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Sauna Design, Manufacturing and Installation for Homes and Hotels

Short answer: Sauna Dekor manufactures Finnish, bio, infrared and hybrid saunas in its Istanbul facility and installs them in homes, hotels and gyms. A Finnish sauna runs at 80–100 °C, a bio sauna at 50–65 °C, an infrared cabin at 45–60 °C.
Dry heat · 80–100 °CDesign · Manufacturing · Installation5,000+ projects · 41+ countries · since 1987

Sauna Dekor — saunas, Turkish hammams, steam rooms, salt rooms and pools, manufactured since 1987 in our own facility in İkitelli OSB, Istanbul; 5,000+ projects in 41+ countries.

80–100 °CDry heat
Temperature80–100 °C
Relative humidity10–20 % (dry air)
TimberAyous · aspen · pine
Single saunaAbout 2 weeks from order
Warranty24 months workmanship + 24 months equipment + 5 years structure and waterproofing

[ What to know ]

Temperature

80–100°C

Dry heat

Relative humidity

10–20%

dry air)

Timber

Ayous · aspen · pine

Single sauna

2weeks

About from order

01 — 92 words

Sauna Dekor Spa Solutions is a sauna manufacturer with its own production facility in Istanbul (İkitelli OSB): we design, build and install Finnish, bio, infrared and hybrid saunas for homes, villas, hotels and gyms. We have manufactured since 1987 — this is our 40th year — and have delivered 5,000+ projects in 41+ countries with a team of 19, under TS EN ISO 9001:2015 (certificate no. 202025106). Each project is drawn to the building codes and health and safety rules that apply where it is installed, from design to commissioning.

Wooden sauna with a backlit salt brick band, tiered benches, star-point ceiling lights and stone heater
Timber-clad sauna with fibre-optic star lights, a bench and a panoramic window onto blue-lit rock

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What Are the Sauna Types: Finnish, Bio, and Infrared

Traditional Finnish Sauna for Sale

Sauna Dekor manufactures saunas in its own facility and installs them across Europe, the Gulf and 41+ countries — Finnish, bio, infrared and hybrid cabins, built to order since 1987. We have delivered 5,000+ projects in 41+ countries. Design, manufacturing, shipping, installation and after-sales stay with one company. Our traditional sauna for sale varieties are based on hundreds of years of Finnish know-how and let you enjoy high temperatures and low humidity. Leveraging our expertise in sauna manufacturing, these saunas are built to endure and look elegant in both homes and businesses. They are built in ayous, aspen and low-resin pine, with hemlock, red cedar or spruce on request.

Outdoor Infrared Sauna & Hybrid Options

An infrared sauna for the home uses ceramic or carbon infrared heaters that give out soothing, deep heat. Backed by our advanced sauna manufacturing expertise, these models are designed for maximum comfort and energy efficiency, allowing daily operation while benefiting from durable construction, modern design, and long-lasting performance.

Glass-fronted sauna cabin in pale timber with a stone-filled heater and illuminated bench edges

Specialty Saunas for Sale

  • Bio saunas for warm, humid weather
  • Salt-panel and red-light infrared cabins are available as options.
  • Russian banya and Finnish sauna formats for commercial operators, and cabins drawn to a specific brief

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Compact yacht sauna with a porthole window, cedar benches and a corner lamp

Sauna Manufacturing and Engineering-Grade Design

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Sauna manufacturing and Engineering-Grade Design

  • We handle all the permits, technical drawings, and assessments of the building's structure as part of our comprehensive sauna manufacturing process.
  • Following the rules for building in the area, as well as the rules for health and safety on topics like ventilation, fire safety, and glass, ensuring every sauna manufacturing project meets the highest industry standards.

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Integration with Architecture and MEP Design

  • Designs that work with the layout of houses or businesses.
  • Working with architects and engineers on topics like how to distribute loads, how to set up electrical and mechanical systems, and how to get to places.

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Sauna Materials, and Installation Techniques

Sauna Materials & Finishes

Cladding Options

  • Versions in Nordic spruce, cedar, hemlock, ayous, pine, and thermo-wood.
  • Outdoor sauna coverings that can handle the weather and UV radiation.

