Bath on wheels: advantages and disadvantages

Bath - a special structure, where they wash and soar, heal and relieve fatigue. In Russian villages, it is often the only place for washing. This is usually a stationary building made of wood, brick, located near the reservoir, but in modern times, many organize an on-site bathhouse on wheels - you can move it anywhere, carry it with you to rest, hooked it to the car. This is especially convenient for those who do not have a summer house, avid travelers, businessmen, who earn money on organizing bath procedures.

Features, device, components of the autobahn

A “marching” autobank is made from an automobile trailer, an “army” automobile, almost any, even relatively old car, preferably a large one. Even in a relatively small "Gazelle" they arrange a comfortable road bath, and the whole company will be able to bathe in a spacious Gaz bus, in Kamaz. It is best to use a car that has a good cross - this is able to drive on any off road.


 

The room is divided into two parts - in one of them there is a steam room, a stove-stove, a boiler with water. Shelves are mounted here, the walls are sheathed with wood, the stove is usually installed separately from the main space. The second part is a waiting room. It will house a changing room, a shower, a table with chairs or benches, a fridge with drinks, and food. The windows are made small - one in each room, they are mounted blinds, regular curtains.

If a bath is planned for three to five people, then a regular truck is quite sufficient; a more spacious one is made from the whole bus. In the latter case, in the bath additionally equip:

  • separate shower;
  • bar;
  • dry closet;
  • washbasin;
  • sitting area with a sofa, TV, desk;
  • a room for storage of inventory, consumables;
  • massage room;
  • hookah, etc.

In the "commercial" bathhouse they organize the services of a massage therapist, a bath attendant, a place for frying kebabs, a corner for table games, sports and so on.


From finishing materials for exterior design use cedar, larch, aspen. For interior decoration fit birch, linden and many other hardwood. Mineral wool is suitable for insulation, the flooring is made of wood. The room is heated with electricity, gas or ordinary wood. For a small room suitable compact metal stove, with a capacity of 4.5 kW, in a more spacious - at least 13 kW. The chimney is equipped with a valve, the organization of ventilation in the lower part of the furnace is also necessary.
Tank for heating water is selected depending on the expected number of users of the bath present in it at the same time. Its capacity ranges from 50 to 110 liters. Water is heated in one of two ways: by installing a tank on a pipe or in the form of a tank register. In the first embodiment, the water boils, increasing the humidity in the room. The second is more expensive, complicated, but the tank is mounted anywhere, including outside the steam room. Capacity for cold water is very voluminous - from 100 to 500 liters.

To keep the stove cool for a long time, more stones are put in the heater.

Advantages disadvantages

Like any design, autobahn has its pros and cons.

The main advantages:

  • relatively easy to build;
  • almost all materials used are natural (the main one is wood);
  • convenient to use;
  • small sizes;
  • practically no different from stationary;
  • universal heating;
  • mounted on almost any vehicle;
  • can be used for profit.


  

In addition to all of the above, to create a highway, you do not need to approve the project, look for a land plot, receive a building permit, hire a brigade of workers.

Disadvantages:

  • water will have to carry separately;
  • poorly installed construction is unsafe;
  • in commercial use, you will need to obtain a number of hygienic certificates, to approve that the structure is fireproof.

Ready-made bath-trailer is purchased from manufacturers of such structures. It is equipped with all the minimum necessary, has the necessary documentation.

Kinds

Russian sauna or Finnish sauna on wheeled vehicles are made from all kinds of cars, vans, boat trailers. To the trailer design is additionally purchased car tractor. The shape of the bath is made ordinary, rectangular, bath-barrel - in the form of a cylinder, a design with one beveled edge, in the form of a hut house.

The weight of the finished steam room, depending on the size, ranges from 250 kg to several tons - this should be considered when choosing a tractor machine.

Steam rooms of converted buses, trucks

A spacious bathhouse is placed in the bus, which should be pre-altered - insulated, covered with foil, wooden panels, and the stairs in it already exist. The room is divided into a waiting room, steam room, as well as other utility rooms - the amount of space allows.
In the back of the truck, a ready-made purchase barrel is installed or a trailer is built - the structure must be carefully secured with the help of special fastening lines. For the rise is a folding ladder, usually wooden.


 

When creating any construction of wood, all the details, which one way or another concerns people, should be carefully polished, in order to avoid splinters.

Steam rooms on platforms with wheels

A full-fledged wooden trailer or barrel is built on the frame of the platform or in the trailer. The boat trailer has a special trailer - if according to the documents it can carry other cargoes, such as a barrel bath, then a special permit from the traffic police is not required. To build such a steam room, the barrel is made independently of any desired size or under the order. It is mounted on embedded beams, then walls are made - at least three (two of them are external), the building is sheathed with boards, tied up with hoops, insulated. The skeleton of the timber must be impregnated with protective compounds.

