Until recently, most private village houses lacked even normal water supply, not to mention a full bathroom. The toilet was outside, behind sheds, washed above a bucket or from a washstand, a small metal bathtub was typed exclusively on a summer day, basking in the sun. Times have changed, now the design of a bathroom in a wooden house is not a luxury, but an indicator of comfortable housing, where there is everything you need.
Modern comfortable houses have practically no restrictions for installing plumbing equipment of any configuration - it all depends on the owner’s imagination and his material security. The latest technologies, offering screeds along the logs, make it possible to arrange sanitary ware, various plumbing fixtures, underfloor heating in the bathroom of a wooden house. The room is faced with ceramic tiles, less often - with stone, all pipes are neatly hidden. Technical or design problems, if the work is done correctly, usually do not arise.
The design is carefully thought out - when the sewer pipes, drains are laid correctly, the water will not get to where it should not, the tree will not damp, the surfaces will not deform. In a convenient, beautiful interior, each member of the family will feel comfortable. High-quality equipment, suitable materials will help to realize any idea.
It is required to start work with a waterproofing device - the convenience, reliability of the operation of the bathroom equipment depends on it.
Room waterproofing
High humidity, frequent temperature changes destroy even the hardest wood, giving rise to the development of mold, fungi. Walls, floors require multilayer, comprehensive protection - in case the pipes are accidentally damaged or one of them turns out to be of poor quality and a leak occurs, then without serious consequences.
The most commonly used methods of waterproofing the bathroom:
okleechny - roll materials with bitumen, additional components are used. These include roofing material, roofing, bituminous glass steel. They are made self-adhesive and mounted by a gas burner. Installation is quite simple, but a very flat plane is required. Further finishing is usually carried out immediately;
painting - the most economical, but not too durable, unreliable way. Two to three layers of bitumen varnish are applied to the floors;
cast - very durable, efficient.The floor is poured with a continuous waterproof layer of waterproofing composition. Installation is carried out using hot or cold material;
plaster - a coating in several layers, which is smeared on top with two or three layers of a polymer solution. The method is very simple, widely used;
filling - filling the floor with loose waterproofing material.
When working with plaster, preparatory work is first carried out - screed, surface cleaning, primer. After the mixture is prepared, the dry composition is poured into water, mixed thoroughly, evenly applied across the entire floor with a brush, roller, and in some places with a spatula. The layer should come out 2-3 mm. The waterproof tape is glued to the joints of the walls with the floor, then it and the space around it are additionally coated again. The coating is applied twice with an interval of five to seven hours, but only after the previous layer dries - when the last has dried out, the subsequent finish is made.
When waterproofing in rolls is selected, the floor is first measured, the corresponding piece of material is cut off. The bitumen base of the web material is heated with a burner, the protective coating is removed, glued to a flat surface. So that the layer is firmly fixed, it is carefully smoothed with a special roller, the joints are coated with sealants, glued with tape. After you can finish the floor, walls, install plumbing, etc.
The floor level in the bathroom is 2-3 cm lower than in other rooms.
Laying the floor, its features
The floor is made of several layers, its design is strengthened as much as possible, especially if the bathroom is located not on the first floor, but higher. The strength of the floors is made sufficient so that the equipment located in the room does not fall down - a standard sized bathtub filled with water weighs an average of 150-250 kg.
To begin with, they allocate space between the lags.The first layer is a waterproofing film, on which a layer of gravel with sand, 17-18 cm thick, is scattered, well compacted. The second layer is expanded clay, it is rammed, poured with concrete, dried. After that, moisture-resistant plywood with a thickness of 20-50 mm is mounted on top of the beams, and it is fixed. A waterproofing film material is placed on top, leaving an allowance of 10-20 cm to protect the corners between the floor and walls.
Then pour the mixture for screed, after placing the beacons, which are removed after drying. A slight slope is made towards the drain or left by connecting a hole in the floor with a pipe. To prevent small objects, debris from entering the hole, it is equipped with a special grill, and a cork is used as protection against unpleasant odors. The screed is sanded with a machine, coated with a waterproofing compound.
