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Process

Drawn first, then built.

Five steps from a walk around the yard to the first ladle of water on the stones. The drawings come first, and they come with the sauna.

  1. 01

    Consult

    About 1 week

    We start with a call, then walk your site with you. Where the sauna sits, how we get it there, the walk to it, the view from the bench, how far the power has to run, and what your town, county and HOA will want to see.

    You get a written quote for your yard afterwards.

    Site walk, SK-1A first-visit sketch of a lake lot: the house, the shoreline, a proposed sauna and deck near the water, the view from the bench, the power run from the panel and a setback to check.LAKEHOUSESAUNA + DECK?240 V RUNFROM PANELSETBACK?
    SK-1Site walkNot to scale

  2. 02

    Your drawings

    About 1 week

    We fit the drawings to your yard: plan, elevations, sections and the details that matter, like where it sits and how the power reaches it. You review the sheets and sign off.

    These are permit-ready drawings, and they are the same sheets the carpenters build from. Nothing is left to decide on delivery day.

    Front elevation, 77S-60 · S-3Front elevation of the Kivi: horizontal board walls between black corner posts, a cedar door with a tall glass strip on the left, a fixed window in the middle and a narrow strip of boards on the right, under a black top band and a thin black metal roof. 5 feet 7 inches wide, 9 feet 3½ inches from grade to roof.5'-7" OVER POSTS9'-3½" GRADE TO ROOFBLACK PBR ROOFFIXED WINDOW23¼ × 35¼CEDAR DOOR,TEMPERED STRIPOILED 2×6 BOARDS
    77 SAUNAS77S-60 Single-wall 2-person outdoor sauna · Construction setFront elevationSheet S-3Rev B · 2026-10-27

  3. 03

    Permits & engineering

    Varies by county

    An electrical permit is always needed. A building permit depends on the size of the sauna and where you live; Iredell, Mecklenburg and Lincoln counties each handle it differently. We prepare the drawings and the details reviewers ask for, and work through it with you.

    Wall build-up, 77S-60 · U-1Plan section through the insulated Valo wall, outside to inside: pine siding, housewrap, a 2 by 4 stud bay filled with R-13 insulation, a taped foil vapor barrier, a three-quarter inch air gap on furring, and spruce lining.1×6 PINE T&G SIDING, OILEDHOUSEWRAP2×4 @ 16" + R-13 INSULATIONFOIL VAPOR BARRIER, SEAMS TAPED¾" AIR GAP ON 1×2 FURRING1×6 SPRUCE T&G LININGOUT · · · IN
    Valo · U-1 · wall layersWall build-up3" = 1'-0"

  4. 04

    Delivery

    Usually a single day

    We build it ahead of time and bring it to your yard. It arrives whole, or we assemble it quickly on the spot if needed, and we set it in place. A licensed electrician runs the circuit and connects the heater. We leave the yard as we found it, plus a sauna.

  5. 05

    First löyly

    The first evening

    We heat it with you the first time: how long to wait, how to set the vents, how much water to throw, and how to dry the room after. Then we leave you to it.

The rules

Feet above the stones.

Finnish saunas follow a few plain rules. They are easy to skip. Ours are drawn to the inch around them.

Section B-B, 77S-60 · S-2Side section of the Kivi, back wall on the left and front on the right: an upper bench at 48 inches with a three-slat backrest and 42 inches of headroom to the ceiling, a foot bench at 32 inches set 1½ inches above the heater stones, a Harvia KIP80B 8 kW heater on the side wall near the front, and the ventilation path from a low intake under the heater, up over the stones, across the ceiling and out through a low exhaust on the back wall.42" HEADROOMHARVIA KIP80B8 kWFEET ABOVETHE STONESLOW INTAKEWINDOWDRYING VENTLOW EXHAUST
Kivi · S-2Section B-B3/4" = 1'-0"
  1. Rule 01Feet above the stonesThe foot bench sits above the top of the heater, so the heat reaches all of you, not just your head. Where the stones wrap the elements, as in the Valo and the Kivi 4, the bench can sit a little lower.S-2 · Kivi 2 foot bench +1½" over the stones
  2. Rule 02Air that actually movesFresh air comes in low by the heater, rises over the stones, crosses the ceiling and leaves low on the far side. A high vent dries the room when you are done.S-1 · Three vents, every sauna
  3. Rule 0342 inches of headroomThe best heat is near the ceiling. Enough room above the upper bench to sit up straight in it.S-2 · Upper bench +48", ceiling +90"
  4. Rule 04No metal where skin touchesBench slats are screwed from below with eased edges, and the benches keep their clearance from the heater. No screw head or metal edge meets bare skin.S-4 · Western red cedar benches

160–190°F

Where the löyly lives

42"

Above the upper bench

3

Vents in every room

Why the drawings

A sauna can be built from a kit, or a guess. Ours are built from a drawing set.

It is how a reviewer can approve it, how the carpenter builds it the same way twice, and how you know exactly what you are getting before anyone cuts a board.

Step 01

Begin with a call.

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