 

In the floor always make two or more holes for water flow - at least one for each room.

Stages of self-construction steam

Autobahn is ordered ready-made from specialists, but it is much cheaper to build it on its own or with involved assistants. To begin with, a project is always drawn up, with all sizes, a detailed floor plan, the arrangement of furniture. Next, materials, necessary equipment are selected and purchased, production begins with the execution of stiffeners so that the structure does not warp, preserve integrity during long-distance transportation.

The height of the building for convenience is at least one and a half meters.

Design, planning

In order for a truck, bus, trailer for a passenger car or other type of transport to become a real sauna, you will have to put some effort using various knowledge and skills. The design begins with an approximate sketch of the general form of the building - for this purpose, the appearance, the size of the transport, and the maximum weight it can carry are assessed. After create a full, the most detailed drawing showing all sizes. The weight of the building depends on the materials chosen, the internal arrangement. The required power of a bathing stove depends on the area of ​​the room.

It is important to take into account the centers of gravity - the stove, the ceiling, otherwise when swaying the bath is able to tip over, and the people in it are injured. As counterweights, fit the grille, grille from the floor.

Device of stiffeners

The next stage of work is the creation of stiffeners of the future bathhouse. This is required so that the structure can be placed anywhere - in nature it rests on specially made supports. Additional support points are usually satisfied with four - they will not allow the structure to sway. One of the sides of the autobahn is folded back - you will have a ladder for lifting and descending into the bathhouse and back. The ribs are made of metal profile, the design is assembled, fastened. It must be remembered that the room is divided into two separate zones - the steam room itself and the waiting room.

Installation of furnace-furnace, chimney

When the "tent" of the mobile bath is mounted, it is necessary to deal with the exterior design, installation of the stove, and interior decorating. Independently install the stove is quite difficult. The furnace is placed outside the caravan. The bath is heated to an average of sixty degrees so that it is comfortable to use. Furnace stones are sewn into special beads - otherwise they may fly out. Holes are made in stones, where stainless wire is placed. To facilitate construction during transport they are transferred to other places. It is important to properly make the pipe - it is brought out strictly upwards or sideways from the middle of the wall. The stove itself is placed in the corner.


 

In Russia, leaving the bath, people jumped into a snowdrift or the nearest body of water. The modern "gentle" option provides for the arrangement of a special font with the setting of an acceptable water temperature.

Exterior finish

Next, produce an exterior finish. To make the bath beautiful, like a real, rustic, used wood siding. The design is decorated with kerosene lamps or their imitation, wooden steps, shutters with house carvings, overhead elements, made using jigsaw. Metal profile parts are usually masked. All wooden parts must be impregnated with special compounds that prevent rotting, damage by mold and fungus.

In accordance with the rules of security, the doors are displayed on the front side. Above the entrance you can make a visor - in case of bad weather.

Interior finish

The interior design of a mobile bath is practically the same as in a stationary one. It is necessarily well-insulated, upholstered, decorated. A fragile glass decor does not apply, as it can break - the building will often be shaken during transport. All that is available in the room is well secured - any object can cause injury if it falls while riding. Benches, tables, sofas should not ride - this is given special attention.


 

The walls are sheathed first with foil, then with clapboard. Linden, aspen, oak and other deciduous species are the most suitable of wood. Cedar is also suitable - it smells good, but it can cause allergic reactions, especially in children. In the bath should be convenient to carry out procedures such as salt, herbal peeling - it should be easy to wash after that.

To dry as quickly as possible the freshly washed construction, open the doors, windows, without turning off the stove.

Interior design

The final stage is the creation of a comfortable, attractive interior. Ceilings are wide, as an option - folding. Be sure to need at least one shop, barrels of hot and cold water. For the convenience of travelers, it is desirable to organize a shower and toilet. The rest of the furniture, TV, fridge, bar are made if there is room for them. Stalls, shelves are mounted along the walls.

The decor does not need much - it will litter the space, especially if it is not enough. Suitable carved items, artificial plants. The lighting is made adjustable - during the day there will be enough street light from the windows, in the evening, at night it will be necessary to turn on the electric light. It is important to take care of sufficient moisture insulation of all electrical appliances, switches, sockets, wires, lamps.

Decorative LED lights on the ceiling and walls will create a romantic atmosphere.

 

Conclusion

Water treatments are an important part of human life. After using the bath, the skin becomes smooth and silky, the mood improves. Bathhouse on wheels get ready or build their own hands, used for personal rest, and for commercial purposes. It is easy to "take with you" for winter fishing, summer vacation. "Banemobil" for their own use is registered in the traffic police, for the commercial - make SP or LLC.

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