Bath on wheels with their own hands

Many leisure lovers in the midst of nature near water bodies spend their weekends like this. Special tourist campings in the traditional design are equipped with fishing marinas, barbecues, closed gazebos, tent sites, etc. Not long ago in such conditions it was impossible to steam in the bath. But with the advent of mobile paired things have changed. In this article you will learn how to do a bath on wheels with your own hands. The technological sequence of work will help you to make a mobile bath independently, thus saving your family budget.

Special features

Previously, in places of mass recreation was not possible to steam. A great solution was the arrangement of mobile paired. If you work away from the village, the bath on wheels will give you the opportunity to wash. This is true for geologists. Some of the advantages of mobile baths include:

1. No need to obtain permission to build a bath.
2. No need to fill the foundation.
3. It is possible to arrange a bath on wheels in any convenient place.

Russian mobile bath has a traditional layout: a steam room and a place to relax. The stove can run on wood, gas or electricity. Internal facing - a natural tree. The capacity of the steam room is up to 6 people.

The basis of mobile steam

To independently make a bath on wheels you need to purchase a suitable base. It may be:

• trailer for a car;
• all-terrain vehicle / truck (URAL / ZIL / GAS);
• frame platform on wheels;
• minibus / bus (Gazelle / Ikarus / PAZ).

This means that you can make a bath, inseparable from motor transport, make it on the basis of a trailer or on a mobile platform, which can be loaded as needed.

The technology of the mobile bath device is almost similar to the arrangement of a stationary steam room.

Trailer

Баня а-ля прицепы должны иметь массу, которая бы не превышала вес тягача, т. е. легкового автомобиля. Дополнительные опоры должны исключать раскачивание прицепа в процессе эксплуатации. Внутреннее пространство разделено на парилку и prebanner. Из-за ограниченности пространства в такой бане нет баков для воды.

This means that bathing procedures should be taken only if the car is parked near the reservoir. If necessary, you can heat the water on the stove. You can drain the water through the hole, which is located in the floor. So, the liquid will drain directly to the ground under the trailer wheels.

Converted buses / trucks

If you want to make a spacious mobile steam room, then you should think about how to redo the bus. If you make it on the basis of the Ikarus bus, then the capacity of the bath will be up to 15 people. This bath is equipped with:

• shower compartment;
• steam room for 5 people;
• rest room;
• autobiotatalom;
• resistant videobar.

The lack of Icarus - low permeability. In view of this, Soviet-era army trucks are most popular for arranging mobile baths. These SUVs will allow you to steam up near your favorite lake, even if there is no proper access to it.

Documentation

All kinds of non-standard vehicles can cause interest in the traffic police, and quite reasonable. The parameters and dimensions of any car / SUV / bus, let and converted should meet certain standards that ensure the safety of movement on the road. Therefore, before you make an autobahn, consider the height and side projections of the structure.

Another important point about which we have already spoken a bit above is the maximum weight load of the car. If you make the bath too heavy, then it will immediately turn from mobile into inactive. If you are planning to use the autobahn for business, then you need to register an individual entrepreneur (individual enterprise).

Drafting

The first step is to make a draft bath on paper or in electronic form. This will allow you to assess the proportionality of the future steam room and pick up building materials. Here it is important to take into account everything, down to the smallest detail - the total weight of the structure, the load on the wheel axle, as well as the power of the furnace.

When moving along Russian roads, the bathhouse swings, so it is important to correctly design the centers of gravity - the stove and the ceiling. As a counterweight, the attacks and the grating from the floor will be used.

If you have enough space in the mobile bath construction, then its project should include such mandatory zones:

• steam room;
• shower;
• prebanner.

As an addition, a steam room can be equipped with a dry closet, as well as cold / hot water tanks. In this case, the mobile bath can be used regardless of whether there is a reservoir near the resting place or not.

When planning a bath on wheels, you should think about the presence / absence of window openings. They are sources of heat loss, so in any case, the windows should have minimal dimensions. In principle, windows in a mobile bath can be completely abandoned. This is quite a secluded place for relaxation and prying eyes here will be superfluous.

According to the safety regulations, the doors in mobile baths must open outwards. This point is important to consider in the design process.

The device ribs. Frame

The beginning of the arrangement of the mini-bath on wheels is the dismantling of unnecessary elements. Since the structure will experience a constant load, a power frame should be made. On its basis, weld metal profiles and secure stiffeners.

