DIY Sauna Build Parts & Plans
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- Sauna
- Creator
- Builder97
- Published
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- 24
- Tagged Parts
- 98
- Estimated Total Cost
- $10,455.49 (78 priced items)
Description
Dimensions (Outside): 4.6' x 6.6' x 7' Internal Volume (Cu.Ft.): ~130 Sauna Type: Traditional Dry Wood: Ply-Bead siding +OSB (Outside), Cypress T&G (Inside) Heater: 6kw Vevor (Would recommend 8kw) Time from 77°F to 195°F: about 1hr Max Temp: 100°C Ventilation type: Mechanical Location: Miami, Fl.
Images & Tagged Parts
Image 1 of 24: Cover of sauna build-log
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- DIY Sauna Build Parts & Plans - image 17
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- Cover of sauna build-log
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_p64u9xgg
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- IcyBull cold plunge (optional) — Liked how simple it was yet it has lighting, ozone for sanitation and a great filter/pump
- Door gap filler — Avoiding florida insects and lizards
Image 2 of 24: Sauna floor build
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- Sauna floor
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- Sauna floor build
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_9wxnsk8k
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- Mineral oil — To preserve wood better without polluting sauna. Helper is currently spreading oil across the underside of the floor.
- Mineral oil — $30
- Flooring (Pine) — Was more affordable than other ones, however I would have chosen cypress again if Inwas to redo it.
- 2 by 6 pressure treaded — Strong, heavy and good for outdoors
- 2 by 6 — $100
- Floor plans
- Helper — I hired a helper for this project. We added about 80hrs of work (combined). Cost of this was not added to the total. Add about 100hrs Electrical was separate. Add about $600 to $1,400 to install a new breaker depending on the complexity of the wire run.
Image 3 of 24: Back wall installing
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- DIY sauna build
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- Back wall installing
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_63l4xpdd
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- Home wrap — To make sauna walls stand the weather better.
- Tyvek home wrap — $70
- Back wall plans
- Flooring (Pine) — Was more affordable than other ones, however I would have chosen cypress again if Inwas to redo it.
- Osb Board
- Osb boards (got 7) — $150
- Pine-made frame 2 by 4s — The sauna frame was made bybregular pine 2 by 4s.
- See all tools used
Image 4 of 24: Sauna was installed in the corner
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- Sauna Build sauna homewrapMiami Fl - image 8
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- Sauna was installed in the corner
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_qqhn9zz8
Tagged parts on this image (1)
- General plans (build has different door location)
Image 5 of 24
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 9
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_u92ncpcv
Tagged parts on this image (3)
- Roof frame made of pine & OSB Boards — Frame was made with regular pine 2 by 4s.
- Front wall plans
- Osb Board
- Osb boards (got 7) — $150
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- Sauna homewrapped installed
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_j6wa4cd0
Tagged parts on this image (3)
- Roof Underlayment — Do not use the homewrap for the roof. Make sure to use a dedicated roofing underlayment
- DUPon Underlayment — $92
- Home wrap — To make sauna walls stand the weather better.
- Tyvek home wrap — $70
- Roof ties — This is what ties the roof trusses with the sauna structure together
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 11
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_egz0cbg1
Tagged parts on this image (4)
- Electrical J box 3/4" knockouts — Good for the 3/4" emt conduit
- Ply bead ply wood siding 7 units
- Behr outdoors paint (2 layers)
- Tools used
Image 8 of 24: Electrical interior
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- Sauna electrical interior with conduits and electrical boxea
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- Electrical interior
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_pj6o5jy2
Tagged parts on this image (6)
- Electrical fitting for conduit to box
- Electrical cover plate — Universal electrical cover plate
- 3/4" emt conduit 25ft — Highly flexible
- 25ft kf 3/4" emt conduit — $23
- Electrical J box 3/4" knockouts x 5 — Good for the 3/4" emt conduit got about 5 units
- Audio system — Chose boss. Installed the controller on the side of the sauna....don't do that, install it on the front wall!
