Principles for choosing and making a stove for a camp sauna

Many tourists who are fond of frequent forays into nature would benefit from such an indispensable attribute as a camp sauna.
Depending on what abilities and capabilities tourists have, they have two options: buy a ready-made device or make a camp stove with their own hands. Many specialized stores sell entire sets of tourist baths. They mainly consist of the following elements: stove, tent, benches and ladles. Those who like to use home-made devices will be happy to try their hand at creating a unique and useful design.

Using a potbelly stove and a piece of old pipe, you can make a good device. However, this kind of design is suitable only for those who have a vehicle at their disposal. After all, such a load as a stove and a fairly spacious tent for providing bath procedures has a considerable weight. Therefore, hikers must have certain skills in order to build a camp bathhouse from objects that are located near the chosen camp site.

Decoration

To create a unique, attractive appearance that will decorate the site, decor is used. The most common methods of decoration:

• Plants are planted at the bottom of the pond. They are usually sold in ready-to-use containers;
• Plants in tubs and pots that are installed on the shore. The advantage of this option is the ability to change the location of elements and thereby create a unique design;
• Placing fish with bright colors;
• Creating compositions from natural materials, such as stones.

To prepare a more beautiful composition, it is better to alternate the sizes of stones and their shapes.

Gas infrared

In this method we will tell you how to assemble such an installation yourself, because... building an infrared burner is very difficult.

Materials and tools

For production you will need:

1. Infrared ceramic burner.
2. Gas cylinder.
3. Oxygen hose 2 m with a diameter of 0.4-0.6 cm.
4. Clamp 2pcs
5. Screwdriver
6. Nozzle for liquefied gas or natural gas (depending on the fuel used).
7. Retaining ring

When choosing a ceramic heating pad, it is better to give preference to small models - gas is consumed more economically. The peculiarity of infrared heating is that it heats objects, not air, so if possible, it is good to have a stand under the heating pad, which will allow you to direct the energy.

Manufacturing instructions

The diagram clearly describes the principle of operation of the stove. The gas-air mixture allows you to achieve high temperatures with the least risk of fire.

Principle of operation

Essential elements

1. Place the nozzle into the connection hole of the infrared burner.
2. Attach the retaining ring on the reverse side.
3. Place a clamp on the oxygen hose to prevent gas leakage.
4. Connect to the nozzle, tighten the clamp with a screwdriver.
5. Connect the gas cylinder to the hose, also using a clamp.
6. To light the heater, you need to hold a match to the ceramic heating pad. It is forbidden to ignite gas near the nozzle. Fuel can be propane, argon and natural gas. When replacing fuel, you need to change the type of injector. The gas camp stove is ready.

Type of infrared gas stove for a tent

Operating rules

A camp stove for a tent should not only heat the space, but also serve as an assistant in cooking.

Infrared heaters are not intended for this, but craftsmen have learned to cook on the following tiles:

• You need to place the heating pad with the radiating side up, and place two stones or bricks on the sides.
• Place metal rods or skewers on the bricks.
• Place dishes on top for cooking and heating canned goods.

A 200g can will last for 2 hours, after which you need to replace it with a new one. The gas cylinder must stand upright. It is prohibited to leave the stove unattended. Ventilate the tent from time to time. The surface temperature of the ceramic heater is 800-900 degrees.

Camping sauna: choice of design, subtleties of use and how to make it yourself

Using a sauna tent is easy. A few tips will not hurt novice travelers:

• when burning wood in the tent, leave a small open window to ventilate the smoke;
• a bucket of water is placed on the stove to water the heater;
• after heating the stones, the burnt-out heat is removed from the heater, and the tent is tightly closed to avoid heat loss;
• The stones are watered as needed to create a comfortable amount of steam.

Cooling of the stove stones takes about 2 hours. During this time you can comfortably steam. To protect the walls of the tent from fire and people from accidental burns, the stove is fenced with shields made of branches.

We build the frame

So, if the stove-heater is located inside the steam room, then the frame is installed around it. Then the four corner posts are driven into the soil and connected at the top along the perimeter with poles. In this way you can make a bathhouse in the shape of a cube or parallelepiped. The choice should be based on the number of people who want to be in the steam room at the same time.

To make the tent in which the steam room will be more stable, you can add supports on the sides, leaving space for the entrance. And to avoid the roof sagging, place several crossbars on top.

Fasten all the poles together with wire, rope or tape. The latter is useful for wrapping sharp corners of the frame, which can damage the film if you use it as a covering material.

Photo from the site pp.vk.me

When you have installed the frame and flooded the sauna, take care of the floor of the steam room. To avoid sitting on the cold ground, lay down travel rugs or place folding chairs. If the size of the bathhouse does not allow it or such props are not available, cover the ground with spruce branches and sprinkle leaves on top.

Next, cover the frame with thermal insulation material.

