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Sauna Design & Sauna Plans
A Sauna Design by Great Saunas is a Good Start for Your Sauna Building Plans...
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On This Page... 1. Indoor Sauna Plans |
A good sauna design and our sauna building plans will mean your sauna building project will be a great success. Our custom sauna design service will create a perfect home sauna plan for you. We will use our 34 years of sauna design experience at Great Saunas to make your sauna construction and sauna building plans a lot easier. Great Saunas Factory can provide the specifications for a sauna room design for various sauna sizes, sauna layouts as well as construction plans. Great sauna building was meant to be easy! |
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The sauna building book, "The Art of Sauna Building", is highly recommended reading for sauna design ideas, sauna building plans, specs, etc. This popular sauna book shows you the essentials of sauna design with indoor sauna room drawings , layouts, blueprints and outdoor sauna plans. It has lots of sauna specifications, sauna material lists and indoor sauna plans. Remember, every great sauna has an authentic Finnish sauna room design that starts here at Great Saunas. Our chief sauna design guy, Pertti, comes from Finland. He is a well-known author of sauna articles and books with thousands of great sauna designs to his credit. As a result, Great Saunas will turn your sauna building plans into a successful and fun project! |
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  Prefab 5'x6' Log Sauna Room  Modular 6'x6' Prebuilt Sauna Room |
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For commercial use, the sauna room sizes of 6 x 8, 6 x 10, 8 x 8 and 8 x 10 are very popular as they can seat as many as seven to ten persons at a time. Commercial sauna rooms with an 8' ceiling height should use a 3-level bench layout in order to gain the maximum seating possible. A 2-level set of benches with a sauna height of 96" is simply poor planning and will be expensive to heat. Most home and residential sauna designs have a regular shape and size, being square or rectangular, to maximize the sauna bench sizes. Odd shape saunas may suffer from poor heat distribution as the natural air movement in the sauna room has been altered. Octagonal and unique size saunas can be novel as long as the sauna design objectives are followed. Irregular shape sauna designs will cost 10 to 15% more.
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Ideally, the inside dimensions of the home made custom sauna room should be in multiples of 12". This will allow you to use the full length of the T&G cedar boards that should be installed horizontally to make the sauna room look and feel bigger. If you plan to lay down on the top bench, the bench length should be a minimum of 6' with a 20" width. Sauna sizes like the 4'x6' and 4'x7' usually have benches that, at 16" wide, are too narrow to lay down comfortably. Conclusion: a sauna room, like the 5'x7', is ideal and should be framed to create a 60"x84" space between the wall studs. An entirely new section on outdoor sauna plans and design is coming soon. Information on outdoor plans, designs and sizes is currently available on a case-by-case basis. Just email us your sauna ideas and we'll work with you to create a great plan. |
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3. Sauna Specifications...
| Your sauna ideas, sauna drawing or sauna blue print will be used to create a full set of sauna specifications for you. Many of our customers fax their sauna drawings to us so we can get started on your sauna. A sauna material list will then be included with the sauna blueprint for a complete sauna room design from Great Saunas. |
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The design and size of the sauna room will depend on: 1. the number of persons using it at one time 2. bench layout, 2 benches, 3 benches or 4? 3. benches to be regular 2-tier or L-shape? 4. sauna door location 5. the heater or stove location, its size and specifications |
 7'x9' Sauna Design Plan with 4 Benches |
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4. Sauna Door Location...
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5. Sauna Heater Location & Specs...
The sauna heater is usually installed in a corner of the sauna room so it uses only a small area of the corner. If the heater is mounted across the corner, the construction of the heater guard becomes complicated as the heater guard will need to be built 3-sided to match the perimeter and outside shape of the heater. The easiest way to install the heater and the heater guard is to mount the heater on only one of the sauna walls so the heater guard can be a simple 2-sided rectangular design. CLICK for sauna power specs.
More sauna stove specs will be added to this section shortly. Just email us your sauna planning questions in the meantime. CLICK for sauna stove specifications & more info.
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6. Sauna Bench Specifications...
Sauna bench specs will be added to this section shortly. In the meantime, the section on "How to Build a Sauna" provides excellent detail on bench planning and building.
CLICK for sauna bench specs.
7. Frequency of Sauna Use...
A residential or home made sauna is generally used two or three times weekly by the entire family and is switched on and off as required. With a typical warmup time of 20 to 30 minutes, the family sauna is ready quickly. If time is available to use it every day, feel free to do so. Many sauna enthusiasts average 5 saunas per week. It is up to each individual whether you prefer to start the day with a cleansing sauna or use the family sauna in the evening to relax and clean up after the day is done.
A commercial sauna often found in fitness clubs may be switched on in the morning and off again at night, usually by an automatic sauna timer. Once a sauna is up to temperature, it takes little power to maintain the temperature during the day.
8. Use of Water...
With today's trend toward the Finnish type of high heat
dry sauna, a separate water tap inside the sauna is NOT REQUIRED. Furthermore, the electrical code now prohibits a water tap directly above the heater. A bucket and ladle are ideal to apply the small amounts of water onto the hot rocks to create a comfortable level of humidity.
 Inside Design Plan of the Parts of a Home Sauna |
While some prefer the completely
dry Finnish sauna with no water added to the hot rocks at all, most people enjoy creating some "steam" to bring the humidity to a more comfortable level. Some people with certain types of breathing problems find that the moist air in the "steam-bath" is quite beneficial to them. Although most electric sauna heaters are designed for wet or dry use, every commercial sauna will discourage the use of water in order to lengthen the life of the electric heating elements. |
 Perfect Building Plan for a 5'x7' Family Sauna |
 Perfect Sauna Building Plan for a Home Made Sauna |
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You may also be interested in:
Sauna Drawings - Sauna Layouts, Sauna Bench Sizes
Sauna Design - More Sauna Room Layouts, Sauna Sizes
Sauna Construction Specs - Sauna Building Plans 2
Heaters & Stoves - Specs
Heaters & Stoves - Wiring Specifications
Sauna Design Ideas - Use Our Sauna Plans & Ideas 2
Outdoor Sauna Plans - New Info & Specs Available Soon
Sauna Material List - Complete List of Sauna Parts Coming Soon
An Excerpt from"The Art of Sauna Building" Section A.11 by Pertti Olavi Jalasjaa CLICK to Order the Book |
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Planning Ideas for Unique Situations...
Lack the room for a sauna shower? One idea that works fine is to locate the sauna shower inside the 6'x7' or 6'x8' sauna room. Use the shower after the sauna is finished. You will also need to apply a coat of our famed anti-stain preserver to your wood parts in order to protect the wood from water marks.
Other Ideas...
We welcome your ideas and questions so we can post them here. More to come...
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