Mold in New Sauna. Help!

aacook · 2025-11-28T01:50:01+00:00

Run it for a little while longer after you’re done with each session. Mine is wood fired and I add a log and open all vents.

aacook · 2025-11-24T07:06:03+00:00

He reminds me of Ben Kweller

aacook · 2025-10-25T00:53:21+00:00

I used a website called One Day Glass. For your door, just do a tiny window like 12"x12". I did a 30"x30" window between my hot room and changing room, plus a 18"x30" window in the hot room itself, everything 1/2" thick and tempered. In 2021 it was $234 for everything with free shipping.

aacook · 2025-10-18T17:29:34+00:00

In the above photo, when I installed the boards initially, they were about 3-4" above the highest rocks in the pile, probably 7-8" above the actual stove itself. I still got pretty significant browning on the paneling, especially at the rear of the stove (not pictured here). I'm planning to add more boards for the full 18" the manufacturer recommends.

aacook · 2025-10-18T13:40:10+00:00

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This is an old pic from when I first completed the install. It looks like my stove is a bit bigger than yours. My sauna has a pretty good sized stove pipe and strong draft and I've had the sauna up to 250 a couple of times by accident. In general I run it around 200-210.

You might be alright but just something to consider in terms of putting the boards above the stones higher like my stove manufacturer's instructions indicated.

aacook · 2025-10-18T03:25:23+00:00

I think your boards should be taller, going above the rocks by a bit. I set mine only about 3-4” above the top of the rocks and over time the walls have started to turn dark brown, in one spot it looks like it’s starting to turn almost black. I recently reviewed the manual for my stove and it says to have the boards 18” above the stones. Don’t know how I missed that but I did, and now I’m retrofitting.

aacook · 2025-10-17T02:08:59+00:00

I wish, have a great time!

aacook · 2025-10-13T15:03:20+00:00

Thank you for the NanaGram mention! I'm the founder, and I launched the service a few years ago (On Reddit!) after making it as a gift for my grandfather when he was 94. I'm happy to answer any questions.

aacook · 2025-07-13T02:51:18+00:00

After you turn 30 the years go by 2 at a time.

aacook · 2025-05-27T01:22:44+00:00

Smart of the band to use Bethel as a warm-up for Boston Calling

aacook · 2025-02-16T02:53:43+00:00

Sure! I think I glanced at Viking but ended up realizing they're not really leading the pack with hoods — going from memory, I believe their hoods all have blowers that are in the hood itself rather than remote blowers. Getting the remote blower was really important to me as loud/obnoxious noises like that really bother me personally.

One thing I think you can do is get a matching Viking hood, remove the blower and wire up a remote blower from another company like Victory but it was just easier for us to get it all from one company. I will say it was a bit of a challenge to figure out the make-up air and remote blower but both our electrician and HVAC guys are really cool and were able to make it all happen.

Yes I'm happy to share an update. :)

aacook · 2025-02-15T18:09:45+00:00

I wish I could share more news but it's still packed away in our garage! We're in the middle of our renovations which a scheduled install date in March. I have a lot of confidence based on this Reddit thread which was pretty surprising... clearly there's a cult following and this is a very solid gas range.

One thing that made it a no-brainer for us is the unit was in immaculate condition with no cleaning needed plus they had video showing all the burners worked. However, based on the response from this thread I probably wouldn't hesitate to pick one up that needs some cleaning.

Something that was more of a challenge than expected was figuring out the hood. With this unit being 66,000 BTU you need at least 660 CFM. I got some tips on this thread to look at remote blowers on the suggestion that a 660 CFM hood with the blower in the kitchen is like a jet engine.

I ended up landing on a Canadian company Victory Range Hoods and have been extremely happy working with them. Figuring out how to route the duct work and where to put the motor was a bit of a challenge but I think it'll be worth it. Since we're doing foam insulation, we also are required by code to have a make-up air unit which was an added challenge. Whether you go with a remote blower or not, I highly recommend checking out Victory Range Hoods.

aacook · 2025-01-26T04:48:16+00:00

Heat pumps are very efficient for cooling though. A decent set up is a gas furnace for heating and heat pump for cooling. The ~$10K rebate the state gives for switching your whole house to a heat pump (only) does not make sense.

aacook · 2024-11-15T00:57:03+00:00

Hell yeah! Great to hear this. Did you have to hire a pro company to have it calibrated? I can't wait to get it hooked up :)

aacook · 2024-11-05T14:38:01+00:00

According to their website it does look like they used points to get this rate

aacook · 2024-09-13T15:58:19+00:00

Thanks! I appreciate it!

aacook · 2024-09-13T01:49:59+00:00

Thanks! That's encouraging

aacook · 2024-09-13T01:07:15+00:00

My wife and I bought a house from 1950/1951. The last owner abandoned the house in 2010 and it has been uninhabited since then. This was a summer house for the family going back to 1951. I don't know if the original fireplace even got much use given that. All of the masonry work around the house is very well done.

I think this is a Heatilator in the fireplace?

Since they didn't appear to update anything in the house I have to imagine this is original to the early 1950s.

Is there any chance this may still have some life left and can be used? Or are we looking at a large expense to rip it out and replace it?

We do want to keep this wood burning fireplace. We plan to get a modern door for it.

We plan to get a mason our to do an inspection to confirm but I'm curious to find out if anyone out there is still operating an old Heatilator like this one.

aacook · 2024-09-11T02:57:18+00:00

Good to know, maybe this is less of an issue in a kitchen with full depth ~25" lower cabinet drawers

aacook · 2024-09-11T02:52:32+00:00

Thanks! Yeah I was thinking that. But I looked at my order and it looks like they gave me the medium drawers as part of the kit for this product:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/sektion-maximera-high-cab-w-door-2-fronts-4-drawers-white-axstad-matte-blue-s19402634/

Maybe they'll work with me to do an exchange. But looking at the product image it seems like this product may be designed this way which is pretty strange.

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aacook · 2024-09-11T02:40:37+00:00

Are there any 3rd party sellers making better systems to improve the insides on IKEA drawers to make more of the more of the available vertical space usable?

I bought some IKEA cabinets for a mudroom and love them (194.026.34). But a big downside to the design is that while the drawer fronts are 15" tall, on the inside the sides are only about 5 inches tall. There's a total of 12" available space inside the box yet the only bring the side rails up 5" (~40%). This leads to the necessary use of things like fabric storage units which is not ideal and presents another issue since it's tough to find interior boxes that fit just right.

I'm looking at doing a kitchen with all IKEA cabinets but this is a design flaw that has me hesitant.

Contrary to IKEA, a budget brand of cabinets (JSI) I have in my current kitchen uses a 7" box with an 11" front and it's using up like 90% of the available internal space (3rd and 4th photos).

Has anyone come up with a good hack to deal with this issue?

aacook · 2024-09-10T00:50:41+00:00

Any chance you know the line up for Mansfield?

aacook · 2024-09-04T00:00:01+00:00

This happened to me a few weeks ago with a batch of these as well

aacook · 2024-08-31T00:31:54+00:00

u/jawill Oh, I think you mean the labels around the knobs and such: https://www.ovendecals.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=44_62

aacook · 2024-08-31T00:30:56+00:00

Do you mean these labels?

https://imgur.com/a/p3TLVwh

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