4 Useful Tips to Plan Your Sauna Rooms

Are you planning on investing in a genuine Finnish sauna? If yes, then it’s certainly affordable and can be designed to match any surrounding or space perfectly. Please keep in mind that the size of sauna rooms depends on the number of people going to use simultaneously. 

Besides, you should have a look at a few considerations to make the best decisions on your sauna room. Here are some of them discussed below:

1. Consider the ventilation. 

Obviously, sauna rooms are specifically installed to deliver ultimate pleasure and satisfaction. You should consider ventilation to enhance heating of the sauna rooms again. 

Whether a sauna room won’t have sufficient ventilation or have a poorly managed ventilation, it can give sauna bathers an uncomfortable feeling. As a result, sauna bathers can find it difficult to breathe or even get skin burning sensations. 

Though there’s expanded hot air in the sauna rooms, it’s obvious that they must have less oxygen than a denser surrounding atmosphere. Even, sauna bathers faint due to regular change of  air inside.

Every time a sauna room door is opened, a significant amount of fresh air enters; which results in insufficient heating inside. Therefore, considering ventilation for sauna rooms makes really sense. 

Generally, there are two ventilators installed into the sauna walls. When it comes to installing a sauna room at home, you should keep the inlet below the heating unit. Usually, a bottom gap should be maintained in the sauna door and door vent. 

Similarly, the outlet of the sauna unit should be present on the opposite side, i.e. on the ceiling or just under the ceiling. It’s highly recommended to have the opening of 4” and 6” diameter for ventilation which depends on the size of the sauna room. 

2. Consider the size of sauna benches. 

Benches are must for sauna rooms. The topmost bench must be of 20” width and 36” from the floor. They should be placed on wall supports and legs if required. It’s suggested to consider 2” x 4” cedar with 1/2” space between the boards. However, the sauna room cubic footage is significant while determining the capacity of the heating system. 

3. Focus on the sauna room size.

It’s wise to consider the smaller room than a larger one. You should consider 19” depth for every bench and plan on space for your sauna heater. Keep 4” area around the front and two sides for the fence guard. 

A smaller heater is ideal for a small sauna room. It has smaller circuit breakers in your panel and provides highly efficient heating benefits. 

4. Consider the size of a sauna heater. 

Typically, sauna kits are available pre-sized with superior quality heaters for certain cubic space; let’s say 7’ ceiling. Keep in mind that you can consider installing two sauna heaters, if you have a large size sauna room i.e. over 450 cubic feet. 

Final Consideration –

Whatever your sauna room preferences, you should definitely reach out to Northern Lights Cedar Barrel Saunas team as soon as possible. Feel free to contact us today at  1-800-759-8990.