Thanks a lot! 🤗

I will soon be building a sauna in Poland. all Finns write about ventilation. tell me how to do it correctly?

​ @pawejonczyk1099 Thank you for asking. In the sauna, it is important to take care of the air required for burning wood in the stove first. It happens in two ways. A 15-centimeter gap is left under the door of the sauna room and an air pipe is brought under the wall from the outside near the stove. Secondly, you have to make sure that there is enough air on the benches. It requires good air circulation. Fresh air must be brought to the stove from the outside with a pipe, either through the wall or under the wall. The pipe opens about 50 centimeters above the stones. In my sauna, the diameter of the pipes is 10 cm, but 15 cm is better. The air also had to leave. It is good to make an adjustable valve or two under the benches, the common diameter of which is at least 30 centimeters. Thirdly, the sauna must also be dry after sauna use. It is done with an adjustable valve above the benches opposite the stove. Diameter 15 cm. This valve is kept closed during the sauna session. Here are the main principles. It is also good to have a vestibule in the sauna, so that an opening can be left under the door of the sauna room. The opening can also be made with valves if the vestibule cannot be built. In principle, this instruction also applies to mechanical ventilation. Very important is that benches are so high that you toes are higher than stones.

@@HannuPulkkinen49Thank you for your answer. Can you send me some photos of your work and solutions by e-mail or WhatsApp in your free time? I watch dozens of films from all over the world. every sauna is different, I would like to build my own, in the forest at my grandmother's, far from civilization. there will be no electricity and water there. there is a river and silence, one great silence.

@@HannuPulkkinen49 gaps in the floor as shown in this video can serve as ventilation for the furnace?

Great words! Thank you! Greetings from Estonia! 🤗

Thank You! I used a thin inner lining board that snaps together. Easy to use. I recommend using a nail gun to install them. I didn’t use nail gun, but it would be easier :)

Thanks for an advice! Now, when we have used our sauna almost one year, we understood that the sauna door should open outwards. Soon we are changing it :) Also we change some little things too and make a little update video. Yes, the gloves… My first bigger project tought me a lot! Next time I will be wiser… I hope :)

I haven’t noticed any bugs. The heat repels insects, so there is not any bugs. Yes, sauna breathes well :)

Thank you! :) Dimensions are 2x2,2 meters. The hight is in front of the sauna 2,4m and back of the sauna 2,2m. Now, when the temperature in November in Estonia is about 2-3 degrees, then the temperature in sauna is like 85-90degrees. If I would want much more heat, then even this is possible, but I like 80-85 degrees :)

thanks for the feedback, looking forward to more content from you, the video is very mesmerizing

Thank you so much and greetings to Ireland! My Harvia is M2, but I think that M1 suits too.

Thanks! :) Greetings to New Zealand! I bought all of my supplies from Estonia, from different hardware stores. I am sure that you find something from New Zealand as well. I wish a great process with your project and when you are done, it would be nice to see your process result ;)

Thank you! The numbers are in the beginning of a clip, where is the sketch :) It is 2,2x2 meters and in front it’s 2,4 meters tall and the back its 2,2 meters.

@@sillevalinu thanks!

2x2,20 ja kõrgus ka eest 2,20 ja tagant 2m.

Hello, yes, they are. I left them because of the air circulation and when I use a bowl of water in the sauna, the water falls through the boards onto the ground. The heat is great and sauna isn't cold ;)

Thank you for asking! No, I left them because of the air circulation and when I use a bowl of water in the sauna, the water falls through the boards onto the ground. We did sauna on 24th of december and there was about -3 degrees outside and in the sauna we enjoyed about 90 degree heat. So everything is great :)

@@sillevalinu thanks for the Info! I think i will do that as well then

Do you mean the indoor material on the wall? 😊 It is alder.

Yes, you are right! Untreated wood inside sauna. Only the floor is pretreated, but it is also uninsulated and breatheable.

