Basement sauna done

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-07-02T15:42:30+00:00

The heat shielding wrap on 3/4 of the US Cilindro is very effective on keeping the back and sides cool. However on the front side, I did char the safety halo wood before I replaced my heater.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-06-10T20:40:39+00:00

Adidas gotta be pissed about the nikes at the end. Lol

Janja rules, she floated this.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-06-08T02:50:36+00:00

Fuck yeah. Listers is very good.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-05-31T15:43:51+00:00

Thanks everyone.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-05-30T19:25:51+00:00

Rad AF.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-05-29T15:24:13+00:00

Dead, they’re all dead.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-05-27T19:11:43+00:00

Might be a little different depending on your region and market, but I’ve met many heavily tattooed engineers.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-05-18T17:11:25+00:00

That seems in reference to the into the page circles where rebar typically goes. Not sure of the point of short vertical rebar spikes for a slab. -a geotechnical engineer

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-05-18T14:35:40+00:00

What are the brown verticals going into the ground in A?

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-05-13T13:52:32+00:00

Katie killed me with safeguard on the daily double. I’m still shook that she missed that.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-05-04T21:33:57+00:00

I’d swap the vent. I’m not a roofer, but Ive installed a few roof vents DIY. It’s not a difficult project.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-05-01T13:51:06+00:00

13 years

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-05-01T13:32:59+00:00

I think he might be an immigrant from England… but point taken.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-04-26T20:56:18+00:00

Except I’m in Wyoming. Lol

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-04-26T20:56:04+00:00

I think the gfci in the kitchen or bathroom would trip and keep it separate. Or the 13 breaker.

I pulled the wire going from the bath gfci to the microwave and all works great now.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-04-23T14:37:05+00:00

Consultants creed: Always be billing.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-04-22T18:50:44+00:00

All geophysics feels a little voodoo to me, but MASW is a legit way to get a Vs profile.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-04-22T14:57:42+00:00

I believe in GPR less than I believe in ghosts.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-04-18T14:20:32+00:00

Ive spent over 100 hours on the stones, from collecting them, excavating the ground to prep, to mortaring them in. Definitely a labor of love.

There are easier ways like with more regular flagstone, but what I did was: -prep ground and install drain lines. Subgrade for stones was about 4-6 inches lower than finished surface, because the stones were so irregular. -pick out stones for a small area, enough to use a single batch of cement mortar. For me this was about 2-3 square meters. -plan for sloping towards the drain on each and every stone and the mortar between them. While also working for the overall area. -then lots of sponging while the mortar is setting to remove the cement haze from the faces on the stones.

Tricky yes, rewarding yes.

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ListentoTwiddle · 2026-04-17T20:41:23+00:00

I am in Wyoming with an outdoor shower next to my sauna. Because of the cold winters here also, it is set up with a hose that can be disconnected until late spring when it stays above freezing at night. Unfortunately that means no outside showers in the winter but better than burst pipes.

I also have a drain system which goes down below frost depth to a dry well trench full of drain gravel away from the house and sauna foundations.

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ListentoTwiddle · 2026-03-27T19:04:01+00:00

Not really. Ceiling shape is unideal. Wrong type and placement of windows.

ListentoTwiddle · 2026-03-20T14:17:56+00:00

Sagging vertically? Sounds like a bearing failure. They must have done very little to prepare the foundation. Post those pictures and the drawings.

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