A visit to the bath fills the body with energy, he alth. This kind of rest gives a good mood, strengthens the immune system. To create such a building on your site yourself, you will need to familiarize yourself with all the building requirements. Only if they are observed, you can create a comfortable relaxing environment inside such a structure.
One of the most important issues when building with your own hands is the correct choice of the size of the stove for the bath. The advice of experienced professionals will help to understand this issue. This is one of the most important elements of the steam room. Therefore, the process of its installation must be approached responsibly.
General rules
When creating a stove, a fireplace for a bath, the dimensions and location of the structure must be thought out in advance. Regardless of the material of construction, type of fuel and other issues, a number of general rules for organizing and conducting the construction process should be taken into account.
The oven must have a solid foundation. All combustible materials (partitions, walls, etc.) must be locatedfrom it at a distance of at least 26 cm. The area in front of the door must be protected with thermal insulation with a metal apron. The chimney must be properly insulated where it passes through the ceiling and roof.
The construction process of the furnace in the bath is regulated by SNiP 41-01-03. It covers all fire safety regulations. When building such a structure with your own hands, you will need to take into account the characteristics of the material of the furnace, as well as the type of fuel on which it runs.
Brick oven
When determining the size of a brick oven for a bath, it is necessary to consider the features of such a building. This is a heavy building. Therefore, a foundation is always made for a brick oven. Its variety is chosen in accordance with existing conditions. At the same time, the type of soil, weather, climatic features of the area, and the presence of groundwater are taken into account. You should also take into account the design features of the furnace itself. Most often, a tape type of foundation is used for arranging a steam room. It consists of strong pillars or piles. Its size should be larger than the building itself.
Having decided on the foundation, attention should be paid to the choice of materials for the furnace. It should be refractory bricks and a special mixture of clay. Such a composition is recommended to be purchased in specialized stores. In such mixtures, all the required proportions are taken into account. Masonry is carried out in accordance with the developed project.
In the process of building any heater, it is important to observe the proportions, the location of key elementsstructures (chimney, shafts, dampers, etc.). Regardless of the type of structure, this element of the steam room includes a firebox, blower, chimney, heater.
Metal furnace
An iron stove for a bath, the dimensions of which are selected according to the type of fuel, belongs to the category of fire hazardous equipment. Unlike brick, stone varieties, a case of a similar design, even with a special casing, heats up quite strongly. This also applies to smoke pipes.
There are many options for open and closed metal furnaces on sale. You can install them yourself. However, when buying, many manufacturers indicate mandatory installation by qualified specialists. Otherwise, this product will not be covered by the warranty. This is due to the increased fire hazard of the equipment.
Some owners of the bath building still decide to mount a metal stove on their own. In this case, it is necessary to be extremely attentive to all the details of this process. Otherwise, the operation of the metal heater will be unsafe.
Key factors for choosing oven size
The size of the sauna stove is selected in accordance with a number of factors. First of all, the type of fuel on which the device will operate is taken into account. Each of them has its own specific sizes. They are regulated by modern norms and requirements.
One of the important factors when choosing a stove for a steam room is energy efficiency. The design should qualitatively heat the room. At the same time, excess heat leads to additional energy costs. Therefore, it is necessary to choose the dimensions of the device in accordance with the size of the room, the heat transfer of the equipment.
The dimensions of the heater can also be affected by materials for finishing the body and the room as a whole, the way gases are removed. It is also important to consider the degree of automation of equipment and the level of safety during operation.
Solid fuel heaters
The size of the oven for a brick bath is selected in accordance with the established standard sizes. Such designs almost always use solid fuel to produce heat. When choosing, take into account the dimensions of the furnace and the type of construction. This will allow you to calculate how much space the equipment is designed for.
Heaters of the presented type can be made of stone or metal. Small solid fuel stoves have dimensions of 5x3, 3x6, 6 m. Such a unit is capable of heating up to 100 m³. The volume of a fire chamber makes 60 l. This option is suitable for medium-sized baths. There are designs with even larger dimensions. They are not suitable for a small room.
If the dimensions of the steam room are small, gas or electric equipment should be preferred. The solid fuel heater is suitable for medium and large rooms. In a small bath, the use of such equipmentinappropriate.
Gas, electric oven
Today, the dimensions of a metal sauna stove can be quite compact. Such equipment is suitable for almost any room size. In our country, electric furnaces are used quite rarely. It is advisable to install such equipment only in non-gasified areas.
Gas ovens require professional installation. It is impossible to perform such a procedure on your own. This is considered unsafe.
When choosing equipment, pay attention to the number of burners. Today, there are many options for equipment that can be used for space heating and water. The width of such a unit is usually 50 cm. The height can be from 60 to 70 cm. If the gas oven is made of brick, its dimensions will be quite large. The most compact structures are made from sheet steel.
Select installation location
When installing a do-it-yourself sauna stove, the dimensions of which are chosen in accordance with the factors listed above, you need to draw up a project. In this case, it is necessary to choose the right place for installing the equipment. The unit should heat the steam room, rest room and dressing room. Metal, brick heating structures are recommended to be positioned so that one part of them goes into the steam room, and the firebox with the door is in the rest room.
This arrangement of equipment will be the most appropriate. warm upall the rooms of the bath will turn out at once. Installing several stoves in a bath is not practical. Fuel costs will be high.
If the stove is characterized by small dimensions, it is installed directly in the steam room. This approach is used in most cases for electric furnaces. The rest of the rooms can be heated by a floor heating system. These are electrical wires laid under the base of the premises. You can also make water floors.
Foundation
The size of the foundation for the stove in the bath is selected in accordance with the dimensions of the heater itself. The base is made of brick or concrete. It must take into account the weight of the oven. In this case, the foundation must be perfectly flat, exactly horizontal.
A sheet of asbestos is laid on the floor. Its thickness must be at least 12 mm. From above it is covered with a sheet of iron (thickness 1 mm or more). The sheet should extend 50 cm outside the oven on the door side and 3 cm on the other sides.
The side with the firebox damper must face towards the entrance to the room. At a distance of at least 1.5 m to it, there should not be fire hazardous materials for finishing the opposite wall. The back and side surfaces must be at least 50 cm away from any objects and surfaces. If there are combustible structures near the stove, it is necessary to separate them from the stove with a layer of thermal insulation and a sheet of metal. Refractory bricks can also be used for this purpose.
Roof and chimney
Correctly choosing the size of the stove for the bath, as well as its location in the roomattention must be paid to its chimney. If it is constructed from refractory bricks, it is necessary to make a thickening in the zone of its passage through the ceiling and roof. The wall will be 25 cm thicker. At the same time, an insulating layer of iron sheet must be installed in this area.
If the pipe is metal, at the place of its passage through the roof, it is necessary to make not only a screen, but also separate it from the chimney with a special heat-insulating material. Outside, the metal must also be insulated. Otherwise, condensation will appear on it. Today, special sandwich panels are used for such structures. They are installed only in the area where the chimney passes through the roof. A section of steel should come from the furnace.
The ceiling above the heater also requires special protection. The insulation material must be 1/3 larger than the dimensions of the stove. First, a layer of bas alt thermal insulation is mounted on the ceiling. A sheet of metal is installed on it.
Safety
When arranging the furnace, all safety requirements must be met. Electrical heaters must be grounded. In order not to accidentally touch the heated surface and not get burned, it is recommended to make a wooden fence at a distance of 0.5 m from the stove. You can also equip a special screen around.
Having considered what are the sizes of the sauna stove, as well as the basic installation rules, everyone will be able to choose and install the heater in the steam room correctly.