Aitäh! Ma kasutasin erinevaid puite. Karkass ja välisvooder oli mul kuusest, lavalauad olid haavast, sisevoodrilaud lepp, terrassilaud mänd. Hetkel talvekülmaga on lepp pisut kokku tõmmanud, aga mitte märgatavalt.

Hello! My stove was about 330 euros. Total was 1500-1700 euros.

@@sillevalinu is that cedar you used ?

No, I used outside the sauna spruce, inside walls alder and the sauna seat is with aspen.

Ma usun, et kuskil selline 1500-1700€ vahemik.

Hey, It is pine tree.

@@sillevalinu Dear Sille, thanks for your answers they are really helpfull to me. Ok, and how it works the pine wood after a year of using in heat room? Is it still same ? Or moving? Or? Have a nice day!

I measured 25 centimeters from all sides of the sauna stove, in this case it is not necessary to use a separate heat-resistant plate. There are ceramic tiles under the stove. We have been using the sauna for a year and a half now and it works perfectly 😊

Mul tegemist üsna väikese projektiga ja otsustasin seetõttu tihendatud killuapadja ja fiboplokkide kasuks. Aluskate killustiku all on geotekstiil, et umbrohi läbi ei hakkaks kasvama. 🙂

I decided to use deck boards and leave them with small gaps so that when water is used, it falls through the gaps and directly onto the ground.

@@sillevalinu Hi, how does the floor feel during winter season? U never felt that you miss the insulation? I'm thinking to do the exakt same construction in my daughters play house when I get the approval from her 😁

@@dedsi In sauna it’s OK. I don’t miss it, because it is quite small room and the heat is up really quickly, but I don’t know about playhouse 😅

Kuna ahi kütab sauna kiirelt soojaks ja sooja õhku tuleb koguaeg intensiivselt peale, siis olles lava kahel astmel ei ole üldse tunda, et põrand justkui “lahti” oleks. Tuul ei puhu. Ilmselt võti on ka selles, et väike ruum ja parajas suuruses ahi. Lisaks on pluss see, et värske õhk tuleb koguaeg peale ja ringleb. Samas kui sauna kausiga vett kaasa võtta, valgub kõik kenasti läbi põrandalaua vahede.

Talvel kannatab isegi paremini kui suvel ☺️ Kütmisaeg on pisut pikem, aga efekt on mõnusam - 80-100 kraadi on ilusti. See, et põrand soojustatud pole, ei saa laval olles aru. Positiivne on hea värske õhu pealevoolavus. Jah, jätsin soojustuse ja laudise vahele tuulutusvahe.

Jaaa, kuulmiskaitse! Järgmisel projektil püüan meeles kindlasti pidada. Aitäh! Kasutasin välimise karkassi ja katuse jaoks 5x75 prussi ja vahele 5x5.

@@sillevalinu väga hea, proovi ikka, sulle endale kasulikum. Tänud vastuste eest, kuid siiski küsin veel et kas nende põrandalaudade vahelt talvel külma õhku ei tule? Sry ma pole spets aga plaanin isegi midagi taolist teha :) sestap siin uuringi niimoodi.

Oleme nüüd iga nädal sauna teinud ja samuti katsetanud :) Saunas on väga hea õhk ehk et alt tuleb koguaeg värsket õhku peale, aga laval jahedust ei tunne. Saun läheb kuskil 40 minutiga soojaks. Selline 90-100 kraadi ilusti käes. Põranda ligi on jahedam õhk, kuid saun ise väike, seega ahi kütab kenasti koguaeg kuuma peale ja õhk ringleb. Ootan ka, et saaks juba talve katsetada :) Arvan, et ilmselt kütmisprotsess pikeneb, aga muu oluliselt mitte.

Kingspan oli 30mm.

Unfortunately, I didn't make quite the correct drawings, but made a sketch with the measurements. Do you still want the sketch?

@@sillevalinu I would really like the sketch if possible? I just bought land in Estonia, I was planning to build something similar to this. This is VERY useful. Im very grateful that you and Sander shared your projects here on KZfaq. Can I ask what the final cost of this was in the end and the timeline? :)