Optimal bath size: what to start from and what to strive for

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Today you can find baths of any “styles”, configurations and sizes. The imagination of ordinary private developers and specialized firms is so rich that there are a great many options and projects.

But the question always remains, what is the optimal size of the bath? After all, you always want to save money without sacrificing your comfort. And this question cannot be answered unequivocally, since there are many different factors here. Which ones? More on this below...

Minimum steam room size for 4 people

Designing a bathhouse depends on many important factors, one of which is the number of visitors. The most commonly calculated size of the steam room is for 4 people. This solution is the best option.

We create a design project for a bathhouse: dimensions of the steam room

Modern steam rooms amaze with the variety of designs. The imagination of designers, specialized construction companies and private builders is very rich, so now you can find steam rooms of any configuration, layout and size.

Of course, you can build a steam room for more people. But then it is worth considering the fact that the construction and maintenance of a steam room with a large area will cost much more.

Well, if the size of the land plot and financial capabilities allow, you can build an entire bathhouse complex with many functional rooms and a large steam room. The choice is yours!

One of the main rooms of the bathhouse is the steam room. For its arrangement, only high-quality natural materials are selected. The size of the steam room depends on several factors:

1. The number of people for which the steam room is designed.

Its visitors should feel comfortable and free, sitting in different positions, lying or sitting on the shelves.

1. Oven type.

If you intend to build a sauna with an iron stove, the steam room must have sufficient area. The radiant heat of solid fuel is so intense that it can heat the air to skin-searing temperatures.

The dimensions of the room should allow the shelves to be placed at a safe distance from the heating elements.

As for the electric stove, the large dimensions of the steam room will lead to significant energy costs, and this is unlikely to be compensated by any comfort.

1. Configuration and number of shelves.

If you plan to equip a steam room with 3 shelves, then the bottom one should be the narrowest. As a rule, children sit on it or various bath accessories are placed on it.

The top shelf should be located at a height of at least 1 m from the ceiling so that it is convenient to get up from it. Yes, and you could sit upstairs without resting your head on the ceiling. The distance between the shelves is standard, maintained at 30 – 45 cm.

If you are building a bathhouse for 2 people or more, make sure that there are no uncomfortable seats in it that could go to one of your guests, which will make them feel not very comfortable.

Experts calculated the optimal volume of the steam room:

1. Ceiling height is about 2.1 m.

If the height of the room is made lower, it will not be very comfortable to be in it. And steam in bathhouses with low ceilings evaporates faster through the ventilation holes.

It makes no sense to make ceilings that are too high, since steam will rise to them without giving the desired effect. Plus high heating costs.

1. Room area.

One of the sides of the steam room must be at least 2 m. Then the size of the shelves will allow you not only to sit, but also to lie on them, straightening up to your full height.

Advice from the master!

For sufficient air exchange for 4 people, an area of ​​approximately 2.5 m x 2 m will be required. Additionally, it is necessary to take into account the area for placing the stove.

Other rooms of the bath

1. Washing.

This room should be larger in size compared to the steam room. Here, as a rule, there are basins, water tanks, showers or shower stalls, as well as various shelves and benches that take up a lot of space. Therefore, for a comfortable stay of several people, at least 6 m² will be required.

1. Restroom.

Its dimensions depend on the overall dimensions of the bath and on the purposes for which you plan to use it. In any case, the space of the room should be sufficient so that several people can comfortably relax over a cup of tea at the same time.

It should fit a small table, armchairs or sofa - on average, this is at least 8-9 m² of area.

1. Swimming pool and bathroom.

If your capabilities and the area of ​​the land allow you to build a bathhouse with a separate room for the pool, then you will get a real bathhouse complex! The room with the pool will occupy at least 10 m².

Layout of a bathhouse with a swimming pool

Advice from the master!

Well, if we are talking about a bath complex, then it would be reasonable to equip it with a bathroom and shower. However, this will also require additional meters of space.

Steam room combined with sink

Quite often it happens that the size of the land plot does not allow for too much “roaming” and the construction of an entire complex. Sometimes it is so small that it does not make it possible to build a bathhouse with separate rooms, and then you have to combine a sink with a steam room.

