How Do You Design Your Sauna Rooms
                     How Do You Design Your Sauna 
Rooms?
A traditional Finnish sauna is pretty inexpensive and can be 
built to fit any surrounding or space perfectly. Obviously, the 
size really matters for the installation of sauna rooms. Sizing 
depends on number of people using them at the same time. 
Here are a few important things to consider for planning sauna 
rooms at homes:
Bench –
The top bench must be at least 20” wide and 36” from the 
floor. You should place benches on wall supports and legs. It’s 
recommended to have 2” x 4” cedar with ½” space between 
the boards. The cubic footage of sauna rooms plays a key role 
in determining the capacity of heating unit.

Ventilation –
Ventilation is really important in a sauna room to deliver 
utmost satisfaction and inherent pleasure. When proper 
ventilation is in place, it’ll speed up heating the sauna room 
again. Shortage of air leads to inadequate ventilation or poor 
management of ventilation which will ensure uncomfortable 
feeling. As a result, you’ll feel difficulty in breathing or skin 
burning sensations.
The sauna room has expanded hot air that has 
proportionately less oxygen than the denser surrounding 
atmosphere. Most sauna bathers experience faintness unless 
the air is changed on a regular basis.
A specific amount of fresh air enters every time the door is 
opened; but it’s insufficient. Generally, two ventilators should 
be installed in the walls of sauna room. However, the inlet is 
present below the heating unit whereas the outlet is on the 
opposite side, i.e. on the ceiling or below the ceiling.

Room Size –
It’s suggested to keep your room much smaller than larger. Allow for 
the depth of 19” each bench. Then, plan on the space of your hot tub 
heater; including an area of 4” around the front and two sides for the 
fence guard.
Remember that, a smaller heater will be perfect for a smaller room. You 
should include smaller circuit breakers in your panel to deliver much 
efficient heating.
Important Note –
You use upper and lower benches to sit and lay down in your sauna 
room. More often sauna enthusiasts stretch out on the upper and lower 
benches. Your sauna room should have a main bench wall of 6 feet or 
longer.
Plan your room size.
Sauna rooms are available in different shapes and sizes. If you enjoy lying 
down in your sauna, you should let 6’ in at least one direction.
Plan the door location and its swing direction.
The door of sauna room should swing out of the room not into the room. If 
you want to have a better layout of benches, put your door and sauna 
heater on a long wall right next to each other.
Plan the location of sauna heater.
Place the heater preferably near the door wall. Keep in mind that, cool air 
draws from the door naturally along the floor to heater – where it will be 
heated and will rise to the ceiling.
Plan the layout of the bench.
The normal bench depth is 20” and its height should be either 36” for upper 
bench or 19” high for the lower bench. You can go for custom sizes. You 
should sit and lie down in the sauna and include maximum bench as the 
space allows. But remember that, upper bench will be the warmer one 
among st all benches.
Final Consideration –
Whenever you need professional help with sauna rooms, you should look no 
further than Northern Lights Cedar Barrel Saunas. For more information 
about our products, please contact us at 1-800-759-8990.
Contact:
305 McKay Unit 20, Winnipeg
Manitoba, Canada, R2G0N5
Ph: 1-800-759-8990
Email : [email protected]
Web: https://www.cedarbarrelsaunas.com/