Finishing is done at the request of the owner. This may be tile, dense linoleum, moisture-resistant laminate, porcelain stoneware, wood with special impregnation, etc.
Room ventilation
The temperature and humidity in the room directly depend on the correct installation of ventilation. The design is installed at the upper corner of the pipe, is discharged through the ventilation hole to the outside. Often it is connected to the air duct so that the flow exits into the pipe located on the roof, a special fan is mounted for a larger air flow. With it, the bathroom space dries quickly. In order for fresh air to enter the house, a gap is made between the threshold and the door, 12-17 mm high.
When the air exchange system is not organized correctly, condensation forms on the planes, due to which the finish is damaged by fungus, mold, which leads to its irreversible damage.
Arrangement of communication systems
It is advisable to plan the water supply, sewerage in a wooden house at the project stage - special holes are made in the foundation for supplying and discharging water through pipes.In an already constructed structure, it is more difficult to do this, since it is necessary to drill the foundation, which sometimes leads to its cracking. The arrangement is carried out in two approaches: first, they mount the structure in the ground, the place where the pipes enter the building, and when the rough screed is flooded, they arrange everything that is needed in the bathroom, with a supply to each device.
Pipes are laid along the rough floor so that they are not visible, and they served for a long time. To do this, the holes in the walls are ditched. Sewerage installation is made under the “right” slope, risers are assembled, and then the rest of the parts. The installation of heating batteries, underfloor heating, water supply is done when all the sewer pipes are laid along the required tracks. Sometimes heating pipes, water supply are laid around the perimeter of the walls, closing with decorative boxes.
When the pipes cannot be stretched to the desired point due to the small thickness of the screeds, the plumbing fixture is moved to a more convenient place.
Materials for wall decoration
To decorate the walls in the house of logs, glued beams, usually use ceramic tiles that mimic natural wood, plastic panels, lining. They are impregnated with special compounds that prevent swelling, mold, fungus development. Materials are sometimes combined with each other. It is also important to organize waterproofing of the bottom of the walls, to a height of up to 20-25 cm.
Finishing with wood is most acceptable for a house made of logs, lumber. Often used:
oak;
beech;
ash;
elm;
nut;
teak;
larch;
cedar;
Cork tree.
The waterproof coating of wooden surfaces should be renewed every 2-3 years.
Ceiling decoration
Waterproofing is also important here. The ceiling is usually decorated with wood materials, waterproof plasterboard - this allows you to align it as much as possible. Less often painted in bright colors or do stretch. Sometimes they mount mirrored ceilings, but caring for them is a lot of trouble.When covering the ceiling with a clapboard, a lath is made, on which the slats are fixed - this creates additional ventilation. If the material is laid diagonally, this will visually expand the space.
The ceiling should be several tones lighter than the floor, but when decorated with wood, it is allowed to match the color of the walls.
Wiring, lighting
Lighting in the bathroom is done with a central ceiling lamp, local - over each plumbing fixture, mirror. All of them can be made embedded. Also, at least one outlet is required to turn on the washing machine, hair dryer, electric shaver.
When installing electrical wiring, observe some rules:
corrugated pipes are used for laying wires;
twisting, junction boxes, connections in the room are prohibited - only whole wires are allowed;
switches, sockets are installed at least 70-80 cm from the water source, 85-95 cm from the floor level;
wires to sockets, fans, switches are held separately;
Only electrical appliances that have a high class of protection against water are used.
Sockets are equipped with special covers, sometimes a special mirror is used - a make-up room, with LEDs around the perimeter.
Stylistic directions for the bathroom
The style for decorating the bathroom is acceptable almost any. Most preferred:
Provence - wooden surfaces. In the presence of draperies, they are made out by a cage, a small vegetative pattern. The furniture is made of dark wood. Any decor made by hand from natural materials is welcome.