Thus, the bathhouse will consist of two rooms: a dressing room and a steam room with a sink. The quality of vaping in this case will be slightly inferior, so you should adhere to some rules:

• it is necessary to heat the combined steam room from the dressing room;
• allocate an area of ​​0.8 m x 0.8 m to accommodate water tanks and shelves for cleaning supplies;
• the door to the steam room should be externally opening and small in size (usually 1.5 m x 0.7 m), with a threshold height of at least 0.3 m;
• instead of windows in the steam room, it is better to use forced ventilation;
• if it is not possible to organize ventilation, it is necessary to make a window at the height of the top shelf in the corner opposite from the heater; its size should be no more than 0.4 m x 0.4 m.

The dimensions of a combined steam room (without height) for 4 visitors must be at least 2 m x 2.1 m. And the overall dimensions of the bathhouse, including the dressing room, must be at least 2.1 m x 4 m.

Let's summarize. Regardless of whether a bathhouse is built for 2 people or 4, its dimensions are a rather abstract concept and most often individual.

Advice from the master!

One is ready to build an entire complex for a small family. Another does not have such an opportunity, but also wants to build a good, high-quality bathhouse. And let it not have several floors, a swimming pool and other frills, the main thing is that it is warm, practical and comfortable!

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Current standards

An important task when planning a house is determining the dimensions of the restroom. Experts are well aware of this, because a correctly calculated bathroom area allows you to create an ergonomic space. In this case, it will be possible to place all the necessary sanitaryware and even furniture with household appliances in the room. Therefore, the overall level of comfort of the entire home depends on the correct determination of the height, depth and width of the toilet in the form of a separate room or combined with a bathroom.

Knowing the dimensions of the sanitary unit, you will be able to understand:

• how the engineering systems will be installed;
• what finishing can be used in the room where sanitary and hygienic procedures are carried out;
• where is the best place to install sanitary products, including a bathtub, washbasin, toilet, shower and even a bidet.

There are current GOSTs and SNiPs, from which it is easy to find out what the minimum width of a toilet is and how much its other parameters are. Designers are guided by this information.

The smallest dimensions of a combined sanitary unit with a full set of plumbing fixtures Source vplate.ru

If necessary, current standards may not be observed if a restroom is being built or remodeled in a cottage or country house. However, they are still used as a starting point when designing rooms for daily hygiene and sanitary procedures. These parameters have the following meanings:

• minimum width 800 mm;
• minimum depth 1200 mm;
• the minimum height is 2500 mm;
• the shortest distance from the roof slope to the toilet bowl can vary from 1005 mm to 1100 mm when the sanitary room is located on the attic floor;
• the height of the room next to the toilet door must be at least 2100 mm.

The standards also indicate the distance between the equipment and give recommendations regarding the free space next to it:

• in front of the tank-tank - at least 700 mm;
• between the bidet and the toilet bowl - at least 250 mm;
• on the right and left sides of the toilet - at least 250 mm;
• in front of the toilet bowl - no less than 600 mm;
• near the washbasin - at least 700 mm.

Standards regarding free space and distances between equipment Source cezares-kazan.ru

Important! According to the rules, the door of a hygienic room must swing open towards the corridor. However, with a large area of ​​​​the room and the presence of unoccupied space, this is not important.

What are the optimal sizes of a bathhouse and its individual rooms?

At the bathhouse design stage, it is very important to provide all the details so that the finished building is not only beautiful in appearance and functional, but also comfortable for visitors. Particular attention should be paid to the optimal size of the bathhouse, which allows a certain number of people to be in it at the same time. The size of the bathhouse as a whole, and each room in particular, will be discussed further in the material.

Depending on the financial capabilities, as well as the individual requirements and wishes of the owners, the functional content of the bathhouse can be very different. This can be a two-room building, consisting only of a dressing room and a steam room with a sink, or a full-fledged large complex with a swimming pool, terrace and other rooms for relaxation and entertainment.

Note that, despite the variety of options, there are strict standards for such premises, according to which the minimum size of the bathhouse is 1 m2 per person in each of its rooms.

Dressing room dimensions

If the dressing room is located in a small bathhouse designed for 4 people, then you can use it for several purposes at once:

1. Combine with a rest room.
2. Operate as a vestibule - an intermediate zone between a hot steam room and cold air outside.
3. Place a woodpile here or a place to store coal to make it convenient to heat the stove.
4. Install a washing machine in it if there is no water supply to the house.

As a rule, the dimensions of a bathhouse with a relaxation room for 4 people provide for the parameters of a dressing room of at least 1.8x3.6 meters. There is a small changing room here. But in order to have space left for installing lounge furniture, the room will have to be expanded.

