Never use glue inside sauna and now I'm talking the real sauna, so over 100 degrees of celsius if needed. When you wash the benches, you need to leave gap between wall and bench or make benches removable. Greetins from land of saunas: Finland.
Great video! I'm getting ready to do a sauna build myself. I think I'm going to go with western red cedar. Question: How did you fasten the bench boards down? I just didn't get that part of it. I know you drilled holes all the way through each transverse board in the very beginning but I just didn't see how the top boards were fastened to them.
Sorry for the late reply Brian. I screwed up through the transverse boards with screws that were just long enough to grip the bench boards without sticking through. That's why I countersunk the holes to get the correct screw depth. Good luck with the sauna!
Great looking benches. How much spacing did you use (gap) between the top planks of the bench? Are you happy with the result - next time would you make the gaps the same size?
Certainly. What measures would you like? The benches are 58x208cm. The bottom one is 50cm from the floor to the seat surface and the upper one is 90cm from the floor.
The door opens to the garden so we can simply wash the floor and brush the water out through the doorway. There's no vent either, the air comes in through the gap under the door and then we push the door open a bit when it feels like we need some air. Things are a little easier when it's an outside sauna.
Aspen has a really smooth finish so you can use it for benches without worrying about knots and splinters. You could use cedar of course, but I wanted a really light colour to make the sauna lighter inside without additional lamps.
@@timothy7248 Sure. Spruce is ideal as long as it has been dried properly, but over time goes quite orange as it ages, which I didn't really want at the time. The aspen has stayed very light in colour and has no knots in it that could cause a hot spot that would uncomfortable to sit on.
Thanks for the video. Very help full when building my own sauna.
The video help me when building my own sauna.
Thanks from Máy xông hơi Hoabico with love
Never use glue inside sauna and now I'm talking the real sauna, so over 100 degrees of celsius if needed. When you wash the benches, you need to leave gap between wall and bench or make benches removable. Greetins from land of saunas: Finland.
Thanks for the advice.
Juha you have any advice for uding led strip lights in sauna?
Good job James. I was thinking you would need a support leg in the middle but it looks pretty solid without it
Thanks. Yes, we regularly have 4 people sat on the upper bench and it’s plenty strong enough.
Are those all 2x4's or are did you use 1x4's for the tops of the bench?
Great video! I'm getting ready to do a sauna build myself. I think I'm going to go with western red cedar. Question: How did you fasten the bench boards down? I just didn't get that part of it. I know you drilled holes all the way through each transverse board in the very beginning but I just didn't see how the top boards were fastened to them.
Sorry for the late reply Brian. I screwed up through the transverse boards with screws that were just long enough to grip the bench boards without sticking through. That's why I countersunk the holes to get the correct screw depth. Good luck with the sauna!
Great looking benches. How much spacing did you use (gap) between the top planks of the bench? Are you happy with the result - next time would you make the gaps the same size?
The spacing is about half an inch. Works well. Comfortable enough and allows water to freely drain off the benches.
2 years later.. how are your benches holding up?
They have some dirt embedded in the bottom bench from dusty feet resting on them, but otherwise, as good as new. Still rock solid.
James O'Shea very fine sandpaper and elbow grease will knock that dirt right out! Beautiful benches by the way!
very helpfull thanks, could you provede some measures?
Certainly. What measures would you like? The benches are 58x208cm. The bottom one is 50cm from the floor to the seat surface and the upper one is 90cm from the floor.
@@jamesoshea9030 thank you man
@@jamesoshea9030 what is the size of the benches?
Can you use a eucalyptus garden bench inside the sauna? Does this type of wood secrete oils, does it get too hot?
Which wood is used for the walls?
It’s all Aspen. Got it from a sauna wood company and I’m very pleased that I did as there’s no warping happened over the years.
No drain?
The door opens to the garden so we can simply wash the floor and brush the water out through the doorway. There's no vent either, the air comes in through the gap under the door and then we push the door open a bit when it feels like we need some air. Things are a little easier when it's an outside sauna.
Why was aspen chosen?
Aspen has a really smooth finish so you can use it for benches without worrying about knots and splinters. You could use cedar of course, but I wanted a really light colour to make the sauna lighter inside without additional lamps.
@@jamesoshea9030 What about spruce? That is more common here in northern Europe.
@@timothy7248 Sure. Spruce is ideal as long as it has been dried properly, but over time goes quite orange as it ages, which I didn't really want at the time. The aspen has stayed very light in colour and has no knots in it that could cause a hot spot that would uncomfortable to sit on.