He built his own sauna, now he is converting all his furniture to be sauna benches
October 7, 2018
“We enjoyed every part of our sauna build project, but making our own sauna benches was especially rewarding.” The itch to build more things came
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Custom Mobile Saunas wants you to have your own authentic sauna
September 28, 2018
When I first met Eric Bongard five or so years ago, he was elbow deep in building ice houses. What struck me about Eric is
Let’s review options for our new sauna hot room and changing room floor
September 27, 2018
Should you insulate the floor? You don’t have to insulate your sauna building floor, but why not do it? With a new sauna build, I
Where do I get sauna rocks? Landscape centers!, Landscape centers!, Landscape centers!
September 26, 2018
So, we are approaching the “Finnish line” of our authentic sauna build. We’ve followed along with every step of the way of the DIY ebook. We’ve
With our wood burning sauna stoves the fuss is the muss
September 22, 2018
Some back away from installing a wood burning sauna stoves, in favor of the more convenient electric sauna stove option. And this is ok. But
Zen and the art of sauna fire maintenance
September 14, 2018
Lots and lots of us have taken lots and lots of saunas. And we’ve tended to lots and lots of fires in our sauna stoves.
A cabin blueprint that is ‘sauna forward’
September 13, 2018
As sauna is becoming more and more popular, architects are being asked to incorporate sauna within the design of a house, cabin, or cottage. Sauna
Could LED dimmable rope lighting be the next big sauna building game changer?
September 7, 2018
Every sauna built from today forward shall have this lighting configuration: LED rope light extended underneath the upper bench. Two sconce lights, one on either
Figuring out how much paneling you will need for your sauna hot room
August 17, 2018
Whether a wood fired sauna or an electric sauna, when it comes to building our own sauna, lots of folks get tripped up about how
If our sauna walls could talk: insulate with vapor barrier or let them breathe?
August 7, 2018
There are a couple schools of thought regarding sauna construction and sauna walls: Insulate, foil vapor barrier and tape the seams well. Don’t do anything,
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