While talking with my cat over coffee this morning, and considering outrageous blog post titles, I realized that I just helped my 100th person build their own AUTHENTIC sauna. Surely cause for celebration, I let the cat outside and wrote
September 24, 2014, Minneapolis, MN. “We are 30 stoves behind” explains an exasperated Daryl Lamppa, Lamppa Manufacturing, Tower, MN. “We are telling people not until January.” Daryl is an owner like no other: he not only dons the welding mask, but
It’s sauna time. I wrote my “build your own sauna” book over the course of a couple different authentic sauna builds. I took careful note of many of the details, shortcuts, and special tricks about building a sauna. The materials
Helpful advice to improve your sauna build.
I am building another sauna in the parking lot at Uncommon Gardens, Minneapolis, MN. Initially, the owner was going to carve out an area within the garden area for me to build. However, I was taken to this woodpile as
As mentioned in this video here, many country and lakeside saunas don’t have electricity. In Finland and everywhere, many traditional saunas were built before electricity. Also, many saunas are built away from the main house, cabin, cottage. To the
I have built 5 saunas using this compressor with my finish nailer. It works great for applying tongue and groove cedar and trim. Three amazing things: The specifications on the box indicate that this 2 gallon compressor is NOT suitable
Below is an email received today from Mike in Wisconsin. This is why we do Saunatimes: building a tribe of sauna enthusiasts who overcome their lizard brain, and put their own dent in their universe, making something happen for themselves
I’ve built over a dozen sauna benches, no, many more than that. I’ve sat on a bunch more. Do you drive yourself crazy sitting on a sauna bench trying to figure out how it was built? Well, this is a
When designing and building an authentic sauna, the question of inside feed or outside feed comes up a lot. SHORT ANSWER: I recommend feeding wood burning sauna from inside the hot room. Reason #1: heat loss There will be 25%
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