Bath tub: types of construction and materials

One of the ways to improve your health and increase the vitality of the whole body is to regularly visit the bath. However, to achieve good results, you should use temperature "shock therapy" - use dousing or bathing in a font with cold water.

A font can be of several types:

• wooden;
• plastic;
• concrete

Installation location may also vary:

• in the bathhouse;
• on the street.

Material, location and volume are selected based on the personal preferences of the owner.

If the room of the bath is too small, then there is nothing else left but to arrange the font outside. In this case, it is desirable to make it of concrete or plastic, since the wooden structure on the street will not last for a long time.

If the room of the bath allows you to allocate a separate room for the equipment in her design, you can use any suitable building material. Depending on the size of the additional room, you can equip the whole rest room.

Depending on how many people will use the bath at the same time, the appropriate volume of the font is selected.

Outdoor installation

The easiest way to organize capacity is to select a finished plastic form. If the container of plastic of the required size is mounted on the street, it is worthwhile to provide for it a foundation that ensures its stability, the possibilities for filling and draining water, and also a water purification device. Not be superfluous and canopy. The plastic form is very light, so much attention should be paid to making it stable.

At the same time, plastic is a very convenient building material - due to its resistance to frost, corrosion and external influences. Therefore, the most suitable way of placing the plastic form outside the bath will be its penetration into the ground.

To do this, you need to prepare the pit to the size of the form. To preserve the font in the cold, you can concreted bottom and walls of the pit.

No less convenient outdoor option is a concrete structure. Basically, concrete fonts are settled down. Initially, you need to prepare a pit of suitable size, lay a gravel-sand cushion, rebar and concrete - first the bottom, and then, using the formwork - the walls. In the concrete form, you can install the finished plastic form, or to finish the walls with facing material - for example, tiles. Tile must be planted on a special glue.

When the font is located outside the bath, the main problem is to organize the change of water and its cleaning. To protect against falling leaves, dust and snow, you need to install a carport and take care of a special awning that can be used to close the structure while it is not needed.

Indoor installation

Let's return to the question of choosing a building material. Of course, wood is much more preferable - because it is not only a versatile material suitable for any interior, but also because the wooden font has valuable healing properties.

Wooden construction is a wooden planks, fastened together with a metal hoop - in fact, the font is a big barrel. You can get into it with a small ladder.

To ensure a long service life of a product made of wood, it is necessary to process it with special means. In the case of rotting boards, it may require partial or complete replacement of the wooden structure.

If you plan to make a buried font of concrete or plastic, you must first equip a solid foundation, as well as a system for filling and draining water. A concrete font usually looks like a small swimming pool lined with finishing materials, such as tile. Plastic molds are also common due to ease of installation and a variety of shapes.

We also recommend to read:

• shower cabin with curtains;
• how to make a stove for a bath.

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