Wooden doors for bath
Almost every owner, having at least a small plot of land, wants to build a good bath - the favorite place of most people where you can mentally spend time with friends, get healthier physically and mentally. The process of building a bath is quite complicated and has many nuances. To choose the right wooden door for a bath is one of the most important and rather difficult tasks.
Special features
Requirements for wooden door panels for the bath are very high, this is due to the operating conditions - regular temperature changes and high humidity. The main indicators that should be paid attention to when choosing doors to the bath are the type of wood, the structure of the product and, of course, the design.
Wooden structures for a bath have several advantages:
- high-quality wood is a natural environmentally friendly material;
- the smell emitted by wood not only brings a lot of pleasant sensations, promotes relaxation, but also has a beneficial effect on the body as a whole;
- the tree has a low thermal conductivity threshold, while it can perfectly hold heat in the steam room itself and in other rooms of the building;
- Wooden doors, as a rule, are made in the traditional style, which will surely delight the eye of connoisseurs of bathing customs.
The design of the steam room should be:
- reliable, no problem opening / closing.
- Ergonomic, i.e. to be sufficiently efficient in operation, to ensure maximum tightness.
- Safe - do not cause burns and injuries. The most important condition regarding security is that the doors should only open outwards, otherwise you can’t avoid human sacrifice (in case of an unforeseen situation).
Kinds
An important role in protecting the room from environmental conditions and the penetration of cold air flows are played by the entrance doors to the bath. It is unacceptable that these remedies have any flaws that allow the possibility of penetration of drafts. Modern baths, as a rule, consist of more than one room, respectively, and the doors there are also not installed alone. To prevent heat leakage in front of the steam room there should be a waiting room.
The functionality of the bath doors are divided into entrance and internal. There are no special requirements and strict restrictions for entrance bath doors. In the modern world there are a large number of wooden doors, most of which are suitable for the entrance structure. The main requirement for them is that the canvas is closed as tightly as possible and does not let in cold air. Preferably, the entrance door is located on the south side of the building, this prevents slanting rain from entering the doorway.An excellent option could be the door on the keys, it is quite dynamic, strong and reliable.
More stringent requirements are placed on the inner wooden door to the steam room. In this place, it is preferable to install a one-piece one-piece design, made entirely of wood.
In addition to the steam room and the dressing room, the building may include several more rooms. It is important that all doorways have sufficiently tight doors to prevent excessive moisture from entering the rest rooms.
Dimensions
For a long time, it is believed that the standard one-piece door to the steam room should be about one and a half meters high and about half a meter wide, and also have a threshold of 10 to 15 centimeters. These requirements are associated with the desire to minimize the waste of heat.
Currently, with the ability to use modern electrofire systems and special ovens that can maintain the desired temperature, the need for strict observance of such parameters of the door opening is not fundamental. As a rule, the door to the steam room is 1.8 m high and 0.65 m wide. These are not standard sizes, the main thing is that the joinery should be as narrow and low as possible.Based on the general parameters, the design should have a height, on average, 80 cm below the height of the room - this is the approximate thickness of the steam layer, which is collected at the top of the ceiling.
Materials
The most popular types of wood used for bath doors are:
- Oak - a kind of benchmark for strength and durability. The doors of solid oak have an externally pleasant structure, they are resistant to temperature changes, high humidity, mechanical loads and the effects of any pests. The material has a large specific weight, so it has excellent thermal insulation.
- Aspen - sufficiently durable material, has high wear resistance, quite light at high density. Aspen products are resistant to cracking, the material is easily processed, the doors have a very elegant look.
- Alder - very strong and incredibly beautiful material, perfectly withstands high humidity. Products have a delightful reddish tint.
- Linden - This is the most suitable option for saunas. The material has a low density, very light and soft, however, it is not durable in conditions of high humidity. At high temperatures, it does not warp or crack.Products from linden wood during operation do not lose their white color with a pinkish tinge. The composition of wood includes essential oils, the evaporation of which creates a unique aroma.
- Pine - the most unacceptable, although cheap option for the door to the bath, as it has several disadvantages. Significant changes in temperature and constant humidity destroy the structure of the wood. Products made of pine are short-lived, do not hold the form.
How to choose?
When choosing doors, it is necessary to consider the main factors corresponding to the main conditions of their operation. It is necessary to take into account the temperature load, different levels of humidity depending on the type of bath, as well as environmental conditions and even windows, or rather, their location. Consequently, the material must be able to withstand various detrimental factors for a long time and maintain its main characteristics for a long period. Accessories must comply with basic safety requirements.
An important requirement for the door to the steam room is the fire safety of the material. In today's market there are many compositions for the treatment of wooden surfaces,able to increase the fire resistance of the material.
Models
More often cloths for a bath are made of a wooden bar having a continuous or trellised appearance. It is possible to finish the timber clapboard, which is a budget solution. Door curtains on pins have always been and remain popular these days. The basis of this system are planed boards 4-5 cm thick with selected trapezoid grooves and grooves for secure fixing. Vertical bars are connected by transverse so-called pins that prevent deformation of the product and serve as a secure fastener. They are mounted at the top and at the bottom of the door, sometimes supplemented by a diagonal strut.
The shackle door is a more complex model, because it is assembled from a number of shaped pieces that fit perfectly together.This option is not suitable for installation in the steam room - too much risk of deformation of individual parts.
There is also a mass of interesting models and designs, decorated with various decorative elements, carvings.
Nuances of operation
During operation, some of the functions of the wooden door deteriorate, and the product has to be repaired or improved in appearance. Wear factors include the loosening of the hinges and, as a result, the sinking of the door. In this case, it is necessary to remove the structure, unscrew the awnings, seal the holes and screw in the screws again.
Very often, the canvas cracks and cracks. Repairing a cracked door is quite simple. To begin with, it must be dismantled and disassembled, and then cover up the cracks, apply special glue to all the elements and clamp them in the clamps.
To extend the life of the bath doors need special care. To provide additional protection for the tree will help properly selected coloring matter. It will not be difficult to paint the door, if you make the right preparation: clean the old layers of varnish or paint, polish, putty the defects.
How to make the door to the bath, see the following video.