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Sauna Heater Selection and Controls

  • Some kinds of heaters include rock heaters, bio-combi units, infrared panels, and hybrid heaters.
  • Smart digital control systems, safety shut-offs, and keeping the humidity in check.

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Ventilation and Insulation Techniques

  • Engineered dual-vent systems that satisfy regulations for exchanging air.
  • Mineral wool or natural fiber insulation that keeps vapor from getting through.
  • It protects against heat and moisture to keep the structure sturdy.

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Sauna Installation Methodology

  • On-site or modular assembly using certified fasteners, safety glass, and non-toxic materials.
  • Precision alignment with architectural detailing.

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Electromechanical, Plumbing, and Lighting Systems

  • Heater connections built for a specific load and circuit protection.
  • You may choose to have water delivered to your steam, ice, or plunge pool.
  • Built within the cladding are LED, fiber optic, or RGBW lights with an IP certification.

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Door, Accessory, and Custom Element Choices

  • Doors made of full glass, tempered glass, wood, or something else.
  • Handles, hinges, and other hardware that can bear the heat of expansion.

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Sauna Manufacturing Cost and Pricing Factors

  • The cost of a sauna varies based on its size, kind, materials, heating method, and location.

Infrared saunas normally cost more than ordinary saunas.

  • The pricing shows that commercial projects require additional steps to make sure they respect the laws.

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Sauna Dekor  Spa Solutions— Trusted Sauna Manufacturer Near Me for Commercial & Residential Solutions

Why choose Sauna Dekor Spa Solutions?

  • In our 40th year of sauna manufacturing, since 1987.
  • Materials that are certified, accurate engineering, and following the code.
  • Project handover with all the necessary papers and permits
  • Service for the whole life cycle: design, install, and maintain.

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Get Started on Your Sauna Project

If you want to buy a sauna for your home or for a commercial project, contact Sauna Dekor Spa Solutions. They can help you create wellness rooms that are beautiful, useful, and endure a long time.

Finnish sauna with tiered timber benches and a stone heater

Finnish Sauna Manufacturing

Infrared sauna with slatted timber benches and a vertical heat panel

Infrared Sauna Manufacturing

Bio sauna in light timber with a round window and bench backrests

Bio Sauna Manufacturing

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Finnish Sauna

To use a sauna, undress, shower, and enter. Wood-clad walls and special benches maintain temperature. Water infusions add humidity, and footbaths regulate temperature. The cabin is used in short cycles with a cold step and a rest position between them. A session lasts 90 minutes, starting with 8-12 minutes, followed by a 12-20 minute cool-down. Users can sit or lie in the same zone, starting with a foot bath, rinsing off sweat with cold water. A thermometer, hygrometer, and timer monitor the experience.

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Infrared Sauna

These are saunas in which modern infrared technology is used as a heating source and offer the closest heat quality to the sun's rays. The infrared rays used in these saunas penetrate deep into the body, providing a comfortable temperature without overheating the skin and respiratory system like traditional saunas. This allows you to spend more comfortable and enjoyable time in the sauna.

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Bio Sauna

This sauna is a milder version with a temperature of 50-60°C and 60% humidity, as well as aromatherapy and chromotherapy options. Suited to longer, gentler sessions, alone or in a group. A bio sauna is now a standard second heat room in hotel spa, gym and residential specifications, chosen where a full-temperature Finnish cabin would be too hot for part of the clientele.

From our portfolio

Sauna projects

Rooms we manufactured in Istanbul and installed with our own team. Each frame opens the project page.

Our Projects Our Projects

Finnish Sauna project, Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Finnish Sauna · Dubai · United Arab Emirates · 2026
Sauna project, Istanbul · Türkiye
Sauna · Istanbul · Türkiye · 2026
Hammam & Sauna project, Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Hammam & Sauna · Dubai · United Arab Emirates · 2026
Sauna project, Istanbul · Türkiye
Sauna · Istanbul · Türkiye · 2026
Sauna project, Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Sauna · Dubai · United Arab Emirates · 2026
Sauna project, Istanbul · Türkiye
Sauna · Istanbul · Türkiye · 2026
Sauna project, Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Sauna · Dubai · United Arab Emirates · 2026
Sauna project, Istanbul · Türkiye
Sauna · Istanbul · Türkiye · 2026

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Sauna builder, sauna installer, sauna contractor — one company, one scope

Three job titles get used for the same project, and on most jobs they are three different companies. A sauna builder makes the cabin: timber selection, frame, insulation, vapour barrier, cladding, benches, heater and glass. A sauna installer sets that cabin into a finished room and connects it — power, ventilation ducts, drainage where a wet cabin needs it, controls and commissioning. A sauna contractor carries the project: programme, permits, coordination with the electrical and mechanical trades, site supervision, handover documentation.

