Build your own outdoor sauna

Free live webinar

One hour, live on YouTube. I'll walk you through a sauna build from an empty patch of garden to the first löyly, and then answer your questions.

Sunday, October 18
2 pm ET · 11 am PT · 7 pm UK · 8 pm CET

Free. About 60 minutes, with Q&A at the end. The replay goes to everyone who signs up.

Outdoor sauna in a pine forest at dusk

What I'll cover

Planning
How big, where to put it and what it will cost.
The shell
Foundation, floor, framing and roof, step by step with photos from our own build.
The interior
Insulation, vapour barrier, paneling and benches.
Heater and ventilation
How to size the heater and where the air should go in and out.
Our mistakes
What went wrong building Sauna Tuula, and what we'd do differently today.
Sauna interior with benches Outdoor sauna in winter Pages from the Sauna Construction Handbook
Wojtek Kumik

Who's talking

I'm Wojtek Kumik, an architect and the founder of Home Made Sauna. I design saunas for people who want to build their own, I wrote the Sauna Construction Handbook, and I run a Facebook group of 23,000 DIY sauna builders.

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