Classic - the lightest tones are taken. Furniture is often decorated with carvings; walls, floor - with tiles, marble, granite, Venetian plaster. Drapery, textile is preferred light.
Modern - the ceiling has a foam stucco molding with gilding; foot bath in the middle of the room. Of the decor used porcelain mermaids, angels, mini fountains.Here are placed several different mirrors, elegant furniture.
Rustic - used rough wood, almost without finishing, or stone. All elements look very "clumsy." If there is a window, green potted plants are placed on it in flowerpots.
Loft - suitable for spacious rooms. Wood, furniture is applied artificially aged, one of the walls is decorated with stone, the ceiling is preferable high, the lighting is bright.
Ethnic - is made out only with natural materials. Here are simple wooden furniture, wicker laundry baskets, a reed mat on the floor, linen draperies, floral ornaments, plants in tubs.
Minimalism - simple forms of furniture, everything you need is placed on the shelves under the bathroom in closed cabinets. There is a mirror in a simple frame or without it at all, the decor is practically absent.
Color spectrum
The main material of the bathroom in a private house is wood, so all its shades are preferred. The presence of bright contrasts is allowed, but not more than 5-7% of the whole design. Often the room has a window, then the color is selected taking into account the presence of daylight. If the window faces south, saturated, cold shades are selected; to the north - exceptionally warm, bright. It is preferable to make the floors darker than the walls in order to create the impression of a stable support for legs, furniture, and plumbing; the ceiling is the lightest.
The most suitable combinations:
milky white with coffee;
beige with light green;
pink yellow with violet;
silver with copper;
sponge cake with pale purple;
brilliant yellow with chocolate;
marsh with turquoise;
vanilla with brown;
olive brown with wisteria;
pebble with terracotta;
smoky white with iron brown;
pear with graphite black;
melon with light gray;
willow with tea green;
pomegranate with caterpillar;
linen with chestnut.
It is advisable to use no more than two or three colors in one room. If there are several bathrooms in the house, they are decorated in different ways.
Selection, installation of plumbing
Often in the bathroom have not only a bath with a toilet, but also a shower, bidet. This is easy to do if the space of the room is at least six to eight square meters. The bathtub installed in the center looks good, which is possible only in very spacious rooms, in the presence of a reinforced floor structure. In the case of a conventional floor, all plumbing is mounted along the walls.
If space permits, the sink is preferably large. For a family of more than three to four people make two washbasins. The bath itself is sometimes made of cedar wood, larch with special impregnation. In large rooms, a jacuzzi is installed, and in smaller rooms, a shower cabin with or without a tray. For very small rooms, a shortened bathtub, corner sink, hanging toilet are suitable. When arranging a shower cabin, care should be taken to ensure that water does not stagnate on the floor, does not spread throughout the room.
Plumbing is not necessarily chosen white - it is selected for a certain style of interior, it is combined with the background color or contrasts with it.
Essential bathroom furniture
Furniture is most often selected wooden, but a combination with glass, metal, plastic is possible. Of furniture items you will need:
Countertop under the sink;
Dresser or dressing table with a chair;
Hanging cabinets;
Floor cabinet;
Open shelves.
Spare towels, bathrobes are stored in the closet, and cosmetics and daily cleaning products are on the shelves. Laundry baskets are placed on shelves or directly on the floor. Everyday towels are hung on hooks located on the walls, or laid out, hung on metal, wooden frames. Convenient organizers for combing, hairpins and other necessary trifles are attached to the wall, cabinet. Items that are rarely used are stored on distant shelves under the ceiling.
When there are small children in the house, they need a small bench to reach the washbasin.
Conclusion
A comfortable bathroom in a wooden house differs little from the city one, because here everything is the same. When the house is big enough, they are made by two or even more - for adults, children, guests, etc. The simplest bathroom can be organized with your own hands by almost any owner of the dacha, but certain knowledge and skills are required for a quality arrangement. If you have any difficulties, doubts about the correct design, layout, selection of suitable building materials, it is better to turn to professionals for help.
