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How to make a good Russian bathhouse on your own plot so that it is comfortable, beautiful and mobile? Very simple. You can take advantage of the unique invention of the masters and build a barrel sauna with your own hands, which can not only delight you warm walls in the cold season, but it will not take up much space near the house on the site.

What is a barrel sauna: description of design, types, advantages and disadvantages

The barrel sauna is a cylindrical structure made of durable boards with a special groove connection. To strengthen the structure, the surface is tightened with reliable metal clamps.

At its core, such a bathhouse is a log house barrel-shaped, inside of which there is a small stove that runs on both solid fuel and electricity.

Barrel baths come in various sizes and even shapes. Despite the fact that such a design should be cylindrical, in some cases it is made square with rounded edges.

This is a convenient bathhouse because it can be placed in almost any part personal plot. There is no need to build a strong and reliable foundation, and this significantly reduces the cost of the design.

There are several types of such structures:

Russian bathhouse, which contains a combined steam room and washing room.
Dry steam design with a font.
Barrel sauna.
Ofuro is a Japanese font that has a stove heating system.

The Russian bath consists of a steam room and a washing room. It has a drainage system, since the building has a washing room. The stove is located between the steam room and the washing room, where the part of it that is equipped with a tank for heating water goes out. To prevent people from getting burns, the oven is surrounded by a special wooden fence. The walls are covered with fireproof material. The structure must be installed on a slope for drainage.

A dry steam bath is located near a swimming pool, natural pond or font. This is a prerequisite for the construction and installation of such a structure.

It is easier to build a barrel sauna than a steam room. Here the room should be fairly airtight without cracks. Only on the roof is there a small hole with a valve, which can be closed completely or halfway.

Since this design does not have a washing room, there is no need for a drain. Inside the bathhouse there are wide comfortable wooden benches and a stove. In order to create an aromatherapy effect in a room, a little drips onto the hot stones. essential oil or a special tincture.

Ofuro is a type of bathhouse in Japanese style, which has large number advantages in placement and use of the structure. This structure has no roof, but can be visited 365 days a year. The ofuro is placed on a wooden platform, and seats and a stove are installed inside behind a partition so that no one gets a thermal burn. Also heating element can be installed next to the bathhouse, and only pipes are connected to the barrel itself. Thus, container space will be significantly saved. But it will take more time to heat the water and maintain the optimal temperature, which means more solid fuel (wood).

Table: advantages and disadvantages of a barrel bath

Advantages of a barrel sauna	Disadvantages of a barrel sauna
Moves easily. The bathhouse, mounted on wheels, can be rolled to any location. convenient place on the site. The structure weighs about 1.5 tons, so you can take it with you on a trailer even on a trip to nature.	It retains heat poorly due to the low degree of thermal insulation of the walls during the cold season. In winter, this may cause the inability to maintain the required temperature.
Warms up to 90°C in just 20 minutes.	It has a small area compared to a traditional stationary bath.
Can be installed on a site of any size.	Requires a special approach to the supply and connection of the water supply and sewerage system. In winter, there is a high probability that poorly protected pipes will freeze, and an ice plug will form in them, preventing water from passing through.
Does not require significant financial costs. Construction of a barrel sauna will cost much less than a traditional one, and fuel consumption will be significantly less.
Easy to maintain due to the small area of the premises.
Thanks to excellent thermal insulation and multi-layer construction, it creates the effect of a thermos, which allows you to save fuel and electricity for heating the bath.
Unusual modern design makes it possible for the structure to fit perfectly into any landscape project.
Has ergonomic space. Despite the small dimensions of the bathhouse, it can comfortably accommodate up to 6 people.
Does not require a capital foundation.
Can be quickly assembled and dismantled if necessary.
Allows the installation of a wood-burning or electric stove.

Photo gallery: barrel sauna options

A barrel sauna with a wood-burning stove on the shore of a pond looks very unusual Small barrel sauna with glass door maybe with a veranda A barrel bathhouse with a gable roof on a garden plot will decorate it The barrel sauna can be supplemented with a font The bathhouse can be an enlarged copy of the barrel The appearance of the barrel bath can be absolutely anything The Japanese barrel sauna ofuro can accommodate more than one person A barrel sauna can be not only round, but also square shape The red oval-shaped barrel sauna will become great place for relaxation

Preparatory work: project drawings and dimensions of the bathhouse

Before drawing up a project for a future bathhouse, you need to decide on the location of its installation, as well as the length of the boards for constructing the walls. In order to calculate the amount of material, it is necessary to make a drawing that will depict a circle on a certain scale. Then divide it by the width of the board to find out the required amount of material.

The simplest design has the following dimensions:

Photo gallery: projects and drawings of a barrel bath

If you wish, you can change it already finished project On the barrel bath project you can indicate the location of rooms and pieces of furniture The barrel sauna project does not have to be too detailed All dimensions must be indicated on the drawing The dimensions of the barrel bath depend on the area of the site The barrel bath can be supplemented with benches and small veranda It’s easy to create a barrel bath project yourself

In order for the bathhouse to be convenient and comfortable, you need to carefully select the material.

