Sauna doors: with a
threshold or without a threshold?
Bath and
sauna doors are really differ from ordinary interior doors. They are made of
heat-resistant and humidity-resistant materials - thermowood or tempered glass.
If in the old days there were low doors installed in the sauna, today the doors
have a standard height of 1800 ... 2000 mm. Used stainless fittings,
heat-resistant wooden handles. For thermal insulation, a sealant is placed
along the contour to prevent heat from escaping from the steam room. The doors
open only outward - this is a safety requirement so that in the event of a
fire, visitors can easily leave the steam room.
One of the
main design differences of steam room doors is the presence of a threshold. On
sale you can find doors for a steam room
with and without a threshold - which option is better? When is a threshold
necessary and when can you do without it? In this article, we will give useful
recommendations on this issue.
Sauna door
- with or without threshold
The
peculiarity of the microclimate in the bath is high humidity (up to 70-80%).
The temperature is lower than in the Finnish sauna. The air in the steam room
is not heated above 90 ° C. The main thing in a Russian bath is a good thick
steam, without it bath procedures lose their essence. To prevent heat and steam
from escaping into the adjacent room, a sill 10-15 cm high is placed under the
door. Another function of the sill is to protect against drafts. When the door
is opened, less cold air enters the steam room, which tends to move along the
floor.
In the bath, not only wooden, but also glass doors
are installed. The tempered glass curtain is mounted in a thermowood box. Some
models of glass doors do not have a threshold, so you need to make sure it is
available before purchasing. The design of wooden and glass doors for the Tesli
bathhouse includes a threshold with optimal parameters, so there will be no
problems with the operation of such structures.
Do I need a
threshold under the door in the sauna ?
In the sauna, other
microclimate parameters are maintained: the air heats up to 90-110 ° C, and the
humidity can drop down to 5-10%. In such conditions, there is no need to
completely seal the door block contour - it is allowed to install a door
without a threshold with a gap of several millimeters. On our site, such models
are presented in glass variant. The presence of a gap does not interfere, but, on
the contrary, improves the parameters of the microclimate. The sauna provides
efficient air exchange so that staying in a very hot room is comfortable and
safe.
How to
choose a door for a bath and a sauna
Tesli is a
Ukrainian manufacturer of equipment and materials for steam rooms. We
manufacture products in our own production, constantly expand the range, use
environmentally friendly, high-quality raw materials. We independently design
and design doors so that our customers can choose the appropriate option from
hundreds of different products. In our online store you can buy:
• wooden
and glass doors with a threshold and a contour seal;
• glass
doors without a threshold.
If you have any questions about the choice of doors
for baths and saunas, please contact our specialists. Thanks to many years of
experience, we know absolutely everything about equipping baths and saunas. We
will be happy to provide you with technical advice, help with calculations,
select materials and equipment.