Features of the design of a camp bath

Design features of a camping sauna Description Frame It is better to make it from aluminum posts (for example, from a sales tent), since this material is safer than wood. In the absence of such, you can make supports from young trees, but in this case you will have to carefully ensure that the wood does not ignite. To fix the frame elements, you can use both rope and soft wire. Covering material The simplest option is thick polyethylene film, but due to its disadvantages - low thermal insulation qualities and density - it is preferable to use tarpaulin

It is important that it is a large and solid piece of material. The dimensions of the covering material depend on how many people will be steaming at the same time, but if there are no more than four or five people, then a piece of 6x6 m will be enough. Travel heater Portable metal heater

Here the choice is also quite wide: you can install a factory-made stove-heater, you can make it yourself in the form of a mesh metal box made of metal rods or thick wire, or you can simply build a well of rounded stones and line it with firewood.

Important Terms

A camp sauna can be made only under certain conditions. The resting place must meet the requirements below.

Preparatory work

Selecting a gas cylinder

For work, it is better to use a propane tank. It is most suitable for this design due to its dimensions. You can buy a cylinder at any scrap metal collection point, the main thing is that it is intact, without holes or large dents.

It doesn’t matter when the cylinder was produced or when it was tested. Do not pay attention to the uniformity of the paint coating on the walls of the container; it will still burn out immediately during the first tests of the oven

The main thing is that rust does not eat through the walls; it is better if they remove the tap before you and release the gas from the cylinder.

Gas cylinder

Expert opinion Pavel Kruglov Stove maker with 25 years of experience

You should not purchase a new vessel; it is better to use these funds to purchase sheet metal and other materials. Ask your neighbors and friends if they have an unnecessary cylinder collecting dust, which they will gladly give you as a gift or sell it for a small fee.

Materials and their quantity

It is difficult to indicate the exact quantity of materials. Much depends on the size of the water container or the size of the compartment for stones. Here is a list of the necessary materials, and how many you will need is up to you:

• gas cylinder;
• sheet of metal, 2-3 mm thick;
• if after construction there are pieces of reinforcement or rods left over, you can use them to make a grate and handles for doors;
• for the legs you can use a corner or a profile pipe. If the farm has a piece of large diameter pipe, you can cut a piece 60-70 mm wide, cut it in half and weld it to the cylinder;
• pipe, cross-section 120 mm, length 400 mm for the chimney outlet;
• rod or reinforcement for making a mesh in which we place stones;
• bricks for the foundation of the bathhouse stove.

Do not use mica stones or granite. In the first option, carbon monoxide will be released when heated, and granite will quickly collapse when exposed to high temperatures. It is better to lay the heater with diabase.

Tools

You will need:

• welding machine with hand and eye protection;
• workbench with a vice;
• clothing with long sleeves made of thick material;
• electrodes for welding structural steels. An inexpensive option is ANO-21 or MP-3, with a diameter of 3-4 mm;
• Bulgarian;
• cutting and cleaning discs;
• metalworking tools;
• sandpaper, metal brush.

The simplest version of a rocket stove

A simple rocket-type camping stove is easy to make, saves time and resources during use, and is compact in size and dimensions. All work will require you to spend 2-3 hours with the preparation of tools and materials, which is very convenient when camping or in a summer cottage.

A design feature that needs to be taken into account is that the lower part of the unit, which acts as the bottom of the fuel chamber (grid), must be made movable. This is done to facilitate the process of laying firewood and loading it into the combustion bunker.

If wood chips are used, the retractable structural element serves as a convenient stand during the process of adding fuel to the stove. Additionally, the moving part greatly facilitates the process of cleaning the unit from ash.

A simple rocket stove made from a pipe

Preparation of materials

To make a rocket stove you will need to purchase:

• Pipe with a square cross-section (15 cm×15cm×3, 40.5 cm) – 1 pc.
• The pipe is also square in shape (it is optimal to choose 15 cm × 15 cm × 3, 30 cm) – 1 pc.
• Steel strip (recommended dimensions 30 cm × 5 cm × 3 mm) – you need to buy 4 pieces of such elements.
• Another option for steel strips (with parameters ideal for work: 14 cm × 5 cm × 3 mm) – 2 pcs.
• A grille, also made of good metal (steel) (choose dimensions 30cm×14cm) – 1 piece.

Additionally, you will need to buy a steel rod (3:5 mm) - 2.5 meters in order to make the grate yourself if desired. A high-quality Robinson oven with your own hands means minimal financial investment, a little attention and time.

Tools

To carry out all the necessary work you will need:

• Bulgarian.
• Welding.
• Metal scissors.

You should also have safety glasses and gloves.

Work is carried out according to the diagram and drawing indicated below:

Drawing of the simplest rocket furnace made from a profile pipe

Manufacturing instructions

All work on creating a heating device must be carried out in stages. The guide to action consists of several steps that must be followed sequentially:

• Square pipes must be cut into pieces of the size required according to the drawing.
• Make markings on them, taking into account that one of their edges will need to be cut (the cut angle is 45 degrees). The work is carried out using a grinder.
• The resulting pipes will need to be carefully welded - the result should be a structure shaped like a boot.

