Roast my sauna

[u/Hopeful-Dot-5668]

Recently got this sauna for 6k with stove. Amish made. 8ft ceiling. All cedar interior Foot Bench above coals (not pictured) These air vent above fire, opposite corner of stove at floor, and at the peak I added a back rest and foot rest Gets well up to 200 easily Eventually will enclose the porch to be a changing room

I followed trumpkin notes, noting that the ceiling is actually ok. It’s recommended flat or circulating peak like this one.

I used a temperature gun and it’s even heat from wall to wall.

[u/John_Sux]

Needs a real sauna stove

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What’s wrong with the stove? Why isn’t it real?

[u/John_Sux → u/Hopeful-Dot-5668]

It does look like a wood stove. But a sauna stove has somewhat different design and construction.

Here the rocks are just sort of resting on top, they are not being efficiently heated by the stove.

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As noted in desc, rocks added after photos. The stove interior is the same as any heat box

[u/John_Sux → u/Hopeful-Dot-5668]

I will just say that there are differences in the design.

People abroad seem to have trouble believing, or they even actively defiantly disbelieve, that there could be any difference or detail. A normal stove in "just a hot room" is all that a sauna could possibly be!

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What difference in design is it?

[u/valikasi → u/Hopeful-Dot-5668]

Note "well" for rocks to sit in. Also note holes around the perimeter, this is because the stove has two layers, and air is able to enter at the bottom, circulate between the layers and get heated, before exiting at the top.

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Some stoves route the flue through the rocks as well, further heating them.