DIY sauna?

[Meathelmet]

Some of your guys are worst than a dreaded tele skier, “hurr durr real wood only real sauna, hurr durr bendy knee wood straight ski only way down hill...”

Infrared is a better option for day to day home use.

Your right for opinions have been revoked for two weeks.
Please leave the premises.

[splat]

When I was in college our house was a slightly tamer version of animal house. We weren't a frat because we were hippie dirtbags on drugs. We built a sweat lodge in the front yard out of anything bendable and covered it with plastic, rugs and whatever else we found to hold heat in. It was dope. Had a pit in the middle and we heated rocks in the fireplace in the house and carried them out to the lodge and dropped them in the pit.

Our house was across the street from the women's field hockey area and we'd walk out of the house naked while the girls were playing and think nothing of it and nobody ever said shit. We had that house for three years. It was a dump with the cheapest rent near campus and we loved it, We comprised our own bluegrass band and would have sweat lodge parties and play music all night. The house on Taylor Street rocked.

[zion zig zag]

We weren't a frat because we were hippie dirtbags on drugs. We comprised our own bluegrass band and would have sweat lodge parties and play music all night.

I'll bet the smell was incredible.

[mud]

Your right for opinions have been revoked for two weeks.
Please leave the premises.

[splat]

I'll bet the smell was incredible.

lmao. fer sher. mang.

[Dantheman]

Infrared is not sauna.

Rax is not a ski

Ymmv

If it's hot enough that you're sweating your ass off and more than 20-30 minutes would cause hyperthermia, it's a sauna.

[Core Shot]

If it's hot enough that you're sweating your ass off and more than 20-30 minutes would cause hyperthermia, it's a sauna.

NO

Sauna is hot air
Really hot air
Wood fired, electric, unicorn farts, we can argue about the heat source

But infrared is different.
I’m not saying you can’t enjoy it.
But you cannot call it sauna

[altacoup]

I’m really tempted to get one from allwood.com. They’ve got a 3 person barrel sauna with electric heater for $3k. Anyone else have good experience with these?

[shroom]

i cleared some brush today to make way for a future sauna

would you guys step it up and build something so i don’t look like a fool next spring?

this sears catalogue theme is bullshit


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[splat]

I would have thought my college days reminiscence would inspire you, shroom.

[gretch6364]

That's what I was gonna say. Nice tile shower with bench that is a steam room. It's the shit and will get lots of use.

If you are in the PNW...I could see a sauna. Here in CO, I can’t imagine going into a sauna in the winter and drying out even more.

Our master shower has a bench and a “Mr. Steam” branded steamer...I love it in the winter when I am congested.


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[Name Redacted]

If you are in the PNW...I could see a sauna. Here in CO, I can’t imagine going into a sauna in the winter and drying out even more.

Our master shower has a bench and a “Mr. Steam” branded steamer...I love it in the winter when I am congested.


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You know that you are supposed to pour water over the coals right?

[mmmm...pow!]

How long do the outdoor ones last? In Seattle? I like those the best but don't want to have to rebuild it every 2 years.

Mine is only a few years old, but no reason it won't last a while if you do it right. Definitely get a shingled roof, and put some sort of sealant on the wood. Since I'm inside it sweating in high temps, I went natural with beeswax, linseed might be easier (or a blend of the two). Usually leave the door open when I'm done to dry it out.

[Buster Highmen]

When I was in college our house was a slightly tamer version of animal house. We weren't a frat because we were hippie dirtbags on drugs. We built a sweat lodge in the front yard out of anything bendable and covered it with plastic, rugs and whatever else we found to hold heat in. It was dope. Had a pit in the middle and we heated rocks in the fireplace in the house and carried them out to the lodge and dropped them in the pit..

ditto, ibid, op cit.
The Stinky House. It's in one of the older Ski Journals:

The Stinky House

Creaking open the door, the militant mildew laid it's lock on your nose.

The dingy, northern light seeped through window, green with molds. Large indiscriminant insects hovered next to the bathtub, rubbing their squeaky viola legs together, reminiscent of used car salesmen.

The bathroom was layered with legions of dirty towels that had to be beaten into submission.

The toilet was textured Jackson Pollack taupe and avocado green.

More than one phonecall to Ralph talking to God about Buicks had been made on that telephone.

The crown jewel of the installation were the mushrooms: several clusters of 4 inch long mucilaginous mycological monsters clinging to the bathtub tiles that truly defined the funkiest loo ever.

The living room was jumbled with an assortment of ripped couches, plastic milk crates, dilapidated chairs, reeking beer bottles and cigarette butts.

The couches were consistently strewn with one dirtbag chrysalis or another, exuding a transluscent, sweaty glow, wrapped in some once glorious 800 fill portawomb, a bag of partly smoked funkweed within reach.