When making a Robinson oven with your own hands and using drawings, it is important to follow the recommendations for the size of the parts contained there. The next steps will be:

• Cuts are made (on top of the pipe or on its sides) - the dimensions are 20 mm deep and 3.5 mm wide (a stand for installing containers will be installed in them).
• Steel strip (which has parameters 30cm×5cm×3mm), 1 piece purchased, must be cut exactly in half.
• Mark the second remaining strip of steel (also with parameters 30cm×5cm×3mm) exactly in the middle.
• To ensure high-quality completion of all stages of work, weld elements on both sides of the cut strip to it (you should get a cross-shaped shape).
• Steel strips (dimensions to be chosen are 30cm × 5cm × 3 mm) - the remaining 2 pieces and the remaining 14 cm long sections are welded into a frame that will be retractable.
• The elements are welded not side by side, but overlapping.

Next, the following work is carried out, which are final.

On top of the finished frame, using a spot welding machine, a finished grille (purchased additionally/specially) or parts of a good steel rod cut to the required length are attached. The distance at which the parts are attached is 1 cm. Then, a stand is installed on top of the pipe, and the grate is pushed into the combustion hopper. The main work on the production of the furnace can be considered completed.

The stage of verification and test behavior begins. You need to put some solid fuel in the firebox and light the stove; if no problems are identified in its operation, you need to wait for all structural elements to cool completely. Finally, you can paint the stove to protect the parts from corrosion. For this, heat-resistant paint is used. You can increase the operating comfort by welding a handle to the combustion chamber door.

The procedure for constructing a camp bath

The arrangement of one of the options for a mobile bath structure looks like this:

1. First, a fire is made, then, using 2 spears and a crossbar placed above it, a bucket of stones is placed. The larger its volume, the better. Heat the stones until they begin to turn red. Water is also heated here for washing.
2. Not far from the fire, a frame is built from pre-prepared racks. The corners in it are tied together with rope or tape and the result should be a cube without a bottom or a hut. During the construction of the frame, the ends of the poles are wrapped with a piece of any unnecessary fabric so that they do not damage the film.
3. A thick film is stretched over the assembled frame, and the overlapping areas are taped with tape. At the bottom, the material is pressed to the ground and sprinkled.
4. A bucket filled with stones is brought inside the created bathhouse, a container of water is also brought there, and then you can start washing.

There is another option for constructing a mobile bath structure, called the “black sauna”:

1. Inside the frame, they make a stove for a camp bath with their own hands in the shape of the letter “P”. Above it, a box or pyramid is made from twigs or thick wire; stones are placed in them. It must be remembered that a unit of this design is unsafe to use and must be constantly monitored.
2. When the stones have reached a high temperature, you should wait until the firewood completely burns out and then ventilate the room, pack it and begin the procedures.

Some useful tips:

Improved hiking heater

What is inconvenient about the option with stones stacked in a pyramid is that it is difficult to regulate the heating of the stones. They piled wood around and set it on fire. You no longer have a strong influence on the process. There is an option when, using grates you carry with you, you create something similar to a fireplace. Large stones or bricks are placed on the sides, a metal/cast iron grate is laid on them, and stones are placed on top of it. In this case, you can heat them to the desired temperature by placing firewood in the “hearth”. This stove for a camp sauna is one of the most primitive, but its effectiveness is no less effective.

Camping sauna heater with grate

Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers did something similar, but more thorough, in the black baths

Please note that the stones must be placed with a gap so that flames penetrate between them and hot air flows

Another option is to weld a frame from reinforcement and cover it with stones. This design is less demanding on the shape of the stones - bricks or flat stones are not always found.

The frame for the heater can be welded

All of these were methods suitable for generating steam - for creating an atmosphere close to a Russian steam room. But you can also create a dry-air sauna in nature. And it’s quite simple. Even without a stove. You will need to find a place near a ravine or ravine, build a fire below, and place a sauna tent above. Stretch a pipe between the tent and the fire, lower one end into the fire (the edge should extend 30-40 centimeters beyond the perimeter of the flame), and bring the other into the tent. That's all.

Method of organizing a camping dry-air sauna

Cold air is sucked into a pipe outside the fire (it is in a recess, so the smoke rises upward). As it passes through the fire, it heats up and enters the tent hot. This camping sauna works best in calm weather.

Option #1. Miniature stove made from a tin can

The most primitive single-wall option is a DIY camp stove made from a tin can. In the process of creating it, you will need an ordinary tin can or an iron mug, but always of a minimum size (about the size of a tall glass). In the future, you will have to perform such actions.

Step 1. First, make a couple of holes in the bottom of the mug or jar to create draft (they will serve as sources for supplying air to the body)

It is important that these holes coincide with the internal air flow channel. There is another option - to make one large hole in the bottom, but in this case the coals may fall out

Step 2. Then fill the jar with small (about the thickness of a finger) wooden blocks so that they do not extend beyond the edges of the jar. The stacking of firewood should be strictly vertical (something like an “Indian candle”).

Step 3. After this, remove the block from the body, which is located in the center - this will provide a channel for the passage of air.

Step 4. Place paper or dry grass into the formed channel and set it on fire.

Step 5. This design, the volume of which will be approximately 500 ml, will burn for about 25 minutes, which is more than enough to whip up something. The area will not be filled with smoke!