It is not recommended to make a structure from coniferous wood, since it contains a large amount of resinous substances, which, when heated, will be released abundantly, which will lead to thermal burns. Therefore it is better to choose:

Cedar is the only tree that is suitable for constructing such a structure. He has a lot medicinal properties, including aromatherapy. Cedar wood does not crack under the influence of temperature changes, does not shrink, and has a high degree of resistance to moisture and damage by pathogens (mold, fungi, bark beetles).
Oak has long been one of the best materials for the construction of a bathhouse, since a strong and hard board is made from it. Thanks to this structure, the structure will last for many years. In addition, destructive moisture for other tree species will only harden oak and make it more durable. But since this board is quite expensive, it is usually used only for installing individual elements of the bathhouse.
Linden is cheap traditional material for the construction of baths, since it creates a special healing microclimate in the room for the human body. In such a room, our ancestors treated various serious diseases. Such wood is easy to process and practically does not shrink. A bathhouse made of linden boards heats up quickly and keeps the necessary heat inside the room for a long time. The main disadvantage of this tree is its short service life, since low density and insufficient degree of resistance to fungi and mold lead to rapid rotting of the wood. Therefore, before using linden boards, they must be carefully treated with special antifungal and antiseptic agents.
Aspen is very similar in its characteristics to linden and has the same positive and negative qualities. But such wood reacts better to high humidity, it is practically not subject to deformation and does not crack. Since aspen boards are inexpensive, a bathhouse made of such material can be called budget.

Alder, birch and fir are not suitable for building a barrel sauna, so it is best to avoid such materials so as not to spoil the building.

If you have already decided to make a bathhouse from coniferous wood, then it is best to make only the frame of the structure from this material, and make the interior decoration from deciduous varieties that do not emit resin and will not cause burns.

For clamps that will tighten the circumference of the bathhouse, it is best to choose stainless metal, since it is not susceptible to corrosion. Since the building will always be located on the street, the hoops made of ordinary iron will quickly rust and simply “break,” violating the integrity of the entire structure.

Material calculation and necessary tools

To build a barrel bath you will need to purchase:

profiled tongue-and-groove board 5 meters long and section 45x90 mm;
edged board 2.5 m long and 50x200 mm cross-section to create the end parts of the bathhouse;
beams for constructing a stand for the structure;
boards for making benches and flooring;
fireproof material (minerite) for insulating the stove (fencing);
hoops for screeds (clamps) made of stainless steel 4 pieces - the length is calculated depending on the diameter of the “barrel” circle with allowances for the screed;
chimney pipe;
blocks for doors and windows;
canopy;
stove (wood-burning, heater or electric), which is selected depending on the preferences of the bathhouse owner and his capabilities;
roofing material (suitable flexible tiles, which is laid on top of the bathhouse or make a gable structure with a rigid roof);
water heating tank;
sewer pipes;
caulk, antiseptics and antifungals;
metal corners.

Tools for work:

drill;
hammers;
screws and nails;
building level;
screwdriver;
plane;
chisel;
grinding machine;
construction compass;
electric jigsaw.

Step-by-step instructions for building a bathhouse

Before you start building a barrel bath, you need to carefully consider the drainage system. Many people believe that it is enough to simply make several holes in the floor through which liquid can escape into the ground. But if you use the bathhouse frequently, it will always be damp underneath, and this will lead to the appearance of rot and fungus. First, a specific smell of mold will appear in the bathhouse, then the floor will begin to rot and in the end it will simply collapse. Therefore, you should follow certain rules:

Stages of constructing a barrel bath:

First you need to prepare the base. Since the structure of the bathhouse is light in weight, there is no need to build a stationary foundation. To install, you need to find a suitable flat area and clear it of debris. If necessary, smooth it further. The area can be asphalted, covered paving slabs or turf.
To construct the base, take an edged board about 5 mm thick. Fix the material for support in increments of 1.5 m. You will need to install 2 identical elements. Then make rounded recesses on the transverse slats on which the barrel can stand. To make them all the same, you can cut out patterns from cardboard. The width of the side bar should not be less than 10 cm on both sides.
All support boards are firmly fastened together with screws, and metal corners are fixed for additional rigidity. They need to be fastened at the corners of the supporting structure and at the joints of the longitudinal and transverse boards. Before connecting all the parts, they must be treated with antiseptic impregnations, since this will be difficult to do later.
Now you can start making the ends of the barrel. Both walls (back and front) must be the ideal size (the same diameter). It is necessary to make windows at the end, their number depends on the project. There must be an opening for doors on the façade.
To make the ends, you need to take the boards and knock them down using bars, creating a square with equal sides. Then determine its center and draw a circle with a special construction compass and cut it out with an electric jigsaw. Make two identical elements. In finished structures, mark where the windows and doors will be located. Cut out their outlines with a jigsaw. Additionally, you can strengthen the perimeter with bars.
Prepare boards for wall cladding. On each of them, in the places where the ends will be installed, you need to cut out grooves. The thickness of the holes should correspond to the thickness of the boards from which the front and back walls are made. Their depth is about 8–10 mm. The bottom of the barrel will be fixed in the grooves. If you decide to make a steam room from several rooms, then you will additionally need to cut grooves for dividing partitions in two or three places.
It is very important that the room is airtight, so it is best to order windows and doors from a special carpentry workshop.
Place the base on a prepared site with a slight slope. Install a pipe to drain the water. On the base of the prepared crossbars, mark the central point and attach the first structural element to it. Then, alternately, on both sides of the central element, place the boards one after another into the grooves. Make sure the installation is correct.
Having assembled the floor, you can begin to install the front and back wall baths Middle partitions should also be installed, if provided for by the project. Do not forget to check that they are securely fixed in the grooves so that they can stand without assistance. Next, along these walls it is necessary to assemble the entire structure.
The next boards need to begin to be attached to the walls and the middle part of the bathhouse. All work should be carried out in parallel on both sides at the same time, in order to then converge at the upper central point.
After installing the boards, it is necessary to tighten the barrel with metal clamps, which will provide additional strength to the structure. The ends of the rims must be secured with bolts and nuts or other connectors.
Now you can install the roof. For a barrel bath, soft tiles or flexible tiles are suitable. metal sheets. Can be done gable roof and cover it with metal tiles or corrugated sheets.
Screw the hinges and install the windows. Also at this stage you need to install the doors. If the project includes a veranda, then it is worth placing benches on it and equipping the floor.
Before you begin lining the interior of the bathhouse, you need to treat the walls linseed oil, which can protect the wood from moisture and prevent it from deforming and cracking.
Properly executed interior decoration and arrangement of benches and shelves will allow a large number of people to comfortably accommodate in the bathhouse. For good air exchange, you need to lay a wooden grate on the floor (the pitch between the boards is about 1 cm).
In order to be able to use the bathhouse throughout the year, the walls should be insulated with high-quality material. You also need to think about vapor barrier of the room.
At the end you need to install a stove (wood-burning or electric heater). First make a hole in the ceiling for the chimney. All wooden elements treat it around it with a special thermal insulation material.
Place a tray in the washing room and install a shower.

