How and how to insulate the bath, sauna, steaming from the inside and outside

Tradition, wellness effect Bath, utilitarian need or method of organizing leisure is some arguments in favor of their own bath. Owners of private houses and country cottages with a bathing of a bath face in the process of construction and operation with such issues as the need to ensure slow cooling of bathrooms. The solution is to thermal insulation of walls, gender, bath ceiling. Consider how to do it right.

Do I need to warm the bath?

Yes, it is necessary, thermal insulation:

• Helps to increase the inertia of the bath, as a result - longer warms up, but much longer cools;
• minimizes heat costs;
• reduces heating costs;
• ensures the achievement of the optimal microclimate;
• increases control over humidity;
• Protects against biological activity (fungus, mold).

To get all the listed benefits, you need to take care of the correct insulation of the bath, sauna, steam room. At the same time there are no obstacles to self-insulation: the front works are small, the technology is not complicated, the material and the tool are available. Recommendations and step-by-step instructions will help organize the process "from A to Z", even for beginners without experience in construction.

How to insulate a bath with your own hands

A detailed analysis, as and what can be insulated with a bath, which side is better (from the inside or outside), where to start and how to finish.

1. From the position of the placement of the insulation

• Outdoor insulation bath . When insulating at home, basement or garage is proved that the placement of thermal insulation material is more efficient. This allows you to protect the material from which the bath is built. It is necessarily subject to insulation of the roof of the bath (attic room), if it is a separate building.

• Warming a bath from the inside . The operation mode of the bath is such that only exterior insulation, with all its merits, can not do. Moreover, in different rooms, the baths need to support their microclimate, the level of humidity and the specified temperature. Therefore, the bathing of the bath from the inside is beginning. Moreover, for each room, suitable materials are chosen, which in turn affect the choice of technology of their laying.

As you can see, the process of insulation is complex.

2. From the position of the heat insulating material used

The domestic building market presents different types of insulation. Do not forget that the bath can provide a wellness effect only if natural and safe thermal insulation materials are used indoors.

Requirements for insulation:

• Environmental purity. Under the influence of high temperatures and moisture, insulating materials are capable of separating toxic substances. Considering the temperature and humidity mode of the bath to this indicator, it is necessary to relate carefully;
• hygroscopic;
• thermal conductivity. The lower this indicator, the less the amount of heat passes through itself the material per unit of time;
• biological inertness;
• Fire safety;
• ability to keep the form;
• Availability, cost and simplicity of installation.

How to insulate the bath from the inside and outside

Consider what insulation for the sauna, the steam rooms are better and meets the sets.

Organic heat-insulating materials

Known for a long time, our ancestors have sought to protect the battered bathhouse from the heat loss using the remedies. Raw materials for the manufacture of organic insulation are natural natural materials. Among the common can be allocated:

• linen pack, ordinary and scenario;
• moss;
• Wood sawdust;
• felt or jute;
• reed.

The indisputable advantage of the listed materials is naturalness. Among the disadvantages - fire danger, the ability to absorb moisture, the complexity of use, attractiveness for rodents and microorganisms.

Minorganic thermal insulation materials

For the manufacture, natural raw materials are used, however, glue compositions are used in the production process, which eliminates the warming of the steaming with their use. These include:

• reed slabs (mats);
• chipboard;
• Peat plates.

Synthetic thermal insulation materials

Manufactured in production conditions and are combined into two subspecies:

• polymer . These include foam plastic, polystyrene foam, foamizol, polyurethane foam. The insulation of the bath with foam or its derivatives can not be carried out in a steam room and near the furnace, because Polyfoam supports burning, harmful styrene will be highlighted with severe heating. But for other premises or outdoor insulation, this material is indispensable.

  The exception is the foil insulation of foamizol, which is used in the pair, due to the presence of a foil layer from aluminum, which prevents the loss of infrared heat radiation. The use of foamizol is allowed by standards;

• Mineralovate . This category includes glass wool and basalt wool. Dignity in light resistance and high temperatures. The disadvantage is the ability to absorb moisture, which requires the use of films. Basalt wool - Environmentally friendly material recommended for use in the steam room.

