Chopped logs are a traditional and time-tested material for construction. A bathhouse made of chopped logs has many advantages compared to buildings made of rounded logs or profiled timber. “Russian Mansions” offers services for the construction of baths in the original Russian style, but with modern amenities.

Bathhouse projects, their advantages and construction stages

In our catalog you will find standard projects chopped baths: compact one-story, spacious two-story bathhouse complexes, bathhouses with an attic.

Each building has 3 basic rooms: a dressing room, a steam room, and a place to relax.

We can add a veranda to the project, which will serve as a place to relax in the fresh air in between visits to the steam room.

We will build a bathhouse according to a standard or individual project, taking into account your wishes for its layout and area.

Advantages of chopped baths

Why do most sauna lovers choose chopped logs for construction? The advantages are associated with minimal surface treatment of hand-cut wood:

• high strength and resistance to fungi and bacteria with minimal impregnation;
• excellent thermal insulation properties: in the steam room the temperature lasts longer than in baths made of logs that have undergone more intensive mechanical processing;
• chopped logs practically do not dry out due to the preservation of protective organic resins in the wood, so they are more durable and practically do not form cracks after shrinkage.

Technological process

The construction of a turnkey bathhouse from chopped logs is a multi-stage process that has its own specifics. "Russian Mansions" offers the entire complex construction work: from design to interior decoration. Stages:

• project development. The customer chooses the scheme finished bath from the catalog or orders an individual project. At this stage, the dimensions of the building are determined, the depth of the foundation and other parameters are calculated;
• foundation installation;
• installation of a log house: during this process, insulation is installed in the groove between the logs;
• end processing: we use a composition that prevents cracking of the log house;
• impregnation protective antiseptics- the key to the longevity of your bath;
• floor construction;
• installation rafter system and roofs;
• Carrying out interior work: installing bath equipment, laying floors.

At each stage we only use quality materials and components.

What's included in the price

Order chopped bath turnkey means that at the end you will receive a bathhouse ready for use. The price includes design, installation of the foundation, frame, surface treatment, installation of equipment and Finishing work. The cost is discussed before concluding the contract. Call and ask the managers of Russian Mansions how much your bathhouse will cost.

In Rus', traditionally, the bathhouse was built from solid logs. Most often used for this conifers. Over the centuries of the existence of this design, builders have improved it to the most small parts. And nowadays there is nothing better than a log bathhouse, in which it is easy to breathe and steam.

Peculiarities

A seemingly simple and uncomplicated wooden frame is reliable and well thought out.

It is this material that has the ability to create a unique microclimate in the building. The main requirements for the type of wood from which it was planned to build a bathhouse were water resistance and the ability to breathe easily.

Pine and cedar give a resinous atmosphere. Larch logs are practically not subject to rotting and are extremely durable. Aspen is the most “airy” species – in a bathhouse its logs are the easiest to breathe.

The main feature of wood is that it does not interfere with the movement of air, while the steam remains where it should be - in the steam room. Excess moisture is displayed by itself. At the same time, wood is an excellent natural heat insulator. In addition, it has a positive effect on human energy and destroys pathogenic flora.

A real “Russian bathhouse” cannot be built from plastic or sandwich panels. Only wood is suitable for it.

Today, you can build a bathhouse from a log in hundreds of different variations: two-story, with an attic, with a garage, with a swimming pool, with a veranda - it all depends on the owner’s imagination and, of course, on the time and money he is willing to invest in construction.

Advantages and disadvantages

The first and main advantage of a bathhouse made from a solid log is its naturalness, organicity, and environmental friendliness (there may be many names, but the essence is the same). Wood – best material for the construction of a sauna complex, this is especially true for people with respiratory diseases - they are actually recommended to visit such a sauna. It is difficult to overestimate the special atmosphere that is created and maintained in a wood steam room.

When building a bathhouse from a log, the most common method is cutting “into a bowl”. Its essence is that a semicircular hole is made in the upper log. It should be the same size as half the height of the log underneath it. When using this construction method, the structure has minimal heat loss properties.

