UFC 4-740-02
26 September 2006
TABLE 4-15. STEAM ROOM
The optional steam room should have an adjacent cool down space and direct access
Description/
to the shower spaces and the locker spaces. It provides a warm, extremely humid
Usage
(close to 100%) environment for therapy and relaxation. Provide separate male and
female rooms as part of or adjacent to male and female toilet and shower facilities.
Consider providing a prefabricated, packaged unit.
2.74 m (9 ft.) minimum.
Min. Ceiling Ht.
Walls. Full height ceramic tile with dark-colored epoxy grout.
Floor. Non-slip ceramic or quarry tile.
Provide a cold water shower with a rope pull-chain. Provide floor drains.
Plumbing
Provide access to a keyed hose bibb with hot and cold water.
HVAC
38 C (100 F) minimum, 43 C (110 F) maximum. Humidity 100% relative. Provide
secured controls.
Provide system per Section 3-5.3.
Fire Protection
None required.
Power
Lighting
375 Lux (35 ft. candles). General ambient lighting. Lighting fixtures should have
translucent, moisture resistant, nonbreakable, protective covers.
CCTV. None required.
Communication
CATV/Internal Video. None required.
PA/Audio. Provide a speaker in the adjacent cool-down area. Provide an emergency
call/alarm in the steam room that sounds at the control counter.
Telephone. None required.
Data. None required.
Security. None required.
Provide ceramic tile benches in a single- or double-tiered arrangement.
Casework/
Built-in
Equipment
Provide steam generator in an adjacent closet.
Furnishings
Fixtures &
Equip. (FF&E)
Special Req.
An adjacent cool down space can serve the steam room, sauna (if provided), and hot
tub (if provided). It should have a bench with wall-mounted clothing/towel hooks.
Provide a full-glass door with a door seal adequate to retain the steam within the room.
For use during project execution by the appropriate Service agency
Staff.
Occupancy
Customers.
Min. net m2 (ft2)
4-19
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