Low Budget Builder?
> Hey Kalle, > > I live in Bonny Doon and noticed that you’re into saunas and from Santa > Cruz too, so I figured you’d be the best person to ask some questions. > I want to build a low budget sauna in my backyard. My plan is to dig a > pit (soil is sand) make the walls out of cinder blocks and the roof a > pitched roof made of two 4’x8′ sheets of plywood. I’m unsure about the > floor; any suggestions? The roof will be just tall enough to stand at > the highest point and crouching everywhere else. Implied by the two > sheets of plywood the dimensions will be approximately 8’x8′ (take away > some from the pitching of the roof), does that seem too small for a > maximum of four people? Will plywood fall apart quickly from the > effects of the sauna: heat, moisture…? I plan to weather proof the > outside of the plywood. Are the plywood laminating glues bad if used in > a sauna? Are the cinder block walls a bad idea? I plan to use a > modified 25gal oil drum as my stove. Any suggestions o