The windows in the dressing room are large, with double glass. They are mounted approximately 1 meter from the floor.

If the design of the bathhouse does not provide for a veranda or terrace, then the entrance door will be located in the dressing room. It must open outward - this is a requirement of safety regulations. Separately, it is worth mentioning the size of the door leaf for the steam room. It is optimal if they are 160/180×70 cm.

We also note that in order to avoid drafts and rapid cooling of the bathhouse in winter, it is advisable to insulate the outer door from the outside.

What should be the dimensions of the steam room?

The size of a steam room in a bathhouse depends on a number of factors (more details: “What size of steam room is considered optimal”).

Selection of stove-heater

When deciding what size the steam room should be, it is worth taking into account not only the space standards for one person, but also the dimensions of the stove and heater, be it brick or metal. The fuel for the stove can be liquid fuel, gas, wood or electricity.

Brick stoves take up quite a lot of space, however, since it is difficult to get burned on their walls, no additional wall for insulation is required, which, of course, saves space.

But metal stoves heat up to very high temperatures and can pose a danger to visitors. They definitely need a protective screen. As a rule, such a stove is placed at least 1 meter from the main walls of the steam room.

Extra options

To determine the optimal size of the steam room in the bathhouse, you need to consider what position the steamers will be in during the procedures - sitting or lying down. In addition, other options may be provided - sitting on a shelf with legs bent, or lying down with legs on supports. Consequently, the location of the sunbeds, their number and size, significantly influences the dimensions of the steam room.

If we are talking about a small steam room designed for four visitors, where shelves allow you to both sit and lie down, the starting dimensions will start from 150x200 cm.

By adding to this value the area of ​​the approaches to the benches and the dimensions of the stove, we can talk about the acceptable size of the steam room.

In paired compartments with forced ventilation, as a rule, no windows are provided. However, if there is no such system, to ventilate and dry the steam room you will need a window with dimensions of 40x40 cm. It is placed on the side opposite from the stove at the level of the top shelf. The glazing is double.

As for doorways, the entrance to the steam room should be blocked by a small door with a high threshold (up to 30 cm in height). Its size is 150x70 cm, and it opens from the steam room.

Steam room with sink in one room

If for some reason there is not enough space on your personal plot to build a spacious bathhouse, you often have to save space by combining a steam room and a washing room in one room. In this case, it will be quite difficult to say which bath size is the most optimal, because not everyone wants to sacrifice comfort and deteriorate the quality of bath procedures.

Since in such a combined steam room, due to the presence of a container with hot water, there will be increased humidity, we recommend that you adhere to the following tips:

1. You will be much more comfortable if you steam your body first, and only then start washing.
2. Firewood should be supplied to the furnace firebox from the dressing room.
3. The standards for the arrangement of windows and doors are similar to those in a separate steam room.
4. To accommodate washing equipment, special beds and containers with hot and cold water, additional space should be included in the project. In addition, you will need a space of at least 80x80 cm to install a vertical heater for a metal stove.

Thus, taking into account all the parameters, the minimum size of a steam room with a sink designed for four people should start at 200x210 cm.

Washing room requirements

The functional content of the washing room, that is, the presence of water tanks, a shower stall or an entire swimming pool, is determined at the project development stage.

In this case, each option will have its own size standards. If we talk about a bathhouse for four people, in which the washing room is equipped only with water tanks, the minimum size of such a room will be 200x210 cm.

In this case, the stove is installed in such a way that its heater is in the steam room, and the firebox with a hot water tank is in the washing compartment. The power of the stove must be sufficient to fully heat the steam room and provide steamers with full hot water. For example, a small metal stove with a heater can heat a room with a volume of 18 m3, as well as heat about 70 liters of water.

Unless we are talking about a combined steam room with a sink, then a blank wall with a door should separate these rooms from each other.

It is quite acceptable to cut in a window in the washroom. It should be placed at least 1.4 meters from the floor. It is advisable to install windows not opposite the front door and not make them too large - 50x70 cm is enough.

The door leaf for the washing room is made standard - 180x80 cm, but it is advisable to raise the threshold to avoid drafts.

If additional funds are available, the sink can be equipped with a shower. If you choose a fairly compact model, it will take about 90x90 cm.

