How to choose the right font for a sauna, investing your money with maximum benefit? Before you start thinking about purchasing, you should know how one hot tub differs from another. You can really get lost in the large assortment. Products on the market may cause significant problems for the client in the future. To make the right choice for quality, it is necessary to take into account a number of criteria according to which the most suitable model can be determined. Use the practical tips in this article and photo examples to help you choose a good font for a bath.
Wooden bath font
Bath baths for 2-8 people or more bathers, made from natural wood, are extremely popular. Barrel benches allow you to use the container for comfortable seating. Such baths are used not only for cooling after a steam room, but also for warm bathing. This stainless steel water heater kit allows you to quickly and conveniently heat water to your desired temperature. The font is made entirely of wood, and, for example, thick boards (44mm) made of Scandinavian spruce or cedar wood will allow the structure to serve for many years. Scandinavian spruce is a very durable wood that successfully copes with harsh weather conditions. The individual elements of the font are so coordinated with each other that they maintain maximum tightness.
Beautiful examples
A beautiful bathhouse, built according to all the rules. The quality of the design is immediately obvious: such a structure will last for decades. The bathhouse is equipped with two heating systems, which is very unusual.
It is not necessary to build a bathhouse from rounded logs for it to look representative. Planed logs look unusual and original
This design attracts attention and decorates the area.
An extremely unusual log bathhouse made from a large diameter log house
Please note that such accent buildings can only be placed in the appropriate setting, placing them against the backdrop of a forest or matching them with a house already built in the same style. It is also extremely difficult to achieve the optimal level of thermal insulation, so it is better to entrust such construction to a professional
Another bathhouse against the backdrop of the forest. Structures made from logs of such a large diameter look like toys, however, this building is quite spacious and functional, despite its apparent diminutiveness.
In decoration, you can use interesting and original techniques, for example, highlighting the windows with dark colors, thereby complementing the ensemble of the roof and contrasting sections of the log house.
In this case, there is not a full-fledged room under the roof, but an attic in which all sorts of things are stored. If you wish, you can also arrange a place to store firewood there, but it is not very convenient to run upstairs for firewood every time.
On the second floor of such a bathhouse there is a full-fledged room. If desired, you could make a small balcony under the roof itself, equipping another corner for tea parties and gatherings with friends.
Bathhouses often look like full-fledged residential buildings, especially when they have a second floor. Here the second floor is a full-fledged living room, which is well lit, judging by the windows in the roof and on the side, and is visited extremely often.
Bathhouses made of roughly processed logs are a tribute to fashion, ecology and Scandinavian style. Complete with mirrored doors, the building looks ultra-modern while maintaining a rustic flavor.
A log sauna is an excellent purchase that will faithfully serve you for many years. Built with your own hands, it will preserve the warmth of intimate conversations with friends or household members, while forever preserving a piece of the soul of the builder. If you are still wondering whether to build a log bathhouse, then the answer is unequivocal - yes.
Tips for building a bathhouse are waiting for you in the next video.
Plastic bath font made of polypropylene
Bath tubs offered by modern manufacturers provide the opportunity for wonderful and luxurious relaxation throughout the year, especially in winter, when swimming in natural bodies of water is unlikely. Today, polypropylene structures are quite popular, as they are highly practical and durable. A sauna font is a great way to spend a day outdoors, as in addition to relaxation, spending time in the water has health benefits, allowing you to strengthen your body. Most often, polypropylene has a wall and bottom thickness of 5 mm, blue color, and is resistant to ultraviolet rays. The capacity can be from 4 to 10 people, and the size is from 1.6 to 2.2 m in diameter.
Heated bath font
Hot tubs will help you and your guests not only cool down, but also relax in a hot bath, especially on cold winter evenings. Such barrels are very common in Scandinavia, the Baltic countries and Russia. These wood-burning baths are often called a Japanese or Norwegian sauna. Heating can be used in the cold season, and in summer the tank can be used as a cooling pool.
A heated sauna font often includes:
- external staircase;
- wooden lid with handles;
- benches in the middle of the tank;
- stainless steel oven;
- chimney with stainless steel cap;
- water drain;
- carved handles for drinks.
A heated bath font can also be equipped with:
- hydromassage (jacuzzi);
- air massage;
- LED lighting;
- plastic benches.
Luxurious garden Jacuzzi for all-season use
It turns out that a sauna font can act as a luxurious Jacuzzi with thermal wood that has undergone 100 hours of heat treatment. Such containers are ideal for both garden and indoor sauna use. The luxurious Jacuzzi is equipped with a hydromassage system on the bottom or sides with the addition of a chair. Heating, hydromassage and water filter are hidden. There may be a convenient staircase next to the font to make entering the font easier. The reservoir has an insulating coating that protects the water from dirt in the garden. Thanks to the use of the best materials, the Jacuzzi can be used outdoors at temperatures down to -30°C.
