The popularity of bath procedures is growing every year, and many owners of private houses want to equip a bath right in their yard. Going to your own steam room will provide a charge of vivacity, excellent mood and relaxation. The "heart" of any bath is a stove-heater. It depends on it how functional and comfortable the bath will be. Quality heating in the bath you can do it yourself.
To build a heater with your own hands, you need to choose the type of stove, find out how it is built and what kind of maintenance it requires. In addition to heating, you should take care of reliable thermal insulation.
Criterias of choice
The main indicators that must be considered when choosing a furnace are the following:
- mechanism of action;
- manufacturing materials;
- fuel.
Baths can be heated with stoves of permanent or temporary (intermittent) action. The first ones need to be kept burning all the time while the steam room is being used. The second is enough preliminary high-quality heating.
The range of materials from which a heater can be made now includes a large number of traditional and new technological elements.
The best stoves are made of steel and brick.
Brick structures
The leaders in demand are brick heaters of periodic action. Kamenki with continuous burning also used to provide heating baths, but much less frequently.
Brick ovens of periodic action have both an advantage - they maintain a high temperature in the room for a long time, and a disadvantage - they need to be heated for at least 5 hours. In winter, it takes even more time. Therefore, if bath procedures are scheduled for the evening, then it is necessary to start drowning in the afternoon. After that, you can bathe and not be distracted by other things, the heating will work without outside interference.
There is another drawback of such models - high cost. It is quite difficult to make such a heater yourself. To get a truly functional stove, you need an experienced master stove-maker. And his work is highly paid. high cost heating structure can also be explained by the fact that it is necessary to lay a powerful foundation that will withstand a heavy brick heater.
Metal heat sources
Metal furnaces are characterized by the principle of continuous operation. A furnace with thin steel walls does not keep heat for long, which can be attributed to its disadvantages. And the advantage of metal sauna stove is that it will take much less time to warm up the room.
In winter, this will take no more than 2 hours. Heating using a steel heater is best organized in a bath that has small dimensions. The installation of the furnace can be done by hand.
Fuel selection
Theoretically, a bath building can be heated by any energy carrier. Depending on the fuel, the furnaces can be of the following types:
- gas;
- electric;
- wood;
- on liquid fuel;
- multi-fuel.
It is very important to choose the right fuel so that heating the sauna in winter is cost-effective and easy. There is an opinion that only firewood is best suited for these purposes. It's hard to argue with that.
In the process of burning timber, the room is filled with an indescribable aroma and special warmth. Such an atmosphere cannot be obtained if the bath is heated with electricity.
If such an environmentally friendly fuel is chosen, then you need to think about how to heat the bathhouse in winter? Saving firewood is much more difficult than turning off the valve on a gas pipe.
The choice is made taking into account the availability and economy of fuel. Burning wood is expensive. Using electricity is easy. This is a convenient and generally accessible, however, unprofitable way.
Liquid fuel stove - high risk of fire, inconvenience in maintenance and high material costs. You can use gas, with which heating in the bath will be somewhat cheaper and more convenient. But not all private houses are connected to the central gas supply.
Location of the heater
Usually the bath is heated by a single heat source. For a house, next to which a kind of bath complex is built (with a waiting room, a steam room, a swimming pool, a relaxation room, a room for playing billiards), a generally accepted heating system is needed.
If heating is being designed for a classic bath, then the stove is positioned so that it can be used to heat each room. A tank with water is allocated a place near the washroom.
The "through" arrangement of the furnace is ideal. The firebox door can be opened while in the dressing room. The stove itself will be located in the steam room, and the water tank in the washing room.
It is important that each of the combustible elements of the furnace structure is protected by refractory material. To comply with this, you can build a brick heater, but it will have large dimensions and take up a lot of space.
A practical option is to build a stove, the design of which includes a tank and an open heater. The furnace for heating water is equipped with a register, which will prevent premature boiling of water, in which an unheated bath is filled with raw steam. in this way requires compliance important nuance– the lower edge of the tank must be 50 cm above the register.