Of course, if you plan to build a swimming pool or any other mechanisms for washing, the size of the sink will automatically increase to the required parameters.

Results

Thus, taking into account all the indicated indicators, it can be argued that the standard size of a bathhouse for four people with three separate rooms will be from 360x380 cm. If there is a need to combine a steam room with a washing compartment, the dimensions of such a bathhouse should be at least 210×400 cm.

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Calculation of stove power for a bath

Calculation of the power of a sauna stove depending on the volume of the steam room

You need to choose a sauna stove of optimal power based on the volume of your steam room.

You cannot make a mistake in choosing the power of a sauna stove, because then there will be no good steam: neither in the case when the power is not enough, nor in the case when the power of the stove is more than required.

If you put a small stove in a bathhouse with insufficient power for the given volume of the steam room, then it will have to be operated beyond its capabilities, which will lead to rapid wear and tear of the stove.

If you buy a stove with a reserve for the reason that there is never too much power reserve, then yes, indeed, the sauna will heat up quickly and hotly! But in order to steam in comfortable conditions, you will have to artificially reduce its capabilities when steaming and ventilate the steam room after each session. As a result, balanced steam cannot be obtained due to the fact that the stones in the heater will not be so hot. And, if you maintain the required temperature of the stones (at least 500 degrees C), it will be too hot on the shelf and even in the lower zone, near the floor.

Calculation of the power of a sauna stove should be done in the following sequence:

1. determine the volume of the steam room by multiplying its internal dimensions: width, length and height. For example, the steam room has dimensions of 3x2 m and a height of 2.2 m. This means its volume is -13.2 m3.
2. calculate heat loss from cold surfaces such as a glass door, window, brickwork partition by multiplying the area by a factor of 1.2, assuming that each square meter of such a surface absorbs the heat required to warm up 1.2 m3. For example, in a steam room there is a window of size 0, 5*1.0m=0.5m2 and a glass door measuring 1.8*0.8m=1.44m2. This means the heat loss will be (0.5m2+1.44m2)*1.2=2.33m3
3. We summarize the calculated cubic capacity: the total volume of the steam room and heat loss from cold surfaces. We add up the previously calculated figures for points 1 and 2 and get the volume required for heating, equal in our example (13.2+2.33)=15.53 m3
4. We obtain the correct calculation of the power of a sauna stove if we take into account the material from which the sauna is built, since the structures of the walls, ceiling and floor also absorb a decent amount of heat. For example, for a log bathhouse, without finishing, you need to apply a factor equal to 1.6, and if the inside of the steam room is lined with clapboard, with foil, and with insulation, then a reduction factor of 0.6 is taken (since such a wall does not absorb, but repels heat). So, for logs in a steam room, the design power of the stove will be equal to 15.53 m3x1.6 = 24.85 m3 = 24.85 kW (from the considerations that for 1 m3 of the design volume of the steam room, 1 kW of stove power is sufficient).
5. When purchasing, choose a stove with a power in the range of 25 kW

The data for calculating the power of the stove for each specific bath may differ in its characteristics due to the use of different materials and designs of the building itself, or some additional factors, for example, the presence of fresh ventilation, etc.

Since in a Russian bath, steam is formed as a result of splashing water on hot stones, when choosing a sauna stove, it is necessary to look not only at its rated power, but also at the volume (weight) of stones that can be placed in this stove.

Calculation of stones for a bath

Different sources recommend different numbers of stones per 1 m3 of steam room when 15 people are steaming at the same time for 5 hours. Let's take a minimum: 30kg. Therefore, for our example we will need 30 kg * 24.85 m3 = 745.5 kg If the steam room is calculated not for 15, but for 5 people, then, accordingly, you need to reduce the volume of stones by 3 times: 745.5 kg/3 = 248.5 kg . Something is too much for a stove with a power of 25 kW and a weight of no more than 200 kg (cast iron).... And what size should a metal stove be in order to fit so many stones into it?

Another “ancient” book recommends 8 kg of cobblestones for every 6 liters of supplied water and 1.5 kg for 1 m3 of steam room volume. In an hour, 5 people pour no more than 4 liters of hot water onto the stones, so during 5 hours of continuous steaming they will spend 20 liters (which is unlikely). Still, let’s reduce the amount of water by 30%, taking into account pauses for ventilation and rest. It turns out that you only need 18.7 kg. Let's also calculate the number of stones for the bath, taking into account the volume of the steam room: 1.5 kg * 24.85 m3 = 37.5 kg. We sum everything up and get: 37.5 kg + 18.7 kg = 53.2 kg of cobblestones. This is already an acceptable figure for an ordinary simple bath.