The ends of the logs, protruding 25-30 cm beyond the boundaries of the walls, protect the building from winds and rains. Construction time is minimal because the logs fit together easily. The bathhouse turns out to be very durable: the parts do not move and are tightly fixed due to the “bowl”.

A log building is easy and quick to heat, it warms up well. Properly treated wood will last a long time without losing its attractive appearance.

It is impossible not to note the disadvantages of such buildings. They are few, but they can become very significant.

• Price. Well-dried whole logs can cost the owner a large sum.
• As a result of cutting “into the bowl”, a large waste of material is formed due to the protruding parts. This, in turn, will further increase the final price of the building.
• Mandatory impregnation with an antiseptic against rotting, burning, and fungus. Not any composition is suitable for this, because a bathhouse is a building in which, due to the release of steam, any Chemical substance will be released into the air and inhaled by humans. Therefore, the composition should be as natural and harmless as possible, which is also not cheap.

Types of logs

The material necessary for construction is prepared in advance, as it needs to be well dried. It is best to choose a pine log for a log house. If you prepare the material in winter, it will have high moisture resistance.

The diameter of the logs that are planned to be used for the construction of the bath complex should be in the range of 18-25 cm. The difference in the diameters of each log should not exceed 3 cm. Otherwise they will not fit tightly together.

The wood should not only be of the same species, but preferably grown in the same climatic zone. It is preferable to choose trees grown in forests of northern latitude, since they are least susceptible to changes in temperature and humidity.

Logs can be divided into several types:

• Rounded (calibrated). Processed on a special machine. Therefore, they are given the same ideal round form and equal diameter. This makes them very easy to install. But during rounding, not only the bark is removed from the log, but also upper layer- bast that protects the tree from environmental influences. That is, a calibrated log, although more affordable in cost and easy to build a structure from, is however susceptible to rotting, cracking and even deformation. Therefore, it is better to choose a different material for the construction of a bathhouse.
• Planed– these logs are processed not by a machine, like calibrated ones, but by an electric planer. As a result, the loss of the top layer is not so significant. A planed log is not as smooth as a rounded one, but the difference in diameters is insignificant. However, when constructing a log house, manual adjustment is necessary.

• Carriage (Norwegian cabin). This type of log is obtained by sharpening and sawing from opposite ends. In terms of its properties, the carriage is close to both a log and timber. It is susceptible to cracking, but less so than calibrated and planed logs. If you treat the carriage well with an antiseptic and other compounds, its service life is quite long. Its cost is higher, but building from a carriage does not require interior finishing, which means you can save on it.
• scraped- These are the most durable logs. They are processed as follows: first, debarked logs are made, then the bast is removed manually by scraping. Then they cut down the frame and polish it rough. They assemble it in the desired area and polish it again - the last time. If you follow this technology, then only the top layer of bark will be removed from the log, and all the properties of the tree species, including resin, will be preserved. Even a scraped log house not treated with antiseptics will last a very long time. If you impregnate the bathhouse, it will last a hundred years. However, fitting log to log will take a long time, since each of them retains its knots, shape, bends and everything else.

• Square beam. This is the most a budget option. A bathhouse made from it will have even and smooth walls. But constructing such a structure is not easy - it will require very careful adjustment of the log house elements to each other.
• Plain sanded. The most commonly used type of material. Due to the fact that the top layer is not disturbed, it is little susceptible to rotting and destruction. However, it requires impregnation with appropriate compounds.

When choosing lumber, you need to consider a number of factors:

• most low temperatures air in winter at the construction site;
• frequency of planned operation of the bath;
• building area;
• technology used in drying.

If you plan to use the bathhouse only in the summer, logs with a diameter of 18 to 20 cm are quite suitable. Such a structure does not require a strong foundation.

In the case of constructing a bathhouse for use throughout the year, larger diameter logs are needed - from 24 cm. The foundation will also need to be more powerful: a monolithic or strip foundation will work well.

The moisture content of the wood depends on how the wood is dried. In turn, humidity affects the degree of shrinkage of the structure:

• material obtained through manual cutting, shrinks by 15 cm or more;
• thick logs grown in the forest, cut down in winter and dried naturally are subject to shrinkage of at least 4-6 cm;
• rounded logs dried in a chamber shrink 3 cm.