After the barrel sauna is completely ready, it is necessary to take care of its finishing, as well as take into account all the nuances of operation, so that it serves for many years:

To insulate a bath, experts recommend using rolled materials eg URSA and ISOVER.
As a protective impregnation, you can use a composition with biologically active additives of the “KSD-A” type.
After each visit to the bathhouse, it is necessary to ventilate it well, and at above-zero temperatures, leave the windows and doors open to ensure constant air exchange in the room.
Once every few years, the entire structure must be treated with antiseptic and antifungal agents (inside and outside).

Video: how to build a barrel sauna on your site

The construction of a barrel sauna cannot be called an easy task, since you will have to make every effort and spend a lot of time to make the structure strong, reliable and durable. But as a result of the right work, you will get a wonderful vacation spot for your family and friends.

Construction of a bathhouse on small area- it’s a troublesome task: you need to build a foundation, put up a log house, and arrange a roof. A much simpler and more economical invention of our northern neighbors, the Finns, is the barrel sauna. You can build it with your own hands, without extra costs to pay construction workers.

Advantages of a barrel sauna

Does not require a massive capital foundation; a flat area with hard surface is sufficient for installation;
Thanks to its compact size, the barrel bath can be placed in a small area;
The barrel sauna has a collapsible design, so installation and dismantling, as well as replacement of elements, can be carried out without the involvement of heavy equipment;
The mobility of the structure and light weight allows you to transport the bathhouse and install it in places of temporary residence: in a camp, at a summer cottage;
Optimal use of internal space is achieved by eliminating corners from the design. The bath warms up very quickly;
The versatility of the design - in the barrel sauna you can install both a wood-burning stove and an electric heater, which allows you to get wet or dry steam to choose from.
The original design will allow the bathhouse to become a decoration for any area.

The barrel bath also has its disadvantages. The main one is the need to insulate the structure for use in winter time. Rolled materials are used as insulation: they do not rot, have good thermal insulation, but they increase the cost of the bathhouse and increase labor intensity.

Barrel sauna design

A barrel sauna is a room in the shape of a cylinder laid on its side. The diameter, and therefore the height of the bath, is from 2 to 3 meters, and the length can be any, usually from 3 to 6 meters according to the standard length of the board. A barrel bath can consist of one steam room or include an additional washing room or shower, a relaxation room and a veranda. The design of the bathhouse changes only due to the number of internal partitions. Water and sewerage can be connected to the washing compartment and steam room.

Materials and tools

To install a barrel bath on the site you will need:

Profiled tongue and groove board 45 mm thick and 90 mm wide. The length depends on the size of the bath. It is not recommended to use a tongue-and-groove board with a larger width - it will be difficult to join when laying it along a circumference;
Edged board 50 mm wide 200 mm;
Metal hoops;
Door and window blocks;
Canopy;
Heater stove, wood or electric.

Manufacturers of lumber offer ready-made kits for the construction of barrel saunas that have different size. To save material, time and effort, you can buy ready set and install it yourself.

The types of wood suitable for barrel saunas are coniferous: spruce, pine, larch, as well as deciduous species. At the same time, it is better to make the frame from coniferous wood, and use deciduous varieties for finishing the bathhouse - they do not tar and do not cause burns.

Construction of a foundation or platform for a bathhouse

A foundation for a barrel sauna is not required. It can be installed on any flat surface that prevents wood from contacting the soil. This can be a platform lined with paving slabs, poured with concrete or covered with gravel. If such a site does not exist, you can perform concrete base: remove a layer of soil to a depth of 15-20 cm, install formwork, make a ten-centimeter sand cushion, lay reinforcement and fill with concrete. After the concrete has hardened, which lasts up to 3 weeks, you can assemble the bathhouse.

Assembling a barrel sauna

If you purchased a ready-made kit, you only need to assemble it according to the instructions. Otherwise, you will need to pre-treat the lumber.