Algorithm for the construction of a metal furnace
For the furnace, a foundation should be made of non-combustible material. Suitable fireclay brick, sheet metal or concrete. To make the base aesthetic, it can be lined tiles. The firebox door is directed to the opposite corner. Floors are made of fireproof material. If a tree is used, then it is covered sheet metal 60 cm wide.
To create classic design the interior in the bath, a metal stove can be overlaid with bricks. In addition to being beautiful, such a move will prevent burns. To properly build a chimney and determine at what distance from the walls the heater should be placed, be sure to study the instructions.
The main problem that arises when installing a brick heater is the massiveness of the structure. This requires the construction of a reinforced concrete foundation. For those who do not have experience building sauna stoves with their own hands, the following tips may come in handy.
If a thick layer of mortar is placed between the brick joints, then under the influence of high temperatures it will begin to collapse and the heater will become leaky. On the contrary, a thin layer of mortar between the brick seams will negatively affect the duration of the structure's operation.
Each vertical layer of masonry must be covered with the top brick. It is advisable to make overlappings in half a brick.
There are other nuances. So, if a cut brick is used, then the whole side should be turned inside the furnace. To ensure uniform linear expansion, cast iron elements are installed with a gap. To fix the upper part of the oven door, it is better to use a metal clamp.
The gas is an explosive fuel. If it is planned to use gas, then the furnace must be equipped with automation, which will shut off the fuel supply in the absence of a flame.
When connecting the house to the central gas pipeline, natural gas can serve as fuel for the heater. If the heating is individual, propane or butane will do.
Gas heating in the bath at any time of the year is carried out in accordance with the rules fire safety set for dangerous species fuel.
Construction of a smoke extraction system
Combustion products must be removed correctly and in a timely manner. Violation of the chimney construction technology is fraught with huge troubles.
The chimney includes the following elements:
- ceiling-through node;
- passage through the roof;
- "umbrella".
The sandwich pipe is connected to the furnace outlet and led out through the ceiling by means of a ceiling-through assembly. The place where the chimney exits to the outside must be protected with heat-insulating material. An "umbrella" is installed on top of the pipe to protect against precipitation.
The main rule of construction in a heating bath of any type is the safety and reliability of the structure!
Traditionally dacha or Vacation home are complemented by a bath, it does not matter - Russian or Finnish. To make your stay in the room more comfortable, organize a shower room, toilet and rest room, conduct hot and cold water supply, you need to equip the heating in the bath.
How to heat a bath
Until recently, most owners of dachas, private country houses used all the facilities on the site mainly in summer, autumn and spring. Accordingly, heating the bathhouse in winter was not a priority. But today you can observe the growth of interest in living outside the city all year round. This, accordingly, forces us to think about heating both the living space and the room for bath procedures.
In order for the conditions of stay in this room to be optimal, you need to choose the right heating scheme. There are several of them:
- fireplace or stove;
- gas;
- electrical;
- alternative.
Each scheme has its own advantages and disadvantages. To make the right choice, you need to consider all the options.
We are heated by the oven
It is a mistake to think that the time of the Russian stove has passed. The wood-burning stove familiar to many continues to be popular. In general, its advantages can be formulated as follows:
- simple operation;
- the possibility of mounting with your own hands;
- work on one of available species fuel - firewood.
Going through the options and giving preference to the Russian stove, we must not forget about the shortcomings:
- the bulkiness of the oven;
- the heating process is not subject to automation;
- high probability of a fire;
- wood-burning stoves are a source of dirt.
An analogue of the usual Russian stove is the so-called potbelly stove. This stove also works on wood, but it is distinguished by its compact dimensions.
It should be remembered that the installation of such a furnace is impractical due to the fact that a comfortable temperature regime is not maintained for a long period of time.
In addition, if the “potbelly stove” is made by hand, its use is very dangerous.
Heating with water and liquid fuel
Water heating is becoming more and more popular today. This is facilitated by a large selection of equipment that can be used. It should be remembered that this type of heating in the bath should be arranged so that in the warm season it can be turned off, leaving the heat exchanger to work only to heat the water. That is, you need to purchase a boiler with two circuits.
It is carried out using three types of fuel:
- Gaza. To organize gas heating, it is necessary to connect to common system gas supply. You will also need special equipment through which fuel will flow. On the territory of our country there are a large number of settlements that are still not provided with gas. An alternative type of fuel - liquefied or bottled gas - has an increased degree of fire hazard.