Sauna Dekor is all three. We have manufactured in our own facility in Istanbul since 1987 — our fortieth year — and we install in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and across 41+ countries. Design, manufacture, shipping, installation and after-sales stay inside one contract, which is the practical reason the interfaces stop failing: there is no second company to blame for a vent that was never ducted or a cable that was pulled one size too thin.

In Dubai and the UAE. Projects in the Emirates are run from our Dubai office at Latifa Tower, World Trade Centre, opened in 2025; cabins are made in Istanbul and installed by our own team. Sizes, heaters, power supply and costs for villas and hotels there are on our page for the sauna manufacturer and installer in Dubai.

Sauna with a hanging timber lantern and a stone-filled recessed heater

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How a sauna manufacturer builds a sauna — eight stages from survey to commissioning

Sauna manufacturing and installation sequence used on Sauna Dekor projects
StageWhat happensWhat it decides
1. Brief and site surveyRoom dimensions, ceiling height, structural slab, adjacent wet areas, access route for panelsWhether the cabin is modular or built in place
2. Design and shop drawingsLayout, bench tiers, glazing, door swing, heater position, vent positionsSeating capacity and heat distribution
3. Volume and load calculationDesign volume including the glass allowance, heater output, supply cable, control unitHeater band and electrical supply
4. Timber and finish selectionCladding species and profile, bench timber, door type, lightingSurface temperature behaviour and appearance
5. ManufactureCutting, profiling, pre-assembly and quality control in our own facilityFit tolerance on site
6. Substrate and shellFraming, mineral wool, vapour barrier, service voids, drainage where requiredWhether the structure survives ten years of moisture cycling
7. InstallationPanel assembly, glass, heater and control wiring by a licensed electrical contractor, vent connectionCompliance and safety
8. Commissioning and handoverHeat-up test, temperature and humidity check, air-change verification, O&M documents and warrantyWhat the client actually receives

Time depends on scope: about 2 weeks for a single cabin, up to 6 months for a large hotel or spa project. The full self-build sequence, including the parts we would not recommend doing yourself, is set out in our guide to how to make a sauna, and the B2B version — the one a consultant issues to tender — in our commercial sauna specification.

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Cabin formats we manufacture

Sauna cabin formats — construction method and typical use
FormatConstructionTypical use
Built-in cabinFramed and clad inside an existing room, finished flush with the architectureVillas, apartments, hotel spa floors
Modular cabinPre-assembled panels shipped flat and bolted on siteFit-outs where site time is short or access is restricted
Glass-front cabinToughened glass front or corner, timber back and roofRooms where the sauna has to stay visually open
Panoramic glass saunaFull-glass façade or wall-to-wall glazed front on an insulated timber shell; the glazed area is corrected for in the heater sizingVilla spa rooms and hotel wellness floors where the cabin is on show
Hybrid saunaFinnish stone heater and infrared emitters in one cabin on a single control strategy — a manufactured room, not a catalogue lineClubs, gyms and villas with one room and two user populations
Outdoor cabinWeather and UV resistant external cladding over an insulated shellGardens, roof terraces, resort grounds
Barrel saunaStaved cylindrical shell, self-supporting, no separate insulation layerCompact outdoor installations
Wooden saunaA cabin whose interior is entirely timber — the classic form, and the reason the room feels the way it doesAll of the above; timber choice is the variable, not the concept

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Which timber is used for sauna cladding?

