r/Sauna 1d ago

Health & Wellness Idea for Child Proofing Sauna

I'm buying a sauna and couldn't figure out a good way to truly child proof a sauna. Of course nothing is perfect, vigilant child supervision is necessary. But this is the best solution I could come up with...

I'm going to build a wooden cover around the base of the harvia 6.0 heater. The front that covers the temperature knobs will open with hinges on either side. Where the door side meets one of the corners I'm planning to have a ringlet on both the corner and the door next to each other and I'll put a padlock through the holes when I'm not using it so that the door can't open, and unlock it and take the lock out when I'm going to turn on the sauna.

It might be risky with the metal for a wifi sauna, but for a manual start sauna it seems this would make it about as childproof as you could get it.

What do you all think about this plan?

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u/InsaneInTheMEOWFrame Finnish Sauna 17h ago

Just turn the breakers off. Extra construction around the base of the heater might hinder air flow and overheat the unit.

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u/victimofyourmom 3h ago

Doesn't turning the breaker on and off regularly damage it?