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3. From the position of the material from which the bath was built

Choosing isolation and method of insulation need to take into account the material used to build a bath and climatic features in the region. These conditions will determine the thickness of the insulation.

Wooden bathing bath and log

The newly built bath (folded from the log or bar) does not need insulation. Wood keeps warm, plus, internet insulation performs thermal insulation function. Over time, the log house gives shrinkage and after two or three years between the crowns appear slits through which heat leaves.

In case of warming, waterproofing and selection of thermal insulator plays an important role. It is recommended to perform interventovate caispatic with natural materials or apply basalt wool, because Due to its structure, it contributes to the preservation of the microclimate and allows the tree to "breathe."

Interwette insulation for timber - heat insulation of a wooden bath

In addition to the glued or profiled bar, a rounded log is used to build a bath. Due to the mechanical processing, such a log shrink is less, therefore, the requirements for insulation, in particular to the arrangement of the frame, below. In general, the warming of a church is performed similarly to the thermal insulation of the bath bar.

Warming of frame bath

The frame or skeleton provides excellent opportunities for the placement of thermal insulation material. The frame design is considered the most energy efficient.

For insulation of a frame bath, it is better to use soft high density insulation, protected by membranes from humidity (fit inside the walls). An organic insulation can also be used, in particular a mixture of sawdust, chips, plaster and lime. Such a composition serves as a full insulation (stacked between the layers of the casing).

Warming of frame walls of bath sawdust, chip and clay

Warming of a brick bath

Despite the high thermal conductivity of the brick, the baths of it are often found. A serious lack of bricks in its ability to quickly freeze, and this leads to significant heating costs. Therefore, brick baths usually have an internal wooden frame, which performs a decorative function, and the thermal insulation material is perfectly placed behind it.

Warming Baths of foam blocks and gas blocks

Foam concrete or aerated concrete - materials used in modern building baths. The advantage of cellular concrete in a porous structure that keeps warm well. But, this material is distinguished by an unsuitable appearance, plus, can absorb moisture (especially aerated concrete, with its open pores). Since the wet wall material does not hold heat, the foam blocks need insulation, which is performed outside.

The feature of the insulation of foam block baths (as well as from aerated concrete and ceramzite-concrete blocks) is that the material requires a device of good ventilation. Therefore, in a warmed bath necessarily make a product.

4. From the position of the front of the work performed

As the brief overview of the materials showed, each of them needs to be applied, taking into account the placement and construction material of the bath. Therefore, we consider how to insulate the walls in the bath from the inside in the context of individual directions.

Wall insulation Baths from the inside

The direction of thermal insulation of the walls depends on which function does the room performs.

The pair is the most important part of the bath. The temperature in the steam room can reach 90 ° C (Russian bath) and 130 ° C (sauna). Maintain such a temperature is difficult and costly, if you do not perform a high-quality warming steam room in the bath. Only natural materials can be used in the steam room. Basalt wool, laid in the frame or natural insulation, has perfectly proven itself, for those who are not ready to navigate the natural beauty of wood.

Wall insulation in bath foam concrete bath

Warming Technology:

• Frame device. The guides from a bar or metal profile are attached to the wall. Since the bath is a low building, then it is often enough to make only vertical guides and choose cotton with a density of more than 65 kr. / M.Kub. The distance between the frames of the frame (step) 15-20 is less than the width width and is 580-590 mm.

  Important! The specifics of the wool laying in the steam room is that metal guides cannot be used, and only a tree, in addition, it is necessary to consider the temperature fluctuations and the ability of wood expand / shrink under their effect.

  To level the temperature fluctuations, the framework of the frame in the bar makes vertical feeders, through which the timber is attached to the wall. The presence of grooves allows the guide to move along the wall, they also compensate for the possible shrinkage of the walls if the bath is built from the bar.

• The membrane or waterproofing film is placed inside the frame. As a waterproofing material in the steam room, it is recommended to use foamizole, laid by a reflective layer inside the room. The place of the junction of the penizole bands is sick with foil tape;

• Wat is stacked on the reflective layer or membrane;
• WATT closes a membrane or vapor barrier;
• The lamp is mounted (the rack is 25-30 mm thick.), allowing air to pass between the film and the finishing material;
• The insulation is closed with wooden lining.

