About
It started on a bicycle.
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
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Lake Norman, NC
After graduating, one of us bought a bike and a tarp to sleep under and rode through Latvia, Estonia and Finland. There were saunas everywhere, and in Finland, by almost every lake.
The best of them was a free, volunteer-run sauna by the sea, open all day and all night. People came after work, sat, talked, went into the water and came back to the heat. Between rounds the talk turned to how a sauna actually works: why the feet should sit above the stones, where the air comes in, what wood to use and why.
Back home, after summers spent building docks on Lake Norman and drawing them in CAD, the two things met. Many of the backyard saunas we saw here skipped the rules that made those Finnish ones so good. So we started drawing our own.
77 Saunas is that work: Finnish-style outdoor saunas, drawn to the inch and delivered to yards around the lake.
- sisu
- Quiet determination. Doing the hard, plain thing well, and not making a show of it.
What we hold to
- OneThe rules firstFeet above the stones, air that moves, headroom to sit up in, no hot metal. We do not trade them for a lower price.
- TwoDrawn before builtEvery sauna has a full drawing set. You see it, sign it off, and keep it.
- ThreeHonest materialsWood that suits the heat, finishes that suit the wood. Nothing glued that should be screwed.
- FourClose to homeWe build around Lake Norman: Mooresville, Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Denver, Troutman. Near enough to come back.
Begin
Come sit in one.
Tell us about your yard. When the first sauna is standing, we will invite you to try it.
Get a quoteThanks. We'll email you when the first sauna is standing.