![]() ![]() Granite turns to sand after a few cycles of being heated up and having cold water thrown on. ![]() Other than that you can use almost any kind of stones - about the size of your fist. Lower temperatures for prolonged relaxation, higher temperatures combined with rolling in the snow or ice-swimming is guaranteed to boost your endorphine levels.) I don't know but I've heard that it is remotely possible that some minerals might release non-healthy gases when heated up - so pay attention to where and what kind of stones you use. (Which, if you ask me, is anything between 60☌ - 120☌, depending on which kind of a sauna bath you'd like to have. That is good, for it makes the sauna bath experience more smooth and even - instead of the sauna temperature fluctuating quickly up and down you can get maintain an enjoyable temperature. Also, a heap of stones gets heated up slower than just the ordinary metal lid of a cooking stove. When the stones wear down you can just replace them with solid fresh ones. That is why you have stones packed on top of the metal parts. But you don't want the metal structure of your sauna stove to crack into pieces after a few times of use. The water temperature is substantially lower that the temperature of the stones, and the sudden change in temperature makes any material to crack, sooner or later. For the sauna bath works best when you cast water onto the stove - and any hot material wears down quickly when exposed to water. In reality the factory made stove has the flue making curves more in horizontal plane but I couldn't figure out a way to draw it so, but I think you'll get the idea. (Maybe use multiple layers of chicken wire or something? Just make your frame solid enough so that the heap of hot stones wont' collapse.) Take a look at the picture below - it shows over-simplified diagrams of a factory-made sauna stove and an idea for DIY-hack-stove. Just install some kind of frame around and above the stove, to keep stones in, having the stones packed on top of the stove, next to the flue / chimney, and probably also against the rear wall of the stove. ![]() If you don't have an access to a factory-made stove, I think you could try to hack a DIY-version using almost any kind of ordinary stove. And the shape of the flue is so designed that there is maximum surface area of the flue in direct contact with the stones. The idea is that as fire and hot air travel in the flue the surrounding sauna stove stones get heated up. A factory-made Finnish sauna stove is so designed that the flue doesn't go directly from the fire box into the chimney, but the flue makes a horizontal loop or two before going into the vertical chimney. But for regular use most of the people prefer such construction which is faster to heat up, and where you can have a sauna bath while the fire goes on. This can be used for make-shift sauna experiments, and for ritual purposes etc. ![]() Then let the fire go out, make sure all the smoke is ventilated away, and only then you can go to enjoy a sauna bath. You need to burn fire for several hours to make the stones almost red-glowing hot. A primitive sauna stove can be made by heating up a heap of stones with a camp-fire basically that gives you a version of a smoke sauna. Always! Also, despite this blog being labelled as "howto" this is not intended as a classical "follow these steps" guide, but more like "consider these points when drafting your own experimental plans." All this being said, let's have a look the points that came to my mind Sauna stove Just remember that with saunas we are dealing with fire and high temperatures, so safety is a real issue to consider don't risk getting yourself or your buildings burned down because of accidental fire! I repeat: do not neglect safety - think in advance - imagine all the possible ways your construction could cause injury or accidents, and seek to minimize the risk. But I highly encourage Do-It-Yourself mentality, to experiment and to learn by doing. So, I'm not here to share any kind of ultimate wisdom. And I've experimented with simple sauna-in-a-tent style make-shift constructions. I'm not an expert in the field I was involved in a small group building a smoke sauna, and I've built a small sauna all by myself. A few times people have asked me hints and tips on how to build a small sauna. ![]()
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