Your own sauna: Quite simply as a kit

You are about to renovate the basement or convert the loft? Then think about installing a sauna. No place? And what about the party room, which is hardly used? We show you, what you need for a great sauna.

The Finns were the first to come up with the idea, to vigorously heat up in a cubicle, to sweat properly and then bathe in ice water. Naturalists reported these customs, and the pleasure, to feast on hot air, went around the world – as an attitude to life, that has a name in every language: Sauna. Those who prefer to sauna alone rather than in a group or who have to travel far to enjoy the sauna, will prefer to build his own sauna cabin. Nothing is easier than that! Many manufacturers now offer saunas, also to set up yourself, in almost every size and for every location, no matter, whether in the basement, in the attic or outside in the garden. How to use a sauna kit, you can find out on these pages.

With a kit and active help, assembly is no problem

The skirting boards – without floor insulation – screw on the screed. Then connect the two corner elements with a corner strip… and around 180 Turn degrees. In this way, the finished corner structure can be brought into position and anchored in place. One wall element after the other is pushed onto the skirting boards, connected to the previous one and fixed to the base. The building takes shape step by step. For hanging the door (here a glazed version) it is best to do it in pairs. The assembly of the interior can begin. First, the support rails for the furniture are screwed to the wall elements. The two-part oven protection grid is just as much a part of the equipment as the footrest, Sauna light and loungers, being the top one 90 to 100 cm from the ceiling. With the screwing of the last corner element, the self-built sauna is by and large finished. Apart from minor additions to the interior, the only thing missing is… the ceiling. she consists – just like the walls – made of handy elements, which are pushed together piece by piece and fixed in place.

A sauna always consists of two parts. There is also the technical equipment. In addition to the "headlock", that you can build yourself, do you need – unless you have a body of water nearby – a water connection and a water drain, so that you can cool off well after the sauna. A hose or a tub would be sufficient for this. It should also be possible, To supply your sauna room with fresh air. You need an electrical connection for the oven (220/380 Volt), and an easy-care floor (Concrete, Screed, Tiles etc.) is sure to be beneficial. There are saunas of all sizes: The smallest are just two or three, the largest around nine square meters. Technically experienced seber makers save a lot of money with material kits – and put everything together by hand, from the slat construction to the interior fittings. The wall elements are also delivered complete, so they already contain insulation with mineral fiber wool, Diffusion barrier films and the outer formwork – as in our example on this page. All parts are prefabricated for assembly, so provided with tongue and groove and cut to size. Door shapes and interior fittings can be chosen separately. The woods for the walls as well as for couches and seats are, so that they don't splinter, extraordinarily resistant and rounded. And of course untreated.
You will read in the next issue, how you can build a sauna from A to Z yourself – completely individual and inexpensive with wood- and insulation material from the hardware store.