Bath barrel with your own hands

28-04-2018

Useful

The construction of a full-fledged bath house on the summer cottage area used in summer is not always advisable, since the cost of its production is quite large. Sometimes it is preferable to use the budget version of the bath, made from scratch literally within a couple of days. At the same time, outwardly such a structure can have a completely finished and attractive appearance (due to the use of special techniques of exterior decoration).

In the article we will talk about how to make a bath barrel with your own hands, what materials to use, as well as drawings, diagrams, photos and video instructions.

The longitudinal dimensions of such structures range from 2 to 6 meters; and the smallest buildings usually consist of only one steam room with a stove.

Large-sized buildings may include a car wash, a rest room, and an improvised porch with a canopy.

Material

For the construction of the bath barrel, you can use the wood of such well-known species as fir, spruce or larch. Taking into account the special conditions of operation at the dacha (precipitation, sudden changes in external temperatures, as well as high humidity), it is best to use moisture-resistant wood varieties. These species include cedar and larch, the high cost of which fully pays for their long-term operation.

As for the shape of the blanks for making an improvised bath, a well-planed edged board with a special “thorn into groove” connection can be used as such.

For the convenience of assembling the structure, it is desirable to give the typesetting elements a rounded shape by selecting a part of the material according to a special pattern. When using conventional flat boards, one should select billets of small width, the radial size of which allows the shape of the structure to be as close as possible to the circle.

Reason

The need for the foundation, as a rule, no. It is enough to prepare a flat platform and place on it a special base that serves as a reliable support for the construction of a rounded shape.

As such a site can be used:

fully concreted or asphalted area;
concreted area with paving slabs laid out on a screed;
the usual well-rammed dirt surface with a wooden shield laid on it;

In addition to this, an old reinforced concrete slab of a suitable size can be used to prepare a flat platform.

When assembling the support base, try to adhere to the following recommendations:

For its arrangement, a high-quality edged board with a thickness of at least 5 cm, pre-treated with a special impregnation or any other composition that protects the wood from rotting, should be used.
The distance between the transverse support boards should be no more than 1.5 meters, and their total number should be selected based on the size of the bath.
In the process of assembling on the cross-boards, a rounded recess is made, which exactly follows the contours of the structure mounted on them (when preparing the recess, make sure that the unselected part of the board is at least 10 cm on each side).
To give the structure additional rigidity during the assembly of the structure, use metal blanks installed in the corner joints and in the joints of the individual base elements.

Assembly procedure

The assembly of the bath body begins with the installation of partitions fixed on the base crossmembers. When arranging them, we should not forget about the special openings designed for the installation of door and window blocks, as well as the processing of wood material with special protective impregnation.

Then, on a ready-made oval base, several boards of the required length are put together, which are interconnected according to the “spike into the groove” method. Upon completion of the preparation of the part of the circle, sufficient for fixing the end partitions, the latter are installed in place and securely fastened. After that, you can safely continue forming a circle from the boards with the support on the partitions.

The required rigidity of the bath-barrel design is ensured through the use of tightening metal hoops. For reliable adhesion of the covering hoops, special iron clamps are used, by means of which later (after the wood dries out) it will be possible to tighten the structure, preventing the formation of cracks.

As for the exterior of the building, its function can be performed by a traditional soft roof mounted on the upper sector of the bath. When it is arranged, this part of the barrel is first covered with a waterproofing material (plastic wrap, for example), and then covered with roofing material or bituminous tiles.