DIY Sauna Build Parts & Plans
- Category
- Sauna
- Creator
- Builder97
- Published
- Images
- 14
- Tagged Parts
- 51
- Estimated Total Cost
- $6,712.49 (40 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 14: Sauna floor build
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- Sauna floor
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- Sauna floor build
- Direct link
- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_9wxnsk8k
Tagged parts on this image (5)
- 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 80hrs x $22/hr = $1,800 or so to the project. Electrical was separate. Add about $600 to $1,400 to install a new breaker depending on the complexity of the wire run.
Image 2 of 14: Back wall installing
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- DIY sauna build
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- Back wall installing
- Direct link
- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_63l4xpdd
Tagged parts on this image (5)
- 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.
Image 3 of 14: 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
- Direct link
- 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)
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 9
- Direct link
- 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 Build Miami Fl - image 10
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_j6wa4cd0
Tagged parts on this image (2)
- 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
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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 (3)
- 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)
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 5
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_pj6o5jy2
Tagged parts on this image (5)
- 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
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 6
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_zo2i236b
Tagged parts on this image (1)
- Insulation — I chose R15 which should be more than enough
- R15 Rock Wool — $400
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 13
- Direct link
- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_y330ni9l
Tagged parts on this image (3)
- 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
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 12
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_qw00rmfn
Tagged parts on this image (3)
- 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
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 14
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_2cjmgv4r
Tagged parts on this image (7)
- 40 amp breaker — Simple breaker compatible with this specific breaker enclosure
- 40 amp breaker for heater — $17.5
- Breaker weather enclosure
- New Part
- 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
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 15
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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 — Wemt with 8/3 however certain heaters may require 4 conductors so I do recommend getting 4.
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 16
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_pabgun0n
Tagged parts on this image (5)
- 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 — $129
- 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
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- Sauna Build Miami Fl - image 14
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- https://tagthebuild.com/b/b_0ej76g1d/diy-sauna-build-parts-plans-5ai5jq/i/i_9jj8ixn7
Tagged parts on this image (4)
- 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
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)