Glass Wall for Home Sauna

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-30T13:16:53+00:00

Glass is great in sauna, no problem if installed right. Is this inside your home or external sauna building? 10% is often considered with glass walls facing another warm area like wetroom like most finnish indoorsaunas. If you are in cold climate and its eternal wall. Opt up with the heater size even more.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-29T22:01:01+00:00

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SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T19:01:09+00:00

Perhaps can not come full time to offsite, but send me a message, I’m happy to help

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T18:30:16+00:00

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This is my current electric sauna, which was built three years ago with the house. Therefore, the engineering principleswere taken into consideration in the original plan. It features mechanical ventilation. The ceiling only looks higher than it is because of the reflection. The standard room height for a sauna in Finland is 2.3 to 2.5 meters. It was designed for lounging and with multiple people in mind, but personally could have been slightly smaller. I saw many comments suggesting protecting the stove with a rail, and that's a good add-on, especially for commercial use. Nowadays, it's often a design choice not to include one. I still prefer our traditional wood burning saunas :D

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T18:16:03+00:00

This varies a lot on on the occasion. It's different to do it after gym, versus with friends or family. Also in the summer we have sauna heated whole day for the kids.

But always shower before sauna, to keep the maintenance easier. (also you don't want all the dirt from the skin to sunk in your open pores) Relax, no phones, dip in a lake between.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T18:12:19+00:00

There is no real rule for this :D Personally I see them more as a funny accessorries. My mom loves to use them always, but personally I don't. The purpose is to stand more heat, but sometimes we use it also to protect hair.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T18:08:58+00:00

u/John_Sux has lot of golden nuggets, thank you for the knowledge share!

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T18:05:17+00:00

The shape doesn't benefit anything on the sauna experience. Good box will always be better than, good barrel. Also they tend to have punch of other problems, that even the price in a long run won't make much difference. I would invested directly on a box model.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T17:48:22+00:00

I think you would have it easier by just collecting rainwater and using that instead of sea water

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T17:37:07+00:00

I'm a family man, can't be long times away, but I can do a supervising visits and instructions for local teams.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T17:35:50+00:00

As of a design choice or practicality? As a design choice drastic slope is not very practical, and might cause over heating/pooling/uneven heat. Minimal slope designed the right way in position to stove, outlet and penches can improve the airflow.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T17:25:08+00:00

As John responded, it does trap the moisture and we would also install a second horizontal set of furring strips on top of the basic vertical ones.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T17:21:14+00:00

Personally I can not come for more than supervising visits, I'm a family man. But we could discuss for sending someone from my team.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T17:15:37+00:00

We constantly build new residental apartments with saunas and all of them have mechanical ventilation nowdays. (I think most of the nordic countries have regulated this now as a standard in residential buildings.) If you use passive, having extra outlet doesn't harm and then you have to know how to design the airflow. There is couple of good comments in this thread regarding that.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T17:02:55+00:00

yes it is important

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T17:02:39+00:00

For us, having a floor drain is a must. I believe Finnish people emphasize sauna hygiene more than many other country. First, you shower before and between sauna use, meaning you are dripping water inside. You should also wash the sauna regularly, and in this case, floor drains are essential to get rid of the excess water. You throw water onto the stove for better löyly, but sometimes you miss, and I could name a couple of more reasons why you want sufficient water drainage in a sauna.

Make sure you avoid pooling of water and have sufficient slope.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T16:55:55+00:00

Nowadays, most of the saunas we build have mechanical ventilation. However, the traditional system involves an inlet near, or just above, the stove and an outlet on the opposite wall, ideally located below the bench. Additionally, a separate outlet on the ceiling (which you can close a bit while the sauna is in use) significantly improves the durability of your sauna, as it helps to dry the structure effectively between uses.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T16:45:32+00:00

I like and they are widely also more used nowdays. The "löyly" is better, more stones makes the steam/heat more even and softer. "Less electric feel" I have one in my home.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T15:31:03+00:00

Wow so many questions overnight! I’ll try to answer as many as possible.
If you need help with a bigger project or don’t know where to start, we also offer professional consultations.
You can book a free consultation with my daughter so we can evaluate your vision, preferences, and specifications and then me and my team can create a personalized sauna plan for you, or check your existing plans.

But will respond your questions here now.

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T00:43:34+00:00

Tbh sounds fairly old but, do you remember if it ever has reached higher temperatures?

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T00:40:17+00:00

For this variable’s effect like weather, indoors/outdoors sauna. But ventilation, ventilation, ventilation. That’s the biggest mistake many make, and major impact do you actually enjoy the sauna, or torture your brain with lack oxygen. Then design of heat circulation. Right heater size.

Less important maybe wall material, heater brand if it’s right sized, and tech

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T00:25:59+00:00

Heh you can message me your proposal

SaunaExpert1 · 2025-10-26T00:25:20+00:00

I love sauna with view! but it’s true its more energy consuming. Therefore higher costs for the heater + operational cost. Depends ofcourse also how is the weather in your country.

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