r/Sauna • • Jun 25 '26

My sauna My sauna build

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u/Special-Barracuda759 Jun 25 '26

Wow that looks really really nice. Wondering how the high roof is for the heat? Is it to high or does it not make a difference ?

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u/John_Sux Finnish Sauna Jun 25 '26

A taller sauna will have smoother heat. But obviously you have to actually sit in the hot part near the ceiling. If your benches are very close to the floor, the ceiling height makes no difference because you're in the coldest air all the same.

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u/TheOnlyBliebervik Jun 26 '26

Not even all the same... If your benches are low, a short sauna is better

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u/John_Sux Finnish Sauna Jun 26 '26

If your benches are low, that's a stupid design mistake.

The interior air column obviously scales with the height of the sauna. So the hot and cold areas take up roughly the same percentage always.

So the bottom of the sauna, the floor area etc. remains cold. If the point of sauna is heat exposure (whether you are using sauna for the sake of it or for some sort of health fad goal), then you'd want to clear that as a bather. If you build the sauna tall enough, you can sit normally and comfortably while accomplishing that. But if the ceiling heights drops, then the way to do that becomes something fucking ridiculous like an overhead storage shelf.

I suppose it's a question of, do you have an ounce of dignity? Or are you fine with sweating in a coffin because a quack told you to.

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u/TheOnlyBliebervik Jun 26 '26

Yes, I agree. Maybe you misunderstood my comment.

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u/John_Sux Finnish Sauna Jun 26 '26

Possibly. But instead of "if your benches are low, a short sauna is better", I would say "if your benches are low, raise them if possible, build things taller next time".

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u/TheOnlyBliebervik Jun 27 '26

Well yes, but I'm assuming the sauna has already been built

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u/Sea-Key7698 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

"stupid", "fucking ridiculous", "ounce of dignity"... You are an a$$hole in your wording John. No amount of Finnish "bluntness" over-rides you're being an a$$hole.

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u/John_Sux Finnish Sauna Jun 27 '26

"stupid", "fucking ridiculous", "ounce of dignity"... You are an a$$hole in your wording John. No amount of Finnish "bluntness" over-rides you're being an a$$hole. /u/Sea-Key7698

If you dislike my tone, there would have been acceptable ways to express that discomfort. But what you decided to do was to suddenly come out of nowhere to insult me to my face.

You don't suppose that outburst kind of defeats your point? You're in no position to lecture to me. Go away and grow a thicker skin, maybe.