Bath & shower

Bathhouse placement rules on a plot

Spain · Auxiliary · usually permanent

A bathhouse or sauna keeps the municipal boundary setback, and because a wood-fired stove and chimney count as a heat/fire installation, the Civil Code requires a protective distance from a neighbour's wall (set by local regulations/customs, not a fixed national figure).

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Placement rules

A bathhouse has both outbuilding setbacks and a sanitary distance to the dwelling.

Boundary setback

Setbacks from plot boundaries and neighbouring buildings.

Setback to boundary No fixed national figure — set by municipal plan, commonly ~3 m Setbacks (retranqueos) to boundaries — no fixed national figure; set by municipal PGOU / ordinances, commonly ~3 m

Fire safety

Fire-safety distances between buildings and open-fire rules.

Fire gap between houses

Wood stove / chimney near neighbour wall Keep protective distance + safeguards per local rules (Civil Code art. 590) Spanish Civil Code, Article 590 (constructions near a neighbour's wall: wells, sewers, ovens, chimneys, stables, corrosive deposits) — distances per local regulations/customs

Important limitation

The catalog is a planning aid, not a legal opinion. Before construction, check the land plot category, local land-use and development rules, easements, utility protection zones and neighbour buildings.