- Electricity. To provide electrical heating comfortable temperature indoors, it is important to accurately select the power of the equipment. Due to the complexity of these calculations, it is not recommended to purchase and install an electric boiler with your own hands. Unlike gas heating, the use of electricity does not require the installation of a chimney. The disadvantage is the high cost of electric boilers, as well as the complexity of the technical process.
- Firewood. The wood burning system allows you to warm up the room relatively quickly. In general, heating the steam room of a private house with the help of wood-burning equipment is traditional. But many do not like the complexity of the process of harvesting fuel and kindling the furnace.
Alternatives
Not only the wood and gas system is used for a steam room or dressing room. Today, infrared equipment is gaining more and more popularity. It does not require any special permission to install.
This system has whole line advantages:
- easy installation / dismantling, which can be done by hand;
- small sizes;
- no need to purchase and add/report fuel;
- cost-effectiveness in comparison with electrical equipment;
- safety for people in the bath;
- a short time interval for heating;
- low cost.
By using infrared heater you can even heat a compact sauna, which is now installed in large apartments.
Despite the large number of positive aspects, the use of infrared heaters also has disadvantages:
- With the help of a heater, it is possible to heat a room of only a small area.
- It is impossible to simultaneously heat the bath and stones, which are often used for medical procedures.
- To heat a steam room, it will take from 4 to 6 appliances, which will cost the consumer a significant amount.
Ensuring in the steam room and other areas of optimal temperature regime can be organized with the help of a heating main - start heating from the house. To do this, radiators are installed inside the building (the exception is the steam room). Another option is underfloor heating. It is safe and effective, but there is also a drawback - it is very difficult to implement, especially if the bath is already built.
It is important to remember that it is possible to organize the heating of the bath from the house only on the condition that the two buildings are located at a short distance from each other or have a closed insulated passage (tambour). This will reduce heat loss.
If the bath is multi-storey
The appearance of private households has changed significantly over the past few centuries. The same applies to baths. Today, baths are not uncommon, which have, for example, two floors.
The presence of more than one floor implies the organization of heating of both the first and second floors. Existing systems conditionally divided into a number of categories:
- solid or single heating;
- separate heating.
In the first case, it is assumed that the stove is mounted directly in the steam room or behind its wall. The pipe through which the smoke will be removed is fixed to a special layer on the equipment. It passes the perimeter of the first and second floors and only then is displayed on the roof.
It is important to remember that single heating requires the stove to be constantly heated, even if the steam room is not in use. In addition, the complex path of hot air circulation results in long term space heating.
A separate system is based on the use of several types of heating at once. This is the so-called combined system.
In this case, in the area where people are steaming, a standard set is installed - a stone, a vertical pipe and the stove itself. The rest of the premises are heated by gas, electricity and other sources.
So that the firebox of the steam room gives maximum effect you have to follow certain rules.
- First of all, it concerns firewood. They must be dry, the presence of even a small amount of moisture in them will slow down the heating.
- Firewood must have right size: diameter does not exceed 9 cm, but not less than 6 cm. Average values \u200b\u200ballow the fuel to burn for a long time, give the required heat and, accordingly, the temperature.
Experienced users claim that high-quality heating is also determined by the use of raw materials of a certain breed. If the question is how to make heating in a bath with several floors, it is better to give preference to birch. This wood does not have a large diameter. However high content tar provides long-term smoldering, due to which a high combustion temperature is achieved in comparison with other materials.
Optional to increase maintenance time high temperature use coal. Oak and linden also showed themselves well when solving the problem of heating a bathhouse with several floors. Poplar and aspen emit less heat, so they will need much more.
If the bath is equipped with an attic, it is better to use a fireplace to heat it. When installing it, be sure to take into account the weight of the device, which requires mandatory strengthening of the zone. The weight of the fireplace depends on how often you plan to use it. It is known that intensive heating requires a firebox large sizes. To make installation and operation easier, it is better to give preference to electric fireplace. It will also reduce the cost of anticipated repairs.
