How to make a door to the bath with his own hands

Independent production of a bathhouse structure on the garden plot is connected with the need for competent solution of many technical issues, including the choice of doors for it. This should take into account not only the size and shape of the future door for the bath and sauna, but also the material from which it is supposed to make it. When considering this issue, as a rule, the focus is on the doors leading to the steam room, since it should support the microclimate necessary for the adoption of bath procedures.

Before you make a door to the bath with your own hands, you should know that for their manufacture traditionally wood is used, which ensures reliable heat retention and differs from known building materials in its durability and resistance to thermal effects. The selected structure must meet the following two conditions:

1. In the steam room there should not be noticeable temperature fluctuations due to uncontrolled leakage of steam through the open door.
2. For facing the inner surface of the door, materials that are resistant to moisture and high temperatures should be used.

To fulfill these requirements, you will need to provide for the following:

• The doors to the steam room must have a size that excludes the possibility of uncontrolled steam loss when they are opened (at the entrance and exit from the room).
• The door structure should be reliably insulated (using mineral wool or felt, for example).
• In order to avoid destruction of metal fastenings, the doors in the steam room should be mounted in such a way that the hinged elements (hinges) are located outside.

When choosing the size of the door frame, as a rule, they proceed from standard conditions that assume the height of the opening in the range of 160–170 cm with an approximate width of 60 cm.

Applicable materials

Of the known types of wood, such common species as spruce, linden, larch, aspen, pine or cedar can be used for arranging the doors to the steam room. If you can choose from the series listed above, preference should be given to linden tree, which is easy to process, has a unique texture and emits pleasant-smelling substances when heated, which also have healing properties.

As for the door leaf itself, the following types of wood blanks can be used for its manufacture:

• 5 cm thick planed board;
• timber section of 50? 50 mm;
• framed construction.

Assembly of the door structure

Doors are manufactured according to a standard scheme, in accordance with which the door block is assembled from plank blanks specially prepared on a milling machine (two sidewalls and two lintels). Their basic parameters, such as length, thickness and width, are chosen taking into account the planned size of the door frame, which was already mentioned earlier.

It is very important that all elements of the strapping be installed in the doorway correctly and not distorted.

When preparing a plank door, the boards are first cut to the size of the canvas, after which a shield is assembled from them. During assembly, the dimensions of the canvas and its diagonal should be strictly controlled. At the end of the work, the door material is given some time for final drying. It should be noted that the doors made of lime boards have a presentable appearance and provide reliable protection against heat leakage through them. When assembling, it is also necessary to ensure that there are no knots in the boards that reduce the strength of the entire structure as a whole.

The door leaf is made of timber, as a rule, in the form of a solid array, but in some situations it is also possible to make it as a lattice design. In the latter case, the finished frame is necessarily sheathed with decorative material. Well, in the “continuous” canvas, separate bars fit as closely as possible one to another, after which their joints are necessarily treated with special sealants.

At arrangement of doors of any design between the threshold and the door block the centimeter gap necessary for removal of excess of moisture from a sweating room is left.

Individual performers prefer the so-called paneled door leafs with a wooden frame base to all the listed options. In order to increase the strength of the door structure during their manufacture, small vertical inserts are inserted into the canvas ("center pieces"). At the same time, during its formation, special horizontal bars, called crossbars, are used. For additional hardening of the structure, the lower bar of the door frame is made in this case from a thicker workpiece than the upper crossbar and side racks.

Note also that the use of one or another type of glazing is quite acceptable in pane-type door frames.

Cladding and Fittings

Door leaf, made of planks or lumber, needs, as already noted in the plating, which most often will be made of decorative wall paneling. Note that before covering the wood door must be treated with a special composition that protects the material used from mold and fungal formations.

At the final stage of the work, the doors are installed and the accessories are mounted on them, represented in this case by such mandatory elements as carports and door handles. Decorative loops or canopies are mounted, as already noted from the outside (from the side of the waiting room). A handle for the entrance door is preferable to make of the same wood. This trick allows you to protect your hands from direct contact with a hot metal.

Video

In this video, the wizard shows what should be done to manufacture the door base:

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