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How to insulate the walls in the bath basalt cotton and foamizol

The insulation of the walls of the bath sawdust (the mixture of thermal insulation)

Warming Technology:

• It is equipped with a wooden frame. If the lining is planned to be attached vertically, the framework frames should be placed horizontally;

• Preparing a mixture for insulation of walls:

  - sawdust - 10 parts;

  - cement - 0.5 parts;

  - water - 2 parts;

  - Lime - 1 part (used as an antiseptic);

• The prepared mixture is placed in the frame cells and is aligned;
• Finishing works are performed.

Warming Baths from Bruse / Log Joutow

Jute - jute rope, ribbon, felt, inter-night insulation (organic material)

Thermal insulation is performed using a special tool - a wooden hammer, a mall (weight of 300-400 gr.), The chisels and a caulkuty blades.

Seeling slots between logs, timber: jute are placed (scored) into interventic gaps, while you need to put the material as close as possible.

How to close the gaps in a wooden bath juty

Warming washing in a bath

The washing department, the pre-banker or rest room have a smaller temperature, so foam plastic can be used to insulate the walls in these rooms.

Operating procedure:

• Frame is done. Some masters recommend putting foam sheets on glue. But this method is suitable only for brick or foam concrete baths, but not for wooden;

• A foam plastic is placed between the frame cells. There is no need to protect the foam from moisture, so the films are not used;

• The finishing finish is performed.

Recommendation. Wall insulation near the furnace is performed only by basalt cotton with a metal finish (protective screen) around the stove. This is due to the fact that the wool has a high melting point and does not support burning.

Warming roof bath

An important direction of thermal insulation works, because Through the roof is quite a lot of heat. If the roof is well insulated, the ceiling insulation can be deleted. However, it is possible to insulate the roof only if the bath is a detached building from the scope roof. For insulation, you can apply any thermal insulation material that is stacked on the floor of the attic.

The order of work when using synthetic insulation, wool or foam, is no different from its laying on the wall.

Wood Wip Wood

Execution scheme:

• arrangement of framework;

• Preparation of sawdust . If sawdust will fall asleep in the form of a dry mix, then they must be dried, desonyless, impregnated with antiseptic. Dry sawdust can be covered in the form of a mixture between the frames of the frame and closed the membrane or flooded ashes. But more often they are placed in plastic bags and laid by packages;

Note. In the pure form of sawdust are used only in wooden houses.

Warming roofing in a bath sawdust films in packets

• Preparation of the mix . Watching sawdust - an effective version of thermal insulation, if a concrete slab acts as the overlap. The composition of the mixture for insulation (proportions of components):

  - sawdust - 8 parts;

  - Lime - 1 part;

  - Gypsum - 1 part.

First mix dry materials, and then water is added to the desired consistency.

There is a second recipe:

- sawdust - 5 parts;

- Clay - 5 parts.

Bath insulation with sawdust, clay and straw

Recommendation. A boric acid can be used as an antiseptic - 10 ml. per 1 liter water.

In this case, the clay is soaked in water, divorced to the consistency of sour cream and mixed with sawdust.

Council. Instead of sawdust, you can use a straw (tightly naked).

Effective insulation will be a layer of sawing mixture of 100 mm.

Wood Wip Wood

Failure of ash around the exit pipe of the bath furnace from the attic overlap

Ceiling insulation in the bath

Note that the insulation of the bath is logical from the ceiling. After all, warm air is going under the ceiling, which means it is a source of heat loss. Insulation technology depends on the material used.

How to insulate the ceiling in the bath

For thermal insulation, the ceiling in the steam room uses basalt wool, which is stacked by the same technology as on the wall - with the arrangement of the framework.

The insulation of the ceiling of the bath sawdust is performed on the principle of heat insulation of a cold roof (attic overlap). The sawdust is placed in a plastic bag and laid into the frame made on the ceiling or between the beams of overlapping.

