Nice sauna. Nice buds. Suggestion: Attach a cedar floor made of spaced (1/2" apart) 1x3s screwed into cedar 2x4s (2 feet on center). It becomes a floating floor that is easy on the feet, smells good, and softens the masonry mass of the sauna. You could also make low cedar benches around the perimeter on the inside that are wide enough to lay down on so you don't have to stay sitting up for the whole sauna. It's worth doing if you are in there for several hours at a time. Thanks for showing us your work. Well done.
I normally cut fresh cedar bows and lay them on the floor for the coolness and scent but like your thinking. Check out my Kiva video as we built a bench all around.
Is it lime plaster on the inside? What’s the floor? I’ve read conflicting reports that cob is bad for moist saunas, other people say it’s fine. I’m just assuming use a bunch of lime plaster so the moisture doesn’t hit the cob. Awesome work!
A friend in the film industry suggest that I make the structure waddle and daub, I began by posting 12 upright logs in an 8’ diameter circle. Pouring a concrete floor tying them together. Then wrap chicken wire cage on the outside and inside of those uprights. I then filled those cavities with river stones ( many had fossils in them) it took hundreds of stones as the chicken wire frame was about 6”. Next I made a mixture of Portland concrete, sand and peatmoss mixing to a thick firm slop which I packed into the walls by hand to fill all cavities around upright poles, wire cage and stones. I left the hand and finger marks as it added a nice organic texture. Originally it had a “ durroc covered satellite disc as a roof but a tree landed on it and I replaced it with the cedar one shown in video. I finished the interior with a high temp paint and baked it a few time to remove off gassing. It has not deteriorated much in the 16 years it has been in service. Take an hour to charge up walls but gets very hot.
Hey Zeth I was influenced by African and Mexican waddle and daub construction techniques. A friend in the film industry suggested that I make the structure on a concrete pad. I began by digging down thru the sod and laying some gravel then digging post holes for 12 upright logs in an 8’ diameter circle. Pouring a concrete floor tying them together. Then wrap chicken wire cage on the outside and inside of those uprights. I then filled those cavities with river stones ( many had fossils in them) it took hundreds of stones as the chicken wire frame was about 6”. Next I made a mixture of Portland concrete, sand and peatmoss mixing to a thick firm slop which I packed into the walls by hand to fill all cavities around upright poles, wire cage and stones. I left the hand and finger marks as it added a nice organic texture. Originally it had a “ durroc covered satellite disc as a roof but a tree landed on it and I replaced it with the cedar one shown in video. I finished the interior with a high temp paint and baked it a few time to remove off gassing. It has not deteriorated much in the 16 years it has been in service. Take an hour to charge up walls but gets very hot. Hope this helps
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The Ancient Ones! Great video!!
Thanks4watching
Nice work. Like the stones/blast furnace
Simple but it works great. Charges the whole space within an hour with great heat
Nice sauna. Nice buds. Suggestion: Attach a cedar floor made of spaced (1/2" apart) 1x3s screwed into cedar 2x4s (2 feet on center). It becomes a floating floor that is easy on the feet, smells good, and softens the masonry mass of the sauna. You could also make low cedar benches around the perimeter on the inside that are wide enough to lay down on so you don't have to stay sitting up for the whole sauna. It's worth doing if you are in there for several hours at a time. Thanks for showing us your work. Well done.
I normally cut fresh cedar bows and lay them on the floor for the coolness and scent but like your thinking. Check out my Kiva video as we built a bench all around.
soulful papa
Loved it great video Paul 🙏thanks for sharing I’ve never done a sweat but have been to a POW wow ❤️
Thanks4watching Heidi. I find I think and feel more clearly after a sweat. I try to do them monthly
Is it lime plaster on the inside? What’s the floor? I’ve read conflicting reports that cob is bad for moist saunas, other people say it’s fine. I’m just assuming use a bunch of lime plaster so the moisture doesn’t hit the cob. Awesome work!
A friend in the film industry suggest that I make the structure waddle and daub, I began by posting 12 upright logs in an 8’ diameter circle. Pouring a concrete floor tying them together. Then wrap chicken wire cage on the outside and inside of those uprights. I then filled those cavities with river stones ( many had fossils in them) it took hundreds of stones as the chicken wire frame was about 6”.
Next I made a mixture of Portland concrete, sand and peatmoss mixing to a thick firm slop which I packed into the walls by hand to fill all cavities around upright poles, wire cage and stones. I left the hand and finger marks as it added a nice organic texture. Originally it had a “ durroc covered satellite disc as a roof but a tree landed on it and I replaced it with the cedar one shown in video. I finished the interior with a high temp paint and baked it a few time to remove off gassing. It has not deteriorated much in the 16 years it has been in service. Take an hour to charge up walls but gets very hot.
Hi Paul, Can you recommend a source for a building schematic for this particular sweat lodge? This design seems to be very efficient. Thanks!
Hey Zeth
I was influenced by African and Mexican waddle and daub construction techniques. A friend in the film industry suggested that I make the structure on a concrete pad. I began by digging down thru the sod and laying some gravel then digging post holes for 12 upright logs in an 8’ diameter circle. Pouring a concrete floor tying them together. Then wrap chicken wire cage on the outside and inside of those uprights. I then filled those cavities with river stones ( many had fossils in them) it took hundreds of stones as the chicken wire frame was about 6”.
Next I made a mixture of Portland concrete, sand and peatmoss mixing to a thick firm slop which I packed into the walls by hand to fill all cavities around upright poles, wire cage and stones. I left the hand and finger marks as it added a nice organic texture. Originally it had a “ durroc covered satellite disc as a roof but a tree landed on it and I replaced it with the cedar one shown in video. I finished the interior with a high temp paint and baked it a few time to remove off gassing. It has not deteriorated much in the 16 years it has been in service. Take an hour to charge up walls but gets very hot. Hope this helps
Try 120 rocks and 10 gallons of water
Why? Sounds like a pissing contest to me.