Never use glue inside sauna and now I'm talking the real sauna, so over 100 degrees of celsius if needed. When you wash the benches, you need to leave gap between wall and bench or make benches removable. Greetins from land of saunas: Finland.
Great video! I'm getting ready to do a sauna build myself. I think I'm going to go with western red cedar. Question: How did you fasten the bench boards down? I just didn't get that part of it. I know you drilled holes all the way through each transverse board in the very beginning but I just didn't see how the top boards were fastened to them.
Sorry for the late reply Brian. I screwed up through the transverse boards with screws that were just long enough to grip the bench boards without sticking through. That's why I countersunk the holes to get the correct screw depth. Good luck with the sauna!
Great looking benches. How much spacing did you use (gap) between the top planks of the bench? Are you happy with the result - next time would you make the gaps the same size?
Certainly. What measures would you like? The benches are 58x208cm. The bottom one is 50cm from the floor to the seat surface and the upper one is 90cm from the floor.
Aspen has a really smooth finish so you can use it for benches without worrying about knots and splinters. You could use cedar of course, but I wanted a really light colour to make the sauna lighter inside without additional lamps.
@@timothy7248 Sure. Spruce is ideal as long as it has been dried properly, but over time goes quite orange as it ages, which I didn't really want at the time. The aspen has stayed very light in colour and has no knots in it that could cause a hot spot that would uncomfortable to sit on.
The door opens to the garden so we can simply wash the floor and brush the water out through the doorway. There's no vent either, the air comes in through the gap under the door and then we push the door open a bit when it feels like we need some air. Things are a little easier when it's an outside sauna.
