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

  • Erstellt am 2020-11-24 10:14:29

matte

2020-11-25 10:20:26
  • #1
Regarding the width of the ventilation gap, I just can’t decide. This morning I had the idea that I could lead the supply air of the controlled residential ventilation system downwards on the low side with a flat duct. The stove is expected to have its air supply opening on the high wall, so it would get its air from the supply air flowing through all 3 sides of the ventilation gap. The alternative would be to widen the ventilation gap from 24 to 38mm. That would be a total of (2 sides) 28mm more and I would still have a clear width of 1.89m inside.

€: I just simulated the 1.89 with a rolling container at the appropriate distance to a wall. No way. It stays at 28mm ventilation gap. The 3cm really make a difference, I already bumped my head pretty hard ^^
 

Nida35a

2020-11-25 10:47:02
  • #2
Stone pine and Canadian red cedar both have similarly pleasant properties in the interior areas of the sauna, we preferred the appearance of the cedar. Do not use Siberian cedar, it is cheaper but only pine.
 

Climbee

2020-11-25 13:19:06
  • #3
With us, the homeowner still included it. I can’t say anything more specific, unfortunately. Since we have timber frame construction, we simply clad it with wood instead of the otherwise used Fermacell boards. WARNING! If you want to go to the timber dealer today, be sure to look out for low-resin wood. It’s really stupid if you stick with your bare butt to leaking resin. Okayyy, if you want a hairless butt, you can consider that an alternative sugaring – I would keep my distance from it. There is special wood for saunas that is treated accordingly. I would have liked Swiss pine too, but my husband finds the smell terrible.

Our sauna is about your size, only the roof slope is the other way around (you enter on the highest side and it slopes down to the back). In terms of height: only as high as absolutely necessary. The lower the height, the faster it gets warm inside. The size is enough for 2 people. We decided on a slightly different "interior design." Since the sauna is rather small anyway, all benches would have been somehow tight, either in depth or length. Therefore, we decided to make a large lying surface that is somewhat higher than the normal lower bench (about thigh height). Ideal for us, now you really have space to lie down. For the lying surfaces, there are practically ready-made bench elements from corresponding dealers. We made our lying surface from two such ready-made elements. Quite practical: if you want to clean under the lying surface, one simply folds up.

I quickly sketched a plan:
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View from outside to/in the sauna:
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The large lying surface (at about 76 cm height):
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(I would always prefer this over the usual benches for a small sauna! You simply have more space to lie down. Instead of a space-consuming fixed step, we simply bought the comfortable step stool from Ikea; that works great!)

Folded up for cleaning:
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(as you can see: simply placed on a suitably strong slat on the sides as a support)
These parts were purchased ready-made from a sauna manufacturer and thus ensure that you don’t get resin on your butt.

View from the inside when lying/sitting on the lying surface:
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At the back, we have lighting in the transition to the roof slope:
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(can be white, colored, or color-changing)

We don’t have a stereo. If we did, we could bring music into the bathroom with our USB speaker and phone, which you would also hear in the sauna. But actually, we enjoy the quiet there to relax.
 

matte

2020-11-25 14:04:49
  • #4
Had to google "Sugaring" first :D

Thanks for your introduction. I like it very much.
We also had the idea of a large lying surface today, but the upper bench is still there, so you could basically park your feet under the upper bench.

However, I'm currently wondering if we even need the upper bench. That way it would also be tidier.

I have to discuss this with my wife, I'm not really happy with the furnishing, especially because of the lying surface.

€: How wide is your door?
 

Climbee

2020-11-25 14:28:31
  • #5
The glass door itself is 684x1968mm (I have the RE right in front of me, so I know it that precisely *g*). It cost 183.37€ net with the drillings for the fittings and a handle hole (you don’t need more, there doesn’t have to be any kind of opener there).

The cutout for the door around the frame is then accordingly larger.
 

Climbee

2020-11-25 14:36:41
  • #6
We took the idea of the lying surface from a show house. There was also a great sauna stove for small saunas there, if you have little space:
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That would have been our option if the space for the stove had been tight. But for us, a normal stove fit. However, for you that could be a possibility. Unfortunately, I no longer know the brand.
In the example above, the two stools on the right and left are freely movable.
I wouldn’t need the panel at the front – I would always wonder what collects down there. I think it’s good that we can reach in our sauna for wiping there.

If I were you, I would first make only this lying surface. If you really miss the upper bench later, it can easily be retrofitted.
 

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