Build A Wood Burning Sauna Stove

While electric saunas are convenient nothing beats the ambience and rolling heat of a wood burning sauna stove.

Build a wood burning sauna stove. And its pronounced souna not sa. This is my first instructable but i have used so many for ideas and love the community input. You need to be very skilled in the carpentry department. They offer pictures materials list and tools.

Harvia legend 150 wood burning sauna heater the harvia legend is a very nice stove complementing the sauna experience with its nature look and cast iron door with a glass viewing window. 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. Again i realize this isn t a sauna design but they do often go hand in hand. Cedar planks have a beautiful look a pleasant smell and remain cool enough to sit on comfortably.

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. Wood burning sauna diy. The best wood burning sauna stoves burn clean sometime requiring just a fraction of the fuel wood as cheap alternatives.

I live in downstate michigan and went to college in the up met a whole crew of finlanders and was introduced to the sauna. Plan the whole space not just the sauna footprint. Mond bought a woodstove on craigslist. Building your own diy wood burning hot tub is not an easy task.

When you build a sauna you need a softwood that is flexible and not easily damaged by moisture or warped by heat. The stove is the heart of your sauna and the only thing keeping it from being a storage room. For me it was all about the kind of vibe i wanted in the sauna mond says. You ll need a deck patio or other lounging area to rest between rounds in the hot room.

Most sauna purists will say wood burning is the way to go. Saunas can reach temperatures of 150 degrees or more.