When arranging a bath in a trailer, the frame should be assembled from prefabricated elements. You can make them yourself or order.

So, the process of assembling the frame consists of the following steps:

1. Assembling the floor of the base lag and boards.
2. Installing the floor on the power frame design.
3. Installation of the frame walls.
4. Build walls.
5. Installation of roof support beams and roof elements.
6. Cover the roof with metal profiles.

The roof can be covered only after the installation of the furnace. The same is true for interior / exterior wall decoration.

Electric lighting should be made of heat-resistant wiring. To do this, use heat-resistant and waterproofing lamps. And what if you want to make a mobile bath in an old utility vehicle? For example, in such as Ural, ZIL or GAS? The technological process is almost the same. The only thing that the steam room is installed instead of the body. By the way, from the base of the truck you will get a more stable bath than from a trailer for a car.

Thermal insulation

In order for a bathhouse on wheels to be reliable, it should be heat-insulated. The optimal width of the insulating cake for a mobile structure - 15 cm. The sequence of the insulation:

• Installation of crates from bars with a cross section of 6 cm.
• Laying vapor barrier and mineral wool.
• Flooring heat reflector, for example, foil.
• Foil joints should be taped.
• Install counter batten.

If you make a bath in an old truck, then the insulation should be on the walls. In all other cases - on a metal frame trimmed with wood.

Interior finish

The inner skin of the bath on wheels is no worse than its stationary counterpart. After the insulation should be carried out finishing and decorating the interior of the bath. For these purposes, it is best to use linings of linden, alder, aspen, etc. Also suitable block house, brushed boards. For the lining of the dressing room - coniferous wood, for the shower - tile, preferably non-slip, for floors - sheet piling.

In the interior should be placed:

1. Folding / retractable shelves.
2. Hot / cold water tanks (if space permits).
3. Bench for rest.
4. Shower cabin / biotoilet.
5. Folding table.
6. TV / radio.
7. A small chest of drawers with plastic dishes, cosmetics and towels.
8. Optional accessories on request (brooms, hourglasses, etc.).

So that during the movement of the fixed products do not fall, they must be properly secured.

Furnace installation

The optimal variant of the furnace for a mobile bath is the installation of a stove with a welded side, which is adapted for heating water. It is also important to equip the site under the heater. Safety precautions should go outside. This, moreover, will help save space inside the bath, as the wood will not take place in the room. In addition, the smoke will go out. Once the bath warms up to +60? C, you can get down to business.

When moving a bath, stones for dry steam can roll and fall, as a result of which bath equipment may suffer. This problem is negated if the flat stones are drilled and strung on a solid metal wire. So, you can transport them without problems.

Ceramic insulators often replace the familiar to us stuffing heater. They are easier to put on the wire than stones, and they give steam no less than cobblestones.

Exterior finish

If you want to make a cozy bath not only inside but also outside, then use wooden siding as a lining. Agree that plastic banners with painted logs are completely devoid of comfort. If you add carved frames on the small windows, nice steps and kerosene lamps to the wooden cladding, your autobahn will be really charming.

For security purposes, the door to the bath should be installed so that it does not open inside the steam room, but outside.

Safety engineering

"Perhaps it will cost" - this primordially Russian phrase, which allows you to violate safety techniques with a clear conscience, we have probably heard already many times. However, this can not be said about the possibility of soaring when driving an autobahn. Such a “maybe cost” may cost you too much.

You can only bathe in the parking lot baths. So, you will avoid unjustified injuries and burns.

The movement of the highway can be combined only with the furnace under the supervision of. This will allow the bath to warm up to the required temperature by the time it arrives at the temporary dislocation site.

Installation of the bath-trailer at the location

If we are talking about the temporary installation of the bath-trailer, then first of all it should be disengaged from the vehicle. In order for the bath to be stable it is necessary to strengthen it on a foot-support. On it rests the platform. For better stability of the structure, install 3 more additional supports. So that the bath-trailer does not swing, you need to install it on 4 legs-supports.

After that, you can fold the side on the trailer and lower the ladder. All this takes no more than a quarter of an hour.

On this, the actual recommendations for the construction and arrangement of the autobahn ended. If you have experience in installing a mobile bath, then share it with us and our readers. Your additional recommendations will be useful to us. Have questions about the construction of a mobile bath? Ask them working on the site specialist.

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