It was fair game to attempt to lob a butt into the yawning maw of the unsuspecting snoozer.

The ceiling sported an intricate celtic knot, better entertainment than the battered TV with the coat hanger antenna where we watched Letterman and the Flying Circus, not to omit Benny Hill.

Chunks of plaster randomly bombarded the unaware.

Socks of the indigent littered the scene and were burnt in secretive piles in the back yard.

The dining room had a formica table. We had no utensils. Any "meal" involved beating each other with chunks of whatever beast was available and wrestling for the carcass.

An old Macintosh stereo inhabited the built-in china cabinet and stacks of LPs and singles from bands like the Residents or Bush Tetras slumped in the corners.

The kitchen was beyond dirty. Hazmat suits should have been required for the layers of festering cold cuts, rotted eggs, moldy bagels and creamcheeses.

It could've asphixiated a Frenchman.

It squelched any appetite, was rarely used and never cleaned except when Dean the Weirdo had a glass smashing tantrum and then only the shards of foot gashing glass were sought.

The cabinet doors had been victims of late night doodle fests and were wrought with intricately meaningless cuniform, curlicues, cartoons and porn.

Coupled with globs of wax, p-tex, and art projects: pickled dolls parts, hacked and reglommed plastic army men and circuit boards that had "YouAre Here-->" stenciled into them, it was home, a rainforest of new undocumented species.

We'd continue the theme at our first house, an old fishing shack on an ice cold Cascades river. The worst part was when the occasional rock would explode from moisture trapped inside.

[mmmm...pow!]

I’m really tempted to get one from allwood.com. They’ve got a 3 person barrel sauna with electric heater for $3k. Anyone else have good experience with these?

I've been happy with mine. I'm not a pro handyman, but I've got basic skills and basic tools and figured it out pretty easy with a couple trips to the hardware store and renting a saw to cut the doorway. The thing is solid, I can't really give you a comparison but it's quality. You might want to consider the 4 person, unless you want to sit upright all the time. With the 4 person you have two benches, so 2 people can put legs up on the benches and lay down if you want. I went with the wood stove, it would easily heat something 2-3 times that size, but can't speak for the electric.

[shroom]

I would have thought my college days reminiscence would inspire you, shroom.

i read this forum in reverse to have a chance at keeping up with you speed demons

edit: i ate a lot of edibles in the yard today

i did read that post and have some thoughts my wife reacted poorly to. i’ve got a few good convexities but need to rewatch the hobbit to form a strong goal

[altacoup]

I've been happy with mine. I'm not a pro handyman, but I've got basic skills and basic tools and figured it out pretty easy with a couple trips to the hardware store and renting a saw to cut the doorway. The thing is solid, I can't really give you a comparison but it's quality. You might want to consider the 4 person, unless you want to sit upright all the time. With the 4 person you have two benches, so 2 people can put legs up on the benches and lay down if you want. I went with the wood stove, it would easily heat something 2-3 times that size, but can't speak for the electric.

Living in SLC, wood fired would be unethical due to the inversions we suffer. I am surprised at the relatively low wattage of the electric heaters. But they’re from Finland, so I assume my brethren know something about making sauna heaters. It’s just me and my lady, but I would like to be able to stretch in the sauna so maybe upsizing is worth it. I’ve got all the tools and skills necessary but these package tubular saunas seem very efficient and time saving compared to building one from scratch.


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[mmmm...pow!]

Looking at the website now, that's a really good deal on the smaller model. $1700 to upgrade in size. That model also actually has a longer bench, so if you're in there solo there's plenty of stretch room.

[Meathelmet]

If it's hot enough that you're sweating your ass off and more than 20-30 minutes would cause hyperthermia, it's a sauna.

Or a car in the parking lot in July.

[Core Shot]

Now that we’ve agreed that infrared is a bastardization.

Can we also agree that it’s pronounced SOW-na?
And not SAW-na

[mud]

Now that we’ve agreed that infrared is a bastardization.

Can we also agree that it’s pronounced SOW-na?
And not SAW-na

No.

[Core Shot]

No.

I’m assuming you say pearisssss
Paaaari is too continental

[mud]

Texas or France?

[altacoup]

Looking at the website now, that's a really good deal on the smaller model. $1700 to upgrade in size. That model also actually has a longer bench, so if you're in there solo there's plenty of stretch room.

Yeah seems like a great deal. But the damn boss keeps telling me it’s not essential, comparatively to other needs. I keep hyping the health benefits and connecting with my Finnish roots. But it’s really hard arguing with a Sicilian


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[Name Redacted]

Yeah seems like a great deal. But the damn boss keeps telling me it’s not essential, comparatively to other needs. I keep hyping the health benefits and connecting with my Finnish roots. But it’s really hard arguing with a Sicilian ]

Especially when death is on the line!