The construction of a bathhouse on their own plot is planned by almost every owner, and most of our fellow citizens choose not a Finnish sauna, not a Turkish hammam, but a primordially Russian, steam one. No doubt, each of them is good in its own way, but the Russians are more accustomed to a hot, humid steam room with a fragrant whisk and kvass.
And it smells in a special way - smoke from good firewood and birch leaves, and even spruce needles, like in a real forest. Whatever you say, but only in the Russian bath the body soars, and the soul soars. “You steam the bones with hot steam - you fix the body” - this is how folk wisdom says.
The layout of the Russian bath is very simple: at least it is a washing room, a dressing room and, of course, a steam room. The dressing room serves as a dressing room and a place to relax after bathing procedures. Our contemporaries are accustomed to surround themselves with various amenities, this also affected the baths. Its layout often provides for the construction of an additional rest room, equipped with all conceivable elements of convenience.
Here it is especially pleasant to relax after paired joys, talk over a cup of fragrant infusion of medicinal herbs, relax and experiencereal bliss. But let's go further. As a rule, the temperature in the washing department is not too high, the steam is light. This room is intended for washing, massage, beauty treatments. Benches and a couch are installed here (in the old days it was called a shelf).
The layout of the bath in Russian traditions is unthinkable without a steam room - this is her heart. "A bathhouse without steam is like cabbage soup without fat." Good steam and a cruel broom - the eternal attribute of the steam room. The quality of hot air depends on how long the walls of the bath are able to retain heat. They must be heat-intensive so that the room warms up evenly, and also have the ability to naturally regulate humidity. It is not without reason that from time immemorial Russian steam rooms were built of wood, this material embodies all the requirements of bathing art.
The layout of the bath should take into account the placement of the steam source. Previously, it has always been a stove - a heater made of natural stones and installed indoors. But the innovations of our time have also touched the technology for obtaining clubs of moisture-saturated air. Often modern controlled steam generators are used for this purpose. The traditional layout of the bath is not a dogma; it is complemented by other rooms, such as a shower room. If you remember the Russian custom - after a sultry steam room to plunge into cold water - then you can also threaten to build a pool, especially when funds allow. This is especially true if there is no suitable reservoir nearby. Of course, the layout of the bath from the availability of additional premises and amenitieswill only win. Indeed, by and large, this is a place where they rest not only with the body, but also with the soul. Russian banya is the simplest and surest way to maintain he alth, preserve youth and beauty, strengthen vitality and restore a good mood. Steam room lovers know this beyond words, the healing power of our bath has long been known all over the world.
