Bath of sleepers with their hands

Bath - the perfect complement any holiday home.Construction of the bath takes away a lot of time, effort and resources.Traditionally, the baths constructed of log, however the cost of this material is not happy thrifty owners.In search of an alternative building material, some have found a way to build a bath of sleepers.How could it be erected durable, reliable and, most importantly, cheap bath sleepers from their hands?

positive and negative properties of the baths of sleepers

First of all, you must understand what is generally sleeper.Sleepers are inexpensive lumber which has been treated with creosote - a special corrosion-resistant structure that protects the wood.Creosote - a rather poisonous antiseptic, extending the service life of sleepers and preventing the inevitable defeat of mold material, fungi and parasites.Ties are used for laying railway.Quite often blamed with their use for various reasons, ranging from small manufacturing defects, ending end date.Most of these decommissioned sleepers build chalet construction, and especially the bath.

What are the main advantages of the old baths sleepers:

• very low price of lumber, because it is implemented on the residual value.
• Pretty simple and convenient installation.
• compressed installation time.

Of course, in contrast to the other buildings, sauna carries enough specific function.The temperature inside is very high, which causes creosote secrete an unpleasant odor.Being in a steam room is hard enough.This is the main disadvantage of the bath of the old sleepers.Nevertheless, many gardeners use the sleepers for the construction of such facilities, despite the inconvenience and discomfort.

construction process baths

Consider the whole process step by step construction of the old baths sleepers at their summer cottage.The quality of future structure depends on the choice of material.

selection of suitable sleepers for bath

Looking at the pile of sleepers with, you certainly seem that they are all exactly the same.There will be a reasonable question, then there choose?Meanwhile, knowledge of several nuances will allow you to choose the best quality building material.You have two options: to buy a new or decommissioned railway sleepers.Older products will cost much cheaper, and if they exceed the age of 10 - 13 years, and the smell of you almost will not find, as during this time cresol erode.

Then you need to determine the size of the bath.If you want to build a small bathhouse, which is just a steam room and a sink, you will lack about 100 sleepers.The exact calculation can be done on the basis of squaring the premises.Before the final decision of each sleeper need to tap with a hammer.The sound of blows should be deaf.This indicates a good quality material, the walls of which can stand more years 20. Otherwise, you can slip rotten sleepers, which have long lain on the ground under the rails.

Finally, it is necessary once again to weigh all the factors.It is an odorless, it is impossible to eliminate any, even the most high-quality insulation of the walls and ceiling.The main question to yourself - whether you need such a sacrifice?

Construction foundation

If you do decided to start the construction of a bath because of railroad ties, the first where to start - is the choice of the site and laid the foundation.As for the places on the site, it must be sufficiently dry and comfortable for the construction of such facilities as sauna.Moreover, the future bath should be at a certain distance from a dwelling house, and sparks from the furnace flushing should not create a fire hazard.

foundation type must be chosen depending on what portion of the ground on how deep groundwater occur, as well as your financial capabilities.Most often, for the bath make pier foundation, but the belt will be much more efficient, and last longer.Dig for the foundation deep trench is not enough 60 cm. Be sure to make the vertical and horizontal waterproofing of the foundation.Installation of the formwork and casting produced according to generally accepted rules and have no features.

only caveat - you need a convenient location to provide a hole in the foundation for the output of the drain pipe.For this purpose the formwork prior to pouring the concrete pipe segment to insert a slightly larger diameter and a length equal to the width of the foundation of the future.After filling and removing the casing you will have a comfortable opening.Make it should be at the very bottom of the concrete foundation.

After the concrete hardens completely top of the foundation plane, too, need to cover the waterproofing.In addition, within the perimeter of the foundation is to clean the soil, resulting compacted bottom of the pit, and then mount the discharge pipe through the prepared hole in the drain hole, you need to dig nearby.The walls of the pit can be strengthened old tires.Then make the waterproofing of roofing material and insulation.To do this, first poured sand pillow, her ram and cover with a layer of expanded clay.On top of it poured a concrete screed with reinforcement.Drain pipe should extend to the surface of the screed.This "cake" to avoid too long a floor heating in the winter.