The Russian bath has always been a special ritual, and visiting it has long become a tradition that has been established for centuries. Bath relaxes, heals, soothes, brings peace. Many owners tend to put a bath on the site, but the issue of heating can be difficult to solve. An obligatory element of the bath has always been a stove. Its main purpose is to heat the air in the steam room to a certain temperature and simultaneously heat the water for bathing. The best option is considered to be a stone stove, which not only perfectly copes with the heating function, but is also an indispensable attribute of a Russian steam room. But a stone oven is an expensive pleasure and it takes up a lot of space, but now you can buy ready-made metal ovens. But, if such stoves are suitable for bathing procedures, then it is unlikely to maintain a constant temperature in the autumn-winter period: they can be included in the heating system, but you need to heat it all the time, so no periodic visits, but only constant presence.
Bath heating system: a brief description, the main advantages and disadvantages
Constant heating of the bath can be arranged in several ways:
Heating baths with gas boilers
If gas is supplied to the site, then, naturally, gas heating baths - the best option and the installation of a gas boiler will justify itself: they work flawlessly, they heat rooms that are quite large in size, gas in our country costs not so much. At the same time there is no soot, soot, heavy smell. Heating a gas bath with your own hands can be done, but be sure to have a project and carefully monitor its implementation. In general, gas heating is an economical and profitable option for the owner, but gas pipelines in a country house or in a village are more an exception than a rule, so you have to think about how to heat a bath without gas.
Electric heating
There are several options here: you can install an electric boiler, since electricity is available almost everywhere. From a safety point of view, an electric boiler for heating a bath is the safest option (subject to the rules and regulations). But the downside is that electricity today costs a lot, so you have to pay large electricity bills. The difficulty also lies in the fact that you will have to conduct a hotel input to connect the boiler, and often not 220V, but 380V is required, and these are completely different requirements and tariffs.
Electric boilers for water heating baths
If use modern models electric water heaters, then the bills may not be very large: they are controlled by automation, which maintains the set temperature in the room. You can set the temperature to +5 0 C for the time you are not visiting the bathhouse. And the system will not freeze, and the bill will be small (provided that your building is well insulated). Moreover, for heating the bath, you can use stepped heating elements boilers, and. They are not ideal, but according to the experience of use, they are economical: bills come in 20-30% less.
Bath heating with convectors
If possible, it is best to use electric convectors. Such a heating system in the bath, of course, will be expensive. Equipment is not cheap, electricity bills will also be decent. But what modern convectors are good for: it is possible to set a certain thermal regime, which is maintained automatically. A lot of bath owners do the following: while using the bath, they heat the heater, and then set the anti-defrost mode of the convector, which maintains the temperature in the room within +1 - +3 0 C. Thus, the bath room does not freeze, does not get damp, and heating a bath in winter will not result in a large amount.
Electric underfloor heating
Very comfortable, but not cheap type of heating. This applies to the arrangement and to the bills that will come. But if the bath is insulated correctly and carefully, then maintain minimum temperature may not be as burdensome.
Another point: the system is mounted at the construction stage or overhaul, which is also not very convenient. Modern ones are no longer only cords that were laid out on the surface, and if damaged, part of the floor turned out to be unheated. Eat roll materials with parallel thermal paths. If one or more fails, the performance of the others remains unchanged, and the floor is still warm.
Solid fuel boilers
They occupy a separate place combined boilers on liquid or solid fuels. The option is economical, but not entirely profitable. The price of liquid fuel is constantly rising, therefore, heating the bath, working according to this principle, is not entirely profitable. It is more economical to use wood or coal. But in this case, you need to understand that they will have to be delivered often, and the site with the bath should be available at any time of the year. And all the same drawback: "autonomously" such boilers work only for a few hours. For heating baths located on suburban areas this is not the way out.
Today, the combined heating system of the bath is increasingly common. For this use. In the absence of any type of fuel, it simply switches to electricity. But these boilers are suitable only for water heating, and it is difficult to mount it. But having set a goal, almost every person with minimal experience, will be able to create a heating system in the bath with his own hands and set it up uninterrupted.