Step 6. Of course, if many people take part in the hike, then the jar should be larger - at least by one or two liters. But in this case, to obtain stable combustion, thicker firewood must be used, and in larger quantities.

The flame “produced” using this design will burn for about 60 minutes. This is enough to properly boil potatoes and fry shish kebab on smoldering coals. This is just one of the manufacturing options. Now let's move on to the next one.

What options are possible?

It is worth recalling that in any case, the camp stove must be assembled strictly according to proven drawings. Otherwise, the safety of its use cannot be guaranteed. When building stoves from scratch (as well as when choosing ready-made versions), special attention should be paid to the design of the chimney. It directly affects the safety of structures and the efficiency of the entire fireplace as a whole.

A home-made stove can save money and is also somewhat lighter than pre-fabricated ones. Store-bought options are quite expensive (pay for high-quality stainless steel), but they fully meet the needs of travelers.

Important: tourism experts believe that finished products will be useful mainly to genuine fans of hikes made in different seasons. For everyone else, it is more profitable and practical to make a fireplace for a tent bathhouse with your own hands. But first you need to figure out whether it will be heated black or white.

There is a completely original version - in it hot air is supplied through a long pipe. The scheme is as follows: a fire is lit at a low point in the terrain, and the tent is placed higher - where the pipe itself can be stretched. The opposite end is brought closer to the fire, and air is drawn there naturally. This is also a kind of metal stove, albeit very conventionally. However, in most cases, this term means something completely different.

A fairly simple version of a homemade hearth would be a structure made from a profiled pipe. Its dimensions are 0.2x0.2 m, while the length of the section will need 0.45 m. It makes no sense to make the wall thinner than 0.06 cm, because it will quickly burn out. A pipe with a diameter of 0.16 m is enough to insert firewood. The grates can be replaced with semicircular perforated sheets .

Projects

A transportable bathhouse made of timber can be selected in accordance with the finished project, which differs in size and layout, or ordered according to your own project.

In addition, ordering a finished bath involves delivering the goods to the client with full installation and assembly on site.

We invite you to read: Installation of beacons for plastering walls

An important point is the fact that the cost of the project is affected only by the number of partitions, doors and other components, and not by their location. If you want to move this or that element, the cost should not change.

Among standard projects, the most popular are baths with dimensions:

• 3 by 4 m;
• 4 by 4 m;
• 5 by 3 m;
• 6 by 4 m;
• 6 by 5 m;
• 6 by 6 m;
• 6 by 8 m;
• 8 by 9 m;

Differences between metal stoves for baths and saunas

Steam rooms in a bathhouse and a sauna differ significantly from each other. The sauna is accompanied by high temperatures - over 85 ºС. Such indicators make it impossible to greatly increase the humidity, since skin burns are inevitable. At the same time, the broom crumbles in such conditions in just 5 minutes. Therefore, the humidity is adjusted to 5-15%. The Russian bath has a temperature in the region of 55-65 ºС, which makes it possible to raise the relative humidity to 50-60%.

To create certain conditions in the steam room, different stoves are used, and different approaches to their installation are also used. If you are setting up a sauna, you will need to maintain the maximum area of ​​contact between the stove body and the air and ensure rapid circulation of air flows along the walls. Quite often, a camp sauna with a stove is made independently.

It all comes down to heating the air in the steam room as quickly as possible. A small open heater, located above the firebox, can heat the stones to 200-250 ºС. It makes it possible to get a little steam - as a rule, this is enough for a sauna, because you only need to achieve 15% humidity.

Popular models and prices

In specialized stores for tourists you can find various models of camping stove equipment. Several models stand out among them:

1. "Bannaya Shore". It is equipped with five pipes for chimney assembly, 50 cm long. Additionally, protective screens 0.5 mm thick are supplied. Without stones, the entire oven weighs 13 kg.
2. Camping stove "Yarillo". A small but powerful stove with which you can heat a homemade steam room with a volume of up to 20 m3. The total weight of the structure is 9.5 kg.
3. "Therma Sonita". A large camp stove with a heater located on top of the body. The kit includes a chimney. The total weight of the structure without stones is 19 kg. The peculiarity of this model is that it has a gate. It is needed to make the wood burn longer.

The average price of camping stoves is 14,000 rubles.

Principles for selecting ready-made models

To choose a good camp sauna in a store, you need to know what criteria should be taken into account when purchasing and study models of ready-made structures.

Criteria

Criteria for choosing a ready-made sauna tent:

1. Number of visitors. You need to calculate in advance how many people will go to the steam room. This will allow you to choose the size of the tent. The tourist steam room is suitable for 2-3 people visiting at the same time.
2. Frame material. It is better to choose structures made of aluminum rods or hollow metal tubes. The former are used to assemble a semicircular canopy, and the latter – a rectangular or cubic frame.
3. Number of layers of awning. It is not recommended to buy three-layer products, since moisture begins to accumulate inside, which can leak onto visitors during bath procedures.
4. Awning material. It must be solid and manufactured. Products made of water-repellent material should be used.
5. Availability of additional elements. Often a floor is included with the kit. It is better if it is a product made of flexible material with PVC coating on the front side.
6. There is a hole for the chimney. It should be located in the roof or side wall.
7. Build speed. It's better to check it right away in the store.

