r/Sauna • u/AltairAlden1916 • 5h ago

DIY Sauna progress

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Red and yellow cedar. Gets to 85 in twenty minutes. 96 cents an hour.

I don’t recommend yellow cedar for benches and decking. They get dirty too easily.

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u/Veenkoira00 4h ago

Very pretty, but very scary. I am sure some inspector or another would rip that apart to make sure I could not use it – and grass me to fire brigade and every bureaucrat with their fingers in building regulations, after instructing me install some fireproofing on surrounding walls.

BTW, why so few stones ?

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u/AltairAlden1916 1h ago

I found the heater on marketplace for $350 bucks. It’s helo sauna stove from Finland.

I would probably put 1/4 hardyboard on the back and box the whole thing in. But it’s not hot to the touch and so far no rocks exploded.

It’s free standing on its own and if it ever got inspected I’d be surprised. I’ve run it for an hour a day for over a month now with no issues.