You can make a more complex calculation of stones for a bath, determining the required amount of heat by evaporation and heating...

But. The purpose of this article is to determine the required power of a stove for a bath. Therefore, let’s estimate how many kW is needed to heat 53.2 kg of stones for 15 minutes (the approximate time allotted for a pause between steaming) to a temperature of 500 degrees:

Conclusion: a furnace power of 20 kW will provide heating to 500 degrees 53.2 kg of stones every 15 minutes. Let's add another 5 kW to the calculation of the power of the sauna stove to take into account heat loss through structures and cold surfaces.

So, for a steam room measuring 3x2x2.2 m, you need a 25 kW stove, based on two different calculations:

With a lower consumption of supplied water, for example, when not five people are steaming, but two, for not five hours, but only a couple or three, you can choose a stove with a lower power (20 kW).

Calculation of the power of a sauna stove based on the volume of the steam room and the number of stones in the sauna stove

How to correctly determine the size of a steam room?

Steam room diagram

Historians claim that baths were known to the Egyptians and Indians five thousand years ago, but no descriptions of these structures have survived. But we all know very well the Roman baths and Turkish baths - hammam. According to the same historians, we owe the invention of the Russian bathhouse, or black bathhouse, to Siberian hunters.

Nowadays the most popular pairs are of two types:

• dry: temperature 60-120 °C, and humidity – 5-25%;
• raw (or wet): temperature 50-70 ° C, humidity - 80-100%.

A Russian bathhouse is usually a wooden structure, consisting of a warm dressing room in which to undress, and a steam room where a stove and shelves are installed. The steam room warms up when the stones are heated. When arranging shelves, you need to understand: the higher it is, the hotter it is to lie on it. An obligatory part of the bath sacrament is to douse yourself with cold water, dive into an ice hole or wallow in a snowdrift.

The Finnish sauna is akin to a Russian bath. This is the same heater, only infusions of herbs or ready-made essential oils are dripped onto the stones, producing not steam, but warm, healing air. The sauna also uses the contrast of hot steam and ice water. Bathhouses, free-standing or attached to dacha or cottage plots, perform the same function, but have different appearances and sizes.

Advice from the master!

The dimensions of the bathhouse may vary, but the general principles of construction, as well as sanitary and fire safety standards, must be taken into account.

Russian bath

In addition to the stove, the steam room of a Russian bath usually has shelves so that you can sit or lie down. There can be one shelf, but it is preferable to make three.

Bathhouse layout 6*4m

According to sanitary standards, the ceiling height must be at least 2.1 meters. It doesn’t make sense to make the ceiling higher either, it’s just additional costs for heating the space. A bathhouse for an average family of four should not be less than 6 square meters. Experts believe that at least 1 m2 of space should be allocated per visitor.

You should not be alone in the steam room. In company you can chat and monitor each other’s well-being.

If the size of the room allows, you can arrange a more comfortable Russian bathhouse, making not only a dressing room and a steam room, but also a relaxation room. The steam room may have stationary shelves and several mobile, easily removed benches. It makes sense to make them different in height. Stationary shelves are located on the wall opposite the stove. The shelf should be quite comfortable; when creating it, you need to take into account the height and weight of those who like to take a steam bath.

A wood-burning stove is usually located in the corner next to the door, and there should be at least one hundred kilograms of stones in it. A container for heating water is built into the oven. The heat from the stove in the steam room is quite enough to heat the dressing room. The size of the room may vary, it all depends on your desires and capabilities. To reduce steam and heat loss, the door is usually made low, but with a high threshold. Return to content

Finnish sauna

Practical Finns have developed a huge number of sauna options, from small ones to almost palaces. As experts say, the smallest sauna is like an insulated closet, in which two people can hardly sit, jostling with their knees. It is heated by an electric stove and can be installed even in a small bathroom.

If the size of the sauna allows, then it is, of course, better to put at least one shelf in the steam room on which you can freely stretch out while lying down. In this case, it is necessary that the length of one wall be at least 1.8 m. Therefore, the sauna must have an area of ​​1.8 x 2 m.

