Glass doors for bath

Baths, saunas and steam points from ancient times give a person the opportunity not only to wash, but also to relax. Over time, a sauna, intended for individual use come to replace huge public baths. Materials and technologies are changing during the construction of baths, but the functions remain unchanged. For a happy owner of a country house or a plot, a private bath will be a pleasant advantage. What could be the best personal wage made by individually ordered. The question of the choice of material and design remains for you, however, the technology and features of the building process better entrust professionals. Modern technologies come to replace more traditional solutions in the arrangement of the bath. And the widest choice of finishing materials will allow your bath to take the status of an exclusive.

Types of baths by method of heating

Not only artificial heating elements, stone stoves, stones and other sources of heat are designed to maintain a constant temperature of the bathroom. The door to the bath will serve an excellent service in the heat exchange of the room, if the installation is performed correctly, and the canvas and the box are made in compliance with all the necessary norms and technologies.

To begin with, we wonder what kinds of baths are and what their difference is. In each of the cases inside the room, the bath is formed its own microclimate. It gives the bath the necessary beneficial properties that serve to purify the body and body.

What kind of baths are, and how they are supported by the necessary microclimate, we will look further:

• turkish hamam refers to steam type baths of heating. In order to heat the room to the required temperature use pipes with circulating hot water. They are paved under the surface of the wall, gender and sun beds. The required microclimate is achieved by water, which is poured onto the heated surface of the sun bed, after which it turns into fine pairs. This method of heating is quite expensive, since the hammam is often built from expensive types of porcelain stoneware, which must also have good thermal conductivity data. For water heating, steam generators and boilers are used, which also differ in high cost. Due to the low temperature range of 40-45 ° and very high humidity of 90-100% Hamams refer to baths with a soft microclimate, using most often for recreation, massage and other medical procedures;
• the Russian bath is also heated with steam. For air heating, a closed-type furnace, made of bricks, is used. Special stones are placed in the oven, which are capable of accumulating inside the heat for a long time. The process of heating is quite long, but the result is worth it. In such baths, warmly delayed indoors for a long time, due to the excellent properties of bricks, which are facing the metal walls of the furnace. The thicker layer of cladding, the longer the heat will be lingering inside the bath. Pulling water on the fascinated stones, achieve the necessary temperature inside the furnace, which is 400-500 °. Such microclimate is inherent in the temperature of 45-70 ° with a relatively high humidity of 40-65%. Such characteristics allow water to form a thin film on the skin due to condensate. Unlike air, water has a greater thermal conductivity, which allows the body to warm up more than in the dry type bath;
• the Finnish sauna has one of the simplest and simple installation technologies. The heat source in such a steam is the metal furnace, which is heated to high temperatures of 70-110 °. On average, the humidity is low, about 8-20%, which allows heat to almost not linger. The furnace should constantly function, while warming up to maximum temperatures. Plus such an option is the simplicity of operation and low cost of installation;
• japanese water bath. For the adoption of procedures, a special vessel is used, which is called a barrel-offro. It is heated to a temperature of 40-60 °, while the room temperature should be at least 50 °. Various herbs and aromatic oils are added to the water, which, in fact, classifies such a kind of larger as a bath than a bath. Instead of water, they often fall asleep in the sumps of sawdust from the cedar tree. A person falls on the heated sawdust, which in turn heated from the barrel. Pot together with slags absorbed into sawdust, and the useful substances fall through the pores into the skin. In this case, the sawdust is heated to 50 °, and the procedure itself takes about 8-10 minutes. For the Japanese bath characteristic 100% humidity.

There are also many other varieties of baths for cleansing the body or pleasant pastime. These include: Roman terms, infrared bath saunas, Egyptian, Greek, Tibetan, Georgian, African, Icelandic, Old Armenian and Western European Baths. All of them were combined by one goal and were built at various times, in different parts of the planet. Only finishing material and heating methods changed.

When we reviewed the most popular types of heating BAT, it's time to understand and note all the important nuances necessary to select doors.

Types of doors for a bath or sauna

Speaking of the bath, you need to take into account that its main function is to maintain heat and maintain a constant temperature inside. Therefore, the choice of door for the bath will be an important task. It performs a direct role in the heat exchange of the room. When building a sauna, many different parameters must be taken into account, but one of them is unchanged for any type and size of the construction. This feature is the mandatory availability of two doors. Each performs its own function. The first serves to enter the bathroom and additionally delays heat indoors. The second is intended for the entrance directly to the steam room, be it Turkish Hamam, the Russian bath or Finnish sauna. The choice of doors should take carefully to subsequently do not spoil the impressions of the steam room in the bath.

