Once, in a fit of inspiration, Dima demolished the bathhouse that he inherited from his “distant ancestors” and decided on cardinal changes. Instead of the old blackened steam room, he planned a small bath (approximately 3 * 6 meters) with a partition in the middle - to separate the rest room from the combined steam-washing room.
The materials did not cause doubts in Dima - he immediately stopped at a beam of 100 * 100. Fortunately, at the factory, which is a couple of kilometers from our village, the material can be purchased for almost a penny.
The task was as follows: sheathed the bathhouse with clapboard inside, and put a layer of insulation outside so that the steam room could withstand the harsh Novosibirsk winters. I participated in the construction of baths many times, so I willingly agreed to help my faithful friend this time too.
Although I'm not a professional, I know the business. We started with a breakdown, made a strip foundation and filled it with concrete.
When the foundation was dry, a row of bricks was placed on top to level the plinth. In an amicable way, it would be necessary to lay out another row, but our reserves have run out. At the same time, they made the foundation for the future oven. Even though the stove is small, it is always better to keep it clean. We have not forgotten about plastic pipes as air vents.
A couple of days later, a beam and boards were brought to us: thirty for the lathing, gables and ceiling, fifty for the rafters, floor logs and floors of the rest room. A 150 * 150 bar, oiled with machine oil, was put in the lower row and laid on the waterproofing.
Above went copies of 100 * 100, which we put on wooden dowels made of birch (diameter - 25 mm), bought in a store.
The timber was laid on a jute tape. Thanks to jute, they got rid of the need for the dreary caulking of logs. After lifting ten rows with a large drill, my powerful Soviet drill let out its last breath - I had to look for a replacement at a fast pace.
Vitya brought an Interskol drill from somewhere and I, without asking unnecessary questions, returned to business. However, the vaunted drill choked and flatly refused to drill the drill. There was no choice - I had to come to terms with replacing the dowels with pieces of smooth reinforcement with a diameter of 1 cm.
Dima wanted to use the under-roof space for storing brooms, so we did not deal with its thorough arrangement. The rafter system was assembled together in a day. It took another day to lay the corrugated board. Then the bathhouse went into a well-deserved winter hibernation.
Let's go back to the timber for a while. We bought the material by typing. He came to us in a very good condition - even, without the so-called. propellers. During the installation process, we did not find large gaps. The walls were raised clearly in level.
Immediately after the walls were lifted, a sewer system with a ladder was made, the floors were poured into a steam-washing concrete screed. Here lies our second mistake - Dima did not put expanded polystyrene under the concrete screed, and I didn’t remind.
Our budget was limited, because of the rise in prices, we chose the "economical" version of the lining - coniferous. Just for the cladding of the steam-washing room. The smell of the lining is simply divine, the only question is whether it will "cry" or not. The walls were sheathed with foil on kraft paper. The ceiling "pie" consisted of the following ingredients:
- lining;
- foil on kraft paper with aluminum tape inserts at the joints;
- two-layer insulation: the first layer is basalt wool, the second is mineral wool.
The same foil was laid on the walls, lerois-merlin bars and lining, which was fixed with finishing nails. A jarstal furnace with a volume of up to 18 m3 was selected as a furnace. You will need to heat the stove from the rest room, and throw firewood through a special door. A stainless steel screen was installed behind the hot water tank.
Despite all the intermediate "flaws" the bathhouse turned out to be great. The coniferous lining “blooms and smells”, and a good part of the village has visited the steam room. Dima himself practically does not get out of the steam room - everything is admiring. It remains to be hoped that the new bath will last as long as the previous one.