Cladding is the part clients look at and the part engineers argue about. Inside the cabin it does four jobs at once: it holds surface temperature at a level skin can touch, it keeps the insulation and vapour barrier out of the moisture cycle, it absorbs and releases humidity so the room does not feel sharp, and it deadens sound. We line cabins in kiln-dried Ayous, thermo-Ayous, aspen, thermo-aspen, low-resin pine and thermo-pine, and in hemlock, red cedar, alder or spruce where a client asks for it. Ayous and aspen carry no resin and stay comfortable at 90 °C. We use low-resin pine; ordinary resinous pine bleeds at sauna temperature, so it does not go inside our cabins. Profiles run smooth, grooved or rustic; outdoor cladding is specified for UV and rain, not for cabin interiors.

Sauna interior with hidden LED strips under tiered benches

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Five installation mistakes that shorten a sauna’s life

  • Ventilation planned last. A sauna needs a supply low near the heater and an extract diagonally opposite. Retrofitting either after the cladding is closed means opening it again.
  • No vapour barrier, or a punctured one. Moisture that reaches the insulation does not come back out. Every fixing through the barrier has to be sealed.
  • Heater sized on floor area. Output follows volume, and every square metre of glass behaves like roughly 1.2 m³ of extra room. A glazed front routinely moves a cabin up one band.
  • Untreated or resinous timber inside the cabin. It bleeds, it burns skin and it stains.
  • Electrical supply undersized. Heaters from 10.5 kW upward need a power extension unit on EmoTec and EmoTouch controls; the cable and breaker have to be specified with the heater, not after it.

Maintenance is the other half of cabin life — cleaning routine, stone replacement and timber care are covered in our guide to maintaining a sauna. If you are still choosing between heat types, compare infrared and traditional saunas before you fix the room layout, and see how a sauna performs in Dubai conditions for the Gulf-specific version of the same question.

Sauna with a backlit salt-panel wall and LED lighting under the benches

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Sauna types, operating conditions and heater sizing

Sauna types compared — temperature, humidity, heat source and what each is for
TypeTemperatureRelative humidityHeat sourceBest for
Finnish80–100 °C10–20 %Electric stone heater; water on the stones for löylyThe classic dry-heat ritual and hotel duty, where the strongest heat stimulus is wanted
Bio50–65 °C60 %Combi heater — stones with an integrated vaporiserGuests who find a Finnish cabin too hot, and rooms built around aromatherapy and chromotherapy
Infrared45–60 °CAmbient — no water addedCarbon or ceramic infrared emittersDaily home use, apartments and retrofits where a three-phase supply is not available
Hybrid45–100 °C depending on mode5–60 %Stone heater plus infrared emitters in one cabinA single cabin that has to serve both a Finnish user and an infrared user
Sauna heater output by cabin volume — EOS selection bands used on Sauna Dekor projects
Heater outputCabin volume bandElectrical supplyMinimum supply cable
4.5 kW4–6 m³400 V 3N~ 50 Hz5 × 1.5 mm²
6.0 kW6–8 m³400 V 3N~, 3 × 16 A5 × 1.5 mm²
7.5 kW7–10 m³400 V 3N~ 50 Hz5 × 1.5 mm²
9.0 kW9–14 m³400 V 3N~, 3 × 16 A5 × 2.5 mm²
10.5 kW11–16 m³400 V 3N~, 3 × 16 A5 × 2.5 mm²
12.0 kW14–18 m³400 V 3N~, 3 × 16 A5 × 2.5 mm²
15.0 kW18–25 m³400 V 3N~, 3 × 16 A5 × 2.5 mm²

Read the band against the design volume, not the raw volume: every square metre of glass behaves like roughly 1.2 m³ of extra room, so a fully glazed front routinely moves a cabin up one step. A Finnish cabin heats from cold in about 35–45 minutes; an infrared cabin in 12–18 minutes. Heaters from 10.5 kW upward need a power extension unit on the EmoTec and EmoTouch controls, while the EOS Compact D18 switches up to 18 kW in a single unit.

Comparison

Saunas, steam rooms, hammams and cold rooms compared

Operating ranges of the rooms we build. A Finnish sauna is the hottest and driest; a steam room and a hammam run cooler with far more moisture; cold rooms close the circuit.

RoomTemperatureHumidity
Finnish sauna80–100 °C10–20 % RH (dry air)
Bio sauna50–65 °C—
Infrared cabin45–60 °C cabin air—
Steam room40–50 °CClose to 100 % RH
Turkish hammamRoom air 40–50 °C; heated platform 40–45 °C—
Cold plunge poolWater 2–15 °C—
Snow roomAbout −10 °C—

Sources: Sauna Dekor approved operating ranges (29 September 2026); Finnish sauna humidity: Hussain & Cohen, 2018; snow room: TechnoAlpin.