These indicators must be taken into account when developing a bathhouse project to calculate the correct height and required quantity lumber.

When purchasing and harvesting logs, you must follow a number of rules:

• No element should be affected by insects.
• The trunks must be straight, without bending. The permissible difference in the diameters of the ends is 3 cm.
• There should be no damage of any kind on any log.
• The thicker the logs, the more difficult it is to build with them, and the higher their cost.
• You should harvest lumber yourself in winter.
• When choosing a tree, 1 cm should be added to the calculated diameter for subsequent processing.

• If the cutting was done with a gas or electric saw, the cut of the log becomes “disheveled” and is more susceptible to rotting. To avoid this, you need to cleanly cut the wood with an ax. It is first cut down between the transverse cuts.
• Construction is carried out from freshly sawn material. It is easier to process and is less susceptible to cracking and deformation when the frame is folded.
• Barked logs must be stacked with bars to ensure air movement. The stack is protected from above with a canopy or thick cellophane to avoid both exposure to precipitation and direct rays of the sun. The logs need to be dried for two weeks. After this, you need to start cutting the log house. If lumber is overdried, it is difficult to process.
• To make the logs less likely to crack from the facade of the structure, cuts are made on each of them with a depth of approximately a quarter of its diameter. This is done in order to compensate for internal stress and avoid the appearance of cracks in the future. It is important to know that cuts should be made only from the side opposite to the longitudinal groove.

Project

Before you start construction, you need to think about and decide what the bathhouse will look like and what tasks the owner assigns to it. Currently, the design of a 5x5 m bathhouse with a log terrace and an attic is very popular. This is a small building, but it can comfortably accommodate a company of 5-7 people.

A 6x6 m bathhouse is no less popular. It can be a one-story building or a two-story building. It can be equipped with an outside (summer) seating area, in which there will be a grill or barbecue.

Depending on the capabilities and wishes of the owner, a swimming pool can be made inside the bathhouse. It is equipped both in a separate room and in a steam room - under a removable floor.

A bathhouse can be either part of a house or an independent structure. You need to make sure that it is convenient to connect communications to it. It is better if the bathhouse is not too far from the house.

In addition to the owner’s wishes, many must be taken into account natural factors: nature of the soil, level groundwater, evenness of the landscape. This determines what kind of foundation is required for the bathhouse.

After all the calculations, you need to draw a sketch that will contain the plan of the bathhouse. It is important to immediately decide where the oven will be located.

How to build?

Cut it yourself from scratch log sauna It’s not easy, but it’s possible if you have certain skills and abilities. And you also need to understand that it is unrealistic to do this alone, since even to lift a log, you need at least two, and preferably three. Therefore, it is better to find smart helpers.

The construction of a bathhouse begins with the foundation. It can be of three types:

• tape;
• shallow;
• columnar.

The type of foundation depends on the soil on the site.

If the ground is heaving, a shallow option would be best. If the construction is planned to be small, then it is advisable to stop at columnar foundation. For large sauna(this also includes a two-story one), only a strip version with a depth below the freezing level of the ground can be considered.

After the selected type of foundation has been constructed, they place it on waterproofing layer. It could be roofing felt.

After this, they proceed to the construction of the log house itself. The first crown is called the frame crown. It is made from the log itself large thickness, best made of oak. It is laid on a layer of roofing material. Before laying, the bottom is cut off and the cut is treated with antiseptic impregnation.

The log house is placed using the “in the bowl”, “in the cloud” or “in the paw” methods (this is the most labor-intensive of them). Before installing each element, it is adjusted (only calibrated logs are not adjusted; they can be immediately formed into a log house).

During construction, a layer of insulation is immediately laid - moss, hemp, tow or other material.

The upper crown of the log house is called the mauerlat. It provides a support for the rafters, so its choice must be taken no less carefully than the choice of a frame crown.

After the log house is assembled, it needs to be caulked. Moss, flax tow, and felt are used for this.. You need to start caulking from the bottom crown and go around. If you caulk on one wall, the bathhouse will warp.