Manufacturing technology

It is necessary to prepare the base of the bathhouse. A 50x200 mm board is cut into pieces equal to the diameter of the bath. Support boards must be installed at a distance of no more than 1.5 meters, so their number will depend on the length of the bathhouse. A groove is cut out in the upper part of the boards, repeating the shape of the bathhouse circumference. The width of the remaining part of the board should be at least 10 cm.
The end walls and internal partitions are assembled from tongue-and-groove boards, fastening them with transverse bars. The bars must be secured so that they do not subsequently interfere with the installation of door and window openings. In ready-made kits, the end parts are supplied glued together.
The tongue-and-groove board is cut along the length of the bathhouse and the ends are sanded. Treat the boards with an antiseptic for the bath.
Install the support boards at equal distances from each other. Lay the bottom of a barrel bath on them from several boards, connecting them using the “tenon-to-groove” method. When the boards form a sector of the circle sufficient to install the end walls, place them in the appropriate place and continue to lay boards around them, completing the circle.
After assembling the bathhouse, it is secured with metal hoops and door and window blocks are installed.
The roof of a barrel bath can be made either on a rafter system or covered with a layer of waterproofing and soft roofing material. For device rafter system use a 50 mm block, and as a roofing you can use metal tiles or corrugated sheets laid on a sheathing of boards.
If the barrel sauna will be used only in the summer, it is not necessary to insulate it. Thanks to its ergonomic design, it warms up in half an hour and maintains the heat for two to three hours, which is quite enough for a small group to steam.
Assembled bathhouse with outside treated with a fire-bioprotective composition, and from the inside - with natural linseed oil.

Stove installation

In the barrel sauna you can install both an electric heater and a regular metal wood-burning stove. The stove model must correspond to the volume of the steam room. During installation, fire safety measures must be observed: wooden structures must be insulated from heating elements using special sheets, and pipe penetrations must be carried out using basalt insulating mats.

Floors and interior finishing

It is better to make the internal lining of the bathhouse and the floors from hardwood boards: they do not heat up so much and make the steam in the bathhouse light and the air fragrant. The floor is made with a slope towards the water drainage, and a slope of 1 degree per meter of floor length is sufficient. To improve circulation, place a grid of boards on the floor with gaps between them of at least 1 cm. This will ensure the floor warms up. Canopies and benches are installed along the walls. Electrical wiring is carried out when assembling the bathhouse, using a cable in non-flammable insulation and hermetically sealed lighting fixtures.

Turnkey barrel bathhouse, inexpensive - there are a lot of advertisements in newspapers and advertising blocks on the Internet. A.S. Pushkin in the fairy tale about Tsar Saltan, rhyming the line “A cloud is moving across the sky, A barrel is floating on the sea,” hardly imagined that the modern generation would adapt the barrel for a bathhouse. We also doubt that the ancient Greek Diagenes, when writing his philosophical treatises, could have imagined that his descendants would build a Russian steam room in a wooden barrel.

Domestic ingenuity, guided by the saying Roman satirical writer Juvenal “a healthy mind in a healthy body”, proposed to users the idea of using barrel baths, supplementing it with the principle: “the economy should be economical.” It is not known for certain who is responsible for realizing the idea of building a Russian bathhouse in a barrel. However, it can definitely be said that the extraordinary structure has earned popularity both among residents of suburban villages and among urban private sector.

Having stumbled across proposals of this kind, we wanted to understand what barrel saunas are. We propose to consider the principles of the device and non-standard approaches to the execution of an intricate structure. Find out what advantages the barrel sauna offers and determine the list of disadvantages. In addition, I want to know what is more profitable to buy ready-made sauna barrel or build an object with your own hands?

Barrel sauna – pros and cons

Ecological consciousness. The barrel sauna is made of wood, which has a beneficial effect on environment. Selected ones are used quality materials, which are renewable and safe to use. The dynamic, round shape of barrel saunas provides less wasted space than their square counterparts, reducing the load on the sauna stove. To properly warm up a cylindrical bathhouse, 8-10 logs are enough.

Adaptability– truly, a bathhouse in a barrel can be easily adapted for use in any space. The barrel can be placed both indoors and outdoors. Barrel saunas with electric heaters are available for sale. and wood stoves. Bathhouse designs can be created in non-standard sizes to meet your needs.

Easy assembly. The barrel sauna can be supplied fully assembled or as a DIY kit. The unique hinged components made of a semicircular profile make it easy to install a bathhouse yourself, far surpassing the competition in the construction of a bathhouse from traditional logs. The light weight of the bath allows the structure to be installed on any hard and level surface. The base can be dense soil, concrete pouring or regular asphalt.

Detail oriented– from every board in the bathhouse, to the installation of windows, benches and accessories. Ready options preferable, since manufacturers pay the closest attention to every aspect, while outdoor work may be accompanied by shortcomings. The finished barrel sauna is installed on site in one day, which allows you to pay more attention small details. Many companies interest the buyer by promising to give the foundation as a gift.

The barrel sauna has a number of advantages

Help Desk. When buying a ready-made sauna barrel, you can choose a seller whose company policy allows you to maintain a working relationship with you. Maintains attention to detail, improves timely response to complaints and improves customer service. Despite the fact that a barrel sauna is cheaper than a traditional log sauna, due to fierce competition, manufacturers are extremely scrupulous about the quality of their work.

Availability– the entire construction of a sauna in a barrel is an inexpensive and beautiful alternative to the construction of an external sauna or bathhouse building. Modern ones imagine it possible to insulate a bathhouse - a barrel and operate it without problems all year round. The small dimensions and efficiency of the heater stove help maintain the temperature in the steam room at high level, despite severe frost outside the window.