- Boss audio system — $160
- Lag screw 4" — Screws were used to put all wall together & for the bench structure
- Lag screw hex — $26
Image 9 of 24: Insulation
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- Sauna insulation rockwool
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- Insulation
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_zo2i236b
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- Insulation — I chose R15 which should be more than enough
- R15 Rock Wool — $400
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- Sauna vapor barrier and firring strips
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_y330ni9l
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- Vapor Barrier
- Aluminium Vapor Barrier — $63
- Cypress Furring Strips — Custom Cuts
- Vapor Barrier tape — I would have chosen an aluminium tape next time or something not plastic
- Vapor Barrier Tape — $24
- Tools used
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- Sauna roof
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_qw00rmfn
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- Corrugate roof — I recommend metal roof...but I had extra of the polycarbonate one so I chose it
- Roof eave drip edge — Drip edge avoids your overhang from getting rain-on
- Roof drip edge got 4 — $60
- Roofing screws — A thick rubber washer keeps leaks away
- Roofing screws — $60
Image 12 of 24: Sauna electrical
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- Typucal exterior sauna electrical setup 120v and 220v circuits
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- Sauna electrical
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_2cjmgv4r
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- 40 amp breaker — Simple breaker compatible with this specific breaker enclosure
- 40 amp breaker for heater — $17.5
- Breaker weather enclosure
- Audio system — Chose boss. Installed the controller on the side of the sauna....don't do that, install it on the front wall!
- Boss audio system — $160
- Liquid Flex 3/4" conduit
- Outdoors liquid flex conduit 3/4" — $28.99
- Electrical J box for outdoors
- Electrical cover plate — Universal electrical cover plate
- Electrical plans
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- Sauna electrical interface between insise and outside
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_u7yysos6
Tagged parts on this image (4)
- 3/4" electrical nut
- 3/4" electrical nut — $8
- 3/4" npt nipple by 2" length — Pass wire between the inside and outside kf the sauna through a water-tight method
- 3/4" npt by 2" nipple — $17
- Electrical J box 3/4" knockouts — Good for the 3/4" emt conduit
- Wire for heater — Went with 8/3 however certain heaters may require 4 conductors so I do recommend getting 4 (10/4 is the link which means 4 conductors each 10awg).
Image 14 of 24: Interior
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- Sauna interior cypress
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- Interior
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_pabgun0n
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- Sauna rocks — Some heaters don't include rocks. Wild rocks may explode due to water inside them so be carefull.
- Vevor 6kw — Sauna was built in Miami Fl. This sauna is about
- Led light strip
- Sauna bucket — To add water to my heater rocks
- Sauna water bucket — $70
- Cypress T&G 4" x 1" 8ft — 130 units T & G. Would have chosen 6" x 1". That said, cypress is amazing for sauna use, smells fresh, doesnt grow mold and it is local to south east of usa. Crazy how the smell changes when it gets hot, it smells very good.
A bit expensive so cedar could work too.
- T&G cypress 4" x 1" 130 units — $3,300
- Removable lower bench
Image 15 of 24: Sauna accesories
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- Most popular interior sauna accesories
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- Sauna accesories
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_2x1zw0pv
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- Adjustable air vent
- Adjustable sauna vent — $30
- Sauna sand timer
- Sauna sand timer — $30
- Sauna temp and humidity gaunges
- Sauna bucket — To add water to my heater rocks
- Sauna water bucket — $70
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- Sauna glass door and hinges
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_u3bwv4pm
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- Glass hinges — While these did work, I would have been more comfortable installing 4 of them
- Glass door hinges — $24
- Hinges screws #10
- Custom tempered glass cut — 28" x 78" x 3/8" these need specific cuts to accomodate hinges and handles, onces cuts are made they will "tempered" in an oven. Once tempered, holes can't be made otherwise, glass shatters.
- Glass door — $140
- Led recessed ceiling lights — Looks good!
- 4" recessed led lights — $40
- Levinton light switches x 2 — Weather proof light swicthes...perfect for outdoors
- Outdoors light switches — $40
- See gutter parts
- Vine plants (Not real)
- Fake plants (Optional) — $34
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- Sauna led strip connection
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_9jj8ixn7
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- LED light strip — Yellow-ish and rated for high heat.