Useful information: Bath doors are less than standard input or interior, since they perform the function of the conservation of heat. The most common sizes: 160-180x80 cm. The main distinguishing feature is a condition in which the doors always open strictly outward. It is necessary to mount the threshold with a height of at least 15 cm, which will allow heat to stay in the steam room for a longer period. Between the steam room and the washing room, leave a gap of 5 cm for a natural exhaust. This will help to avoid excess heat and high humidity.

Doors can be made of various materials using different design and technological solutions.

Next, we will analyze every kind of detail:

• deaf wooden doors. As clearly out of the name - the main material is a tree. Each variety of wood has its own distinctive features and disadvantages. For example, the cheapest and short-lived varieties are aspen, alder, pine and linden. In addition, they are not enough to accumulate warmly for a long time. The expensive varieties include Canadian Cedar, Abachi and Oak. Each of the varieties is good in its own way. For example, Abachi (African Oak) is relatively lung and weakly heats up. This will allow the doors with ease to open, not deforming the preheated fittings, as well as avoid burns about the handle. Positive features of oak are inherent in strength and long service life. It is also an excellent thermal insulator, which allows a warm pair to linger inside the wage for a longer time. The Canadian cedar refers to elite varieties and give it preference for therapeutic and moisture-resistant properties;
  
• glass doors. For glass production, the most modern materials are used, which are designed to increase the service life and increase the thermal resistant properties of the door canvase. The main advantages of such doors are: resistance to rotting and high thermal insulation. In addition, the glass door is well clean, and thanks to special sealing gum, located around the perimeter of the door box, retains the necessary heat inside the steam. Like any material, the glass has its drawback - when the maximum allowable temperatures is achieved, the possibility of burning about the split glass increases;
  
• combined doors. In the event that the first two options did not have to do with you, the door of the combined type will become an excellent solution. They make them by analogy with deaf wooden doors, additionally embroods the glass window. There are a huge variety of execution, color and designer solutions for combined doors. You can choose the necessary door using the combination of wood and glass materials you like.
  

The main characteristics of glass doors: what to pay attention to

The selection of a glass door for a bath begins with the selection of the material of the canvas. Often use watered glass with a thickness of at least 8 mm. This canvas protect you from sharp fragments in case the door breaks. You can apply a picture or engraving on the glass door, make a canvas from transparent or matte glass and even insert backlight. Most often, such doors are installed more in modern baths and saunas than in classic.

Considering the fact that in the classic (wooden) version of the door performance is very sensitive to swelling and subsequently can expand to such an extent that after the adoption of bath procedures you simply cannot leave the steam room, the choice of glass doors will become optimal and safer, as the glass It has resistance to expansion.

An additional plus of glass doors will be a cloth performed in a transparent version. Such a designer solution will visually expand the room and relieve the sensation of a closed space. Glass canvas as an alternative to massive and coarse wooden doors will also emphasize the ease of construction. At first glance, it may seem that the glass is fragile, however, in the case of a good hardening, it can withstand high loads and temperature differences.

The main factors in the pricing of glass doors are:

• quality glass and quenching degree;
• size and thickness of the canvas;
• quality of fittings and sealing rubber;
• design and availability of additional decorative elements.

Features of the installation of a glass door to the bath

If you still stopped on choosing a glass of glass for a sauna, you need to choose the right product correctly, and for this it will not prevent some nuances.

The following tips will be useful for you:

1. Choose glass with a thickness of at least 8 mm, manufactured by the technology that implies the hardening of the canvas. It will save the glass from fragility, and in the case of a split will help to avoid sharp fragments.
2. Always install the door so that it opens out. Farn, you can get a heat strike and stop navigating the space for a while. In this case, you can open the door using your own weight and without much effort.
3. Between the bottom of the web and the surface of the floor, leave a slot at least 5 cm. From the side of the steam room at a short distance from the door, install a threshold with a height of at least 10 cm. These actions you will achieve the necessary ventilation and an extra moisture from the room of the steam room. Thereby, the air will circulate and create the most comfortable living conditions.
4. When fixing the glass canvas, consider it a big weight. Use a minimum 3 canopy for more reliable mounting.
5. Choose constipation containing magnetic parts. Such accessories are more reliable, compared to the ball, which often sees.

As can be seen, the production of glass doors for the bath has reached a new level, coming to replace the classic options. First, the choice of this option for a sauna or bath may seem exceptionally expensive, but such properties, such as durability, strength and reliability will help to stop the choice on glass doors. We hope that in this article we described in detail all the options and solutions so that you can make the right choice, drawing up the room of your own bath.

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