We connect the heating of the cottage with the heating of the bath
About twenty or thirty years ago, it never occurred to anyone that it was possible to create heating for a bath from home. It has always been considered: a bath, there is a bath, a house, there is a house, and together they will not contact. However, modern technologies, the desire of the owners to save money, and some other needs, allow you to think about how to conduct heating from home to a bathhouse.
Any boiler requires a separate room, which must comply with all safety regulations and standards. In fact, without the creation and approval of the project in the relevant authorities, nothing will work. All this requires both time and significant financial costs.
A heating main laid with your own hands will cost less. Many amateur bath attendants do just that. But even in this situation, there are certain rules and small tricks, knowing which a non-professional will avoid many problems in the future:
- When designing a heating main, consider the location ground water: The pipes must not be in the water.
- The pipeline must be insulated, and a pipe is put on top larger diameter(you can use corrugation). Then it will be protected from groundwater, and heat loss will be small.
In general, the effectiveness of such a bath heating system will depend on the distance at which the bath is located from the house. If the distance is small, then this option may be the best. But if the distance is significant, then it may turn out that the water, by the time it reaches the bath, has cooled down so much that it cannot somehow affect its temperature.
Pellet boilers
This type of heating is used in almost 50% of European homes, and they know how to count. This popularity is based on the possibility automatic feeding fuel. Fuel is loaded into the bunker (it can be of any size from an ordinary box to a large room), which is fed to the burner with the help of an auger controlled from the boiler. In this mode, the system works as long as there is fuel and the ash pan is not full. If the fuel is of high quality, the ash must be removed once a month and a half, and, as mentioned, it can be of any volume. The only thing: to ignite and maintain the operation of the equipment, a guaranteed power supply is required (the consumption is very small). But modern heating systems already, it seems, they cannot work without electricity. Here, too, if desired, you can find a solution - diesel engines, batteries, etc. Pellets are not so expensive, the only but significant disadvantage is the cost of the boiler itself. Not everyone will decide to invest such an amount in bath heating.
Pellet boilers are reliable and promising, but the equipment is expensive
As you can see, there are many ways to heat a bath, but they are all imperfect. You will have to weigh all the pros and cons more than once and calculate the options.
Today we will consider the question that has been of great concern to me for the last three months - how to make heating in the bath. The question is, what is the heating of the bath for, because it drowns itself?
Heating in the bath is necessary in order to provide the most basic amenities in conjunction with bath procedures, namely:
- with a water closet and the possibility of draining into a common house or separate sewer.
- Water supply in winter, the possibility of installing a boiler for preparing hot water and a shower.
- Bath heating to maintain a positive temperature between the furnaces, to save firewood for heating the bath.
Of course, you will need all this if your bathhouse is located near the permanent residence house, and not in a country house 200 km from the city. Because, even if you want to provide the "country" version of the bath with warmth, there are many force majeure circumstances that can interfere with this.
But first, let's figure out how to make heating in the bath, on what basis and what are the pros and cons of this.
Autonomous bath heating
Can be done in the bath heating system. This means that bath heating will be independent of the house, completely independent.
What are the ways to provide autonomous heating of the bath:
- Electric convectors or an electric boiler with a heating system in the bath.
- Supply of gas pipes and in the bath.
These are the two main types that allow you to make a separate heating of the bath. As you can see, I didn't include here solid fuel boilers And air ovens. Because they are deprived of basic convenience bath heating– they cannot function automatically.
And go regularly to the bathhouse and throw up firewood or follow the solid fuel boiler or heating stove- only fans of bath procedures can afford this. Yes, and they, I think, will get bored in a couple of weeks, and the bath will again be cold and without water.
What are the advantages of this type of bath heating? Firstly, they are absolutely autonomous and work automatically. Even if the house is not heated, the heating of the bath still works.
Secondly, both the gas boiler and the electric one can be configured so that they maintain a small plus in the bath. A temperature of + 5C will be enough so that the water in the bath does not freeze, which means that you can use it and not flush the toilet bowl and water locks. It will also allow you to keep the bath filled electric boiler without fear that it will break.
What are the disadvantages of this option? They lie in its advantages - the system is autonomous, which means that you may not know that it has failed and the temperature in the bath has dropped below 0C.
To prevent this, it is worth installing a temperature sensor in the bath with the output of the detector to the house. In the event of a failure of the heating system in the bath, the detector will give an alarm.