The finished log house is assembled from calibrated logs according to the instructions attached to it. It indicates step by step not only the sequence of actions, but also the rules that must be followed during assembly.

It is important to accurately fulfill all the requirements to ensure a high-quality and tight fit of the elements to each other and to avoid distortions of the structure.

After the construction of the log house is completed, it is necessary to bring it under the roof this year. It doesn’t matter whether the roofing is temporary or permanent. For the bath complex most often use simple gable roof with cold attic equipment underneath. To do this, the rafter pitch is taken to be 1-1.5 m. If the attic is warm, the width of the rafter pitch is calculated based on the size of the insulating material slab.

The legs of the rafters are cut into the mauerlat. The upper parts of the legs are fastened. After this, the rafters are covered with lathing, and a layer of waterproofing is placed on it, this can be roofing felt. As for the roof covering, it is better to choose it according to your wishes: make the roof from slate, metal tiles, corrugated sheets or ondulin.

Window and door openings are cut in an already erected and insulated log house. They are strengthened with a pigtail, and they are attached to it window frames and door frames.

It is important to remember that in accordance with fire safety regulations Entrance door should open outwards. These requirements apply to any door in the building.

The inside of the steam room and dressing room can be lined with clapboard or boards. When covering, be sure to follow the rules of thermal insulation and not disturb the movement of air.

How to insulate?

Correctly insulating a sauna log house is one of the most important stages of construction. Otherwise reception water procedures will become uncomfortable. Heat should not leave the room either through the walls or through the ceiling. Ensuring proper air circulation is very important to maintain a healthy microclimate inside a building.

It is not easy to choose the optimal type of insulation. There are several ways to protect walls.

To insulate a timber bath, it is better to choose natural material, for example, mineral wool. There are few options for insulating a log bathhouse, since the unevenness and roughness of the surface are not suitable for most insulation materials. However, it is important to treat the joints of the logs in such a way that heat does not escape through them.

For this purpose they use different materials:

• Tow- the most commonly used insulation. Available in rolls. With its help you can avoid drafts, it retains heat and noise insulates the room. But like any organic matter, it is short-lived: it attracts both birds and rodents. Therefore, to ensure good insulation The baths will have to be re-caulked every 2-3 years.
• Another natural material is moss.. You don’t have to buy it, but assemble it yourself. Moss retains heat well, is moisture resistant, and dense. But it is susceptible to moths even with appropriate treatment. Over time, the moss deteriorates and will have to be renewed.
• Fiber from flax and jute– also natural roll material. It is more expensive, but its service life is much longer. The fiber is not subject to rotting and is not of interest to rodents and birds. This material is the best way to insulate a log bathhouse.

Does the building need to be insulated from the inside or is only external caulking sufficient? Everyone has their own answer to this question. There are different opinions on this matter.

When internal insulation effective area will decrease. Natural material, be it tow or moss, needs additional protection waterproof film.

This cannot prevent the formation of condensation between the wall and the insulation layer. This will cause damage to the wood and the process of rotting will begin. That's why Insulation from the inside is rarely used.

The instructions for insulating a log house are simple. Work begins simultaneously with the assembly of the log house. Then pushing the insulation into the seams will be very inconvenient. Before starting this work, all logs must be treated with an antiseptic and fire retardant: against rotting and fire.

The stages of insulation are as follows:

• laying material between the crowns of the log house;
• Caulking of cracks can be done no earlier than six months later, when the wood and insulation have finally settled.

The steam room is first covered waterproofing film. Basalt insulation, produced in rolls, is attached to it. It is covered with foil film. A wooden sheathing is placed on top of it, and then the entire structure is covered with either clapboard or other material.

Ventilation

The construction of a bathhouse involves many different activities. Not least among them is the ventilation device. Oddly enough, even experienced specialists often dissuade owners from installing exhaust hoods, vents and openings, because “steam will be lost”; natural circulation air.