Beautiful comfort. All turnkey barrel baths are equipped with standard warm wooden floors, in contrast to cold concrete, which is typical for ordinary bathhouse rooms. The barrel sauna comes with quality benches made from linden wood, their traditionally pleasant round shape is a bright comfort enhancer that everyone will love.

Quick cooking. In terms of heating speed, the barrel sauna is noticeably ahead of standard rectangular structures . Household members and guests will not have to wait long for the “first couple”. It takes no more than 30 - 40 minutes for the air in the steam room to warm up to the comfortable temperature of a Finnish sauna (+90 C).

The only drawback in a budget building is the natural crampedness; the barrel sauna, according to reviews from the owners, does not allow you to sit comfortably cheerful company. Capacity is limited to two people, which is sometimes a significant disadvantage.

Sauna barrel made of timber projects and prices

The cistern sauna project is definitely a simple and predictable zoning of a narrow, small interior space. The determining factor in the layout of a bathhouse is its length.

The “mobile barrel sauna” project does not exceed a length of 2 meters and is limited only to a steam room. There is no changing room, you have to take off your clothes either in spartan conditions under the canopy that crowns the main entrance or in advance in the house, and run to the sauna wrapped in a towel.

In a two-meter barrel sauna there is no space for organizing a washing compartment. When deciding to install a mini bath, you must take care in advance of installing a wooden font or place it near the pool.

A portable three-meter barrel sauna has the advantage of length, using it to organize a locker room and a minimal recreation area.

The project of a four-meter barrel bathhouse does not involve making changes to the layout. The design of the building remains the same, the steam room has the same limits, it increases just the locker room area. The increased space allows the installation of longer benches, increasing the degree of comfort for vacationers.

The maximum justified design for a wooden barrel-shaped bathhouse is six meters in length. Bathhouse large sizes better to build traditional form. The six-meter length allows you to freely place a steam room, a wash compartment and organize a relaxation area.

A barrel bathhouse 6 meters long can allow a change in the tradition of locating the entrance from the end of the building by moving it to the center of the facility. This approach helps to divide the internal space of the bathhouse into two functional zones: a steam room and a relaxation area. The dressing room dressing room is located behind front door.

The diameter of the barrel can be selected based on individual growth parameters; within the standard design, the height of the barrel bath is determined to be 2.2 meters. This height is enough for the average person to feel comfortable inside the barrel.

Designers are not satisfied with the traditions of a round shape; they are inventive and offer the consumer oval, square and even triangular designs.

From bad weather, rain and snow, the roof of the barrel baths is covered with soft bitumen tiles. The tiles emphasize the fabulous beauty of the building and serve for a long time without losing their original properties.

The choice of tiles was made not only because of their external qualities; craftsmen successfully use the main advantage of the material - the ability to perfectly bend around any curved surface.

Barrel sauna - heater stove

A fiery motor that makes an ordinary room turn into a Russian steam room looks like an ordinary stove-heater . The “heart” of the bathhouse is the Feringer Malyutka stove or geyser stove. In a barrel-shaped design, the stove is installed inside or outside, usually at the end of the room. In rare cases, the stove is located on the side. The choice of stove for a barrel sauna falls on one of three models:

Electric boiler equipped with a heater;
Traditional wood-burning stove for a sauna;
A wood-burning stove combined with a stainless water tank.

How to make a barrel sauna with your own hands

In the production process of making a barrel bath, softwood is used. More budget option designed from pine and spruce. Larch and fir add presentability, but the purchase price increases. Expensive cedar helps to achieve luxury and nobility of the structure.

Wood varieties of linden, aspen, alder, oak or cedar impregnated with linseed oil are used in interior decoration. Flax oil is necessary to improve the water resistance characteristics of the material.

It is advisable to combine the barrel bath body using different breeds wood It is wise to assemble the lower part of the barrel from larch, as it resists rotting processes well. Top of the barrel where more is needed building material, preferably made from cheaper pine.

Approximate price of a barrel bath

Just as the length of the barrel determines the project, the price of the bathhouse is primarily determined based on the dimensions of the barrel. The second thing that determines the price is the variety of equipment included in the furnace equipment and the cost. finishing materials. The current price in 2018 for a two-meter turnkey barrel sauna with a diameter of 2.1 meters, made of pine boards with initial equipment on the market is offered from 80,000 rubles.

Construction made from Altai pine is 10% more expensive, cedar will increase the total amount by another 25%. A barrel sauna with an open mini veranda protected from the rain by a canopy will cost you 15-20 thousand rubles more than the basic version. Typically a barrel sauna is used in summer period and does not require insulation. Those who like to return to the dacha in late autumn and flood the bathhouse from the road need to order an insulated structure, it will cost another 20-25% more.

A very inexpensive option can be purchased for only 60,000 rubles. To do this, you should pay attention to the mini sauna trailer. An irreplaceable thing, for passionate steam room lovers who do not want to part with the bathhouse. Steam on the shore of the lake while fishing, worthy luxury modern man. The mini sauna is installed on a trailer and becomes mobile. The price of a bathhouse for a trailer starts from 60,000 rubles.

As the length increases, the price of sauna barrels increases, not linearly. If the plot of land at the dacha allows it, it is advisable to aim at a three-meter length. Two compartments (steam room and locker room), a spruce or pine barrel, will cost the owner about 130-150 thousand rubles. The six-meter pine “royal bath barrel” is worth considering for a large family. The project allows for a washroom, locker room and steam room. The starting price of a 6 meter barrel starts from 300 thousand rubles.

