I built an inexpensive frame bath: I spent less than 100,000 rubles.

  • Dec 10, 2020
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It all started with the fact that one day my hands were "combed". The suburban area seemed boring to me, and I wanted to add variety. The solution came to mind by itself - we need a bath. Since the budget is limited, I settled on the wireframe version. Cheap, angry, but sincere. In the summer of 2017, I armed myself with a shovel, helped by my son, and got to work.

We laid a columnar foundation - we removed a layer of soil with grass, leveled the soil and made markings and drilled holes. To make the pillars stand stronger, a layer of gravel and sand was poured onto the bottom of the pit, then tamped. The post cement was mixed in an electric concrete mixer.

The columns were made according to the rules - they lowered the pipe into the pit, leveled it and poured it to the top in layers of 20 cm. All layers were compacted using a homemade log with a crossbar. I used the oven sheet as the foundation for the oven.

The walls were assembled from 15 * 5 cm boards, which were fastened with metal perforated plates. The assembly was carried out on the lawn near the future bath.

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The method is simple:

1) we fasten the 2 upper and 2 lower boards;

2) collect the rectangle of windows;

3) add the necessary jumpers and supports.

To give strength to the structure of the walls, jibs were needed. They put the walls in turn, the front was the first. At the end, another row of strapping boards was nailed over the walls. The whole process took us three days.

For the outer cladding, Izoplaat boards were used. The material passes steam well, and also increases the rigidity of the walls. I cut the plates 25 mm thick with a jigsaw and attached them to the frame with nails.

From above, the material was covered with Izospan film and secured with a stapler with overlaps of 10 cm. Basalt wool was needed for internal insulation. I cut the slabs a little, because not everywhere they fit into the gaps between the posts. I did not fix the cotton wool with anything, because it sat tight.

Decorative cladding was made with clapboard. The lining has two advantages: it gives the bath an aesthetic appearance and allows moisture to pass through, which prevents condensation from accumulating. We dealt with the cladding very quickly.

The process went like this: the first board was pressed against the wall, leveled and fixed with self-tapping screws along the edges of the plank. The clamps were inserted from above - into the grooves of the 1st board. Nails were driven into the remaining holes. The 2nd board was inserted into the 1st groove. Through the intermediate bar, the boards were tapped with a hammer - so that they were tighter together.

I ordered ready-made windows, but I mounted them myself. First of all, I armed myself with steam and waterproofing tapes. The first one stretched along the perimeter of the window frame from the inside, and the second one - from the outside (i.e. from the street). I will glue the edges of the tapes to Izospan in the near future. The only thing left to do was to install the frame, knock out the plastic wedges-spacers (so that there was a gap for the foam), foam the gaps. In the process of installing the sash, I removed only from the largest window. I put small ones without removing the frames.

The ceiling was finished with larch planks, which I attached to the floor beams. The rough ceiling was covered with foil vapor barrier, and basalt wool slabs were laid on it. An ordinary plastic wrap was pulled over the cotton wool and attached with tape. All this "pie" nailed edged boards.

"Refining" of the walls also took place with the participation of the lining. The first layer was a foil vapor barrier, secured with a stapler and tape. The second layer was the slats - I neatly stuffed them over the foil.

I laid the lining horizontally - for good air circulation. Instead of nails for fastening the planks, I again took kleimers. To avoid rotting, the planks were treated with Neomid. The lining was assembled using this technique: the spikes are located on top, and the grooves are on the bottom.

Construction took almost three months. We got down to work in the first half of July and finished by the end of September. The bathhouse will be three years old this fall. During this time, not only we, but also neighbors, friends and even friends of friends managed to visit it.

Even I did not expect that a budget frame bath could be so good. Since the climate in our region is mild, the bath is not idle in summer or winter.