For many, the words “bath” and “sauna” are two designations of one thing, but, in fact, a sauna and a bathhouse are completely different things. These paired are very different, they affect the human body differently and work differently. So what is the difference between a bath and a sauna? To be extremely honest and follow modern logic, it is believed that there must be a pool in the sauna, so almost everyone will answer the question of what the sauna differs from the bathhouse that there is a pool in the sauna. Ideally, it turns out just like that, because the greatest effect is achieved due to the contrasting change of temperature, but if the sauna is built in the country or even in the apartment (which is now not uncommon), then the pool often remains in dreams for a number of reasons (the first three begins to lack finances, the lack of space begins and the banal absence of the need for the pool), so the easiest way to understand in the bathhouse or in the sauna is to pay attention to humidity. In the bath, due to watering stones with water or other liquid, moist steam forms and relative humidity is kept around 60-80%. In the sauna, the air is dry (usually moisture of less than 20%), so the air temperature in the sauna can exceed 100 degrees Celsius, because dry air conducts heat worse.
In the bathhouse, because of the pair, the air pressure increases strongly, so the temperature is more difficult to transfer than in the sauna and for children, women and weakened people it is recommended to visit the sauna, but you should not believe that the recommendation to visit the sauna puts the cross on the bathhouse. The sauna also has disadvantages, in particular, due to dry and hot air, all mucous membranes quickly dry out.
There is good ventilation in the sauna and the pressure inside the sauna does not differ from street pressure, which is why many “cores” prefer to visit the saunas – for them this is a calmer and milder option.
But what to build in yourself? Perhaps that you need to start with the most banal thing – the budget calculation. The construction of both baths and saunas will cost about the same, but since we decided that the sauna will be with the pool, it turns out that the sauna will cost more than the bathhouse. Let us even use a simple pool of the “frog” type, but it will occupy locally, and the room of the larger area will cost more. At the same time, three conditional types of baths and saunas should be distinguished for home use: Russian bathhouse,
Finnish sauna and dry sauna. We will talk about all types of baths and saunas in another material.