Do-it-yourself barrel sauna

Of course, you can saw and plan a set of barrel baths with your own hands self-assembly. The only downside is that it will take forever, leaving behind the summer season. The reason for the long production of structural elements lies in the need to plane each board on one side, forming a semicircle, and on the other, a gutter. Otherwise it will be impossible to form a cylindrical shape without huge gaps.

IN modern world For this purpose, they use not a chisel, but a milling machine. Technological equipment cuts the joining elements quickly and accurately forming a semicircular or U-shaped profile.

It is definitely unprofitable to purchase a milling machine for personal use in order to cut a set of boards once. Moreover, you will also have to buy a set of cutters. The best option To save money on building a bathhouse from a barrel, you can buy a ready-made kit and do the assembly yourself.

Professional assemblers ask for work from 10 to 40 thousand rubles, based on the length of the bathhouse, we suggest installing the barrel bathhouse yourself. Armed with instructions and a minimal set of tools, any healthy man can install a barrel sauna on the site with his own hands.

Factory kit for assembling a bathhouse

Before installing the bathhouse, you must ensure that the base is level and rigid. In most cases, a compacted dirt area is sufficient. If the soil on the site is soft, then work on preparing the foundation is carried out more carefully. It is best to make a concrete platform the size of a bathhouse. In the absence of concrete, the area under the barrel is covered with crushed stone and filled with a cement-sand screed 100 mm thick in the proportions of 1 part cement, 2 parts sand.

Next, wooden supports, which are included in the delivery set, are installed on the site. The semicircular cutouts of the supports will securely fix the bathhouse barrel along its entire length. We recommend additionally treating the barrel sauna supports with a compound against fungus and mold.

Having placed the supports for the barrel along the length of the structure, we begin to lay out the bottom of the bathhouse from profiled boards. We fasten the boards to the supports with self-tapping screws. Having laid the lower sector of the circle, we install the end round load-bearing walls. The walls must be inserted into the groove formed by the laid boards at the bottom. Next, the boards are sequentially sheathed in a circle around the bathhouse, using nails as fasteners.

When the bathhouse body is assembled, it must be firmly tied together with steel hoop strips. The ends of the hoop are equipped with special threaded adjustment bolts. Using a tie, the hoops are tightened, finally imparting rigidity to the entire structure.

The final stage is the installation of the heater. The factory instructions for installing a barrel bath also regulate the laying engineering communications(electrical wiring for lighting and sewer pipes).

Finishing, installation of doors, benches, tables is carried out at the end installation work. All that remains is to protect the bathhouse from bad weather with bitumen shingles and begin the first kindling of the sauna.

If you have a partner, then using the factory instructions and armed with a set of tools (hammer, screwdriver, saw and plane) you can cope with assembling a bathhouse from a “constructor” in a couple of days.

It is unlikely that Diogenes could have imagined that wooden barrel— a place of solitude for philosophical reflection will be used by his descendants for bathing procedures.

Paying tribute to Greek wisdom, Russians today are guided by the Roman principle “a healthy mind in a healthy body.” Its embodiment is a bathhouse in the form of a barrel — best place to restore strength and health. Despite its novelty, this unusual structure is gaining popularity among city dwellers and residents of the rural hinterland.

Caring for the health of our readers, we consider it our duty to talk about what barrel saunas are. This article will discuss their design, original options executions, advantages and disadvantages, as well as the possibility of self-assembly.

Barrel sauna. Design whim or practical design?

The first thing that attracts the eye in this design is its unusual appearance. A huge wooden barrel laid on its side looks great on any site. A simple association will tell you about its purpose: “barrel-water-steam room”.

Except original design A barrel-shaped bathhouse has important practical advantages:

The cylindrical shape of the surface minimizes heat loss. To fully warm up such a bath, 8-9 logs are enough.
In terms of speed of temperature rise, a barrel sauna is superior to rectangular-shaped structures. In it you won’t have to wait long for the “first steam”. In just 30 minutes the air heats up to a comfortable Finnish sauna temperature (+90 C).
The low weight allows this structure to be placed on any flat and solid base (concrete area, asphalt, compact soil).
You can steam in an insulated sauna all year round. Thanks to the small volume and operation of a compact stove-heater, the temperature in the steam room does not decrease even in severe frost.
A barrel sauna is cheaper than a regular sauna.

The main disadvantage of budget designs is relative cramped space. Two people can hardly pass each other in the central aisle.

The internal layout of the structure depends on its length. The smallest mobile barrel sauna, 2 meters long, consists of one steam room. Here you have to undress and dress under a canopy-canopy (if provided) crowning the front door.

Two-meter barrel sauna - an option for the summer season

The absence of a washing compartment inside suggests the installation of such a bath next to a swimming pool or wooden plunge pool.

In addition to the steam room, in a three-meter barrel there is a small dressing room 1 meter long.

In a 4-meter bathhouse, the layout does not change. The length of the benches in the locker room increases to 2 meters.

Four-meter barrel sauna with an open porch

The maximum size of wooden barrel-shaped structures is 6 meters. It is enough to accommodate a steam room, a washroom and a relaxation room.

“Royal format” - barrel sauna 6 meters long

The height of a standard barrel sauna is 2.2 meters. Thanks to this, even a very tall person feels comfortable inside it.

In addition to the traditional round shape, manufacturers offer oval and square designs.

