Design Factors to Consider in Redwood Saunas
When you decide to install a Finnish style sauna, consider redwood saunas. Saunas
designed from redwood are extremely strong and durable and will last you a long
time. The Finnish sauna design is
becoming increasingly popular because it can be used all year long. Even when
the snow is piled up outside, you can still enjoy the therapeutic benefits of a
sauna.
Since the wood used must be a soft wood, redwood is a perfect choice because in
addition to its beauty, it has a natural rot resistant property. It is also free
of knots, which makes using redwood in the design of the
Finnish steam sauna very appealing to
the eye. This type of wood contains an abundance of the natural oils that help
the wood to resist decay and as a result the redwood will turn black when it is
exposed to body oils and perspiration. Although saunas built in America use
redwood or cedar for the interior paneling, the traditional Finnish sauna is
paneled in spruce or pine.
If you are designing your own Finnish redwood paneled sauna, you need to pay
attention to where you place the benches, their height and proximity to the
source of heat. For example, you should design your sauna so that the top level
of the stones is beneath the level of the benches. Once you notice that these
stones start to lose their ability to retain heat, they need to be replaced.
According to Finnish designers of saunas, you should not apply any treatment on
the interior walls. You can apply a treatment to the floor, but this should be
one that doesn’t emit an odor. It also needs to be mold resistant because of all
the humidity inside the sauna. Making sure that you have good ventilation is
essential in all sauna designs, whether you use cedar, redwood, spruce or pine. You
need to have good fresh air circulating through the sauna as the stale air goes
out the chimney. In addition to the frequent scrubbings you need to give the
benches, having good air supply is a way to keep the sauna free of bacteria.
Another factor you need to consider when designing saunas is an air exchanger.
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