Free banya designer in Russian: steam room, wash room and rest room with dimensions, wood-burning stove with tiered polok benches, and a photorealistic AI render of the steam room.
Design a banya from the stove: three rooms, tiered polok benches, a terrace — and preview the finished steam room in 3D before the first log of the frame. Our online banya builder runs in the browser, no install and no sales calls from sruby factories.
Tools that cover the sketch stage of a banya project — from a 3×4 box to a 6×6 with terrace and mansard guest room. No promises about stove clearances or fire safety — that zone belongs to the stove-master and your stove's manual.
UniqueHit 'generate design' — the AI creates a photorealistic render of the steam room: wood, steam, warm lighting under the polok, wood-burning stove. A picture that convinces the family better than a drawing. Or upload a photo of an existing banya — the AI repaints the rest-room finish in a new style.
Draw a banya project online in 15 minutes: set box dimensions (3×4, 4×6, 6×6 or your own) — the editor builds the contour. Split into three rooms (steam room, wash room, rest room), add a tambour entrance and a terrace bridge to a plunge tub. All in centimetres — the sketch is ready for the crew.
A catalogue of banya elements with real dimensions: wood-burning stoves with the firebox in the rest room, two-tier polok benches (low 45 cm, top 90–135 cm from the floor), low door with a high threshold — banya expertise that barrel configurators don't have. Drag by hand or via the AI.
Banya design online in 3D: one click and the plan becomes a 3D space. Sit on the top polok virtually: does your head hit the 2.1 m ceiling, how does light from the wash-room window read, is the door across from a cold tambour.
UniqueSpotted a wood-burning stove in a store or manufacturer's catalogue? Photograph it — the AI builds a 3D model with real dimensions and places it in your steam room. See how a stove with the firebox in the rest room looks, how much room is left for the polok, and where the chimney sits relative to the roof.
From empty screen to a photorealistic steam-room render — an evening. Signup only to save.
3×4, 4×6, 6×6 or your own — the editor builds the contour. Sketch the terrace bridge to a plunge tub and the tambour separately. Wall thickness depends on the material (frame log 20 cm, timber-frame 15–20).
The stove is the banya's 'staircase': its position dictates the geometry of all three rooms. Firebox into the rest room (fire it from the warm zone), stones into the steam room. Chimney — usually through the roof near the ridge; agree the exact route with the stove-master. Exact fire clearances — per your stove's manual.
The steam room is the smallest — with a high polok and low ceiling (2.1–2.3 m). The wash room sits next to the steam room, with a window or vent. The rest room is the largest, with a table and benches for a group.
Place tiered polok benches, a table in the rest room, benches on the terrace. Switch to 3D and walk through. Generate an AI render of the steam room to show the family. Download the PDF for the frame or timber-frame crew.
Six typical scenarios — from a compact 3×4 to a guest-house banya. Open the one you need, tune to your plot, place the stove.
Steam room 4 m² for two + wash room 3 m² + mini tambour. Stove with the firebox in the tambour, stones in the steam room. Works as a weekend 'dacha' banya for a family of 2–3.
Open templateSteam room 5–6 m² for 3–4 people, wash room 4 m², full rest room 10 m² with a table for a group. The price-functionality sweet spot for a family of 4.
Open template
Steam room + wash room + large rest room + terrace bridge to a plunge tub. Two-sided stove (firebox from the rest room, stones in the steam room). A full banya for a group of 6–8.
Open template
Downstairs — the standard banya complex; upstairs — a mansard floor with a guest bedroom. Staircase in the rest room. Full floor plans with a staircase are built in the house planner.
Open template
A 2×2 m cabin with an electric heater fits into a basement, a free bathroom corner or a mansard. No separate building needed. The 'banya or sauna' dilemma block below helps choose.
Open template
Honestly: a barrel banya is a finished manufacturer's product, not a design task. In our editor — not designing the barrel, but placing it on the plot next to the house and equipping the interior of the rest room.
Open templateWorking benchmarks from banya designers for the sketch stage. Exact fire and sanitary requirements — with the stove-master and in your stove's manual.
≈ 20–25 m² inside plus a terrace. Exactly a 4×6 m box. Bigger — a group of 6–8 with a table for everyone; smaller — a 'dacha' 3×4 for 2–3 people on weekends.