However, forced ventilation is required in most cases, otherwise the bathhouse will simply be dangerous to operate. After all, in a hot steam room or sauna, the higher a person sits, he inhales oxygen and exhales carbon dioxide. At temperatures above 60 C, if there is no normal circulation, it is easy to get burned.

It is in order to ensure a constant flow of air (and oxygen) that forced ventilation must be installed.

In a classic Russian bath there is always a vent - a hole for air movement. Ventilation can be arranged in a natural way - in lower crowns The filling occurs freely, and gaps are left in the door around the entire perimeter.

However for big family or a group of friends, this may not be enough. It's better to take care of the full forced ventilation. Especially if the bathhouse is planned to be used year-round.

In the absence of normal air circulation in the bathhouse, a number of unpleasant consequences are possible:

• The service life of the building is reduced because the wood does not dry out well. This is fraught with the rapid development of rotting of logs.
• Due to temperature changes and high humidity inside the bathhouse, and especially the steam room, bacteria and microbes can multiply. This also leads to “stale” odors. various kinds, and to mold, bugs, cockroaches, as well as rapid rotting of logs. As a result, it will become impossible to go to the bathhouse, not to mention taking water procedures, because it is impossible to influence all these things with chemicals, and there is no other way to get rid of them.
• It is very easy to “catch” a disease: both a fungus and various kinds of allergic reactions. People with respiratory diseases are especially susceptible to this.

Let's try to figure it out which ventilation device will be correct. The basic rule is this: within an hour, the air in the bathhouse should be completely renewed three times. How this will be achieved is up to the owner to decide.

The hood should not interfere and disturb the temperature regime, that is, the air should not be cooled due to ventilation. Only exhaust air saturated with carbon dioxide can be removed from the bath.. All oxygen should be retained in the bath. The appearance of drafts is unacceptable - neither in the steam room nor in the sink.

The hottest, hottest air should be near the ceiling.

Experts distinguish three types of ventilation, each of which can provide adequate air circulation:

• Natural– the movement of air masses occurs due to temperature changes, different pressures and other physical phenomena.
• Mechanical– air moves thanks to fans and hoods.
• Combined– combines elements of the first and second types.

It must be remembered that it is necessary to ventilate not only the steam room, but also all rooms.

It is unacceptable to place vents on the ceiling. This is fraught with the risk of the heat dissipating in two to three minutes, and then it will take a long time to warm up the bathhouse.

Floor ventilation is also necessary; it needs to be thought through at the construction stage. Otherwise, the ceilings and floors will rot within a few years. Ventilation holes can be installed near the foundation, and metal grilles can be installed on them to prevent mice and rats from entering.

The gate valve can be installed under the ceiling, but it must be closed the lion's share of the time.

When installing the stove, you need to take into account that the finished floor should be slightly higher than the vent.

You can also install a special exhaust duct opposite the door under the ceiling or directly on it. This will require certain skills.

Design

Traditionally, a Russian bathhouse is built in the form of a hut. Inside it is divided into a dressing room and a steam room.

The interior of a Russian-type bathhouse has a minimal number of decorative items. It contains only the essentials.

• In the steam room- a stove, bench or other surface for sitting, a container for water, a large deep wooden tub for ablution and brooms.
• In the dressing room– table and chairs (or benches), it is better if they are made of solid wood, perhaps deliberately roughly processed.

Main designer decoration I can be carved frames on the windows. Traditionally, the window (or windows) face southwest to allow views of the sunset.

Another decorative element that can be used to diversify the design of a bathhouse is lighting. It is better to choose lamps in a traditional style: carved wooden frames or lampshades will harmoniously fit into the decor of a Russian hut. Forged fittings will look good, especially if it is supported by other decorative elements.

It should be remembered that metal parts are acceptable everywhere except in a steam room or sauna - there they are subject to strong heat, and you can get burned by them.

It is not necessary to limit the layout of the bathhouse to a waiting room and steam room. It contains a swimming pool, a shower room, and a relaxation room with billiards or a card table. Interesting design solution can become a steam room or sauna with a removable floor, under which the pool is hidden.

Inside, the walls of the bathhouse have a different texture, as they are upholstered with clapboard or other material. On the outside, due to the log masonry, the walls are semicircular or, in the case of square-section timber used for construction, straight.

