The Easton Drive Sauna

The family wanted one thing more from the remodel, a room built for heat. A dedicated enclosure was framed inside the lower level, sealed and insulated behind the cladding, then lined floor to ceiling in clear cedar. Two bench tiers run in an L around two walls, with a slatted backrest above and a pebble […]

Cedar and Stone Sauna

Cedar decided almost everything in this room. We sorted clear vertical-grain western red cedar for knots and pitch before a single board went up, then ran it across walls, ceiling, and benching over insulated framing with a continuous foil vapor barrier. The floor is flagstone set on a waterproofed substrate, and a stone mosaic panel […]

The Woodfired Cedar Sauna

Fire set every constraint on this room. Because the heater burns wood rather than heating electrically, we started with clearances, a stone hearth pad, a shielded surround, and an insulated chimney carried through the roof assembly, then framed and insulated the shell around those fixed points with a continuous foil vapor barrier behind the cladding. […]