Recommendation. Heating the ceiling, you need to remember that at the exit of the heating pipe is very high temperatures. In this place, only basalt wool can be used as a material having a very high melting point and not supporting combustion. The passage of the pipe through the ceiling is closed with a metal overlay from a stainless steel (reflective, protective screen for the furnace pipe).

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Protective screen for the furnace pipe in the bath and the consequences of its absence

Instead, sawdust on the ceiling can be used clay, covered in the frame. But it has considerable weight and hygroscopicity. Therefore, according to reviews, users refused this material in favor of others.

Floor insulation in the bath

The floor in the bath can be concrete or wooden. Depending on the type, various thermal insulation technologies are used. The insulation of concrete floor can be performed by clay or foam.

Floor insulation in the bath clay

Procedure:

• The base is prepared. For this, the draft floor is removed and the ground is removed. The depth of the recess is 400-500 mm. below the level of the threshold;

• Waterproofing is placed on the floor - a film or runner. It is important that the edges of the film go on the wall to the entire height of the floor after insulation;

• A black screed with a thickness of 100 mm is performed. or the chubnevo-sand pillow 150 mm is stacked;

• Claimed gravel is falling asleep. The minimum thickness of the ceramisite layer is 300 mm, otherwise it will not perform the functions of the heat insulator;

• A reinforced grid is stacked on top of the ceramisite and a layer of cement screed 50-70 mm is poured. When pouring a concrete solution, it is important to ensure the right side of the floor inclination to the plum;

• Clean floor is formed.

It is worth noting that the ceramzite can be placed without using a screed. For this, a frame of a wooden bar is made. Ceramzite falls asleep in the frame cells, the waterproofing film is stacked on it and the fine flooring of a wooden floorboard is covered. However, this method is not suitable for steam and washer, where high level of humidity.

Floor insulation technology in the bath with a clamzite with a screed and without

Considering how to insulate the floor in the bath, it is better to give preference to a concrete base with a subsequent laying on it tiles (if it is a washing or pre-banker), or a wooden flooring, which is better to use in the steam room:

• For laying tiles, tile glue and toothed spatula are used;

• For laying a wooden flooring, the floor is elbow, and then installed wooden lags, with a slope of 5 ° in the direction of the drain. Floor boards are installed on the lags, observing the gap between the boards of 5-10 mm. The clearance is needed for draining water and ventilation.

Concrete floor in the bath is a practical solution, since it is resistant to the action of moisture, and the service life is 3-4 times longer than the life of the wooden floor on the lags.

Floor insulation in the penplex bath

A more modern and technological method of insulation. However, many users believe that heat the pair with the use of synthetic material (in fact, the penplex is extruded polystyrene foam) incorrectly, because Under the influence of high temperatures, it can highlight harmful substances. Therefore, Penopelex is used in other rooms, with a lower temperature.

How to insulate the floor in the bath penplex

• Prepare the basis: Remove the old screed, remove the wooden flooring or remove the ground if the bath is new;

• Pour a black screed with a layer of 50-100 mm to align the surface of the floor for laying the plates of the inferno;

• lay foam or materials from this group of insulation;

• lay a reinforcement grid;

• pour a layer of screed, 50-100 mm thick;

• Run the flooring floor.

Floor insulation technology in the penplex bath

Filing flooring on insulated penurnection floor in the bath

Floor insulation Baths system Warm floor

Another option that is gradually gaining popularity - a warm floor in the bath. Its essence is that the pipes are mounted in the screed, creating a warm circuit, which moves the heated water (water floor). Thus, it is not about insulation, but on how to make heating of the floor in the bath. And these are different concepts.

Heated floor in the bath - Water warm floor

Warming of openings in the bath

Warming of doors and windows in the bath also helps to increase the energy efficiency of the room. To reduce heat losses, window and doorways initially make minimally admissible (in particular the door to the steam room), and the windows are also closer to the floor surface. But it is necessary to warm them all the same, for this it is necessary to install hermetic glass windows and seals on the contour of windows and doors.

Conclusion

Performing the insulation of the bath with your own hands, should not forget about the arrangement of high-quality ventilation. This will have a positive effect not only on the health of the baths of the bath, but also on the properties of the finishing materials.