How to choose which to build a sauna in their area? Three types of baths the most affordable and popular in the world.
Opening the channel "Village Moskvich", and publish articles that describe their experience, human experience, who had gone from the big city to to realize his dream - to build a comfortable house and a bathhouse to the winter snowy days in the silence and solitude of just getting a buzz from life.
In previous articles I wrote "As I cooked cranberry jam», «What's the best tandoor or grill». In this article, I slowly come to the theme of "Building a bath." I'll start from afar, what type of baths to choose to build on the site. For this we consider three basic types of baths.
Baths are different, as well as memories of them. Many boys remembered the huge women's "fifth point", flashing in the clouds of steam - in the Soviet Union was a tradition when my mother took with them to the bath sons under the age of 5 years.
But I've been hit in the memory impromptu bath in the army. At first the 80s I was to serve in the army of Uncle Vasya. Teaching. Winter. Chill -15 deg. With full gear we threw in the snow-covered taiga. The task - to make a 12-day road and get to the desired point. Physiology is that after 3-4 days of unwashed body begins to put it mildly, stink. Drag with a change of underwear - is not an option.
Situation razrulil highly experienced foreman, Yakut nationality. Near one of the rocky ledges of stones he had collected. Built a fire and threw them in there - let are heated. Meanwhile, the snow had been cleared, hollowed small depression in the ground (diameter - 1 m) and on top of it set canvas tent. I had to sacrifice one parachute, which (for the sealing) top structure covered up.
Technology "bath day" looked like this: hot stones were entered into the tent, and fit into the groove around which were seated naked men, they immediately jump on the stones snow - stood steam, which causes excessive sweating. Propotev, they jumped out, quickly wiping the snow and dressed. They went three men. While I was waiting for his turn, then doubted the effectiveness of the bath... However, after an improvised steam rooms and wash with snow, there was a real feeling of freshness.
This case is in the army made me an ardent fan of the bath of the day - in an extreme situation, it is steam effect demonstrated its effectiveness, not like everyone there showers and other jacuzzi.
By the way, in the campaigns in this way did the bath. Pulled on the stick tape on the ground pressed logs or stones, and inside create steam room.
They made a hole in it threw a red-hot stone, which pre-heats on the fire some distance away. On stones poured water, prepared in advance. The pair was enough to not only warm, but warm up.
When we go abroad, always try to get acquainted with the local bath.
So:
Turkish hamam.
The Turks, before the conquest of Byzantium, were not very much inclined to maintain cleanliness. Hamam - a logical continuation of the Roman Baths, even the Ottomans used the same building. Initially, wash in them was considered a privilege of the nobility. Low temperature (45 deg.) And high humidity (90-100%) was attributed to hot Mediterranean climates, for externally + 25-35 degrees. People come to the Turkish (the former Roman) bath to socialize, get a massage, rub the spices. Steam, as such, is not provided design.
Oh, sorry, I can not call a room with steam room to warm up to 60 degrees air! The walls, the floor, the beds are made of pink marble. Luxury and oriental tale, not replace real bath. Pokayfovat in a chic atmosphere and... go about their business, potey on Turkish subject. It is possible to sweat in the hammam, but not warm up. Although, as supplements to the basic bath, and can provide room Turkish bath. Not all people shown to float in the Russian bath.
Finnish sauna.
For northern peoples, to which Russian and count themselves among the Finns - a sauna is really a wonderful invention. Humidity in the Finnish sauna minimal - it is maintained at a level of 10-12%, which makes it possible to increase the temperature in the steam room already... up to 100 degrees! Modern sauna as a heat source is used elektrogorelki. For traditional Finnish bath presence necessarily open reservoir where one would cool and some fresh air, after extreme "drying" of the body in the sauna. I believe, a Finnish sauna, but rather something exotic, like Hamam. Preparation buzz by temperature changes from +100 to + 5-15 (in Hot dipping) of an off mine. And in certain medical indications, generally harmful. But I will have a view and a "bath formula".
And now - the Russian bath.
For typical conventional domestic steam temperature of 75-85 degrees and humidity 55-70%. The vapor starts to condense on the colder surface of the skin, forming a heat conductive film thereon that promotes intense "bones" preheating body. The main source of heat - the oven-stove, its heat their birch wood. To create steam on its surface bryzzhut well water, kvass, infusion of juniper or pine branches. High humidity - the trump card of the Russian bath. Pores dilate, and the body is washed away all the dross. To improve blood circulation in the upper dermis, Russian mercilessly whipped each other dried birch twigs.
Germans and Britons - this is inexplicable savagery, but for us - a synonym of health. In addition to the "steaming bones", the lung inhalation steam, which obsessed the smell of grass, can not be compared with any hammams.
So, I will lead the outcome. I started to build a house just for the bath. His bath. What came out of it, read the following article. I built a bath. But how, and why, in the next article.