Build A Wood Burning Sauna Stove

The most popular choices are cedar saunas.

Build a wood burning sauna stove.

When you build a sauna you need a softwood that is flexible and not easily damaged by moisture or warped by heat. Mond bought a woodstove on craigslist. And given his building skill and meticulous attention to detail we thought it a good idea to bring russ back to share. What i learned from building an outdoor sauna with a wood burning stove.

Christensen scored an old barrel wood burning stove from a local. Building your own diy wood burning hot tub is not an easy task. Cedar planks have a beautiful look a pleasant smell and remain cool enough to sit on comfortably. Wood burning sauna diy.

So if you are looking to build your own wood burning hot tub this is a nice tutorial for you. Saunas can reach temperatures of 150 degrees or more. Plan the whole space not just the sauna footprint. The best wood burning sauna stoves burn clean sometime requiring just a fraction of the fuel wood as cheap alternatives.

They offer pictures materials list and tools. Again i realize this isn t a sauna design but they do often go hand in hand. You need to be very skilled in the carpentry department. You ll need a deck patio or other lounging area to rest between rounds in the hot room.

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. Most sauna purists will say wood burning is the way to go. For me it was all about the kind of vibe i wanted in the sauna mond says. And its pronounced souna not sa.

While electric saunas are convenient nothing beats the ambience and rolling heat of a wood burning sauna stove. This is my first instructable but i have used so many for ideas and love the community input.