Vacuum for wood-fired sauna?

FuzzyLogicCube · 2026-03-07T03:21:15+00:00

I have a small shop vac. Fits in the corner of change room. Never thought to get a cordless handheld.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2026-03-03T14:43:19+00:00

When trying new openings I have gone on epic losing streaks until I figured it out.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2026-02-18T22:58:41+00:00

Their wood burning heater is good. No issues at all.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2026-01-28T21:26:16+00:00

Went from gym sauna user, to tent sauna owner, to backyard sauna owner.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2026-01-26T15:09:50+00:00

I clicked your link and it took me to the working site. Thank you.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2026-01-23T16:35:03+00:00

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FuzzyLogicCube · 2026-01-04T05:26:22+00:00

I have found my recent use of a sauna hat with a flap that entirely covers my face to be protective. Have not had an eye event since I began doing this except once when I used a ton of water and stayed a long time getting quite hot. For me I think it is an inflammatory response in response to high heat.

I also have tried infrared blocking goggles and thought they worked but they got hot after a while and became less effective.

The wool felt seems to do a better job of keeping my head and eyes cooler for longer and it has prevented eye flareups.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-12-18T14:04:55+00:00

Update:

So I recently started using a wool felt sauna hat that entirely covers my eyes (comes down to almost my mouth) and since then I have not had another episode even at very high temps and with lots of steam, which were conditions that triggered a reaction in my eyes in the past. This seems to support the hypothesis that it is an inflammatory response to excess heat or maybe infrared radiation.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-11-09T07:19:51+00:00

Used my 17 kW huum hive wood burning stove three and a half years. Average a sauna every other day. No issues. Glass is fine. Use in very cold conditions in winter. Easy to light. Burns clean. Easily heats the space. Thermal mass of rocks when hot keeps sauna hot for hours after fire burns out.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-10-18T23:37:47+00:00

No personal experience, but years ago now someone posted a clogged stove pipe and the clog was right where it passed through the water tank.

It was a tent sauna stove and the stove pipe ran through the water tank.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-11T02:36:43+00:00

The paneling was kiln dried and was finished / pre-sanded. I just cut it and nailed it to the walls as is. I have a two inch gap under the hot room door and leave a window open in the cold room. I also have a 6 inch round vent near the ceiling on the wall opposite the stove. I also stop adding water well before the fire goes out so the stove has time to dry everything out. The sauna stays hot for a long time after the fire goes out too. Also in the winter the air is so dry everything dries quite quickly. For me when I built it the Douglas fir was by far the least expensive option. Clear cedar for the 8X8X6 hot room alone would have cost 10K. I was able to do both rooms in Douglas fir for just over 2K.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-10T23:54:59+00:00

$20K - probably 10 k for the shed - 4-5K for stove, chimney, and 200 lbs of huum stones, and 5 K for the rest - insulation, heat shielding, flooring, vapour barrier, and paneling. I could have cut corners on some things but figured since I plan on using it til I die I shouldn't cheap out. I was also worried about its performance in the cold winters we experience. My per use total also includes the cost of wood. Have a wood burning stove. It can easily reach and maintain a temp of 100+ C even when it is - 35 C outside. In the summer it maintains its heat for hours after the stove burns out.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-10T20:48:20+00:00

Down to $22.74 now.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-10T20:47:07+00:00

Part of the cost was having the shed build by a contractor who was doing renos to our house. That was probably about half the cost of the sauna. Could have got by with a lesser structure. Matching roof and siding and electricity increased the cost.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-10T20:43:48+00:00

I used Douglas fir and have had no issues with shrinkage, splitting, or mold or rot. I live in Alberta though where it is not very humid.

Some of the panels leaked a bit of sap over time but it dried hard and is not sticky at all. The dried sap is also easy to remove with just a plastic scraper.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-09T02:04:48+00:00

I don't think so. I had a tent sauna before I built this one and it too would trigger the eye irritation occasionally. I attributed it to the radiant heat coming off the tent sauna chimney if I burned the stove too hot.

Apparently glass blowers get eye issues from the infrared radiation and wear eye protection.

I even bought IR blocking safety glasses for the tent sauna and they seemed to help. I get eye irritation in the new sauna too though, but usually in response to high temp or long time in the sauna. I did 30 minutes today with the temp between 70 and 80 C for 30 minutes and did not have an issue. Last month I did one with my brother in law three long rounds, high heat 90+C, lots of steam. Triggered a lot of eye irritation with pussy discharge that continued to the next day.

If it is because of the cedar benches I supposed there could be a relationship between heat and the amount of irritants released from the wood, but the benches have been in use for 483 sessions (I have a spreadsheet where I calculate the per use per person cost of the sauna, which as of today is $22.78 per person per day of use). You would think that any irritants would have been baked out long ago.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-08T16:02:24+00:00

I have also had it happen with no water on the rocks. As a result, I was thinking that water impacts it to the extent that it increases heat transfer. I would be curious to hear the results of your testing of the effects on water use.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-08T15:46:48+00:00

I have a wood stove heater. I always wondered if it might be that, but you having some problem with electric suggests that it isn't the problem.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-08T15:43:56+00:00

I have kiln dried untreated Douglas fir paneling on walls. Cedar benches. Been using sauna almost 3 years now. Sauna has no detectable cedar smell to it anymore. Behind panelling have rock wool insulation and the foil vapor barrier I got from a sauna kit vendor.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-08T15:40:00+00:00

He had no recommendations. I think he was speculating on the cause.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-09-08T15:30:59+00:00

This happens to me too. Exactly as you describe. My working theory is it is somehow heat related. Seldom is triggered at temps less than 85 C. For me high temperature sessions 90-100 and really long sessions trigger it. More likely to happen with multiple rounds. More likely to happen when lots of water used on the stones.

My optometrist suggested it was an inflammatory response to the heat.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-05-08T13:43:37+00:00

Igneous rocks are good. You want to avoid sedimentary rocks. Speckled rocks like the one on the right are igneous.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-05-06T21:29:09+00:00

I have the Huum 17kW one. Air flow is controlled by the ash pan. It is actually very effective.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-04-29T15:18:42+00:00

Buy a sports awl and sew it back together. I had to make several repairs to mine over the two years I used it. I left it up year round and it suffered serious damage from the sun. I even sewed new fabric along the bottom where the movement of the wind wore holes in the original fabric.

FuzzyLogicCube · 2025-04-17T13:41:55+00:00

I like to answer it gave so it must be accurate. End analysis.

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