This means that it won't be possible to simply buy a kit and install
it - it's going to have to be a DIY custom build. Oh well, I've built
a car, surely I can manage a sauna!
We had the extension put up in 1993 and the space is still without
a sauna. The reason for that is that there were simply other calls
on the money - we had neither the cash nor the time.
However, the time is approaching where I can make a proper start.
1993: the sauna space was constructed along with the extension.
When the electrician wired the extension he also put in dedicated wiring
for the sauna so I don't have to worry about that.
1994: in preparation for working on the sauna I got hold
of a booklet from Nordic 'How to Build and Equip Your Own Nordic
Sauna' which gives plans and construction details for a sauna
built from scratch. Since then I've found details on the Internet
and in some magazines. Generally I come back to the Nordic
booklet for the big picture and will adjust matters of detail
from the magazine articles and information given by other people who've
built their own saunas.
1998: I make a start - but only by making the
holes for the ventilation. Of
the four walls of the sauna space, two and a half are external walls.
One wall goes under the stairs and into a shower area, the other half
is against the living room
2001: I feel we're ready to get going. I visit someone
who has already built a sauna and get advice and I buy the timber
for creating the airgap.
But - other projects seem to get in the way - business, swimming pool,
work, other diy projects. The timber for the airgaps is still
sitting in the garage waiting to be done...
Feb 2002: tile battens installed ready to take Viskween
for air gap
April 2002: at last make some more progress: Viskween is
fitted. It stinks! I'm presuming that the smell
will have dissipated before the sauna is finished
Sept 2002: I haven't made any more progress since April.
Priorities changed as we found we needed
a new garage and I was pulled more to working in the garden. At least
when we get the new garage up I will have somewhere to store all the stuff
that is currently where the sauna is. Even so, it has slipped down
the priorities list a bit.