Only mould and moisture resistant products should be used in the entire construction of a sauna both inside the sauna and the area outside.
Sauna room floor drain.
Ipe floor tile corner.
Because i intend to use the sauna to the fullest i needed the floor to have a drain.
Cut and install a shower drain in center of hot room.
A good sauna room has the door heater and vent locations to agree with one another and at the same time allows maximum bench or platform area and minimum floor area.
Although small amounts of water will evaporate quickly from a sauna floor care must be taken in saunas without a floor drain not to pour excessive amounts of water over the sauna heater.
Many of the saunas installed today do not have a floor drain.
Couple points to keep in mind.
Get a couple bags of vinyl cement patch 40 i believe.
There are a couple of options for surface coverings.
Water in the trap of a floor drain in a dry sauna would evaporate and may allow sewer gas to rise up into the sauna.
Sauna mats are cost effective easy to install and available in a range of colors.
It s basically the same thing as a shower floor sloped to a drain at the center.
Firing strips to pitch floor to drain.
In a traditional sauna using either an electric or wood fired heater the room must be able to breathe and have a good heat distribution so proper ventilation is important.
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Prep for durarock and skim coat.
Ipe wood sauna floor tile.
Next i needed to give the floor a slope so that any water from any sides would run down to the drain.
Because there is so much moisture inside the sauna we like to construct a fully tiled pan at the floor.
Ipe wood sauna floor tile diamond.
Trowel it down in the hot room floor.
Nordic spruce sauna rooms.
You should treat it like a shower in a bathroom.
With my ten or so sauna builds i have always run 2x stock through my table saw to create sleepers on an angle through my table saw sloping down to the drain like so.
The ben square sleeper method is a better way to slope a hot room floor.
3 4 around perimeter down to about 1 4 at the drain.
It s a real slick system.
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I found the best location where i could make all the water run to and marked the spot.
Hardwood sauna floor.