Ventilation in the bath - whether it is necessary and how to do it

We are long gone "on the black" from the furnace bath and lack of ventilation of the premises.An integral part of the design of traditional Russian bath - a ventilation system that provides heat distribution evenly throughout the steam room and bringing out the "exhaust" air.Make a ventilation as possible and with their hands and with little material costs, but in the regeneration of this important baths element should

Ventilation in the sauna with their hands

General principles venting steam

Qualitatively made ventilation system in the steam room - a pledge not onlypleasant and relaxing atmosphere of Russian bath, but also your safety.Improperly arranged ventilation leads to many unpleasant consequences:

• wood in the bath, even with a perfect ventilation of the device is subjected to enormous stress and does not serve for more than 20 years, and poor ventilation will shorten the deadline several times;
• smell of stale air and rot wood - not the most pleasant addition bath;
• unless the steam room is not just stale air is removed, use a bath - more harm than good to your health.In the steam room accumulate gases exhaled by people allocated to operating the stove, as well as fungi and mold, quickly exciting poorly ventilated room.

Important ventilation function - providing heat.Moist air is a very poor conductor of heat, so only the space around them will heat without air circulation stove.For this reason, the inlet ventilation is most often placed behind the stove at a small height above the floor.Since the air has time to warm up and distributes heat throughout the sauna.Otherwise, the room is served too cold air, breaking the temperature regime.

outlet positioned on the opposite wall, and on the other level with the inlet.This is a very common mistake: placed ventilation holes at the same level they form a closed flow without affecting a large part of the room, so the bottom is always cold and too hot and stuffy in the upper part of the sauna.

scheme of ventilation in the bath (steam room)

Also be sure to take into account is that the same as the right choice of the scheme, the value is properly selected diameter of the vent holes.Per cubic meter of premises to be equal to diameter 24 cm, otherwise the air will not circulate.

Another important part of the ventilation system - the plug or gate valve on the air vents.They allow you to adjust the intensity of the air flow and quick heat up and cool room.

Lay ventilation shafts must be still in the construction phase itself bath, then change the ventilation circuit can be only one way - to include the fan.Otherwise, impaired ventilation make the bath is not too comfortable.

scheme of ventilation in the bath

natural and mechanical ventilation: the pros and cons

ventilation system can be operated both by the natural movement of air, and by the fan installed.The second option is an order of magnitude simpler to create natural ventilation without much experience behind the stove-fitter is very difficult.It should be understood that any other circuit arrangement with vent holes - a circuit designed to be included in the process air outlet of the fan.

1. When natural ventilation air circulation is due to the difference in pressure and temperature and is in the room.Hot air rises to the upper part of the steam flows to the outlet and the air creates a slight negative pressure in the room, whereby the inlet fresh air is drawn;
2. In schemes using a fan or the output, or both streams are provided by artificial ventilation of air.Schemes with two fans make it possible to place the vents anywhere in the room using a fan inlet, as well as by natural venting, positioned in the lower part of the room behind the stove.

plus natural ventilation - a minimum of material costs, but if the bath design does not allow to place the vents on the classical scheme, the only option - including the mechanical component.For ventilation in the steam room is suitable not for any fan, selected model must withstand extremely high temperatures and high humidity.Normal channel fan to work in harsh conditions near the steam room is not suitable, it quickly fails and electronic fault in the wooden structure can be potentially dangerous.Normal fan can only be used to ventilate the room after using the bath.

ventilation circuits in the steam room

But if the vents are located incorrectly, mechanical fan support will not make the system work.To learn from their costly mistakes, it is better to take one of the ready-workers ventilation schemes, here are some of them:

Options ventilation in the steam room

1. natural ventilation has been described above.It inlet were located behind the stove, the output - on top of the opposite wall.To wind did not create pressure zone and did not interfere with removal of air from steam, air duct makes vertical and bring to the roof of the building.If the hole diameter is chosen correctly, the natural system works without excessive interference.The air flow is regulated by means of valves;

scheme above - ventilation by means of mechanical propulsion.In the first scheme, the inlet is located at a distance of half a meter from the floor of the oven, the output - as low as possible.The air rises, heated and circulated in the upper part of the room, cooled and then descends to the outlet, wherein the fan is placed;

1. scheme B - atypical location of ventilation holes in the case where they can be placed only on one wall.Air enters the room, hits the stove, heats up, rises and goes to the outlet, where the fan is installed;
2. in the scheme in the oven is used as a hood, and the only hole is located near the floor on the opposite wall.This scheme works well in the baths in which the oven is used continuously, and rarely used in a home baths;
3. latter scheme provides air circulation not only in the sauna room, but also under the floor.Air enters the room, heated by a furnace, falls through the cracks in the floor into the cellar and out.This allows you to ventilate the space under the floor.

properly invested ventilation system will help create a unique atmosphere of Russian bath and prolong the life of the construction and finishing materials in the room.Ventilation - not an easy task as it seems at first glance, but to understand the basic rules and build a working ventilation in his bath is not even a professional.

Video - ventilation system in the steam room