Installing paneling in your cedar sauna at the woodworker s shoppe you ll be able to purchase cedar paneling that has been designed with an exclusive tongue and groove system.
Cedar boards for sauna.
Our wide western red cedar sauna wood paneling is a clear grain premium grade no knots.
All cedar sauna woods have an aromatic scent but the heartwood of red cedar trees has the strongest aroma and is popular in many american traditional saunas.
9 16 is too thin in t g for saunas.
Wood 418 1 1 2 x 1 4 outer 45 degree trim cedar sauna wood bathology.
Available in 1 2 and 11 16 thick.
The article at the link below may help you in making your decision if you are considering cedar for your sauna.
2 66 wood 415 11 16 x 3 4 inside 45 degree trim cedar sauna wood bathology.
Unlike the majority of solutions on the market we don t just use tongue and groove along the lengths of our panels but also on the ends.
2 66 wood 419 3 4 x 3 4 inside corner trim cedar sauna wood bathology.
1 2 cedar boards are too thin for use in a hot rock sauna.
Each tongue groove paneling board starts out as a 1 x4 milled to perfection.
The dry heat is very hard on the cedar boards.
2 95 wood 420 5 16 x 1 11 16 fascia cedar sauna wood bathology.
Dealers sell thin cedar for saunas we won t.
Thin boards are very fragile in the sauna environment.
The two cedars that i would strongly discourage using in a sauna application are aromatic cedar eastern red cedar and incense cedar sometimes called california cedar.