You need to think in advance whether a waiting room is needed. It will retain cold air from the street and add free space for preparation for bath procedures.

You also need to pay attention to various little things (hangers, windows, shelves, etc.), furniture for a camp bath

Some ready-made baths are equipped with folding shelves and chairs.

Folding chair (Photo: Instagram / wood_in_zp)

Advantages and disadvantages

Positive sides:

Bath procedures can be carried out in nature, without postponing them until you come home. To build the frame, it is enough to find a flat surface and secure the structure with spacers. You can assemble a steam room using available materials

It is important to have a thick film with you to cover the frame. Disadvantages:

Flaws:

1. Excess weight if the steam room consists of a metal stove and hollow frame tubes.
2. Low level of comfort. It is very difficult to lift it in a tourist steam room.
3. High price of finished structures.

It is impossible to lie down and relax in a portable steam room.

Models and prices

The highest quality steam rooms for travel:

• Nova Tour;
• "Mobiba".

Price - 12,000 rubles.

Hiking steam room "Mobiba" (Photo: Instagram / mobiban.ru)

Tips for using a camp sauna

Tips for using a camp sauna

1. Despite the fact that making such a bathhouse requires a lot of time, you still won’t be able to steam in it for a long time, since the stones will quickly cool down, especially if you water them.
2. Stones with visible defects at high temperatures can shoot off small pieces, so you need to stay as far away from the stove as possible. It is worth knowing that after watering the stones with water, the risk of cracking is minimized.
3. The stove should be installed in the part of the tent opposite from the entrance - this will make it safer to enter/exit.
4. The main disadvantage of a sauna tent is the low temperature near the ground. Therefore, you need to put something under your feet, otherwise you can catch a cold.

Technologies and methods

A homemade stove for a camp sauna can be made without any problems. The simplest version of this design is based on the use of gratings made of a thick steel rod or a welded product similar to a taganka. In this case, the assembly is carried out like this:

• lay flat stones in the base;
• allocate space among them for the firebox;
• lay a grate or rods;
• cover them with pebbles.

In this case, the following will be useful for a mobile oven:

• unnecessary steel boxes;
• parts of masonry mesh;
• pipe sections.

All steel frames are filled with stones of suitable size. Then they just need to be laid on the fire. Such a solution is beneficial due to:

• maintaining cleanliness;
• minimal risk of stones falling off;
• reuse possibilities;
• speed of preparation;
• quick warm-up.

A do-it-yourself metal stove made in this way will have to be placed at a short distance from the walls of the camp bathhouse. This will prevent burning of the canopy. You can prevent the spread of ash and cinders throughout the tent by digging the fireplace to a shallow depth. In winter, the bottom is covered with spruce branches or special heat-protective mats. When placing a stove in a camp sauna, you need to choose a place with a flat and solid base, close to a water source and away from the entrance.

Preparatory work

Since a homemade iron sauna stove is made from a material that is prone to incandescence, it must be hardened before assembling the device. After all the necessary parts have been cut out, they must be heated in any way until the metal turns red. When this moment comes, you can begin to slowly cool the material. It often happens that after the raw material release procedure, it warps. It's not a problem. You can return the shape using a hammer. It is also worth measuring all the sheets again. If some are too far out of bounds, then you need to trim them again to the required dimensions. This is a very important point, as it will eliminate the possibility of metal warping during operation of the furnace.

Secrets of stove mastery

Any stove must be used with safety precautions. Even the most reliable stove is a source of fire hazard

The stove structure should not come into contact with the awning. You should try to protect it with wooden, or better yet, light metal posts.

Particular attention must be paid to the soil on which the camp sauna is being built. The soil should never be loose

Only on hard and dense soil will it be possible to securely fix the posts holding the awning. If this condition is not met, during operation of the camp sauna, the awning may collapse on people and the hot stove.

Walking stone

There are different options for stoves for camp baths. The basis for their classification is the method of covering the furnace vault. The jumper is quite easy to install and does not take much time. There are three types of masonry: solid, vaulted and with a lintel. It's better not to choose the first one. Its use is a common mistake of many novice tourists who decide to set up a camp bathhouse in nature. Solid masonry prevents the flame from penetrating to the upper stones, and the stove does not warm up as needed for water-hygienic procedures.

A homemade stone sauna stove requires maintenance. When it is warm, dust and ashes are washed off. The ash removed from the camp stove is poured with water or buried. There is an even simpler option for making a camp stove using stones. In order for the stove to warm up well and function, they make... a multi-level fire. This homemade design resembles a sandwich. The first layer is firewood, the next is stones, and it is on them that the fire is built. Next comes a layer of firewood, then stones. This algorithm is repeated exactly as many times as necessary for the improvised stove to function for the required time.

If you don’t want to build a stone camp stove, you can make your own sheet metal structure. It will differ from a stationary stove in its simplicity. For those who have welding skills, solving this problem is very easy. Sheet metal with a width of about 5 mm is selected. The entire stove will consist only of a firebox and a metal tray, which will be located on top. Welding work will not take much time.

