Build your own sauna with a sloping roof - suggestions/notes/plans

Be happy that you managed it so nicely; good things take time.....! The board sheathing also looks good, there is no wide joint pattern like with usual tongue-and-groove boards; I like it.

So, the glazier was just here. After I was already on the verge of a nervous breakdown and had to take off my sweater because of hot flashes, he still had an idea:

With the normal installation of the door, he would have needed a stop and would have had to mount the hinges for the door directly on the wall. But that would have meant that, because of the 15mm thick reveal boards, he couldn't mount the fittings, since they must be a maximum of 20mm from the edge of the opening. But that would have become too unstable because the drill holes for that would have been right at the edge of the KVH.

At that point, I got really hot and already saw myself dismantling half the cabin. :eek: He said the easiest way would be if I build a wooden door and window, where he only has to insert the glass panes.

When I then explained to him that I basically assumed he could mount it with door hinges which he screws directly to the reveal, he came up with the idea of using hinges from shower doors, which should work well. From the lintel to the upper hinge, between the two hinges, and then down to the floor, he will install a sealing lip. It isn't completely tight, but with our usage (pre-run, sauna 1-3x per week), I don't care. On the other side, towards the window, we are working with a magnetic catch and sealing lips to keep the door closed.

The whole thing will - as always - not be cheap; I currently estimate around €900, but then it will be the all-glass thing as we had always imagined. I'm just really relieved that I don't have to dismantle everything; that would have been a real setback... ;)

Now I can also quite well estimate the costs for the sauna. That should be interesting for some DIY builders.

We're at around €4,800. Attached is the cost breakdown. Originally, I wanted to stay under €4,000. Doesn't help :D

The most expensive items with saving potential are definitely the lighting with €550, the stove with control for around €1,350, and of course the glass front.

In addition, there are expenses for various tools (miter saw, work stand, circular saw, etc.) amounting to around €650.

Hm....I can't quite imagine it right now, but it doesn't have to be; it's probably more because of my hair color :D.
At the time, we had a simple, ordinary glass door on our self-built sauna, which hung on the vertically running door jamb. You shouldn't worry about tightness, as there is no draft. There are also fancy fittings if that should be the problem. Our door hung on a normal wooden beam and it was rather just a lightweight glass door, but maybe I don't quite understand it either.
This picture is already about 20 years old and my new sauna would look different by now, but maybe you see from it what I mean or don't understand :D

I ALSO WANT a SAUNA!!! :(

wwwuuuuuääääähhhhhhh ....

Yes, just like in your case, his approach would have been the same. But since the hinges specify a certain maximum distance (max ~20mm) to the opening, that wouldn’t have worked because the reveal board already measures 15mm. However, that was never my intention. It would have also had the effect that the door would be flush with the outside of the wall or sit on it. From the beginning, I wanted it centered in the reveal.

The solution from Glaser is good, do it. The door is not airtight anyway in a sauna, the lower air gap must be for supply air, it's not a submarine after all.