For centuries the Finns and other cultures have been building their own saunas granted for most of this time simple dugouts were the style of choice. Todays modern home has much higher standards no one wants to crawl in a dark hole in the earth to have a sauna bath anymore. Well today it is easy to build your own sauna either indoors or outdoors.
The first step will be to decide on the size and the location of your sauna. Will it be inside or out? Will it be a one person, two or more? What type of heat source do you want to use? An outdoor sauna will require more engineering as it will need to be structurally sound weather proof and well insulated. The typical construction of an outdoor sauna is with Cedar. Cedar is widely used because it is extremely resistant to rot and can tolerated the high moisture levels associated with a sauna. Cedar is usually the first choice it is not the only choice when it comes to a sauna actually any material that can with stand the high temperature and high moister level can be used material such as fiberglass and acrylic panels can be used also. You may want to line your sauna with Cedar and have the outside match the siding on your...