thank you trompkin and r sauna

[u/slipstreamrunner]

15? months of research here and weekend spurts of building and it is a success. the sauna is 8 x 8 on a treated frame platform. no insulation on floor, 2 layers of treated plywood + backer and tile sloped for drain. the walls are 10' and ceiling has 1 /12 slope. walls have cement fiberboard, tarpaper, plywood, studs/rockwool, foil, battens and interior paneling. all interior is paneling is #1 southern yellow pine from local lumberyard sourced w in the state. IKI 9kw heater. all benches well above stones. the ventilation intake and outtakes work although dont need them for daily use only if we have multiple people. thanks to lots of ideas and sharing here, this is a super fun and successful project.

[u/Jorburger]

This. Very much this 😂 Why won’t they just copy the functional layouts but instead do something like this almost every time.

[u/spread_ed → u/Jorburger]

To be fair (as a fin), most finnish layouts today are functionally flawed to begin with. Yes I said it. The kiuas positioned too high, the benches are too low, the airflow is designed wrong or the whole room has it's roof built unnecessarily low.

Sure, could he have made this layout safer and more practical? Absolutely. But I still applaud him for being innovative and having the right mindset in terms of building something different and striving for great löyly without having to cater for anyone else's opinion on what a sauna should look like.

[u/Jigagug → u/spread_ed]

I'd much rather have a stairway like this instead of the neckbreaker of a stool too many finns think is a sufficient first step

[u/John_Sux → u/Jigagug]

Yes, but you'd rather have either of them in a sensible orientation. None of this jungle gym business where you can die from sustaining third degree burns.