Steam Shower Installation

Do you love steam baths so much that you feel you can not live without it? If you answered yes to this question, get a steam bath installed in your home can be good for you. Owning one is the ultimate for lovers of steam. In having one in your own home can be easier and less expensive than you think.

There are two basic choices for the installation of a steam bath in your home. The first is the conversion of an existing tub or shower. The other is to install a modular steam bath. There are several models of steam, which are autonomous and simply need appropriate plumbing and electrical connections.

Preparation

Steam is a highly penetrating form of moisture, so any room that has a steam room must be properly prepared to prevent moisture damage. If steam gets into the infrastructure of your house, it can cause serious damage.

If you are building a new home is a simple question to ask manufacturers to use the right materials to make your bathroom steam-proof. If you install a steam bath in an existing home, you must make sure that the bathroom can withstand steam.

The basics of installing a steam bath safely are threefold: to prevent steam from escaping, collect water condensation without dripping on the bathers, and let the water run. To achieve these three objectives, the steam room must be completely closed and isolated, it must have a sloping ceiling, and it must have good drainage.

To prevent steam from escaping beyond the steam bath, building materials must be waterproof and have a vapor barrier underlying thick plastic. Gypsum board or plaster must be specially designed to withstand moisture or be covered with a waterproof finish. The walls and ceilings of the steam room must be covered in a impervious material like ceramic tile or glass. All joints and connections must be sealed with silicone to prevent moisture from escaping.

Once the underlying structure has been prepared, the height of ceilings must be taken into consideration. The ceiling should be less than eight feet high in order to maximize the accumulation of steam and avoid cold spots. It must be sloped to allow condensation to slide the ceiling rather than drip on the bathers. A slope of two inches per foot is appropriate.

If you convert a tub into a steam bath, you must join an appropriate door. areas of steam small (the size of the bathtub) should have a narrow space at the bottom of the door to allow air circulation. Large steam rooms can be sealed.

Even if you install a modular steam shower, the bathroom must always be constructed to contain the steam. These units contain steam pretty well but still release moisture into the bathroom area. Modular steam showers have the advantage of additional features such as multiple shower heads, built in seating, lighting, and even CD players and telephones.

Whether you install a steam shower modular or converting an existing bathtub into a steam shower, you still need to choose and install a steam generator and all connections correctly. This will be the subject of our next article.