A couple of years ago I bought a greenhouse frame for a summer cottage. I remember that I had Napoleonic plans for vegetable growing, but by the will of fate it did not work out. I remembered about the frame recently - because I was inspired by the so-called. barrel baths. Usually, such buildings are bought on a turnkey basis, and the prices for them are such that you do not want to live at all.
But why not solve the problem brilliantly and make the wireframe the basis for a similar project? In the end, it will take me minimal money for this experiment, and my hands are itching to try. This funny experience will forever remain in my memory under the code name "how are you, Elon Musk" 😁 or "dementia and courage."
Total we have: greenhouse frame made of galvanized pipes 30 * 20 measuring 3 * 4 meters. This handsome man cost me 8,000 rubles, so it's clearly a pity to throw it away. Before installing the frame, the first thing I thought about was the foundation.
I made the final choice in favor of the columnar version - I waterproofed and dug in 6 PShchS blocks. He brought a pipe out of the sink into the sewer pit. The creation of a sink is a separate story. My fevered imagination prompted to make it from used car tires, the idea turned out to be surprisingly practical.
The frame was insulated from the inside using ordinary foil and sheathed with aspen clapboard. For reliable insulation, I screwed 3-centimeter wooden bars onto the pipes and nailed the lining on top of them. The experts will definitely throw stones at me when they find out that I used OSB in the construction.
I know very well that this material contains poisonous resins, which do not affect health in the best way when heated. But since I will be soaring in this bathhouse at most 5-7 times a year, I am ready to take such a risk (don't try this trick at home, kids). In my defense, I will say that the OSB was impregnated with paraffin melts, which made it practically immune to water vapor and heat.
For the removal of combustion products, I used a classic sandwich chimney. I did not dare to install an ordinary chimney, since the building is already quite "risky" in terms of fire safety. Editing was surprisingly easy.
The assembly began from the exit from the furnace, the sandwich pipes were assembled "through smoke". I treated the joints of the pipes with a sealant and fixed them with clamps. Finally, he brought the pipe out and secured it with an apron.
During the construction process, the main expense items were a pipe frame, a stove and chimneys, lumber and doors. Everything about everything took me less than a month and about 50,000 rubles.
I started work in the first days of summer, and finished a couple of days before Ivan bathed. For myself, I discovered a number of sudden advantages of a polycarbonate greenhouse as a basis for a bath. These include:
- excellent heat retention in the steam room for 3-4 hours;
- ease of installation and processing of materials;
- safety (after all, polycarbonate does not emit toxins during combustion);
- excellent sound insulation, which became a pleasant surprise;
- low labor costs - I coped with the project alone.
What can I say, there is no room in the bath for lounges with sofas, TVs and blackjack. But I didn't set myself the goal of making a "million dollar" steam room. There is steam, the heat is enough, you can use the bath - I don't need more.