting right away that this is not a cheap option. You can replace it with a regular pallet. There are several types:
- Enameled steel;
- Earthenware;
- Marble;
- Cast iron;
- Acrylic.
There is no need to make the shower compartment completely closed.
It is enough to use one partition for visual fencing.
You can hang a regular shower curtain.
It will hide your process of taking water procedures from prying eyes, if necessary. Bathing water is heated using:
- Flow heater;
- Storage heater;
- Heater stove with water tank.
Important! When using instantaneous water heating, the power of the heating element must be at least 8 kW. The pump supplying water must process 8 liters per minute.
With locker room
The first impression of visiting the bathhouse will be when entering the locker room. A separate room for storing clothes during bath procedures is an ideal solution. Its size depends on the functions that the locker room will perform. The following requirements apply to this room:
- Good insulation (from the outside of the walls, sealing windows, if provided) When installing a door, insulate it too, make a high threshold. This will allow you to change clothes without drafts;
- Take care of good ventilation, comfortable temperature in the room;
- Lighting can be natural or artificial. The main parameter will be its brightness;
- If there is a place in the locker room for a wood burner, it should not cause inconvenience to visitors.
To feel comfortable in the place that is used for changing clothes and putting yourself in order, you will need several mandatory interior items:
- Mirror;
- Hanger;
- Stalls.
If it is possible to allocate more space for a dressing room than the required minimum of 3 square meters, then simple hangers can be modified into a wardrobe. Place a simple chest of drawers next to it for storing things. A small table will do just fine.
Information. If the humidity in this room is not high, you can connect electrical outlets to it. This will allow you to use devices such as an electric hair dryer, which is necessary after taking water procedures. Especially the fair sex.
With Jacuzzi
Pleasant water treatments after visiting the steam room have not been canceled.
It all started with simple dousing with water from a bucket. Later the fonts appeared.
Now they have all been replaced by hydromassage baths.
This device has many configurations. There are various additional options.
Their availability changes the price of the relaxation unit. There are several types of Jacuzzis:
- With chromotherapy, aromatherapy (treatment using different colors, light effects, aromas);
- With aeromassage (massage with small bubbles rising from the bottom of the bathtub);
- With ultrasonic massage (high-frequency sound waves affecting the body at the cellular level);
- Recirculation system (special movement of water flows directed from the center to the edges);
- With oriental massage (imitation of “water fingers”, acupressure on both sides of the spine, restores the body’s energy balance).
Thanks to hydromassage, the functioning of the vascular system improves. Metabolism accelerates. Muscles are strengthened. The skin acquires an unprecedentedly smooth and even surface.
A place for installing a jacuzzi can be arranged in the washing department. It will be easier to connect it to the necessary communications there. You can allocate a separate room, if desired, if there is free space.
Dimensions of baths and fonts
Scheme of a bathhouse with a font, a relaxation room and a veranda.
First you need to decide on the scale of the building.
Its size, as a rule, depends on the dimensions of the interior, namely:
- steam rooms,
- washing,
- locker rooms.
And, of course, you need to take into account the size of the bathhouse. What size to choose for these premises is up to you, but in order not to make mistakes with the calculations, consider how many people will be in the room at the same time.
If you don’t want to create a large building, but really want a bathhouse with a font, then there is an option for location outside the bathhouse. Thus, you will avoid additional work on conducting communications.
What types of fonts are there?
Plastic font.
There are no detailed instructions for choosing a font: it all depends on the preferences of the owner.
Containers come in different shapes:
- round,
- rectangular,
- in the form of an ellipse,
- square,
- triangular.
In terms of space saving, it is best to choose triangular or rectangular shapes. But in terms of aesthetic appeal, of course, it is better to opt for rounded shapes.
In addition to shape and size, they also differ in materials of manufacture, including:
- concrete,
- metal,
- wooden,
- composite,
- plastic.
Let's find out which types are suitable in our case.
- Installing concrete fonts is a very labor-intensive process. For this reason, if you don’t want to bother yourself with unnecessary work, then this option is definitely not for you. In addition, the price of such a bath is an order of magnitude higher than others.
- Metal models are relatively rare and difficult to install. But for outdoor placement they have the advantage that the water inside will maintain its natural temperature longer.
- Wooden bath tubs are the most attractive and widespread option, since in addition to aesthetic appeal, wood also has healing properties, not to mention a specific smell familiar from childhood.
- Composite hot tubs are made from composite fibers , which include special glass fibers and a polymer substance to connect them. This material is the most durable and elastic. By comparison, concrete is 176 times less durable.
- There are a huge variety of plastic models of bath fonts, since they are most widespread. They are durable, have medium elasticity, and the installation process is not particularly difficult.
Advice. If wood is your thing, then choose an oak model. Oak has a miraculous effect on the human body. It soothes the cells of the body, while it has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal properties, so if there is a wound on the body, then oak will promote its healing.
Composite font.
Necessary premises for comfort
The completeness of the bath complex project will depend on the individual preferences of the owner of the building. For some, visiting the bathhouse is limited to entering the steam room and pouring water on the street. For others, for comfortable soaring and bathing, a washing compartment is already necessary. To fully steam, and then carry out proper hygiene procedures.
Still others need a place to store things and other bath utensils. So, judging the usefulness of the project can only be subjective. Everyone must determine for themselves what the process of soaring is for them? The issue of free building area remains an important issue. And, no matter how much we would like to, we cannot ignore the financial component of such an idea.
Taking into account all these influencing factors, setting priorities for the use of the future premises, you can begin to develop a project.
The standard set of rooms in a bath building will always remain: a steam room, a washing room and a dressing room.
Additional premises are added, developed during the design, if possible, necessary.
The same applies to arranging and equipping rooms with additional functionality.
Where to start building a bathhouse with a font
Photo of the font outside the bathhouse.
If you are seriously planning to build a bathhouse with your own hands, then before starting work you should take into account some conditions, the most important of which will be the choice of site for the construction of a bathhouse, its size and location.
- A bathhouse with a font differs from a regular one in its larger dimensions, so during its construction you will need more space. This should be taken into account when choosing a site for construction.
- In addition, the future bathhouse should not be a hindrance to the residence of your neighbors and should be located no closer than ten meters from residential buildings.
- You cannot start construction in the immediate vicinity of a water supply site.
- Try to choose a place on a higher area, this is necessary for natural water drainage.
These simple tips will help you choose a great location for your bathhouse.
Advantages of timber baths
The construction of bathhouses from timber and equipping them with a font is no longer uncommon today - if the size of the land plot allows, then such a project can be implemented freely, which is what most owners of such plots do. In addition, the font can be considered not only a useful and practical health “simulator”, but also a stylish attribute of a timber bathhouse. Especially if it is also made of wood. The natural warmth of wood, the naturalness and softness of shades - this creates a special atmosphere of coziness and comfort, which promotes relaxation and complete relaxation.
And if you have a desire to build a bathhouse from 6x6 timber and equip it with a font, then you can visit a construction organization, where you can appreciate the originality and variety of such projects. The local staff will offer a choice of timber baths with a small plunge pool, just for a couple of people, or more spacious ones. If necessary and at the request of clients, the bathtubs can be equipped with hydromassage equipment, water heating, and high-quality multi-colored lighting. And no matter what project you choose, you can be sure that the bathhouse and plunge pool itself are safe to use and as comfortable as possible.
