any body do this
Thinking about setting this heater up in the bathroom. Just close the door and bam sauna time, maybe take a dump with 110° steam relaxing
How's this heater look
https://www.amazon.com/VEVOR-Mount-Steam-Sauna-Heater/dp/B07C2LJ665/ref=sr_1_3?tag=ganker-20&crid=3N6A8UOMX8CAX&keywords=120v+sauna+heater&qid=1676714299&refinements=p_36%3A-26000&rnid=2661611011&sprefix=120v+sauna+hea%2Caps%2C260&sr=8-3
You don't just make a "normal" room a sauna by sticking a sauna heater in it, even a bathroom. All the materials in the room need to be moisture resistant. That means no drywall, no particle board cabinetry, and no wood cabinetry/trim unless that wood is something naturally resistant like cedar, cypress, teak, etc. There needs to be a hefty ventilation system to remove the steam when you're done, a standard bathroom exhaust fan doesn't have adequate capacity. And the door needs to be able to make a positive seal all the way around so you're not flooding the adjoining room(s) with humidity. This is especially true if you have central air and the bathroom has a supply register in it.
That bathroom fills with steam all the time from the hot showers never a problem
Sauna-israelite hands wrote this.
~~*they*~~ don't want you to have a sauna. Not that easy son...
thank goodness the helpful boomer showed up to talk the moron out of his moronic idea.
we could have all had some fun in three to six months when he made the inevitable 'black mold' post, but no - the helpful boomer had to show us all how helpful and smart he is.
You, sir, have a heart of blackness
The idea of this but they have confused sauna and steam room, saunas get very hot and dry, likely your ceiling could crack and disintegrate, but yeah what he said applies to furniture. Also i dont know if you need special windows.
And also dont have a locking bathroom door if you so this or someone may die from the heat.
>And also dont have a locking bathroom door if you so this or someone may die from the heat
Bathroom doors lock from the inside, not the outside.
A sauna generates vastly larger amounts of steam than taking a shower. A standard exhaust fan can handle shower steam, it can't handle sauna levels of steam in an adequate amount of time.
People complaining about humidity, there are high temperature low humidity saunas, you know?
At that point why not just plug in a space heater and crank it to max?
>space heater
>op's pic
what's the difference?
>what's the difference?
About a hundred bucks.
Think the biggest issue you’ll have is insulating the heat. You want the temp to reach 165-185 at least. Paint might get toxic at that temp idk.
>165-185
Ok moron if that's was what you looking for you go it enjoy
Right? Why bother unless it's 200
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/08/sauna-championship-russian-dead
Oh also OP you should have the sauna on a thermostat that turns it off after room gets past a certain temperature
Can I put one of these inside a giant tent
Yes, but it's going to be extremely inefficient as the heat will radiate out through the thin tent material very quickly.
Standard sauna heaters don't generate steam. They produce a dry heat. Generally at 160-180 degrees Fahrenheit. Steam is only created if you splash water on the sauna rocks, assuming you get a heater that's water safe. Some cheaper versions have exposed heater coils and shouldn't have water thrown on them.
>he doesnt understand how a sauna works, and how moisture, mold, mildew work either and why this is a terrible idea
you can just run a hot shower, block the threshold with a towel and place Styrofoam on the vents and sort the vacuum thang. much cheaper
>Styrofoam
cling film, Saran wrap, cling wrap my bad im moronic
There should be no more than 135cm from sitting level to ceiling. Bathrooms are also usually too big to heat. Ceiling moisture barrier can't take the heat if it's plastic. We use aluminium laminated PU-boards under wood paneling to line saunas in Finland.
>not buying Harvia stove
NGMI
IKI stoves might look like trendy frickshit but are actually the most efficient and robust sauna stoves available.
Finngolian sauna-autist here. There's more than meets the eye when constructing a sauna and you clearly haven't considered even the superficial stuff yet so I'd have to advice against.
What you could get is an Infrared Sauna. It's completely different experience and mechanism but there are self-contained models that you can stick in your living room if you want. It doesn't generate much heat and produces no water vapours.
>doesn't generate much heat and produces no water vapours.
Sounds fricking lame what's the point?
I'll just point my space heater at me for that experience
An infrared heater is going to heat the object directly, whereas a space heater will heat the air and often has a fan to increase convection heat transfer.
Infrared sauna feels cozy and relaxing. Being in a room with a space heater makes you feel parched and terrible. If you add a humidity source in there you'll run in to the same troubles as discussed beforehand: loads of small-particle water vapours and condensation due to the heat gradient.
An infrared sauna is no replacement to a stove-powered, löyly-chucking, birch sauna-whisk whacking and beer drinking sauna, but it provides similar experience in relaxation and health improvement.
Also, if you have yard space, build the sauna outside. That's where they belong. You don't need to worry about the vapours or condensation water seeping in to your insulation and molding that shit up.
Fair
>Infrared Sauna
>Infrared
Nah thanks, brah. I don't feel like getting cancer
How to say that you're moronic without saying that you're rerarded
That's UltraViolet that gives you the 'Krebes', not infra red, you dumb nibla
I think we should take your finnish citizenship away from recommending even that shit.
Hello fellow finn, I'm here to tell you that your idea is bad and that you're not autistic, just moronic in general. Your idea is bad and you're not autistic, just moronic in general.
Just when I thought I had seen the dumbest post today I see you moron 3 posts down.
>infrared sauna
>finnish
You heretic, take this blasphemy out of here.
where can i learn the forbidden mysteries if i want to build a steam sauna in the back yard
8/10 OP, you hooked a bunch of them with this one.