Until recently, most private village houses lacked even normal water supply, not to mention a full bathroom. The toilet was outside, behind sheds, washed above a bucket or from a washstand, a small metal bathtub was typed exclusively on a summer day, basking in the sun. Times have changed, now the design of a bathroom in a wooden house is not a luxury, but an indicator of comfortable housing, where there is everything you need.
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Features of the organization of the bathroom
Modern comfortable houses have practically no restrictions for installing plumbing equipment of any configuration - it all depends on the owner’s imagination and his material security. The latest technologies, offering screeds along the logs, make it possible to arrange sanitary ware, various plumbing fixtures, underfloor heating in the bathroom of a wooden house. The room is faced with ceramic tiles, less often - with stone, all pipes are neatly hidden. Technical or design problems, if the work is done correctly, usually do not arise.
The design is carefully thought out - when the sewer pipes, drains are laid correctly, the water will not get to where it should not, the tree will not damp, the surfaces will not deform. In a convenient, beautiful interior, each member of the family will feel comfortable. High-quality equipment, suitable materials will help to realize any idea.
Room waterproofing
High humidity, frequent temperature changes destroy even the hardest wood, giving rise to the development of mold, fungi. Walls, floors require multilayer, comprehensive protection - in case the pipes are accidentally damaged or one of them turns out to be of poor quality and a leak occurs, then without serious consequences.
The most commonly used methods of waterproofing the bathroom:
When working with plaster, preparatory work is first carried out - screed, surface cleaning, primer. After the mixture is prepared, the dry composition is poured into water, mixed thoroughly, evenly applied across the entire floor with a brush, roller, and in some places with a spatula. The layer should come out 2-3 mm. The waterproof tape is glued to the joints of the walls with the floor, then it and the space around it are additionally coated again. The coating is applied twice with an interval of five to seven hours, but only after the previous layer dries - when the last has dried out, the subsequent finish is made.
When waterproofing in rolls is selected, the floor is first measured, the corresponding piece of material is cut off. The bitumen base of the web material is heated with a burner, the protective coating is removed, glued to a flat surface. So that the layer is firmly fixed, it is carefully smoothed with a special roller, the joints are coated with sealants, glued with tape. After you can finish the floor, walls, install plumbing, etc.
Laying the floor, its features
The floor is made of several layers, its design is strengthened as much as possible, especially if the bathroom is located not on the first floor, but higher. The strength of the floors is made sufficient so that the equipment located in the room does not fall down - a standard sized bathtub filled with water weighs an average of 150-250 kg.
To begin with, they allocate space between the lags.The first layer is a waterproofing film, on which a layer of gravel with sand, 17-18 cm thick, is scattered, well compacted. The second layer is expanded clay, it is rammed, poured with concrete, dried. After that, moisture-resistant plywood with a thickness of 20-50 mm is mounted on top of the beams, and it is fixed. A waterproofing film material is placed on top, leaving an allowance of 10-20 cm to protect the corners between the floor and walls.
Then pour the mixture for screed, after placing the beacons, which are removed after drying. A slight slope is made towards the drain or left by connecting a hole in the floor with a pipe. To prevent small objects, debris from entering the hole, it is equipped with a special grill, and a cork is used as protection against unpleasant odors. The screed is sanded with a machine, coated with a waterproofing compound.
Room ventilation
The temperature and humidity in the room directly depend on the correct installation of ventilation. The design is installed at the upper corner of the pipe, is discharged through the ventilation hole to the outside. Often it is connected to the air duct so that the flow exits into the pipe located on the roof, a special fan is mounted for a larger air flow. With it, the bathroom space dries quickly. In order for fresh air to enter the house, a gap is made between the threshold and the door, 12-17 mm high.
Arrangement of communication systems
It is advisable to plan the water supply, sewerage in a wooden house at the project stage - special holes are made in the foundation for supplying and discharging water through pipes.In an already constructed structure, it is more difficult to do this, since it is necessary to drill the foundation, which sometimes leads to its cracking. The arrangement is carried out in two approaches: first, they mount the structure in the ground, the place where the pipes enter the building, and when the rough screed is flooded, they arrange everything that is needed in the bathroom, with a supply to each device.
