The stones held by a black frame system cover the entire surface area of the stove up and down and all around except for the door creating a beautiful.
Build a wood burning sauna stove.
Saunas can reach temperatures of 150 degrees or more.
And its pronounced souna not sa.
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.
Cedar planks have a beautiful look a pleasant smell and remain cool enough to sit on comfortably.
Christensen scored an old barrel wood burning stove from a local.
The stove is the heart of your sauna and the only thing keeping it from being a storage room.
And given his building skill and meticulous attention to detail we thought it a good idea to bring russ back to share.
This is my first instructable but i have used so many for ideas and love the community input.
Building your own diy wood burning hot tub is not an easy task.
For me it was all about the kind of vibe i wanted in the sauna mond says.
While electric saunas are convenient nothing beats the ambience and rolling heat of 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.
I live in downstate michigan and went to college in the up met a whole crew of finlanders and was introduced to the sauna.
They offer pictures materials list and tools.
The best wood burning sauna stoves burn clean sometime requiring just a fraction of the fuel wood as cheap alternatives.
Most sauna purists will say wood burning is the way to go.
So if you are looking to build your own wood burning hot tub this is a nice tutorial for you.
The most popular choices are cedar saunas.
Mond bought a woodstove on craigslist.
What i learned from building an outdoor sauna with a wood burning stove.
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.