ᐅ Combination stove for barrel sauna and additional roof covering wanted

Created on: 1 Nov 2022 15:19

I want to treat myself to a barrel sauna for Christmas and have already chosen the model. It will likely be an outdoor barrel sauna about 3 meters (10 feet) long, made from Canadian red cedar.

It comes as a kit and without a heater.

Now I would like to buy a suitable combo heater for both heat and steam (bio sauna), but I have no experience with sauna heaters. Until now, I’ve always just used saunas operated by others ;-)

I would like a simple control system that is preferably remote-controllable (so I can preheat the sauna, for example, from my office).

The sauna has an interior volume of about 7.5 m³ (265 cubic feet) (approximately 2.4 m (8 feet) long inside, diameter just under 2 m (6.5 feet)), so I thought a 6 kW heater would be enough? What are your opinions on this?

The sauna will be placed on a small terrace made of ceramic tiles, plus there will be a path made from the same tiles so I can walk from the sauna to the terrace (and then to the house) without getting my feet wet.

The manufacturer says additional covering for the sauna is not necessary but definitely useful. The usual bitumen shingles look extremely unattractive to me, and besides a small pitched roof as an alternative, I don’t have any good ideas :-( (and I also find a pitched roof visually unsuitable for a barrel sauna).

Does anyone have a nice idea for this?

Barrel-shaped wooden sauna with glass door, interior benches, on black supports.

i_b_n_a_n16 Dec 2022 16:20

#19

So, today the work finally started 😉 A few hours spent sorting the wood in beautiful sunshine but bitterly cold weather, leveling and installing the foundations (concrete lintels). Then, we began with a few boards. The progress is already a bit further than shown in the picture, the two partition walls are already standing.

Work will continue tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. ...

Construction site in the courtyard: stacked wooden planks, temporary bridge over ditch, wheelbarrow on the right.

Person working on wood in the front yard; stack of wooden boards, construction timber, residential houses in the background.

After a long phone call today, I chose the Harvia sauna heater Virta Combi + Harvia Xenio Combi WiFi CX1104XW black controller. If the electrician approves the maximum connection load, this will be the one.

i_b_n_a_n17 Dec 2022 14:04

#20

Today was even colder than yesterday. So, I took it easy and only prepared breakfast and served some refreshments while my two nephews finished building the sauna. Great to have a family like that :-)

Large wooden barrel sauna next to the house with solar panels on the roof.

Large wooden barrel hot tub in the garden in front of a modern house with solar cells on the roof.

Small wood storage room with stacked boards and a white cardboard box on the shelf.

Large horizontal wooden barrel with metal bands on supports in the garden, next to a tree.

Interior of a small wooden house with wooden floor and walls, wooden bench on the right.

Round wooden barrel sauna in the front yard, door opening, wooden benches, in front of houses.

Round wooden plank sauna with metal door and wooden benches at the entrance.

Myrna_Loy17 Dec 2022 14:22

#21

I would relocate the small tree; otherwise, there could be issues with moss growing on the sauna. Alternatively, the tree might suffer during the coldest winter due to the unexpected residual heat.

i_b_n_a_n17 Dec 2022 14:28

#22

Myrna_Loy schrieb:

I would relocate the small tree; otherwise, there could be issues with moss developing on the sauna. Or the tree might suffer during the coldest winter due to unexpected heat emissions.

I’m afraid you’re right. We noticed the same thing yesterday, and I will probably do it next year. Maybe the tree will simply be placed next to the sauna, at some distance from the other small tree. The upper half will probably still be covered with a metal cover.

Galvanized, curved metal arches as roof structure against blue background.

Myrna_Loy17 Dec 2022 14:33

#23

I thought that depending on the orientation, shading from the crown and foliage would make the seating area easier to green. I might plant bamboo or another tall grass there.

Benutzer 100117 Dec 2022 15:06

#24

This piece would also look great in our garden, especially right now—minus 5°C (23°F) and 15cm (6 inches) of snowwwww

ᐅ Combination stove for barrel sauna and additional roof covering wanted

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