Pipes are laid along the rough floor so that they are not visible, and they served for a long time. To do this, the holes in the walls are ditched. Sewerage installation is made under the “right” slope, risers are assembled, and then the rest of the parts. The installation of heating batteries, underfloor heating, water supply is done when all the sewer pipes are laid along the required tracks. Sometimes heating pipes, water supply are laid around the perimeter of the walls, closing with decorative boxes.
Materials for wall decoration
To decorate the walls in the house of logs, glued beams, usually use ceramic tiles that mimic natural wood, plastic panels, lining. They are impregnated with special compounds that prevent swelling, mold, fungus development. Materials are sometimes combined with each other. It is also important to organize waterproofing of the bottom of the walls, to a height of up to 20-25 cm.
Finishing with wood is most acceptable for a house made of logs, lumber. Often used:
Ceiling decoration
Waterproofing is also important here. The ceiling is usually decorated with wood materials, waterproof plasterboard - this allows you to align it as much as possible. Less often painted in bright colors or do stretch. Sometimes they mount mirrored ceilings, but caring for them is a lot of trouble.When covering the ceiling with a clapboard, a lath is made, on which the slats are fixed - this creates additional ventilation. If the material is laid diagonally, this will visually expand the space.
Wiring, lighting
Lighting in the bathroom is done with a central ceiling lamp, local - over each plumbing fixture, mirror. All of them can be made embedded. Also, at least one outlet is required to turn on the washing machine, hair dryer, electric shaver.
When installing electrical wiring, observe some rules:
Stylistic directions for the bathroom
The style for decorating the bathroom is acceptable almost any. Most preferred:
Color spectrum
The main material of the bathroom in a private house is wood, so all its shades are preferred. The presence of bright contrasts is allowed, but not more than 5-7% of the whole design. Often the room has a window, then the color is selected taking into account the presence of daylight. If the window faces south, saturated, cold shades are selected; to the north - exceptionally warm, bright. It is preferable to make the floors darker than the walls in order to create the impression of a stable support for legs, furniture, and plumbing; the ceiling is the lightest.
The most suitable combinations:
Selection, installation of plumbing
Often in the bathroom have not only a bath with a toilet, but also a shower, bidet. This is easy to do if the space of the room is at least six to eight square meters. The bathtub installed in the center looks good, which is possible only in very spacious rooms, in the presence of a reinforced floor structure. In the case of a conventional floor, all plumbing is mounted along the walls.
If space permits, the sink is preferably large. For a family of more than three to four people make two washbasins. The bath itself is sometimes made of cedar wood, larch with special impregnation. In large rooms, a jacuzzi is installed, and in smaller rooms, a shower cabin with or without a tray. For very small rooms, a shortened bathtub, corner sink, hanging toilet are suitable. When arranging a shower cabin, care should be taken to ensure that water does not stagnate on the floor, does not spread throughout the room.
Essential bathroom furniture
Furniture is most often selected wooden, but a combination with glass, metal, plastic is possible. Of furniture items you will need:
Spare towels, bathrobes are stored in the closet, and cosmetics and daily cleaning products are on the shelves. Laundry baskets are placed on shelves or directly on the floor. Everyday towels are hung on hooks located on the walls, or laid out, hung on metal, wooden frames. Convenient organizers for combing, hairpins and other necessary trifles are attached to the wall, cabinet. Items that are rarely used are stored on distant shelves under the ceiling.
Conclusion
A comfortable bathroom in a wooden house differs little from the city one, because here everything is the same. When the house is big enough, they are made by two or even more - for adults, children, guests, etc. The simplest bathroom can be organized with your own hands by almost any owner of the dacha, but certain knowledge and skills are required for a quality arrangement. If you have any difficulties, doubts about the correct design, layout, selection of suitable building materials, it is better to turn to professionals for help.