Bath heating from home
You can make heating in the bath from the heating system at home. To do this, you will have to install radiators in the bath and conduct a heating main from the house to the bath. What are the advantages of this:
- No need to bring to the bath gas pipe or throw a separate cable for the installation of convectors.
- The system works from house heating, you can control and regulate the bath heating system from home.
What are the disadvantages of this option? The main disadvantage is the heat loss on the heating main from the house to the bath. Well, if . And if not? Each meter of the heating main will have to be buried below the freezing depth or insulated with four layers of foam. And just in case, run a heating cable so that in case of any problems with the main heating system, the bath line would not freeze.
If the bath is located at a distance of 3-10 meters from the house, or even at the end of the site, for several tens of meters, for example, by a reservoir, it is better to stop at the option of autonomous bath heating.
Vladimir Tolbukhin, 2014.
You can equip water heating in the bath yourself, starting from the manufacture of a home-made boiler, laying out wood stove from brick and ending with the installation of the "warm floor" system. The main thing is to clearly follow the technology at each of these stages.
Content:
The issue of heating the bath must be dealt with after insulation work, before interior decoration. In compact buildings, it is easiest to build a heater, the power of which is enough to heat the steam room, washing department and an antechamber. In large rooms, it is necessary to install full-fledged heating using a pipeline.
Types of fuel for a bath with water heating
To simplify the task, you can bring water heating to the bathhouse from the house. IN winter time you can support in this way optimum temperature in construction. However, in this case, the equipment of a separate circuit is still required for its heating in the summer.
Water heating of the bath can be carried out on different types fuel:
- Gas. In this case, to warm up the boiler, it is necessary to connect to the general gas supply system and install the appropriate equipment. But many settlements in our time are not gasified. And the use of liquefied fuel in cylinders is a fire hazard.
- Electricity. For heating in this way, it is important to correctly calculate the required boiler power. The main advantage is the possibility of installation without a chimney. The disadvantages include the high cost and the need for three-phase network for a boiler with a power of 12 kW.
- Firewood. Such an oven is capable of heating all rooms with the highest quality. Wood is the traditional fuel for the steam room. However, the process of harvesting firewood and kindling the stove is quite laborious.
Liquid fuels are not economically viable and are highly flammable. Requires special precautions. Not recommended for bath heating.
After deciding on the type of fuel, select the appropriate stove. The market offers many production models of different quality in a wide price range. However, if you wish, you can build it yourself.
The most efficient and high-quality heating of the bath is possible with a wood-burning stove. Traditionally, a steel or brick structure is installed. In the first case, due to the large heat transfer and the thickness of the walls, the rooms warm up faster. Firebox brick oven takes longer, but the heat is stored longer due to the ability of the brick to accumulate it.
Making a water boiler for heating a bath
For this purpose, you can use the usual cast iron radiators M-140. We need 12 sections. Each of them has a capacity of 1.5 liters and an area of 0.254 m 2 . The total volume of the structure will be 18 liters, and the area will be 3 m 2.
To use it, you need to convert the radiator according to the following instructions:
- We take out cardboard strips between the sections.
- We prepare a mixture of drying oil and graphite. We impregnate the asbestos cord with it and lay it instead of gaskets. This will prevent burning at high temperatures.
- We wash each section with a six percent hydrochloric acid solution, and then with a large amount of plain water. This is necessary for cleaning from dirt and rust.
- We assemble the individual parts into one structure in the reverse order, using nipples with right and left threads on the sides for fixing. The sections will be attracted by the scrolling of the nipple.
- When the distance between them reaches two centimeters, we wind the impregnated cord and make the final tightening of the fasteners.
Wood-burning stove for a bath with water heating
It is desirable to consider a place for installing the furnace at the construction stage. Due to the heavy weight, an additional foundation is required for the stone structure.
We carry out work on the construction of a wood-burning stove for a bath with water heating in the following sequence:
- We dig a pit with a depth of about 0.7 meters. We fall asleep a sand cushion 15 cm thick, spill it with water and carefully tamp. Make a layer on top broken brick or rubble.