Installation bath walls of sleepers

Collect bath of sleepers no more difficult than to do it from a conventional timber.First you need to put the crown on the foundation.At the same time between the sleepers and waterproofing layer is desirable to put a thin slats.This will prevent the wood from direct contact with the foundation and prolong her life.Ligation of the sleepers on the walls and the corners is carried out by means of finger joints.The first crown mounted on anchors to concrete is not necessary.You can simply fill the gaps with foam all between the two surfaces.However, to make it better after laying the entire log.Otherwise the foam can raise the sleepers, violating stacking geometry.When installing the first crown special attention should be paid to the correct angle.This will help building level and the rope, which measure the length of the diagonals of the resulting rectangle.They should be equal.

After the first crown took its place, it is worth putting insulation of moss, hemp or jute tape better.The second crown is placed on the first and sealed them with wooden pins.For this drill drilled through holes in sleepers, in which pierce thick wooden rods of large sledgehammer cutting timber or the same tie.In a number of sleepers are fastened to the stud.To do this, with millimeter precision selected by the abutting half sleepers.If you make a mistake in marking, the surface is not flat, put the next number can not be correct.So it fits all ranks to the top.The locations of doors and windows, you can immediately post openings, so as not to cut them at the end, tearing tow, which is wound on the chain saws.

When laying the walls of sleepers special attention should be paid to the inner surface smoothness.Outside the bath is not difficult to finish the siding or other similar material, but the interior walls will be much more difficult to align.

The bath can be finished outside

If you do not leave immediately smooth openings for doors and windows, then you have to cut them after the laying of wreaths.To do this layout, given that the door is required to establish schools, the width of which can reach 10 - 15 cm. Accordingly, these dimensions should be added to the width and height of openings.If you want to buy ready-made door, then do it before the recess openings.This approach is much easier for you to markup process.Door jambs with the wall is sufficient to substitute the right place and Stroke Path.Then the box is necessary to saw chainsaw, taking care not to tear out the tow from the wedding.Similarly, the act and with the window openings.

Although sleepers and covered cresol, it is better to process them further antiseptic liquid.More will not hurt fire solution.Impregnation of wood it reduces the risk of fire several times.The surface of the sleepers after such treatment cover stain, varnish or lacquer.This will not only prevent the swelling of the wood from moisture, but also to give a more attractive exterior walls.However, the facade can be finished with an additional siding, clapboard, or block a house.

floor, ceiling and roof of the bath itself of the sleepers are mounted in the same way as in buildings of more traditional materials, therefore, be considered in detail in this article, this process does not make sense.It is only necessary to remember that the walls after a shrinkage of the sleepers require additional caulking.This will significantly warm bath.

Nuances interior trim

Traditionally any bath inside trim hardwood.Most often it is linden, maple or aspen.Softwood for these purposes do not use, because it highlights the sticky resin, which is also very hot in the steam room.In conventional finishing boards need to monitor the evenness of rails and fasteners.It must be completely hidden, so as a nail or screw can injure the body or being stung.Among other things, any metal in the bath begins to rust, so it should be possible to conceal.

order to avoid unnecessary problems with the fixture and fitting of individual components, it is best to use as a finishing material Lining.Its fastening straps have grooves and joints, and is fastened to the frame with minimal use of metal parts.Lathing made of wooden bars in increments of 50 cm. Such a finish will take a lot of storage space, so in a small bath better to do without it.Mount battens from the corners opposite the door.

Thus, if you want a cheap, fast and independently to build a sauna in the country, it can be used for walls conventional railway sleepers.Just remember that they give off an unpleasant and harmful for the body odor that you may not like it much.