What to look for when buying

To ensure that a bathhouse does not “let you down” on a camping trip, you should choose it carefully. Proceed according to the recommendations below.

Bake

Do not confuse it with a regular tourist one, you need to take a special one. A steam room stove produces maximum heat in a short period of time, while conventional appliances, on the contrary, must maintain a comfortable temperature for as long as possible.

There are two types of sauna stoves:

• With built-in steam generator. This one works like a samovar - water constantly boils in the container, saturating the space with steam. The humidity rises very high.
• Kamenka. Stone masonry is laid in it; it becomes heated from the heat, water or a flavored infusion is poured on top. The good thing about this method is that you can regulate the humidity level yourself; but in the end the steam will be much less than from a steam generator.

Which option to choose is a matter of taste; both have their supporters.

What else should you pay attention to? On the quality of the material. Almost all mobile ovens are made of stainless steel

But steel comes in different grades: AISI 430, 321, 304.

All brands are considered heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant, but they differ in composition.

Also, when purchasing, do not forget to find out:

• Chimney diameter. Check that it fits your awning.
• Weight. For a hiking trip, you will need a model no heavier than 10-15 kg.
• Availability of a spark arrester. This is a mandatory element to ensure your safety.
• Ease of assembly. Do I need to screw the legs, doors, how long will it take?

Tent canopy material

The main difference between a bathhouse and a regular tourist one (except for the hole for the chimney) is the mandatory fire-resistant fabric. In addition, in order for the temperature inside to rise to the desired level, the awning must have waterproof and windproof properties. Oxford is considered the best material. Some combine it with nylon or polyester.

Nylon Oxford is stronger and resistant to chemicals.

Polyester has higher heat resistance.

Overall, both options are good.

Frame

There are two main options:

• Collapsible aluminum tubes are lightweight and fireproof. An oxide film forms on the surface of aluminum, which prevents corrosion; You should not choose painted, shiny, attractive-looking tubes - these break quickly. A good tent skeleton is made from unpainted, stain-resistant aluminum; To assemble the frame, you will need gloves. The exception is anodized tubes. They look beautiful, do not get dirty, but are expensive, and have no advantages over unpainted aluminum.
• Frameless designs. To install the canopy, the tourist will need to collect suitable poles in a wooded area. Do not use too dry ones: they are fragile and flammable.

Frameless sauna tent
Frames vary in volume. The diameter determines how difficult it will be for you to set up a tent: straightening a wide awning and pulling it over a skeleton alone is quite difficult.

The weight of the structure depends on the diameter of the aluminum tubes:

• 10 mm - the lightest, used in backpack-type baths. Optimal for hiking. The weight of such a tent does not exceed 8 kg.
• 13 mm - lightweight design. The weight of a tent for 3-4 people will be around 10-15 kg. Can be used on hikes.
• 16 mm - reinforced design with increased strength. Such a frame will not lose its shape even if it is knocked over by the wind. But it is heavy: a tent for 3-4 people weighs 30 kg or more. Suitable for a summer residence, for a beach holiday, for winter tourism on wheels.

It’s good if the frame design includes several arcs and the model has detachable internal partitions. The presence of a vestibule eliminates the need for tourists to change clothes in the car.

How is it arranged?

First of all, you need to understand the principle of operation of a conventional bath. There is a room that is thoroughly heated by lighting the stove. Then, in the steam room, a ladle or two of water is poured onto the heater, creating a specific microclimate - high temperature and humidity.

If there are no walls that require long-term heating, all that remains is to heat the heater efficiently. It consists of ordinary stones stacked into a dome. A fire is made inside it and burned for several hours, heating the stones. This point is the most important - the more you can heat them, the longer and better the bath will be.

All the time you need to monitor the combustion mode, add firewood, check the uniform heating of all areas of the heater.

When the stones are sufficiently hot, you need to remove the remains of the fire from the dome. To do this, take a shovel and carefully remove the burnt coals and ash through the firewood supply hole. It is necessary to remove all remnants of the fire - this will make the bathhouse better and the air in it cleaner.

The next step is to install a tent or awning over the dome of hot stones. It should be a tent with a tightly closing canopy to prevent heat loss. All that remains is to go inside, close the curtain and splash water on the heater. Steam will come out, and a typical steam room microclimate will appear in the room.

If the stones are heated well enough, you can repeat entering the camping steam room several times - experienced people say that you can do this up to 10 times if the stones are massive and well heated.

Most often, the heater’s energy is enough for 3-4 passes, which is quite enough to thoroughly steam and wash.

Mobile baths - tents with a stove

The following types of tourist steam rooms can be found on sale:

Camping bathhouse.

• An awning made of specialized material without a stove or frame. Has a hole for the chimney. Folds into a backpack, weighs little (2-3 kg). Designed for any temperature fluctuations, heat-resistant, non-toxic;
• Bathhouse tent with frame, door, windows, chimney. There is only no stove. The size varies, can accommodate from 3 to 6 people in different configurations;
• Complete set with frame, stove, everything you need. They weigh a lot and need to be transported by car. For motorists, fishermen, hunters - just the thing;
• The most comfortable, but expensive option is a tent with a sauna, dressing room and rest room. Here you can take a steam bath, relax, and eat. And settle down for the night in another room.