The inside of the boards is not coated with varnish or other chemical composition, they are subjected to careful polishing.

For construction wooden bath It is best to use coniferous species. You only need to take prepared material. If these are rounded logs, they must be the same size and diameter. If there is curvature or unevenness on the log, it is rejected. And also specimens that have dark spots, have an excessively large core, are knotty, or have cavities where the knots are located cannot be used for construction.

• The cut of the log should be neat, not “disheveled”. Its surface should be yellow (light or dark shade). If the material is not overdried, then when it is hit with the butt of an ax, it rings.
• In order for the building to be strictly horizontal, the first crown must be pulled apart. This means that it needs to be made perfectly even in height.
• In the southern regions, it is better to use oak wood for the construction of baths.
• Traditionally, logs are laid on the foundation with their growth rings facing outward. Because it is this part of them that withstands temperature changes and negative impact environment.

• When moving to insulating a bathhouse, you do not need to allow one wall to be completely caulked. Otherwise the log house will warp.
• When erecting a structure from rounded logs, they must be treated with an antiseptic and fire retardant, since they do not have an outer layer.
• Between each layer of logs, a layer of thermal insulation must be laid - tow, moss or flax-jute fiber. The insulation is secured to brackets.
• Each subsequent crown is controlled by the level. This is necessary to avoid distortion of the structure.
• To prevent door and window frames from being damaged during the period of shrinkage of the log house, the openings are framed with casing. Its gap is 3 percent of the height of the entire opening. The gap is filled with insulation.

Beautiful examples

We present small photo gallery beautiful design options for baths.

• The bathhouse with an attic, made of rounded logs, is installed on a concrete foundation.

The use of chopped logs in the process of building a bathhouse is fully justified by the high costs. Since the quality of such a structure is much higher than the use of rounded materials. Let's look at how to build a bathhouse from a log below.

Chopped log: features and advantages

The most popular material used in the construction of a bathhouse is wood. Exactly wooden buildings They are distinguished by quality, durability, and spending time in such a bathhouse becomes beneficial to health.

The use of wood allows you to maintain the necessary microclimate of the room; the walls in such a bathhouse are capable, under certain conditions, of absorbing moisture and right time give it away.

The duration of use and the quality of the constructed bathhouse directly depend on the type of materials used in the process of its construction and their quality. When harvesting wood, you should adhere to certain rules, which we will consider below:

1. It is better to harvest wood from December to March.

2. After the tree is cut down, you should wait at least a month before further processing.

3. Before storing the forest, all logs are cleared of bark, leaving only the end areas small places, by 15-20 cm, with bark, preventing them from cracking.

4. Logs are stored in stacks. It is important to comply ventilation gap between them, measuring 50 mm.

5. All stacks are covered with slate, which will protect them from moisture.

If you adhere to all the conditions for harvesting wood, then such a bathhouse will serve its owners for at least 50 years.

Logs are round materials that are formed after cutting down trees, which are cleared of branches and trunks.

Among the advantages of chopped logs are:

• less creaking and cracking;
• lower level of moisture absorption;
• higher resistance to biological influences in the form of insects, fungus or mold;
• Duration of operation that does not require special care;
• ease and simplicity of assembly;
• the presence of special groove components;
• a variety of corner notches in the form of a paw, Russian bowl, exclusive triple notch;
• a variety of styles for performing a bath;
• healthy indoor microclimate;
• wide range of log diameters.

Among the disadvantages of chopped logs are:

• higher cost of work on preparing the material;
• difference in diameters at different ends of the frame;
• the quality of the work directly depends on the experience of the specialists who perform it; if the installation is performed poorly, the appearance of the structure suffers greatly.

Saunas made of chopped logs - characteristics

Saunas made from chopped logs have remained popular for decades and even hundreds of years. This is due to the availability of materials used in the process of their construction and the ease of processing.