If you can afford a larger sauna, for example, 2.5 x 2.4, then it is advisable to install L-shaped shelves in it. This form will save space. And if you close the space under the shelves, you can save on heated volume. The requirements for the height of the sauna are the same as for the construction of a Russian bath.

Advice from the master!

A sauna is a more preferable option if you want to set up a steam room in a residential building. For our houses and especially apartments, it is important that at high temperatures and dry air, the wooden parts of the sauna dry quickly, do not warp or rot.

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Where should the bathhouse or sauna be located?

In the old days, the construction of a house began with the construction of a bathhouse. It was here that the family lived until the construction of the main house was completed. Now it's the other way around. Usually they build a house first, and only then a steam room.

Country bathhouse

Near the bathhouse you can make a small pool about one and a half meters deep. In this case, it is necessary to provide for the drainage of dirty water. This pool can be used for alternating hot and cold bath procedures. If it is possible to place the bathhouse on a hill, then the sewer tray for wastewater does not need to be deepened too much.

When building a bathhouse near a private house in which they permanently live, it is a good idea to make a washing room in it. There it will be possible to do laundry and bathe for those who cannot bathe for some reason. Many people believe that the windows of a bathhouse or sauna should face west, as the soft rays of the sunset create a special atmosphere of relaxation and peace.

If you decide to attach a bathhouse to your house, this will allow you to save on arrangement:

• lighting;
• water supply;
• sewerage;
• insulation.

Pond and bathhouse - the perfect combination

However, such savings will affect the area of ​​the bathhouse. The size of the extension differs significantly from the parameters of a separate steam room. You can attach a bathhouse not only to your home, but also to a summer kitchen, workshop, greenhouse, or garage. But in any case, it should be away from the road. In addition, it should be screened from neighbors by a hedge, fence or outbuildings.

A free-standing bathhouse needs to be thoroughly insulated. But for an extension it is enough if the insulation is placed only in the steam room. If you do not live in the house permanently, it is better for the bathhouse to be separate. We arrived, heated it, took a steam bath, but we didn’t have to warm up the house. Thus, except for insulation, a built-in bathhouse and a free-standing bathhouse are not fundamentally different. Don’t forget about fire safety - a free-standing bathhouse is much safer than an attached one.

You can build a bathhouse in the form of a dugout or half-dugout with a terrace on pillars. The terrace is a great place to sunbathe, do handicrafts or make something, relax with children and friends, and drink tea with jam and pancakes in the evenings. This kind of Russian bath is called black and is not very popular in our time.

What is healthier: a sauna or a bathhouse? There are different opinions on this matter. Now the bathhouse and sauna fulfill not only their historical role - to provide an opportunity to wash themselves. Here they improve their health, beautify themselves, and communicate. Therefore, the debate about the benefits of this or that type of steam room makes no sense. If you like massage with a broom, then there is a direct path to a Russian bathhouse. If you like to relax while lying on a shelf, your choice is a sauna.

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Video description

The following video will help you create a thoughtful sanitary facility:

On a note! Experts note that many homeowners strive to maximize the area of ​​the sanitary room. They definitely think about this if there are no external restrictions on the dimensions of such a room. After all, they won’t have to save every meter or even centimeter of usable space. However, this decision is not always the right one, because a large toilet is a waste of useful space at home. It can be used more rationally. For example, to increase the area of ​​the living room or dining room, where there is a place for every family member.

The best option for a private home is the rational use of every meter of sanitary facilities Source mykaleidoscope.ru

What size steam room is considered optimal?

When creating a construction project, it is necessary to correctly calculate the steam room in the bathhouse. The dimensions of this room should allow it to provide an ideal microclimate that promotes health and improves mood.

First of all, what the size of the steam room should be depends on the number of future visitors to the bathhouse. The number of people who will simultaneously take procedures in the steam room is taken into account. There should be from 1.5 to 2 square meters per person.

Arranging a steam room according to all the rules

The microclimate that must be maintained in a bathhouse or sauna depends on two important parameters - temperature and degree of air humidity. To monitor these indicators, keep a thermometer and hydrometer in the room.

The following indicators are optimal for these devices:

• air temperature – plus 60 degrees;
• relative humidity – 60%.

It is these parameters of the air condition in the bathhouse that allow you to fully enjoy its visit and the resulting healing effect. In addition, it is necessary to ensure constant air exchange in the room. The atmosphere of the steam room should be completely renewed at least 4-5 times within an hour.