Outdoor hot tub: estimate, how to reduce cost, recommendations for use
According to Pit7pit calculations, it took him more than 200 thousand rubles to build the font. To reduce costs to 100 thousand rubles, make it yourself without using hired labor. Or install a font near your house on the terrace and pour water from the hot water supply, rather than heating it with a stove. Or reduce the size of the font, for example, take a bowl for 2-3 people. There are many options.
Many portal users liked the font and had questions.
VitalikPollFORUMHOUSE user
Will plaque and deposits form on the wooden walls of the seats? Do I need to somehow treat the font bowl using chemicals like for a swimming pool?
Pit7pitFORUMHOUSE user
No problem. I wash the font with household dish soap. In sunny weather, winter and summer, open the lid and dry the font.
Sergey_SirotkinFORUMHOUSE user
Aren’t you afraid of catching a cold while swimming outside in winter?
Pit7pitFORUMHOUSE user
We swim for 2-3 hours. Otherwise, there is no point in bothering with filling the bowl with water, lighting the stove, etc. I also swim when it snows. I feel like I’m warming up in the font as if after a full-fledged steam room. After bathing, I struggle to get to bed and sleep soundly. I have never caught a cold while swimming in the font. On the contrary, the effect is healing. Even in a pre-sick state I bathed, and in the morning I was already healthy. If you are not lazy, brew a bucket or two of wormwood, or, say, spruce branches, you get aromatherapy.
Observations: according to the user, it is better not to combine a font with a bathhouse. Either a sauna or swimming in a font. He controls the water temperature using a sensor. Comfortable temperature - +37 - +38 °C. A little more, it's already hot. If it’s less, you need to go and heat the stove.
When you finish swimming in winter, drain the water from the font and from the stove.
The correct shape of the font
It is better to choose the shape of the bath font and its dimensions based on the surface of the room or the area of the installation site. You can buy round and oval containers. Why is a round or vertical tank effective in use? Firstly, in such models there are no corners, so the water has a uniform temperature. Secondly, there will be minimal contact with internal components; the maximum part of the skin will participate in the heat exchange process. In other forms of fonts, most of the body is in contact with the interior walls.
Site selection rules
The location of the building should be no closer than two and a half meters from the fence of the neighboring site. But in order to avoid conflicts, it is best to coordinate this issue with your neighbors and obtain their written consent.
- The building must be located at a distance of at least 10 meters from residential buildings.
- Also, you cannot build a future bathhouse closer than 20 meters from the place of water supply.
- It is desirable that the entrance of the building is located in the south direction, and the windows in the west.
- It is better to construct the building on a higher site for natural water drainage.
What size hot tub should I choose?
The size of the bathhouse depends on the number of people who can simultaneously take water procedures. For example, a barrel with a diameter of 150 cm can accommodate 4-6 people. If you choose a larger tank than necessary, you will be less likely to use it fully because it will take longer to heat the water, which means additional costs. In practice this means that the warmer will not be used as a heated container. Important fact! It is better to choose hot tubs that have water heaters only on the outside of the structure. This allowed maximum use of the internal capacity to accommodate all bathers.
Where can you install a sauna font?
Bath tubs can be installed both inside and outside. As a base, you can use a wooden structure, concrete and mesh. Do not install directly on the ground. Attention! All types of hot tubs can be purchased already assembled or as a kit for assembly. In this way, the folding elements can be placed in any room and installed directly in a place that will be used in the future without any problems with installation and assembly. With a sufficiently large internal capacity, the external barrel of a sauna font takes up much less space than a swimming pool. In addition, many designs are easy to carry and very simple to use.
Taking care of your health, choose only high-quality and best bath tubs, as they are where you can fully relax and improve your health in a great atmosphere among friends and family.
Foundation
A long-lasting bathhouse, created from timber, can be erected on a strip or columnar foundation.
To construct a strip foundation, formwork is built and filled with concrete mixture. Inside the foundation there will be a strip of sand or crushed stone.
A couple of weeks after the concrete has completely hardened, you can begin laying the frame.
However, no matter what type of foundation you choose, it is important to strengthen it with reinforcement for durability.
You also cannot do without practical waterproofing created between the original crown and the base. For these purposes, bitumen is applied to the foundation surface in molten form, which is laid with an even layer of roofing material. As soon as it hardens, the procedure must be repeated.
If you have decided to build a reliable and beautiful bathhouse, then be sure to get a project and, based on our recommendations, make your dreams come true.