Using wood in construction has the following advantages:

• first of all, the ability of wooden walls to “breathe” - thanks to this, it is easy to breathe in the bathhouse, and there is Fresh air and a healthy atmosphere;
• low level of thermal conductivity ensures excellent heat retention in the bath, even in winter time, which is very important for taking bath procedures;
• making walls in a bathhouse from wood allows you to avoid overheating in the summer, since wood controls the temperature level in the room;
• cost is another advantage, since a wooden bathhouse does not require the construction of an expensive foundation, and wood is much cheaper than brick or concrete.

The standard appearance of the bathhouse, built from chopped logs, has one floor. Although it is possible to build a two-story or attic bathhouse. The minimum number of rooms in a bathhouse is three: a washing room, a steam room and a relaxation room.

In the construction of baths they use different breeds trees, but the lower part of the bathhouse, which is in contact with the foundation, is traditionally made of larch, since it is this material that has the highest quality characteristics. In addition, it is common to use coniferous trees, pine, and spruce, which fill the room with a special aroma that cleanses and heals the human body.

For the firebox it is better to give preference to birch. When building a bathhouse, the main thing is to choose the right type of wood. Since the final result of the work depends on the quality of the material.

An important point is the construction of load-bearing structures of the building. They appear as one wooden wall, which is based on longitudinally laid logs or crowns.

Chopped log baths photo:

The crown is a rectangular structure, which consists of beams laid in a perpendicular direction.

The final stage of work is cutting down the bathhouse; first, work is done on cutting down a tree in the forest or in the field. Next, the log house is transported to the construction site and caulked. After a year has passed after installation and complete drying, the internal and external finishing of the log house is carried out.

Construction of bathhouses from logs: step-by-step instructions

The procedure for constructing a bathhouse using chopped logs consists of several stages, namely:

1. Drawing up projects for bathhouses made of chopped logs.

2. Assembly and felling of materials used in the construction process.

3. Preparation and construction of the foundation.

4. Construction of walls in the bathhouse.

5. Equipment for the roof of the building.

6. Installation of the stove.

7. Carrying out interior finishing work.

8. Installation of the chimney.

9. Work on insulation of floors and ceilings.

10. Installation of shelves indoors.

The first stage involves carrying out work on designing a bathhouse. Project development is carried out in accordance with all the requirements of the owners. It is possible to develop the project yourself, ready purchase project or individual development of the project by specialists who will take into account all the individual climatic and geological features of the area and draw up the optimal version of the bathhouse design.

They begin to build a bathhouse by determining its dimensions, if we consider standard sizes log house, which consists of three rooms, its area will be about 60 square meters.

An important factor is the height of the room in which the shelves will be located, and which should be comfortable for a certain number of people.

Please note that it is too big sizes baths will help improve heat loss and heating the bath will require spending a lot of fuel. Therefore, you should choose the minimum dimensions of the room, which should be convenient for the location of people in the bathhouse.

A standard bathhouse consists of a dressing room in which people change clothes, and a steam room in which they wash and steam. It is possible to equip a rest room.

For more rational use space, the door from the steam room should open into the vestibule.

To improve the strength of the structure, you should select and arrange the foundation correctly. The depth of its laying is determined by the depth of soil freezing, to which a minimum of 100 mm is added.

It is important to take into account the correct temperature distribution in the bath. The air temperature in the steam room is from 51 to 57 degrees, in the washing room - 35-40 degrees, and in the locker room, at least 22 degrees.

An important factor is correct location and installation of shelves. They should not be near the stove, as there is a risk of burns from too hot steam.

Therefore, it is preferable to place shelves near blank walls. The shelves should be arranged in two or three tiers, depending on the height of the ceiling.

Most often, heaters are used in the bathhouse, which are located in the corner of the room. This arrangement allows for optimal heating of all rooms at once. A reservoir is installed in the inside of the furnace in which water is heated. The operating principle of such a furnace is to use a special kind of stones, which, when heated, become heated and release steam in contact with water. Firewood is used as fuel for the heater stove, which is used to heat it for a long time.

Roofing - another one important question, since the roof must have minimal thermal conductivity. If the bathhouse is a separate building, then the most popular option for constructing a roof is gable roof. When arranging bathhouses in the form of an extension, it is rational to use single-pitch roofing types.

