Pouring the concrete floor in the bath with his hands

Unlike wood, concrete floor in the bath durable and fireproof.

concrete coating is well tolerated humidity, and mechanical shock, for it is easy to look after.

properly arranged bias will easily withdraw water from the bath.

Ready floor can be insulated, covered with tiles, wood.

often concrete sandwich inserted or electric radiant floor heating.

Basic requirements for arrangement of floor

Before you begin, you should consider water drainage system.If you do drain properly, will soon appear in the bath unpleasant odor, moisture and fungus.

most convenient way - it is the connection to central sewer.Unfortunately, this possibility is not always the case.Therefore, usually equipped with a water drain in the pit or septic tank.

pit should be located at a distance of 3-5 meters from the baths.

pit walls is recommended to make concrete, fill the bottom with gravel or broken bricks, so that the water went freely.

To prevent debris from falling into the sewer, drain, close the grille.

If you have a septic tank on site, the pipe appears to only have to be equipped with water seal that prevents the penetration of odor in the steam room.drain device in the bath look at the video.

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for pipes Requirements:

• internal plumbing is made of cast iron, ceramic, asbestos or PVC pipes;
• Never use steel as the material deteriorates from constant contact with water;
• minimum diameter drain - 50 mm;
• for external water is recommended to use PVC pipe;
• Drain installed sloping towards the drain hole.

Sometimes absorbing pit arrange directly under the room.

to such a pit does not become a source of unpleasant odors in the basement, it is desirable to leave the ventilation air holes through which air is circulated.

Drain, located directly above the hole, it is possible to arrange only on sandy light soils.For dense and clay soils, this method is not suitable drainage.

To eliminate blockages need to make manhole.

How to make manhole own hands:

• At a distance of 3 - 3.5 m from the baths dig a round or square hole measuring approximately 1 m;
• walls of the well should be covered with concrete, brick, wood;
• lower part of the need to pour concrete to get the tray, connecting tubes;
• At the top of the lid to install and insulate it;
• entire structure pour slag, sawdust or ground;
• Pouring floor Ground

Pouring on the ground floor is only possible in areas with heavy soil, where the building is excluded in the case of subsidence deformation base.

If there heaving soils and danger of freezing concrete floor unit in the bath is done on a different technology.

should remove the top layer, and then thoroughly compacted soil before you start filling the base on the ground.Features of the device on the ground floor you can see in the video.

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Fill the floor on the ground in a single layer with your hands:

• Remove the top layer of soil to a depth of 400-500 mm;
• Tamp pad;
• Pour 150 mm gravel.At this point, begin to form a bias towards the place where the sink will be located;
• sprinkle gravel on top of the sand layer is 300-500 mm and again tamp well;
• next step - waterproofing.On hard-packed sand, spread several layers of roofing material with an overlap on each other 100 mm.The layers should be placed perpendicular to each other.Joints promazhte mastic asphalt;
• to floors in the bath was not cold, it is necessary to make insulation.Depending on the climatic characteristics of the base can be insulated with foam, Penoplex, mineral wool slabs, impregnated with tar and building felt.Thermal insulation materials laid with sunset on the wall;
• If insulation is performed with mineral wool, then over the material again done waterproofing, only this time with plastic wrap, whole cloth, or two pieces with a large overlap and fixing a wide adhesive tape;
• Then lay reinforcing mesh with a rod of 5 mm;
• Place lighthouses in such a system as to form the drain.If you do it in the center, it will be difficult to forward bias.It is better to arrange a drain in the corner of the room;
• minimum thickness of the concrete screed on the ground - 30 mm.Fill can be made ready dry mix for areas with high humidity or cement-sand mortar (1: 3).

When laying a floor in multiple layers order of work is changing.The first layer is poured on beacons directly on a layer of sand and gravel.After hardening of the waterproofing is laid, then you need to insulate the floor.

Warming recommended not foam, sand and perlite.Perlite has high thermal insulating properties.

Since perlite insulation due to the formation of a large amount of dust, the material is recommended to lightly bind with cement.Next

laid reinforcing mesh, mounted beacons, poured concrete.

In case of danger of flooding or groundwater during seasonal floods, we need high quality waterproofing and drainage system.

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The procedure works by pouring on the ground to heaving soils and flooding risk:

Arrange drainage system to lower the groundwater level is 80 cm lower than the soil freezes.

, remove the layer of native soil before you pour the concrete floor in the bath and replace it with a more dense.

tamp thoroughly base and make insulation base using slab moisture-proof materials, such as polyurethane foam.Next

laid reinforcing mesh, mounted beacons, poured concrete.

Making warm floor

To improve comfort in the bath can be heated floor with his hands.There are two kinds of bases warm - water or electric.

Radiant floor heating operates on the principle.The boiler is connected pipe system, laid in a certain pattern.

The boiler heats the coolant and is run by a pump through the pipes.Radiant floor made of metal, metal and plastic pipes.

As the coolant used water or antifreeze.In the video you can see how to make yourself a warm floor in the bath.

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most common carrier is water, but if the bath during a cold heat is not constant, a warm floor can not continue to function in this connection is better to fill in a special anti-freeze system for heating.

The advantages of water sexes may include reliability and minimum operating costs.

Disadvantages: bad repair in case of breakage, decent material costs, complex installation and repair, poorly regulated temperature.

Installing underfloor own hands:

• To reduce heat loss, the ground under the floor heating should be well insulated.This can be done with mineral wool, foam or Penoplex.To reduce the heat loss of thermal insulation, fit foil film;
• pipes for water floors laid "snake" or "snail".The latter option is more difficult to mount, but the tube placed in this scheme, are heated more evenly;
• pipes laid in the concrete floor between the layers of insulation and concrete screed;
• to the system is not affected by high humidity, it is recommended to lay the pipe on top of another layer of waterproofing.

Electric underfloor heating can be of two types: with cable and film type.Use the special cable in which electrical energy is converted into heat.

to bath is recommended to choose the cables that produce up to 250 W / m.The system of electric underfloor heating consists of the following elements: control thermostat and heat sensors.

cables for underfloor heating are single and two-core.A two-cord laying easier, but in comparison with single-core, they generate strong electromagnetic radiation.

Cables are laid on a special base that allow exactly comply with the regulated distance manufacturer.

After laying the system is tested, closed reinforcement tape and filled with concrete.

more budgetary process device electric underfloor heating is an infrared thermo.It is available in rolls, easy to install.

film is placed on a substrate covered with a reflective material.On top of the waterproofing is laid and poured a small layer of screed.