Stove-heater

This simple variety has several ways to create it.

Option 1

Using an iron barrel without a bottom or top. The resulting container is half filled with bricks placed on edge and a grate laid on top. Stones are placed in the remaining 2/3 of the space and a chimney is installed. At the end, such a homemade stove in the bathhouse is covered with a lid made of sheets of steel.

Option 2

Bricks are not used for the construction of the stove. Sequence of work:

1. Prepare diagrams and necessary tools.
2. In a long pipe, cut a hole for the blower with dimensions of 5x20 cm. Inside the pipe above it, fix the mount for the grate.
3. For the firebox, make a hole 25x20 cm. Above it, mount fastenings for rods, the size of which is about 1 cm.
4. On the other side of the oven, create a hole into which the liquid will flow. Place stones in the heater.
5. Make a slot for the chimney. Install a tap at the bottom of the pipe.
6. Form a lid on the heating tank with a slot for the chimney, a hinge and a handle.

Option 3

This stove has 2 heaters. It is made by analogy with the previous ones. The difference is that 4 plates are used to connect two heaters.

Replacing glass-ceramic inserts in fireplace stoves

In case of damage to the glass-ceramic screens, metal plates are supplied with the Fireplace stove to replace them.

The replacement process consists of the following steps:

1. Place the oven in working position;

2. Unscrew the fasteners, remove the plate securing the transparent screen;

3. Carefully remove the glass ceramic insert. Do not remove the heat resistant seal;

4. Insert the metal plate in place of the transparent glass-ceramic screen;

5. Install the fasteners to fix the insert in its original position.

Detailed video instructions for replacing the glass-ceramic insert with a metal plate.

Material for making a camp bath

To mount the frame, you can use wooden, aluminum or carbon fiber racks. It is better, of course, to use pre-prepared poles made of fire-resistant material. But if we are talking about camping conditions, then thick branches are suitable for constructing a disposable frame.

If you do not plan to install a camp bathhouse in advance, then you can use ordinary plastic film to cover the frame. In order for the steam room to be a great success, you need to guess its size or make small calculations before the trip, starting from an area of ​​6 square meters. This is exactly how much will be enough to create a good steam room in nature.

It is also worth preparing firewood and stones in advance. Dry wood of medium thickness is suitable for a camp bath. It is better to take different stones - round and with sharp edges. To create a heater you need a lot of them to ensure good heating and sufficient steam. But layered and flat stones should be immediately discarded.

Kinds

Varieties:

1. Steam room in a tent. Takes up minimal space. It consists of three parts - an awning, a frame, and a stove. All elements are prefabricated.
2. Industrial sauna for travel. Resistant to different weather conditions. The structure is assembled quickly, but to place it you need a sufficient amount of free space with a flat base.
3. Mobile steam rooms with stove. They consist of a metal frame, which is covered with dense polyethylene film. A stove is installed inside and a chimney is installed.

The choice of a hiking steam room depends on the method of travel, conditions, and number of visitors.

Steam room in a tent (Photo: Instagram / mobilnaya.banya.samara)

Ready-made mobile sauna tents

A camping sauna tent is an excellent option for relaxing in the country, fishing or hunting

We invite you to familiarize yourself with the electric heater with a water tank

There are many options for making a sauna-paltaki. You can buy a ready-made tent with or without a stove, or you can build everything entirely from scrap materials. It is not recommended to use regular camping tents. Firstly, such fabrics are not intended for high temperatures and you will soon have to buy a new tent, and secondly, when heated they can emit harmful substances.

Sauna tent made of polyethylene film

If you lead an active lifestyle and long hikes are not uncommon for you, it makes sense to purchase a ready-made sauna tent. There are many models, manufacturers, and configuration options. There are simply awnings without a frame and a stove. They are made of material that retains heat well and can withstand high temperatures.

There are many types and models of ready-made sauna tents

Bathhouse tents with a ready-made frame and a prefabricated stove weigh quite a lot, so it is more convenient to transport them in a car. The only thing that needs to be found on site is stones for the heater, but they are required much less than when installing a fireplace and it will take a little time, although You can take them with you if you have somewhere to put them...

Bathhouse tents with stove

When choosing a ready-made sauna tent, you need to pay attention not only to the size and cost. One of the important characteristics is the installation/assembly speed

For both large and small companies, you can choose suitable products from the Mobiba model range.

Mobile sauna "Mobiba" for a small company

Tents are made from Oxford - a durable fabric made from chemical fibers (nylon or polyester) of a certain structure, usually with a coating that ensures the fabric is completely waterproof. The fabric also has water-repellent properties.

The frame is made of aluminum aviation alloy D16T, which combines two important qualities: lightness and reliability.

A fairly popular model is Mobiba MB-104. It turns out that our compatriots even bring such baths to America.

Bani Mobiba is designed for the use of stoves. There is already a hole in the ceiling for the chimney. For fire safety purposes, the passage under the pipe is lined with heat-resistant materials.

