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    Sauna DIY

    As a Xmas gift to my old bones

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    (not to mistake it with WC...)

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    Sauna DIY-20122001-jpg

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    falang bah

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    ^ 555. That’s what his neighbor said, too, when he peered over the fence.

    Looks a good job, Klondyke. Only a couple of months out of a year when you need to fire it up. The other months you can just sit in there and let natural sauna take place.

    My Thai friends laugh at me because I want to go sit in hot springs even in the summer. They reckon it is only cold weather sport.

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    https://www.amazon.com/SereneLife-SL...8810890&sr=8-4

    # Cheaper
    # Quicker to build
    # Comes with free sexy lady
    # Doesn't lead your neighbours to believe that you have an outside toilet

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMadBaron View Post
    Doesn't lead your neighbours to believe that you have an outside toilet
    When I first saw the pic I immediately thought of an outhouse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    (not to mistake it with WC...)
    He was pretty clear about it..

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    Just in case Klondyke's neighbours don't read TD, he should probably put a sign on it saying
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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    As a Xmas gift to my old bones


    (not to mistake it with WC...)
    Nice job Klondyke!! enjoy it in good health !!
    Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    As a Xmas gift to my old bones
    Top stuff Klondyke

    I have been planning a home-made sauna myself and I was also going to go for a wood fired heater based on one I saw (and used) in a Tasmanian camp-site/hostel a couple of years back

    Although I was planning for the stove to have a door that opened inside the sauna so I could feed the fire from within

    That was the arrangement on the Tassie one I tried, which worked well.

    The wood was stacked outside to keep it dry and you take in a few bits and feed the fire from inside as you are toasting but it had an air intake that came from the dry outside (not the humid interior) and obviously a chimney that vented outside.

    Your one looks like it is fed externally.

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    It's not really a sauna. It's where he gets his coded messages from the Kremlin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    falang bah

    Not really. It's not hot enough outside to be of any health benefit.

    Got to be over 70C to be good for you. It must make the body release heat shock proteins.

    There have been a study done over 20 odd years in Finland.


    https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.or...275-1/fulltext
    • Beyond pleasure and relaxation, emerging evidence suggests that sauna bathing has several health benefits, which include reduction in the risk of vascular diseases such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke, and neurocognitive diseases; nonvascular conditions such as pulmonary diseases including common flu; mortality; treatment of specific skin conditions; as well as pain in conditions such as rheumatic diseases and headache.
    • [COLOR=var(--theme-headings)]•[/COLOR]The physiological responses produced by an ordinary sauna bath correspond to those produced by moderate- or high-intensity physical activity such as walking.
    • [COLOR=var(--theme-headings)]•[/COLOR]The beneficial effects of sauna baths on CVD and mortality may be mediated via reduction in blood pressure, improvement in endothelial function, reduction in oxidative stress and inflammation, beneficial modulation of the autonomic nervous system, improved lipid profile and arterial compliance, and improvement in the car



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    Looks like a classic aussie dunny mate. Well done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Although I was planning for the stove to have a door that opened inside the sauna so I could feed the fire from within
    Feeding from inside I would not recommend as the flame takes enormous amount of oxygen what in a small closed space as I am having would be quite dangerous - suffocating.
    Apart of the dirty mess inside.

    What I used was a simple stove that can be found on any Thai market. Having a tube made from a metal sheet of a diameter a bit larger than the stove (dia. 14"), hence covering it completely when put from above.

    2 openings cut out in the tube for feeding and for the ash disposal/air inlet from below. The 2 openings prolonged by welded boxes protruding through the wooden wall with hinged flaps for shutting.

    The tube high 150 cm closed on top with an opening for attaching a chimney 4".


    Not my picture but exactly this model where we cut off the 2 handles, hence the tube inserted from above dropped tightly down to the foundation of red bricks. The feeding opening in the tube was cut out a bit higher than this opening in order to be able to put in longer pieces of wood:

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    BTW, Klondyke, Happy Holidays and I meant no disrespect with my "Outhouse" comment. As a long time duck hunter in the states our duck club had a "Facility" that looks nearly exactly like your build including the vent pipe out the roof.

    That said, I do have a few questions out of curiosity. I was always told years back that wood sauna's should be made of tongue and grove Cedar wood. The reason stated was other wood types when heated produce Sap outgassing that can be toxic to humans being its steam and you are inhaling it. My grandfather built a Sauna many years back. All of Cedar and his method was feeding boiling hot water to copper coils inside the sauna where a special kind of porous stones laid on them getting very very hot. He poured distilled water over them as they heated up. I just remember as a kid that I went in the thing a few times and it was just miserably uncomfortable. The ambient shower afterwards felt the best.

    Best of luck with your Sauna

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    ^
    Actually, with my creations I care more about the functionality than a glamorous appearance, not expecting astounding expressions by onlookers (but do not mind if any).
    And I am not happified by neighbours in a close vicinity - as usually is the case in Thailand dwelling.

    Neither I think that somebody will take the troubles to fly in a drone to watch the participants coming out from sauna with red skin, looking for the nearest way to the cool pool...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    I do have a few questions out of curiosity. I was always told years back that wood sauna's should be made of tongue and grove Cedar wood. The reason stated was other wood types when heated produce Sap outgassing that can be toxic to humans being its steam and you are inhaling it. My grandfather built a Sauna many years back. All of Cedar and his method was feeding boiling hot water to copper coils inside the sauna where a special kind of porous stones laid on them getting very very hot. He poured distilled water over them as they heated up. I just remember as a kid that I went in the thing a few times and it was just miserably uncomfortable. The ambient shower afterwards felt the best.
    As to my knowledge most of the saunas are made from spruce, pine, etc. Do not know whether a Cedar makes good to the people inside. Cedar is used often as insect repellent, chips are given into garderobe cabinets, it works well at room temperature, surely much better with the temperature the sauna can reach.

    My sauna is by white oak (genuine Apalachian), kiln dried many years ago at the place of origin, stored with me for few years. Oak when machined smells similarly like whisky, that's why the whisky is always stored in oak barrels. However, after the heat in sauna I no longer smell anything, being happy enough that at least "I can breath" .

    Although I firstly planned to make the walls by T/G connection, finally the planks were longitudinally cut in 45 deg., put together with such overlap. So they have a better chance to move a bit, if any. The close distance to the powerful stove makes the walls very hot. And any small gaps would not make such problem of the heat loss as it makes in cool countries.

    The real sauna should be with very dry ambience, so the people inside can withstand very high temperatures. Unlike when splashing water on the stones inside, then the sauna will change into steam bath, something quite different.

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