Once in the bathhouse, where an optimal microclimate is provided, the visitor to the steam room receives deep warming simultaneously due to 3 sources of thermal energy:

• from heated air in the room;
• from radiant heat coming from the surface of the stove;
• from hot steam settling on the human body.

Little tricks

You need to know that steam that is not “strong enough” will, on the contrary, help cool down the visitor to the steam room. For example, if relative humidity is reduced by 30 percent, then moisture will begin to rapidly evaporate from a person’s skin, which means the body will cool down.

In order to better monitor this process that occurs during the functioning of the steam room, sometimes not one thermometer is broadcast in the room, but two - one of them is normal, and the second is “wet”. With the latter device, the tip is wrapped with a damp cloth, after which it begins to show the temperature of the surface of the skin of a person in the room.

What does the size of the steam room have to do with it? Experts say that they have a very direct effect on the temperature and humidity of the air in such a room. The fact is that the thermal energy coming from three sources is not stable. So, in a spacious steam room, the hot rays of the stove will quickly dissipate, and it is impossible to make their route longer without heating the air too much.

From this we can draw a certain conclusion: in a large room, it is quite problematic to achieve a balanced system that is responsible for uniform heating of the visitor, since there are specific boundaries of space, beyond which heat breaks down into zones of cold and heat. At the same time, there are unreasonably high energy costs.

Thus, it is necessary to ensure the optimal size of the steam room that meets the needs of steamers - no extra square meters. Only when the above conditions are met can the desired operating parameters of the hot zone be achieved.

Every homeowner planning to build a sauna building can use ready-made calculation tables that allow them to select the optimal sauna size for a specific project. There are also certain rules that will make it easy to purchase furniture, a stove and other elements for furnishing a steam room.

Interior design of the steam room

When purchasing or manufacturing pieces of furniture for a bath, you must take into account the following nuances:

1. Choice of wood . For this purpose, an exceptionally dense material with a low thermal conductivity, containing a small amount of resin substances, is suitable. The tree must be resistant to high temperatures and high humidity. Linden, aspen and African abashi trees ideally meet these requirements.
2. Linear parameters of shelves in a steam room . The benches in this room are not intended for seating, since visitors lie on them with their legs raised above their heads. Therefore, the dimensions of the shelves should be designed so that a person can stretch out to his full height or, in extreme cases, recline. Typically, the bench has the following dimensions: length 140–200 centimeters, width - 60, 90 or 150 centimeters, the distance between adjacent steps - from 40 to 60 centimeters. In this case, the lower tier is located no lower than 20 centimeters from the floor surface, and the upper tier is no more than 120 centimeters from the ceiling.
3. Arrangement of benches in the steam room . There are three ways to position the shelves (see photo). The first of them is steps (2-3 steps are installed along the wall). The second option is L-shaped (the upper and lower steps are placed on one wall, and the middle one is placed on the side wall). The third method is called “Coupe”. It involves placing two shelves on top of each other, while the top shelf can be lifted.

For comfortable movement on the floor of the steam room, the use of footrests and headrests made of wood is provided (for more details: “How to make a headrest in a bathhouse - proven methods”).

The microclimate in the steam room is influenced by the heating design. Regardless of whether the choice of a stove is made for a small steam room or a spacious room, the area of ​​heat-emitting surfaces should be maximum. The optimal solution would be a brick oven that can ensure uniform distribution of thermal energy in the steam room.

Another good option is a metal heater placed in a box (brick or stone). A brick stove in the form of a partition wall, whose radiated heat surface exceeds 10 squares, functions remarkably well.

Video description

The following video will help you organize the ideal space in a modern combined bathroom:

To create an ergonomic layout in the toilet room, you need to know both the size of the bathroom according to the standards and the standardized dimensions of the following manufactured plumbing equipment:

• the height of a typical tank bath is from 480 mm to 510 mm without legs and 640 mm with supports;
• width and length of a rectangular standard bath – 780-800*1600 mm or 780-800*1700 mm;
• dimensions of corner tank tanks – 1500*1500 mm or 1600*1600 mm;
• parameters of shower cabins – 800*800 mm, 900*900 mm or 1000*1000 mm;
• horizontal dimensions of the bidet – 370*540 mm or 400*600 mm;
• the minimum width of the washbasin is about 400 mm;
• Typical dimensions of a compact toilet are 440*650 mm, 400*600 mm and 360*650 mm.