Wood For Sauna Walls

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Wood for sauna walls.

The most popular sauna wood paneling types are tongue groove white aspen and western red cedar. Tongue groove paneling paneling for walls and ceilinga are cut to fit rough opening of your custom sauna room. Additionally cedar gives off a pleasant natural aroma. Additionally softwood will not be too hot to the touch.

Because its wooden surfaces are constantly exposed to moisture and extreme temperature changes they require the proper finishing. Hardwoods on the other hand heat up quickly. A sauna is a small bathhouse intended for wet or dry heat sessions. First measure the dimensions for the wall base plate and mark the measurements accordingly with snap chalk lines.

This greatly reduces warpage and shrinkage of boards once installed. Ideal varieties of softwoods are spruce pine and cedar. It allows heat to dissipate so that it doesn t get too hot to the touch and it is a beautiful reddish color with very few knots. Next lay out the triangular base plate using 2 4 pressure treated wood.

Spruce is amongst the more cost effective wood used for building a sauna. Proper sauna tongue and groove paneling woods are typically kiln dried to 8 moisture which stabilizes wood fibers for sauna use. Wood sauna walls are heat resistant specifically softwood varieties and do not bend warp or splinter under high temperatures. First and foremost when constructing a sauna choose a softwood as it will better absorb heat released from steam.

In scandinavia many saunas are paneled with white spruce. Cedar is the best all around wood for sauna construction. Once the plans are set it s time to begin installing your sauna. As a result sauna bathers do not burn their skin when they lean.

Spruce is a white wood with fine grains and light small knots in its design. Don t be tempted with compromising on wood species. Both these species are not cheap but definitely definitely stay away from pine. I will fill you in why another day.

Superior sauna woods are kiln dried to 6 8 moisture to lock and stabilize wood fibers greatly reducing board shinkage warpage and cracking after installation. While many people like the scent of cedar there are plenty of people who don t.