SaunaLatestAufguss: What the Sauna Room Needs for the Ritual
Aufguss by the numbers: 90 °C at 1 m above the top bench, 30 to 60 g of water per m³, 6 to 10 minutes, and the benches and the heater it needs.
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Sauna, steam room, hammam, cold plunge and pool notes: sizing, materials, ventilation and specification.
Sauna Dekor Spa Solutions — since 1987, designing and building saunas, hammams, steam rooms, cold rooms and pools in its own facility in Istanbul; 5,000+ projects in 41+ countries.
Written by Alican Aykaç, Managing Partner · 10 articles
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Hammam & thermalCaldarium, Tepidarium and Laconium: Roman Thermal Rooms
Caldarium, tepidarium, laconium and frigidarium explained: what each Roman thermal room is, the order guests use them in, and how a hotel spa builds…
Spa planningSpa Center Acoustics: The Noise Numbers That Decide It
Spa center acoustics in numbers: NR targets by room, Rw for partitions, door and glass losses, pump mounts, pipe velocity and RT60 in bare tile.
SaunaSauna Wood: Which Species Survive 90 C and Why
Sauna wood by the numbers: density, thermal conductivity, resin, moisture movement, panel thickness and the bench sections a 90 C cabin needs.
Spa planningLadies Spa: What Separating the Sexes Does to the Plan
A ladies spa is not a timetable. Duplicating the wet side adds about 35% to the area, needs 2 extract routes and 1 staff door that never crosses.
SaunaApartments With Sauna: What the Building Must Give
Apartments with sauna turn on 3 numbers: 26 A for a 6 kW heater on one phase, 1.55 kN per m2 on the slab, and 125 cm2 of air in and out of the cabin.
Hammam & thermalMoroccan Bath (Morocco Bath): What the Room Has to Do
A Moroccan bath runs at 40–50 °C on black soap and rhassoul clay. The floor falls, the central gully and the tanking decide whether the room works.
Hammam & thermalTurkish Bathroom: Fitting a Hammam Into a Home Bath
A Turkish bathroom is a conversion, not a finish: the waterproofing class, the floor fall and 79 kg per square metre of marble decide whether it…
SaunaSauna Heater Sizing: kW per m³, Stone Mass, and Why They Conflict
Sauna heater sizing in numbers: what kW per m3 really means, how glass and stone surfaces change it, and why stone mass decides heat-up time, not…
Steam & showersSteam Room Vapor Barrier: The 6 Places Continuity Breaks
Steam room vapor barrier continuity: the 6 places it gets cut — fittings, lights, steam inlet, extract, door frame, floor — and how to detail each.