Can I build my own sauna?

[Hoppy2008]

Down one side of my house, I have an alleyway, approx. 3ft wide x approx. 30ft long.
Its fenced off at the front of the house so only accessible from the garden end.
Could I turn it into a Sauna? Ive seen build-it-yourself "shed" type sauna kits on the net, and wondered if I applied the smae principle to my alley, would it work?
e.g. tongue and groove wood everywhere, the heater at one end, some wodden benches, etc?

Cheers

Hoppy

[crofty1984]

3ft wide? Could be pushing it.

[OJ]

Sounds like a recipe for either a large fire, or some serious gimcrackery unless you know what you're doing!

[Soovy]

Hoppy's place, tomorrow, probably.

[lawrence567]

3ft wide?
By the time you've timber clad both sides your guna be looking at more 2.5 ft wide!
Why not just put a shed in your back garden and make that a sauna?

[Davi]

I think at 3ft wide you're going to be a bit cramped!!

Not exactly rocket science though- hot pumice stones, water, towels.

[Hoppy2008]

crofty1984 said:

3ft wide? Could be pushing it.

That was my first thought, but if I put the "heater" at the far end, i could put the bench all down one side?

[Hoppy2008]

OJ said:

Sounds like a recipe for either a large fire, or some serious gimcrackery unless you know what you're doing!

lol, ive seen some good sites on the net

[Soovy]

Hoppy2008 said:

OJ said:

Sounds like a recipe for either a large fire, or some serious gimcrackery unless you know what you're doing!

lol, ive seen some good sites on the net

I'll bet. Googling for "sauna"

[Hoppy2008]

Soovy said:

Hoppy's place, tomorrow, probably.

ha ha, quality! Im starting to get the feeling PH doesnt think Im onto a winner with this one.

[Davi]

Hoppy2008 said:

crofty1984 said:

3ft wide? Could be pushing it.

That was my first thought, but if I put the "heater" at the far end, i could put the bench all down one side?

you'll want the bench to be at least 18 inches wide to be comfortable - 18 inches to walk down before you put the timber cladding and support structure, so make that 12 inches...

[Hoppy2008]

lawrence567 said:

3ft wide?
By the time you've timber clad both sides your guna be looking at more 2.5 ft wide!
Why not just put a shed in your back garden and make that a sauna?

I had a shed, didnt use it so knocked it to the ground. Dam.

[captainzep]

You could just sit next to the heater in the local swimming pools changing rooms and stare at other men there?

[V8S]

captainzep said:

You could just sit next to the heater in the local swimming pools changing rooms and stare at other men there?

On form today, I see.

[Diss_50]

Once the novelty has wore off it'll be rubbish... Same with a hottub

Good bragging rights down the local though!

Edited by Diss_50 on Tuesday 4th November 15:01

[lawrence567]

Clad your airing cupboard, throw away the boiler.
Put in a sauna heater in there.

[Hoppy2008]

captainzep said:

You could just sit next to the heater in the local swimming pools changing rooms and stare at other men there?

[captainzep]

Hoppy2008 said:

if I applied the same principle to my alley, would it work?

e.g. tongue and groove

wood everywhere,

Filth you see. And the wrong kind too.

[james_tigerwoods]

Hoppy2008 said:

if I applied the same principle to my alley, would it work?

e.g. tongue and groove

wood everywhere,

You want to tongue some wood down your alley?

Rod?

[N10k]

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