Getting to the be the time of year where I should consider visiting the sauna again. Men sitting around in towels, throwing cold water about and sweating - ahhhh.
Throwing cold water onto hot stones is seriously risky.
Getting to the be the time of year where I should consider visiting the sauna again. Men sitting around in towels, throwing cold water about and sweating - ahhhh.
my hot room is about 7x7x7 ft, right around 10 cubic meters. if it would take your sauna 4 or 5 hours to heat up with an 8.3 kw heater, it must either be massive or have some questionable insulation (i assume it is outdoor).
Throwing cold water onto hot stones is seriously risky.
It is indoors, and the size is approximately 34m3. So, about 3 and a half times the size of yours.
Also, in Finland we do not hermetically seal our saunas - there is a opening at the bottom of the door about as tall as your hand to allow oxygen to flow in and out.
Plus, I live in a 60 year old house ;-)
wow, that's huge! sounds like something you would see in a hotel or health club. how many people can it comfortably seat?
This brings me back to where I grew up. A lot of my friends and neighbors were Finns who had real Saunas. After I left the area I realized that normal American saunas are nowhere near as good as the ones I grew up in. Also, people in the rest of the country look at me funny when I pronounce the word "sauna" correctly.
Also, I don't know if it's a traditionally Finnish thing to do, but when we were kids we would heat up in the sauna and then run outside and roll around in the snow to cool off. -20°F and the snow felt like a cool spring rain.
Some day I'll build my own Sauna. I'll probably grab plans from the company (Finnleo) who built the saunas in the area where I grew up.
Cokato, Minnesota. About an hour west of Minneapolis.
Goodness, that is strikingly beautiful!
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