- We install wooden formwork along the walls of the pit. We mount the frame from the reinforcement and insert it into the recess.
- Pour concrete, leaving 15 cm to the top.
- We dismantle the formwork and fill the resulting space with sand.
- We cover the upper part with a roll waterproofer in two layers. The best option- ruberoid.
- We check the horizontalness of the foundation. Small irregularities can be covered with intermediate dry brickwork.
- We make a solution of clay and water, the consistency of thick sour cream. With complete dissolution, add sand in a one-to-one ratio with clay.
- We wet the bricks with water and lay the first row tightly, checking the corners and horizontality.
- On the third row, we fix the blower door with a galvanized wire or steel strip.
- On the fourth - we equip the ash well.
- On the sixth - we finally fix the blower door.
- On the seventh - we install the grate. The size of the firebox must be calculated taking into account the installation of the boiler. On the first row of the firebox we form a special side and mount the corner. In the side walls we leave 2 openings for the outlet of pipes. Doors for the fuel compartment are best chosen from refractory durable cast iron.
- On the eighth row, we build a partition to connect to the chimney and continue this installation until the fourteenth, on which you want to install channels.
- We place at an angle halves of bricks from the fifteenth to the eighteenth rows. This will form the basis for the dividing wall.
- On the next row, we make a door for the steam vent and lay thin metal strips that connect the twentieth and twenty-first brick rows. After that, close the door frame.
- We begin to mount the chimney pipe from the 23rd row, forming channels for heat dissipation.
Please note that the wall inside the fuel compartment and chimney should be as even and smooth as possible. Every five rows you need to wipe the inner surface.
Installation of a boiler for water heating of a bath and piping
The cast-iron structure must be placed behind the firebox chamber. It will heat up not from the flame, but from the gas. To properly install the equipment, follow this procedure:
- We place a radiator on pre-made corners, observing a distance to the walls of about 5-6 mm. The gap will compensate for the thermal expansion of the structure.
- If the selected pipes for connection to the boiler have seams, then we additionally weld them before installation.
- We attach diagonally inch water supply and return pipes. In a place with a right-hand thread, we simply screw the product. On the left - we use a clutch with a drive and a nipple for fixing.
- We install the water supply pipe perpendicular to the floor at the top point, and equip the return line at underground space and connect from below. This is necessary for improved circulation.
- We close the cap two extra holes products.
- When welding pipes together, we remove the chamfer along the cut contour for high-quality filling with a welding seam of the entire thickness and reliable fixation of parts. If the steam room warms up infrequently in winter, then you can pour antifreeze into the system instead of water.
Installation of a water heated floor in a bath with water heating
Although this device will cost more, it is able to warm up the room as quickly and efficiently as possible. Heat goes around the entire perimeter of the room, and not from one source. In this case, the heated air rises.
You can equip underfloor heating in a bath with water heating yourself in this order:
- We level the surface, carry out insulation work.
- We lay on the rough coating aluminum foil, with a reflective coating overlapping upwards by 15-20 cm. We glue the joints with reinforced tape.
- We install a collector cabinet, cutting a hole of 0.6x0.4x0.12 meters at the surface of the flooring.
- We put supply and return pipes into it, fix metal shut-off valves to them using compression fittings.
- We connect circulation pump and splitter. The latter is better equipped automatic system air vent and drain cock.
- Lay around the perimeter metal-plastic pipes diameter from 2 cm in a parallel or spiral way with a step of about 0.3 meters. For these purposes, we use clips and clamps. We observe the distance from the nearest wall - 7 cm.
- We connect one end of the pipe to the general heating system (supply manifold). We connect the second edge with a return device.
- We let in water at a pressure that is one and a half times the working pressure. If the system withstands, and the temperature is uniform everywhere, then we proceed to pouring the cement-sand screed.
The manifold cabinet assembly can be purchased from the respective retailers. Pipes must be selected from quality reputable manufacturers.
Watch a video about water heating baths:
Water heating in a bath is one of the most effective methods heat supply. It is popular in large steam rooms. You can equip it yourself, but the process is time-consuming, requires strict adherence to the rules. And the combination of such a system with a high heat output of a wood-burning stove will allow you to maintain the optimum temperature in the room for a long time.
