Wherever you look - everywhere articles about how to build the desired bath at their summer cottage. Strewed everywhere rave reviews from happy owners of steam, they say, it's all about what they dreamed of in life. In the bath all go on holiday, invite relatives, friends and neighbors. In general, a paradise, and only.
I, being rather a dependent in terms of expression, from his student years also "dreamed" about its own steam. At that time, many people in my environment were the owners of cottages, where pride of place occupied private steam room of the log. In my life, somehow it did not develop this business, money all the time was not enough for essential things, not to mention the construction of the bathhouse. And the garden at the time I did not.
And so it happened that in his old age there and giving a little extra money. I decided that's it, that very moment. It's time to think about translating dreams into reality. Of course, I was well aware that a decent bath in our days - too fun not cheap. But nothing, after all, the dream of life.
It left everything very nicely. Construction turned feast for the eyes, with verandochkoy, with a wide and spacious steam room, with carved benches, shelves, tables, benches. In general, the steam should be a pleasure. Vbuhali I in all this beauty Nemer, because after all for personal use erected. But here's the sad part of the story begins.
The fact that a single approach needs a huge pile of wood that are well, I did not even say. And I'm retired, and for me difficult to keep buying expensive kindling. The main problem erected steam room were numerous neighbors and relatives. They suddenly appeared out of nowhere and became so friendly that already terrible. Any opportunity for them becomes a pretext to thrust into my bath.
I, of course, people are not greedy. The first time I willingly provided the steam room for everyone, even the invited. But people do not know measures and can therefore be declared to me several times a week. Needless to say what the costs are for the whole of this fair generosity.
And relatives generally can come without an invitation at any time convenient to them and, without asking permission, to go to the bath, as if she were their own property. During the first month of use of the steam room I were missing in my purse of 12 thousand rubles, which went to the next portion of kindling.
In general, the room for me was a real disappointment. I have said many times regretted that contacted her and spent the same amount.