An important role in a cozy bath is its proper arrangement. When making shelves for this room, you should follow certain rules in the manufacture, because they occupy the main part of the steam room, as well as the washing department. Next, we will look at some points that you need to consider when making a shelf for a bath with your own hands.
Choice of materials for shelves in the bath
Bath furniture should be made only from environmentally friendly materials. Due to the fact that wood comes into contact with the skin when bathing, such products can harm it if they are of poor quality. The wood should not release resin and dry quickly enough. Also, upon contact with the body, it can burn it. The most suitable boards will be made of poplar, oak, linden, aspen, which are not only strong enough, but also pleasant to human skin. It is not difficult to make such shelves for a bath with your own hands.
Shelf arrangement has different options:
- Stepped - shelves are arranged along a windowless wall in two or three tiers. With this arrangement, the lower shelf is cooler than the overlying ones. This location optionmore suitable for a spacious sauna.
- L-shaped - the lower shelf and the upper one are attached to one wall, and the middle one is attached opposite them (on the next one).
- "Compartment" - in this version, only two tiers are made, which are attached along one wall. The upper tier, as in the train, can be lifted and fixed on the wall. This option is most suitable for small steam rooms where space saving is indispensable.
- There is another option for collapsible shelves that are easy to disassemble and assemble. A big plus of this arrangement of the device is their mobility, because the shelves are easy to take out and dry.
Making a shelf for a bath with your own hands
First, a wooden frame is installed to which the boards are attached. It usually consists of 5 racks and 10 bars 50 x 70 x 1090. The bars are attached to the racks with screws, 2 screws per rack. It is better to connect the components of the frame with oak wedges, which are hammered into pre-made holes. But basically, when making shelves for a bath, their manufacturers do not want to burden themselves with additional troubles and use ordinary self-tapping screws recessed into wood or screwed from the inside as fasteners. When the frame is ready, the flooring from the boards is laid. The gap between them in the flooring is about 20 millimeters. When making shelves for a bath with your own hands, you should remember that the wood for them needs to be processed mechanically, but you don’t need to impregnate or varnish it with anything. Shelves should be aesthetically pleasingrounded ends and hold firmly. It is necessary that there is an open space below - it is left for air circulation and convenience when cleaning the floor. When arranging the shelves, you need to calculate the required distance to the oven so as not to get burned when getting up from them.
Sizes
The main dimensions of the shelves are determined depending on the area of the room itself. The length of the bath bench should be at least 1.5 m. The most optimal distance between the ceiling and the top shelf is no more than 120 cm, and the height between the levels is approximately 60 cm. baths.