Tilt angle gable roof ranges from 18 to 44 degrees, and a single slope - from twenty to thirty degrees. A wooden bathhouse requires a heavy roof, as it must be very warm to prevent heat loss. Quite popular are Norwegian earthen roofs, on the surface of which there is soil and plants in the form of a lawn.

It will take at least two months to build the bathhouse. But, keep in mind that in order for the bathhouse to serve well, its operation should begin no earlier than a year after its construction. Since it is after this period of time that the first stage of shrinkage of the bath occurs. Final shrinkage will occur after four to five years, depending on the type of tree.

The main stage in the construction of a bathhouse is the insulation of the floor and ceiling. To insulate the ceiling in a bathhouse from chopped logs, you will need to nail slings all over the ceiling, then install a wooden ceiling, then install caulking to prevent heat loss.

In addition, care should be taken to properly arrange the floors and drainage. When constructing a floor in a room for washing and steam rooms, you should take care to ensure normal drainage and drainage of water into sewer system. Therefore, the floor must have an inclined surface; for its manufacture, exclusively moisture-repellent materials are used, in the form of concrete and clay.

The slope should be directed towards the pit, which is equipped with a water seal connecting the drainage pipe and the sewer pit.

Next, the floor is covered with wooden materials. For a piece this process installation of logs is required, which are mounted on a pre-waterproofed surface with support pillars. A gap of at least 0.5 cm must be left between the boards, since wood swells when wet and decreases in volume when dry. In addition, you should take care to remove the longitudinal chamfer from the boards, thus top part becomes a little larger, lower.

If a solid floor is being constructed, then its arrangement requires the presence of a pit directly in the room. A special grille is installed to cover it. The ventilation riser is used for sewerage equipment. To equip it, it is necessary to install asbestos-cement or metal pipe, the minimum diameter of which is 10 cm. A cap or deflector is installed on its upper section.

Technology for building a bathhouse from chopped logs

After the construction of the bathhouse, it is necessary to lay an inter-crown seal between the logs. This eliminates the appearance of cracks through which heat loss occurs.

Moss or tow is used as a sealant, but this method is less popular due to the complexity of the work and the high cost of the material. Modern house building involves the use of flax wool, which is easy to install, as it is produced in the form of a roll.

The procedure for sealing seams is called caulking; it requires the same inter-crown sealant or linen rope- improving the appearance of the building.

With the help of caulking, the thermal insulation of the entire building is significantly improved. But this process should be repeated after the building has settled, that is, after five years of its operation.

An important issue is the problem of joining logs, since chopped materials have unequal diameters and joining requires special skills.

The standard size of a log is 600 cm. If the wall of the building is longer, then they are joined together at the point of cutting. Thus, the joint areas become invisible. With absence perpendicular wall, a cut is installed at the joint section, hiding the joints.

If it is not possible to construct a cut, the joints are formed in a checkerboard pattern for more reliable fixation of the logs.

Making a bathhouse from wood has another unpleasant consequence, such as cracking of the log. Since wood is a living organism with moisture inside it, after certain processing it dries out and loses its strength. Since moisture begins to evaporate from the central part of the logs, the heaviest load is placed on them, leading to cracking. To avoid this process, it is necessary to make a deformation cut, which will help remove moisture without consequences for the log.

In addition, there is a danger of the wood turning blue or darkening. This procedure occurs due to a decrease in the quality of wood under the influence of moisture, sun, temperature changes and other factors. Logs are especially sensitive to fungi or mold that are in the air and through it reach the surface. The most optimal conditions for fungus to multiply, the air temperature is +22 and the humidity is more than 90%, so it is recommended to equip the bath good ventilation, which will prevent this process.

In addition, it is necessary to periodically treat the wood with antiseptic preparations and impregnations. If blue stains have already appeared on the surface, then it should be sanded well and a bleaching agent should be applied.

Before installing the beams, you should take care of treating them with preparations that will protect the wood from the sun, moisture and other external influences. You should not save on the purchase of these materials, as they can extend the service life of a wooden bath several times.

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