Two different steam technologies — different layouts. A Russian banya requires a separate building and ventilation; a sauna fits into a house as a cabin.
| Criterion | Russian banya | Sauna |
|---|---|---|
| Humidity | 50–60% — wet steam from the stones | 10–15% — dry air from the electric heater |
| Temperature | 60–70° — comfortable with a venik | 90–110° — dry burning heat |
| Stove | Wood-burning with stones and water pours | Electric heater, quiet and smokeless |
| Space | Separate building + foundation | 2×2 m cabin fits into a house |
| Project cost | Log or timber-frame + stove + chimney | Ready cabin + electric heater |
The choice changes the whole layout: build the Russian banya on the plot plan and the sauna cabin in the house — compare dimensions and cost before the final decision.
Guidance from experienced banya-masters, not state regulations. Exact fire-safety requirements — with the stove-master and in your stove's manual; our numbers are working estimates for the sketch.
Steam-room ceiling 2.1–2.3 m — lower than in a house. Heat stays in the upper tier of the volume; extra 30–40 cm of ceiling = heating air for nothing and sitting on the lower polok in search of temperature longer.
Steam room from 1.5 m² per person, polok — at least two tiers. Low 45 cm from the floor (for newcomers and lying under the steam), high 90–135 cm (where it's hot and you use the venik). Polok width 60 cm minimum — you can lie down.
Steam-room door — low, with a high threshold, opens outward. Threshold 15–20 cm keeps hot air below; outward opening — a fire safety norm; a low frame (170–180 cm) reduces heat loss on entry.
Window in the wash room — not just for light, but for ventilation plus an emergency exit. A window is optional in the steam room (light comes through anyway); in the wash room it's almost mandatory: the steam has to go somewhere after washing.
Stove: clearances from combustible walls — per your stove's manual, not per 'general internet rules'. Different models require different minimums (usually 25–50 cm with a shield). Check with a stove-master and in the documentation — this zone belongs to specialists, not us.
A banya rarely lives apart from a plot and a house. Full floor plans with a banya-mansard are built in the house planner; a sauna cabin — in the bathroom planner; the rest room — by living-room rules.
Banya as part of the plot project
OpenSauna cabin in the bathroom
OpenBanya rest room
OpenUniversal template
OpenPlanning the whole house? Go to house planner →
There are two kinds of banya services: manufacturer configurators (selling their barrel or frame) and catalogues of ready projects (a template for someone else's family and plot). Our editor is a neutral sketch stage between a family decision and the crew choice.
Details. Their builder assembles only their barrel or their frame — and ends with a 'submit a request' button and the manager's phone. With us — the sketch is neutral: take the finished project to any log or timber-frame crew, not only to whoever sent you a form.
Details. A stock project 'Banya №152 "Comfort"' — for someone else's family, someone else's plot, someone else's stove. With us — you plan for your family, your plot with trees and slope, and for the specific stove from a store via extraction.
Details. Professional CAD tools are heavy and paid. Our banya designer runs online in the browser: 15 minutes on a laptop or a tablet, no install and no sales calls from frame factories.
Details. The only tool in the category with a photorealistic AI render of the steam room — wood, steam, warm polok lighting, wood-burning stove. Regular configurators show only a dimensioned drawing; catalogues — photos of someone else's banyas. With us — a render of your specific project.
Real banya projects built in our editor — from a compact 3×4 to a guest-house banya with a mansard.
PDF sketch with layouts of the steam room, wash room and rest room — for the log or timber-frame crew. PNG steam-room render — for family and stove-master consultation.
What people say who already built a banya project in our editor — before going to a log crew and a stove-master.
«Drew a 10-by-13 sauna one evening after work — heater, two bench levels, a little changing room by the door. Walking it in 3D is where I caught that the upper bench put my head six inches from the ceiling. The crew built it off the printout without improvising anything.»
«The dealer emailed me a photo of the heater and it came into the drawing at true footprint. The flue landed within inches of the ridge. Our installer confirmed clearances, we slid it a foot toward the door, and framing went right the first time.»
«Freestanding sauna in the yard, or a sauna room in the basement corner — we priced both on the plan. The basement version came in at a third of the cost, didn't take any yard, and meant no second slab to pour before frost.»
«The plan was a guest cabin and a sauna, two separate buildings. Then we drew a sauna with a loft over it — bunks upstairs, sauna and shower down. One foundation, one water line, and guests still have their own door.»
Banya plan, catalogue of banya elements, 3D mode and PDF/PNG export — free forever. Only AI steam-room render and photo extraction of a stove or polok cost tokens.
Eight specific questions about a banya project online: builder for free, sizes, stove, rest room and terrace.
Set the dimensions, place the stove and polok, preview the steam room in 3D. A mistake on screen is free — redoing the ridge over the chimney after the frame is up costs time and money.
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