What size should
a indoor or outdoor home sauna be?
Choosing the size
of your sauna
When choosing the size of your home sauna, the size will
be dictated largely by if you are looking for a 2,3, 4 or
more person sauna. Generally, a lot of sauna manufacturers
recommend about two feet of bench space for each person. In
terms of actual location, a sauna for the home can be positioned
just about anywhere in your house. It can for example be in
a spare room, a cupboard, a bathroom, the basement, or even
outside if you wish. If you have a spare cupboard which is
unused, this can even be enough space for a 2 person sauna.
Thin carefully how many people your home sauna should be for.
If you want sauna sauna evenings with friends, you might want
a 6-person sauna. You might realistically only have space
for a 2 or 4 person sauna.
Worth noting is that:
- Saunas do not require any plumbing connections
- Saunas do require a dedicated electrical circuit (to operate
the heater). Some smaller heaters will operate on 120 volts,
but most are wired for 240. Switch or timer controls regulate
the heat output to pre-set levels.
Home Sauna Packages (and size)
It can be much easier when building or installing a sauna
at home, to use a pre-made , free-standing, self-contained
sauna.: These saunas are often called 'Modular Sauna Packages'
or 'Sauna Kits'. With these kind of saunas, you only really
need  to
analyse the size of the sauna you need. Once you know the
size of the room/area you have available, buying one of these
pre-made units which comes framed, insulated and pre-wired,
you can easily install the sauna in a few hours. You do not
have to be very highly skilled to set up one of these saunas.
The package can be assembled and the sizes can range from
roughly 4' x 5' to 12' x 12'. Because this type of sauna can
be assembled as a free-standing room, it can be placed sauna,
you can place it pretty much anywhere and take it apart quickly
if you move house etc.
The modular kit is shipped with the wall and ceiling sections
completely pre-assembled. Interior and exterior wood paneling
is in place, and the sections are fully insulated and even
partially pre-wired. All you have to do is bolt the sections
together, assemble the interior benches, mount the heater
and lights, and connect the pre-installed conduit to an electrical
connection.
Why are so many sauna kits listed in increments of feet.
What if my sauna room size is slightly different?
Feet are the not commonly listed measurement, but companies
selling sauna kits/pre-made saunas may offer slightly different
measurements.
- Worth considering is that sauna users often enjoy laying
down in the sauna, thus you may want to try and ensure that
the sauna wall is at least 6ft by 5ft in size. The 6ft length
will allow most propel to have space to lie down and the 5ft
width should allow space for an upper and lower bench.
- For the ceiling height, a 6.5 to 7 feet in height can be
good because
heat rises and this height will give room for the warmer air
in the
sauna to rise enough but not too much.
- Main Types
of Sauna
- Choosing
a sauna heater
- Sauna
size & Indoor or outdoor sauna
- What
sauna accessories you may need |
