The concrete floor in a washing bath: pros and cons

A progress report on 20.09.2010g.

Since the project in a washing and steam room I planned monolithic concrete base, After the installation of a septic tank, I decided to just do it and. While there are no walls, there is no risk to soil planed timber concrete pouring is done with good access - concrete, bypassing the need to carry. And the weather allows you to type the strength of the concrete to the first serious frost.

Sign here briefly as I was producing slab, monolithic base for floors in washing and steam room:

Perimeter wherein the plate is positioned, overlaid napilennymi in size slabs of slate flat. Because sheets have a side dimension of more than a meter, the district and building the basis of Bulgarian sawed in half, and carrying in his car. Next poured clay inside this "cup" and rammed. This, of course, help workers, student. Further packed layer extruded polystyrene foam. Covered with polyethylene to prevent seepage of concrete into the cracks. Then on top of a grid tied scraps 12mm rebar

, Which remained on the piles. Reinforcing mesh lifted, put on the stones a height of about 2 cm.

Involved in the mixer concrete, filled and covered with polyethylene. The height of the concrete layer - about 5 cm. It turned out that the concrete is not in contact with wood beams, as flat slate protruding above the insulation. In general, concrete and wood - materials that do not like each other. The concrete surface due to the sugars contained in the wood is destroyed over time, and the tree "pull" concrete moisture.

Flaws in plates of the project:

1. Later I realized that for some reason just did not provide the factory with curtain drains.

2. The surface of the plate had to be done immediately with the slope to the drain pipe, rather than horizontal. Later it had to remove the slope to drain the water tiles.

Why I chose the monolithic base, rather than wood?

I like a more durable solution. The concrete floor is not necessary to maintain after some time, he is not afraid of moisture and humidity. Perhaps this played a role as the main reason for choosing this solution. I propose to compare the concrete base and wooden.

Pros screed:

Finishing the surface for laying tiles. No Trampoline (no flex or vibrate). Prostate plate mounting. The durability of the plate.

Minuses:

Cold floor even in the summer, in the wash is not comfortable. In winter, an ice floor. Warming up in the steam room only. Wood flooring needs in the wash.

The wooden floor in the washing and steam room

There are some basic techniques of wooden floor beams on the device in the washing bath:

Insulated and not insulated.

unheated can be slotted into the floor and solid. Under a log cabin collect water in the requisite infrastructure on clay cup made of concrete or metal plate and the chute or pipe send it into a septic tank under the bath or outside the building.

insulated have a solid floor of sexual slats or boards with slots. The former should have a surface gravity layer for drainage. Insulate better than foam or extruded polystyrene, which do not lose their properties when water is spilled on them. Minplita mineral wool when wet or loses its insulation properties. Insulation can be directly on the ground or in the floor beams overlap.

Wooden floors, including better beams made of larch, which is not afraid of moisture, dampness.

Pros wooden floors

Gender relatively warmBecause Tree worse conductor of heat compared with the concrete. But in the cold, on the wooden floor covered with lacquer is also not comfortable standing. It looks more harmoniously in a wooden bath compared with flooring tiles.

Cons wooden floors

The complexity of installation and construction. Possible water leakage and seal failure. It is not uncommon rotting floor beams simply because of condensation. Trampoline floor surface vibrates when walking.

In general, choose a floor in the construction of a bath - it is individual preferences and design features of the project. For example, my uncle, because of the great height of the floor above the ground, select a solid inclined and unheated floor beams on the drain water to the wall. Waterproofing - a strip of stainless steel and then drain into a concrete septic tank and bowl.

Options and variations of the design of this important building component baths much. It is advisable to pay special attention to these details.

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