Purchased 2, one for the bottom bench and the other for the top bench
- Led light strip — $49
- Wago Connectors — Makes connecting wires super easy
- Wire connectors — $21
- Wire (120v) — I would have chosen the wire linked here bc the one I puechased at homedopot was not as high quality
- Electrical plans
Image 18 of 24: Vent
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- Passive vs mechanical sauna ventilation
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- Vent
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_w6whzrqh
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- #8 by 2" screw for fan
- Screws for fan — $9
- Mechanical ventilation fan — At first I had a regular vent but felt like the enviorment was not well ventilated so I decided to add a fan. Made a big difference. If I was to redo this I would have added it as part of the sauna design rather than an after though.
- Sauna fan vent — $36
- Vent grills 4" fot 4 total — Used 2 for upper part, one inside sauna the other outside. Then used 1 for under the heater (inside) and the mechanical vent seen.
- Passive vents metal — $36
Image 19 of 24: Tools
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- Diy sauna shows all tools used in building this sauna
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- Tools
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_4ful2b6f
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- Miter saw — Useful Miter Saw was heavily used for cutting all the wood pieces
- Miter Saw — $635
- Compressor — We used a compressor for all the nailing tools
- Compressor — $195
- Table saw — Useful for cutting wood length-wise used it for cutting the Tongue and grooves off the boards and use those for the benches
- Portable Table Saw — $350
- Portable Table Saw — $350
- Frame nailing gun — A beast, can shoot 1.5" or 2" nails and goes through wood like butter. Recommended
- Frame Nailing gun — $188
- Heavy duty stapler — Used for adhering the Home wrap to the OSB board panels
- Heavy duty Stapler — $28
- Brad Nailer
- Brad Nail Gun 18 GA — $100
- Drill & Impact driver — The drill was used everywhere and the impact driver is good for set screws.
- Drill & Impact Driver — $140
- Heavy duty scissor — Used for cutting roof eaves and the gutter
- Heavy duty scissor — $23
- Wire stripper/cutter — Heavily used for wiring all the 120V voltage (lights/switches & speaker)
- Wire stripper/cutter — $35
- Jig Saw — Used it for opening holes for the light switches
- Jig Saw — $40
- Speakers saw hole opener — Used to install the Boss speakers
- 4 inch hole saw opener — Used for the sauna vents
- Hole saw opener 1 inch — Used for passing conduit through the 2 by 4s
Image 20 of 24: Gutter
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- Sauna gutter all parts for a gutter
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- Gutter
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_3dx1b0x0
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- Gutter "L" shape downspout tube x2 — Get two of these
- Gutter L downspout — $12
- Black Gutter 5" x 8ft
- Gutter End Cap (LEFT Piece) — You'll need to get the right hand side end cap
- Gutter left end cap — $3
- Gutter downspout splicer 5" — To connect downspout tube with the main gutter
- Futter downspout splicer — $12
- Gutter black coated screws — Are coated black so they look nice
- Gutter aluminium black fastener
- Downspout tube 3in x 8ft — 5" x 8ft downward gutter
- Downspout gutter tube — $20
- Hidden gutter hanger get 5
- Gutter hanger — $12
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- Sauna home wrap material rolled for transporation
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_76pghamp
Tagged parts on this image (1)
- Prefabricated back wall
Image 22 of 24: Sauna prefabricated frame
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- Sauna frame
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- Sauna prefabricated frame
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_5qh91yx2
Tagged parts on this image (1)
- Sauna frame
Image 23 of 24: Sauna speakers
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- DIY Sauna Build Parts & Plans - image 23
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- Sauna speakers
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_td1mfei8
Tagged parts on this image (1)
- Audio system — Chose boss. Installed the controller on the side of the sauna....don't do that, install it on the front wall!
- Boss audio system — $160
Image 24 of 24: Sauna plan top view
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- Sauna plan top view
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- Sauna plan top view
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_gwidg9mz
Tagged parts on this image (1)
- Vevor 6kw — Sauna was built in Miami Fl. This sauna is about
Plans & Documents
- Backwall plans.pdf (application/pdf)
- Floor plans (1).pdf (application/pdf)
- SaunaGeneralDim.pdf (application/pdf)
- SaunaSidePanels.pdf (application/pdf)
- SaunaFront.pdf (application/pdf)
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