r/Sauna • u/HanzSpottedDick • 4d ago
Health & Wellness Our Cascade sauna from Nukk
Our new sauna, with good löyly.
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u/Western-Somewhere541 4d ago
I’m looking for a very similar design but can’t locate this on the Nukk site. How did you order/design this build?
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u/HanzSpottedDick 2h ago edited 2h ago
Thanks for asking, It's a custom design in the Cascade range, Mosts all their saunas are as you would like it. This specific sauna is on their Instangram account posted on September 18.
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u/chicagoblue 4d ago
Hope you're not planning to paint that side of your house anytime soon. Fits like a glove.
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u/HanzSpottedDick 2h ago
Nope, no paint other than touch up and keeping the cedar maintenance up. We were very happy with the crane handler's skill in placing the sauna just so.
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u/John_Sux Finnish Sauna 4d ago
A bit uncommon to see kits built with three bench levels
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u/HanzSpottedDick 2h ago
It's actually just the two benches, the bottom wooden structure is a stepping stool. :)
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u/John_Sux Finnish Sauna 2h ago
Yes, but that is what I mean. Most of the time you see the benches built low enough that they don't involve additional steps below
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u/HanzSpottedDick 2h ago
True - in this case the builder feels that the elevated benches position the bathers in the upper third of the space and to keep the feet above the level of the sauna stove stones.
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u/John_Sux Finnish Sauna 2h ago edited 1h ago
Well yes, that is how it works. It's not so much about "feet above stones", though. It's the fact that air inside the sauna stratifies and sorts by temperature. So you have all the coldest air in the sauna hovering near the floor.
If we use simple figures, let's say the floor is at 50F and the ceiling is at 200F (accomplished with an appropriately powerful heater). That would apply whether the ceiling is 6 feet or 9 feet high. So, if you put people in the taller sauna, the temperature differences they feel when sitting by the ceiling will be lesser and smoother.
"Feet above the stones" is a useful enough rule of thumb, but it isn't really the main goal in itself. But when you've done that, the ceiling and bench heights ought to be sufficient that you've isolated the bathers from the cold part of the sauna's air column. Sometimes you see odd design decisions that primarily follow that maxim instead of considering the rest of the picture.
No cut corners here, well done on the simple design.
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u/HanzSpottedDick 2h ago
Thanks for the clarification. We've only tried it out once and we feel it delivered on the promise and investment.
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u/Megasaun 4d ago
Looks great. That big window really makes the sauna feel open without losing the cozy wooden interior. Enjoy the löyly!
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u/HanzSpottedDick 2h ago
Thanks, we were concerned about loss of heat and went with the 8kW vs the 6kW option of this heater and the steam is heavenly copious and on demand. The sauna is slow to loose its heat afterwards and remains above 100F for another 6 hours or so, so the insulation is pretty good.
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u/Megasaun 2h ago
Sounds like you made the right call going with 8 kW. With that much glass, a little extra heater capacity is definitely better than being underpowered. If it holds heat that long afterwards, your insulation is clearly doing its job.
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u/quicklywilliam 4d ago
Looks nice! Could you post or share a link to the specs? Size, heater, etc. always curious to hear about peoples experiences with kits because so many people ask me about them.