Furnace "Mediana"

Bath-tents from Nova Tour are popular among tourists. The tents are very light, which makes it possible to carry them even in a backpack when hiking. For example, a sauna tent designed for 4 people weighs only 2.5 kg.

Camping sauna tent Nova Tour

Tent material: Poly Taffeta fabric. The fabric is made of polyester (polyester fabric), which, unlike nylon, is more resistant to ultraviolet rays and stretches less when wet.

The bathhouse is closed with a zipper. The Nova Tur tent for 4 people can be bought for 4 thousand rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages of setting up a portable sauna on vacation

Among the disadvantages of a homemade portable bathhouse are:

significant costs of time and effort for assembly; the importance of preliminary preparation and the availability of a number of materials; difficulties with dismantling the structure and moving the wet awning.

The use of factory products is associated with the following difficulties:

• high cost of the finished structure;
• mandatory availability of transport to move equipment.

For more domesticated steam room lovers, the option of installing a mobile sauna-tent on a personal plot is suitable. There you won’t have to periodically assemble and disassemble it. Although, not everyone will agree to exchange unity with nature on the banks of the river for a simple relaxation at their own dacha.

Manufacturing instructions with orders

It is not difficult to make a brick stove for a bathhouse with a closed or open heater. You need to choose the material and learn the whole work process.

Masonry of open-type stove-heater

When the concrete base is completely ready, you can begin further work. Below are the basic construction work on laying a do-it-yourself sauna heater stove made of brick and a diagram of the action.

The arrangement of a brick stove for a bathhouse with your own hands with an open heater can be seen in the photo below:

Photo instructions for laying an open sauna stove:

Ordering a closed stove-heater for a bath

Description of the masonry of a closed sauna stove:

• The first row should be perfectly level. Next, the verticality of the walls is checked along its bricks using a plumb line.
• An ash pan is being made. It is needed for waste that remains during fuel combustion.
• At the level of the third row, the blower is attached using a steel strip. Usually it regulates the combustion process: if you open the valve, the flame begins to burn more intensely.
• Steel corners for the grate are laid on top of the fifth row.
• After this, they begin laying the firebox.
• In the sixth row, the firebox is lined with fireclay bricks. The height of the firebox is usually 25 cm, and the width is slightly larger - 30. A grate is placed on top.
• Further, the firebox area gradually expands. The external firebrick lining is tapered.
• It is necessary to create holes for secondary air supply. To do this, the side bricks are cut with teeth.
• Laying of the exterior brick continues.
• The firebox doors overlap.
• A partition for the chimney is installed.
• A water tank is installed.
• At the level of the fifteenth row, the firebox is covered from above with a slab of durable material on which the stones will be laid.
• The compartment where the stones will be laid is being laid; it should be quite large.
• The chimney is laid out from fireclay bricks and gradually narrowed towards the top. The damper is installed. The chimney can be installed through the roof or wall. To do this, you need to put a layer of thermal insulation in the places where it passes. During operation, the chimney may become dusty with fuel residues. To prevent this, you can make a tin protection in the form of a cap.

After installation, it is necessary to dry the device thoroughly. All doors need to be opened and the product should be left in this state to ventilate for several days, or better yet, a week.

You cannot use the heating device to its full potential right away. All moisture must be removed. To do this, heat the stove for several days with small logs for a few minutes at a time. If no wet drops remain on the damper, the device is ready for use.

Basic formats

Devices of two schemes are very popular - “Beg” and “Poshekhonka”. All stoves for tourist baths, one way or another, belong to one of these two versions.

“Poshekhonka” is a particularly compact stove. Its dimensions are 0.3x0.3x0.5 m, weight is 8-9 kg, depending on the nuances of the design. To make Poshekhonok, stainless steel sheets 0.08 cm thick are used.

This design is completely disassembled. You can shoot:

• legs;
• insulating screens;
• fire door.

After dismantling, all these elements are placed inside the stove. The product is equipped with a pipe with two elbows with a total length of 1.5 m. Such a device ensures ease of installation of the pipe in any convenient place in the bathhouse. Although there is no heater here, there is a flat surface on top, on which stones also rest well. A special feature of the design is the air intake, thanks to which firewood can burn for a long time - up to 6 hours in a row. Side screens not only prevent accidental touching, but also help improve heat transfer.

The design of “Bereg” is noticeably different from “Poshekhonka”. In this version, the combustion chamber is thicker, and there is a characteristic bevel at the bottom. And also thanks to the monolithic casing, effective containment of entrained heat is guaranteed. From 20 to 25 kg of stone are placed in the “Bereg”.

The removable door has an opening that allows you to vary the air flow rate. This solution, coupled with the absence of hinges, made the oven more convenient. Some modifications may have a removable water tank with a capacity of 12 liters. Both the legs and the pipe can be detached. They can be put away in a case without any problems.

The top of the "Berega" firebox is equipped with a spark absorber. This device ensures safe operation of the stove. The total weight of all components reaches 11 kg, which is very light compared to other models.

Folding camp fires can heat a sauna to 80 or 100 degrees in a maximum of 40 minutes, achieving good steam. But not all people prefer to buy ready-made devices - many people prefer what they do with their own hands.

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