When you build a sauna you need a softwood that is flexible and not easily damaged by moisture or warped by heat.
Build a wood burning sauna stove.
They offer pictures materials list and tools.
You ll need a deck patio or other lounging area to rest between rounds in the hot room.
While electric saunas are convenient nothing beats the ambience and rolling heat of a wood burning sauna stove.
Most sauna purists will say wood burning is the way to go.
The stones held by a black frame system cover the entire surface area of the stove up and down and all around except for the door creating a beautiful.
Mond bought a woodstove on craigslist.
This is my first instructable but i have used so many for ideas and love the community input.
The best wood burning sauna stoves burn clean sometime requiring just a fraction of the fuel wood as cheap alternatives.
You need to be very skilled in the carpentry department.
And its pronounced souna not sa.
Plan the whole space not just the sauna footprint.
The stove is the heart of your sauna and the only thing keeping it from being a storage room.
Again i realize this isn t a sauna design but they do often go hand in hand.
So if you are looking to build your own wood burning hot tub this is a nice tutorial for you.
What i learned from building an outdoor sauna with a wood burning stove.
And given his building skill and meticulous attention to detail we thought it a good idea to bring russ back to share.
I live in downstate michigan and went to college in the up met a whole crew of finlanders and was introduced to the sauna.
For me it was all about the kind of vibe i wanted in the sauna mond says.
Cedar planks have a beautiful look a pleasant smell and remain cool enough to sit on comfortably.
The most popular choices are cedar saunas.
Building your own diy wood burning hot tub is not an easy task.
Wood burning sauna diy.