Oval barrel sauna. Rarely seen, looks picturesque

Interesting square design with rounded corners

In addition to the end location of the doors, there are bathhouses with a side entrance.

This solution divides the room into two functional zones: a sauna and a relaxation room. The space behind the front door is reserved for the dressing room.

Bituminous shingles are used to cover bathhouses. This material is durable and beautiful. Its main advantage is that it fits perfectly on any curved surface.

Some manufacturers cover their designs pitched roofs from OSB boards. One can argue with such a decision. Rainwater drains quickly from the round surface and there is no need for an additional canopy. However, some customers consider the pitched roofing option the most attractive.

The stove-heater is the “heart” of any bathhouse. The barrel-shaped design implements one of three modifications:

Electric heater;
Wood stove with chimney;
Wood burning stove with hot water tank.

The chimney is led to the roof or passed through the end wall.

This arrangement of the chimney eliminates leaks through the roof

The barrel sauna board is made from coniferous wood (pine, cedar, spruce, fir, larch). For interior decoration use linden, aspen, alder, oak or cedar. To increase water resistance, they are impregnated with linseed oil.

Interiors of steam rooms

Some manufacturers offer customers combined option case manufacturing. Bottom part They assemble the barrels from rot-resistant larch, and the top one is made from pine.

Approximate prices

The cost of a barrel sauna directly depends on its size and configuration. The turnkey price for a 2-meter-long structure (diameter 2.1 meters, pine material) in the basic configuration starts at an average of 130,000 rubles.

If the body is made of cedar, then the total amount will increase noticeably and add up to 25%. If you want the bathhouse to have an open mini-veranda with a canopy, be prepared to pay another 15-20 thousand rubles. The insulated version will cost 20-25% more than the standard one.

Those who like to take a steam bath in the lap of nature are offered a sauna on a trailer. The cost of such a trailer starts from 50,000 rubles.

Mobile mini-sauna

The average price of barrel baths 3 meters long with 2 compartments (steam room and changing room), built from spruce, is 160 thousand rubles. A six-meter pine “maxi-bath” with a washing compartment can be purchased from 300 thousand rubles.

Features of assembling a barrel sauna with your own hands

Making your own kit for self-assembling a barrel sauna is not easy. The reason is not the complexity of the design, but the need to use milling machine. With its help, a semicircular profile is cut on the boards to be joined.

Docking profile of boards and cutters for processing them

It is not profitable to buy a machine and cutters “at one time”. Better to save on assembly. Depending on the size of the bathhouse, manufacturers charge from 10,000 to 40,000 rubles for this work.

Using the factory instructions, you can make a barrel sauna with your own hands quickly and efficiently.

Factory kit for assembling a bathhouse

The first stage of work is preparing the base. It is made from crushed stone or poured over leveled ground concrete screed 10 cm thick.

The second step is to install wooden supports with semicircular cutouts on the site (supplied in the assembly kit).

Having installed the supports, the bottom of the bathhouse is laid out on them from tongue-and-groove boards. Having assembled the lower sector of the circle, install the end walls. They are inserted into grooves made in the side boards. In a vertical position, the walls are fixed with the help of temporary connections, using sidewall boards as this.

Having assembled the body, it is tightened with steel hoop strips. At their ends there are threaded adjustment connections.

The next stage is the installation of a stove-heater and the laying of utilities (electrical wiring, lighting, sewerage). The installation is completed by installing carpentry (doors, benches, ladders, tables) and laying bitumen shingles on the roof.

Using the factory instructions and a minimal set of tools (screwdriver, jigsaw, plane), you can assemble such a structure in 1-2 days.

What do the owners say?

The positive emotions of those who bought a barrel sauna, as they say, “flow over the edge.” Original appearance, beautiful interior, a pleasant aroma of wood, a hot steam room and the pleasure of bathing procedures are the main advantages of such a purchase.

However, as is often the case with wooden structures, after 2-3 years, reviews from owners contain complaints about the boards drying out and cracks appearing. Additional tightening of the hoops does not always eliminate them. The reason for this lies in poor quality preparation of lumber before processing. A poorly dried board will shrink beyond the permissible limit.

One more typical problem– rotting of boards in the area of sewer drain holes. It occurs due to a violation of wood antiseptic technology. You can avoid these unpleasant moments. To do this, before purchasing, you need to pay attention not only to the manufacturers’ price tags. It is much more important to communicate with the real owners of their products. The information received from them will be objective and unbiased.

Those who want to use a bathhouse all year round are often concerned about the suitability of such a building in winter. The way out of this situation is additional internal insulation. However, reviews from some owners indicate that a well-built bathhouse copes well with its tasks in winter even without insulation.

Today, barrel baths are a very popular product. Beautiful view The barrel-shaped bathhouses are mesmerizing to look at. The idea to create a barrel-shaped bathhouse came to our country from neighboring Finland. Barrel saunas have been popular there for many years. As of today Russian market a large number of offers of this product, for every taste and budget. The cost of such a bath depends, of course, on its size and the materials from which it is made. The length of the sauna barrels varies from two to seven meters, and the average diameter is two meters. A short bathhouse can accommodate only the steam room itself, while a large one can accommodate all the amenities of a regular stationary bathhouse: a shower room, a relaxation room, and a toilet. For mobility of the bathhouse, it is installed on a light car trailer and is very often used for commercial purposes. All these additional options lead to an increase in the price of the bath many times over.

