Red cedar provides a more comfortable and cooler sauna surface to sit and lean on compared to more dense sauna woods.
Cedar wood for dry sauna.
Like basswood it is a soft wood that stands up well to regular use and is particularly good at withstanding temperature extremes and excess moisture.
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Nail the pre cut custom cut cedar boards to the length of your ceiling and walls thus lining the sauna room with cedar.
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Normally cedar paneling is clad horizontally.
Our cedar is well kiln dried to a low 9 moisture content by our cedar mill supplier it is specifically for sauna building.
Polyethylene cannot be used as it has no resistance to heat it will slowly evaporate starting in the ceiling.
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Why aluminum foil in mandatory for the vapor barrier.
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.
Poplar is a clean wood and is best for chemically sensitive people.
It has millions of tiny air cells that prevent the surfaces of your cedar sauna from becoming hot to the touch.
Cedar hemlock basswood and poplar are the most often used woods for saunas.
Cedar sauna wood naturally repels many bacteria fungi and insects.
Cedar has a rich aroma and is most often associated with a sauna.
You have options when you purchase a sauna.
Only aluminum foil will last indefinitely.