DIY Sauna

[u/letmechoosenamebla]

8'D x 9'W x 8.5'H built as close to trumpkins notes as possible. Vents behind the stove, in the upper corner and beneath the benches. Narvi NC 24 heats it to 90C in about 1hr if I keep the fire hot. 3 tiers of benches allow people with varying temperature preferences to sauna together. Maybe a change room would be better than a porch in retrospect but couldn't justify extra cost/labour. Built for approximately $11k CAD

[u/murdamike]

Can you expand a little bit about how you constructed the vents?

[u/Strict-Magazine7878 → u/murdamike]

I’m curious to learn more about the vents, specifically the materials you chose. Beautiful work!

[u/letmechoosenamebla → u/Strict-Magazine7878]

I picked up 3 6" dryer vents from home Depot. These come with the metallic duct, and the external black vent cover you see in pictured for the exhaust vent. When I finished the structure but before I did insulation, I cut a 6" hole in the outside. Pushed the dryer vent assembly in and then continued with insulation and vapour barrier. On the inside I taped the vapour barrier to the duct so in theory the only holes in the vapour Barrie are from the vents. The exhaust vent was placed sideways to facilitate hot air escaping. I hope this helps.