Let’s analyze and calculate the cost of a barrel bath if you make it yourself. Let’s take, for example, a barrel four meters long and two meters in diameter, in several designs. Drawings of such a bathhouse can be easily found on the Internet.

Bathhouse made of barrel boards 44 mm thick without the use of insulation

The simplest and most inexpensive option for making a barrel sauna with your own hands would be a sauna from the so-called barrel board without additional insulation. The barrel board is so called because it has a semicircular groove and tenon of the same shape and is used for the production of large barrels. Let's calculate the required amount of boards. To do this, let's calculate the circumference of the barrel, which is equal to 2πR. The diameter of the barrel is two meters, which means 2*3.14=6.28 meters. Boards can be used of any width, but most often their size is 15 cm, and taking into account the fact that part of it will fit into the groove, we will take 12.5 cm as the working width. And so, we calculate the number of required boards 6280/125=50 ,24 pcs. Required number of boards: 50 pcs. There will be a small gap equal to 0.24*125=30 mm. It will close when the outer boards are tied together, since the diameter of the bathhouse will decrease slightly. The reduction in diameter is due to the fact that a small groove is cut into the outer boards for a tighter fit to vertical walls and partitions. Boards are usually sold 6 meters long, which means this volume of boards (50 pieces) is enough for two walls and one partition. It must be remembered that the board must be well dried. Having searched the advertisements on the Internet, we find pine board humidity 15% costing 11,500 rubles per cubic meter. There are 22 boards in a cube, which means we need 50/22 = 2.27 m3. Multiply the cubes by money and get 26105 rubles for the entire bathhouse. A barrel sauna made of cedar will cost more, because 1 m3 of cedar board already costs about 35,000 rubles, and larch about 40,000 rubles. Metal hoops for tying boards must be used from stainless steel. For this bath it will be enough to use three hoops. Their cost will be about 6000 rubles You can cover the bathhouse with flexible bitumen shingles or polycarbonate. Let's calculate the roof area: 6.28/2=3.14* 4=12.56 m2. The cost of asphalt shingles varies greatly depending on the manufacturer. Let's take average price 400 rubles per m2 and we get 5024 ruble Two doors, the entrance door and the one to the steam room, will cost 7000 rubles For the rest room it is necessary to make benches from any wood, and for a pair of shelves from hardwood (linden). Benches for the rest room 500 rubles, for steam room 3000 rubles Wooden grates on the floor 1000 rubles In a barrel bath, it will be enough to install two sockets and two lamps, which must be connected through a separate machine. Electrical equipment 1000 rubles And finally, the most basic thing without which a bathhouse is not a bathhouse is a stove. Wood-burning stoves of low power are usually used in barrel saunas, since due to the lack of components in the steam room, the sauna quickly warms up. A Russian stove with a chimney and a tank for heating water will cost approximately 20000 rubles The place where the stove will stand must be finished with non-flammable material, such as asbestos sheets. Their purchase will cost 1000 rubles The outside of the wood must be protected from moisture and treated with a special impregnation. Let's add more 3000 rubles To ensure stability of the sauna structure, the barrels are placed on special stands with a semicircular cutout. For these purposes, you can use a 50*150 mm board. 1000 rubles We’ll set aside more for fastenings and unaccounted expenses. 5000 rubles

Today, a barrel sauna, four meters long in the basic configuration, is offered for purchase for 170-205 thousand rubles. Let's calculate the cost of a barrel sauna made independently with your own hands. We get 79629 rubles for an uninsulated bathhouse made of pine and 132974 rubles for an uninsulated cedar bathhouse.

Bathhouse made of barrel boards insulated with foil insulation

When insulating a barrel bath, in addition to the insulation, you also need to purchase lining, which will have to be used to finish the walls. Let's calculate the required amount of insulation. Standard width foil insulation 600 mm or 1200 mm. The circumference is 6.28 m, the length of the bath is 6 meters, therefore, we need 6000/1200 = 5 segments 6.28 m long. 6.28 * 5 = 31.4 m of insulation. Insulation of the partitions is also necessary and will amount to 3.14 * 3 = 9.42 m2, that is, approximately another 8 m of insulation with a width of 1200 mm. As a result, we get about 40 meters of insulation costing 2500 rubles To seal the joints of the insulation, use foil tape ( 350 p).

Calculation required quantity linings

The working width of the standard lining is 110 mm, the circumference of the bath is 6.28 m, which means that 6280/110 = 57 pieces 2 meters long are needed for the steam room and 57 pieces for the relaxation room. To decorate a steam room, linden lining is most often used. It will cost 15000 rubles The lining for the rest room will cost 5200 rubles

Bottom line: a DIY barrel sauna made from a barrel board with foil insulation will cost 102679 r. from pine and 156024 from cedar.

Frame bath

A barrel sauna can be built not only from barrel boards, but also from frame technology. Going to wooden frame it is sheathed on the inside with clapboard, on the outside with boards, and insulation is placed inside the wall. For the frame you will only need a few 100*50 mm boards. A board for external walls will cost about 8000 r. and you will need about 50 pieces. When covering a bathhouse with regular boards, they are laid slightly overlapped on top of each other, so the working width is taken to be 130 mm. For the interior finishing of the lining it will take the same amount as for the previously calculated options for making barrel baths. To insulate the walls, mineral wool insulation with foil is used and approximately 40 m2 ( 6000 rubles). The cost of the frame can be attributed to unaccounted and additional costs.

Bottom line: a do-it-yourself barrel sauna using frame technology will cost 61524