Sauna Room Heaters – Special Requirements if You Intend to
Burn Wood
Sauna room heaters are an integral part of both the functioning and the
atmosphere in your sauna. There are a variety of stoves and heaters available,
each with its own special benefits and considerations. Wood fired saunas offer a
sauna experience that delights the senses, and if this is the heater for you
there are a few things to bear in mind when installing and using your heater.
Many sauna rooms have wooden floors, which compliment wonderfully the wooden
paneling of a sauna’s walls and ceiling. Wood fired heaters, however, should
not be placed on a wooden floor. If you do not have a concrete floor, then you
can lay down an area of brick on which to place your heater, which you should
then cover with a thick piece of sheet metal.
Your wood burning heater should not be placed next to the paneled walls of your
sauna room – experts recommend that you leave a space of at least twenty inches
between your wood fired stove and your flammable walls. You can line the wall
adjacent to heaters with sheet metal, which will reduce this gap to only ten
inches, but you must be sure to leave a space between the metal and the wood to
allow air to circulate properly. The wooden ceiling above your wood-burning
stove must be similarly protected.
To ensure your sauna room’s safety, you must ensure that it is properly
ventilated when using a wood fire in your stove. You must have a flue and
chimney expertly fitted, and have a ventilation opening situated as far from the
heater as possible. You must never light a fire using inappropriate materials in
your heater. Soft and hard woods such as spruce and birch are suitable for
burning in saunas, but any kind of pre-treated scraps, such as chipboard or
particleboard, is not.
A birch fire offers the most traditional experience associated with
Finnish saunas.
Enjoy the traditional scents and sounds of wood-burning heaters in safety by
ensuring that your stove is properly installed with plenty of room between the
stove and the wooden walls.
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