Sauna

Russian sauna (banya)

A Russian sauna, or banya, uses the same timber cabin as a Finnish sauna but is run wetter: water goes on the stones more often and the venik, a bundle of birch leaves, is part of the ritual. Sauna Dekor Spa Solutions manufactures banya cabins in its own facility in İkitelli OSB, Istanbul, and installs them across the GCC.

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What do we manufacture, and what is bought in?

We build the banya cabin itself — wall panels, benches, ceiling and door frame — in our workshop at İkitelli OSB, Istanbul, where 19 people work and where we have manufactured since 1987, now our 40th year. The heater is not ours: we size and install EOS sauna heaters or Harvia heaters, and their certification belongs to the manufacturer.

Our warranty: 24-month warranty on workmanship and manufacturing; 24-month manufacturer's warranty on electrical and mechanical equipment; 5-year warranty on structure and waterproofing.

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How is a banya cabin built?

In 4 steps: survey and measurement, panel and bench manufacture in the workshop, installation on site, and connection and commissioning of the heater. A single sauna takes about 2 weeks from order. Where a wall is glazed, Harvia adds about 1.2 m³ of cabin volume per m² of glass when the heater is sized; the same build is shown on our Finnish sauna page.

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Why is moisture the design load?

A banya runs wetter than a Finnish sauna, so the timber, the vapour barrier and the supply and extract air positions decide how long the cabin lasts. Our 6 primary timbers are ayous, thermo-ayous, aspen, thermo-aspen, low-resin pine and thermo-pine; hemlock, red cedar and alder are available on request. The vapour barrier is taped at every joint.

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Where does a banya go in a villa or a hotel?

In a villa it sits next to a shower and a rest area; in a hotel it joins the thermal circuit, with a cold plunge pool or a snow shower after it and a relaxation room at the end. 3 things fix its position: the electrical supply, the fresh-air intake and the distance to the shower.

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Is a banya the same as a Russian hammam?

In everyday use the 2 names usually describe the same wet sauna tradition. A banya is not a Turkish hammam: a hammam is a stone room heated through a marble platform, while a banya is a timber cabin with a stone heater. For the history and the ritual, read our banya guide.

Timber sauna cabin with backlit salt panels, a window and contoured benches
Sauna bench with rolled towels and birch venik under warm strip lighting
Birch venik resting in a wooden sauna bucket against a timber wall

Gallery

Russian sauna (banya) examples

Cross-section

What is a sauna wall made of?

A cabin is not a box but a five-layer structure. The layer that is left out decides how many years the cabin lasts.

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Interior lining18 mm

Ayous or aspen boards. Both stay comfortable to touch at 90 °C and do not bleed resin.

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Air gap20 mm

The breathing space left behind the lining. Without it, moisture is trapped behind the timber and the boards move within a few seasons.

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Vapour barrier0.1 mm

Aluminium foil with taped joints. It stops moisture in the cabin from reaching the insulation; once it is punctured, the insulation stops working.

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Insulation50 mm

Stone wool. It keeps the heat inside, and it is the layer that sets the heater output and the running cost.

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Load-bearing frame45 × 70 mm

The cabin's own frame. It carries the bench loads and the heater weight and does not lean on the existing wall: the cabin is a separate structure.

Comparison

How do the sauna types differ in temperature, humidity and heat source?

The five sauna cabins we manufacture, side by side. Four of them share the Finnish construction; the infrared cabin is heated by emitters instead of stones.

TypeTemperatureHumidityHeat source
Finnish sauna80–100 °C10–20 % (dry air)Electric stone heater; water poured on the stones (löyly)
Bio sauna50–65 °CMore humid than a Finnish saunaCombi heater with an integrated vaporiser
Infrared sauna45–60 °C cabin airNot humidifiedInfrared emitters that warm the body directly
Russian sauna (banya)80–100 °C, Finnish rangeRun wetter than a Finnish saunaElectric stone heater; the venik is part of the ritual
Portable sauna80–100 °C, Finnish range10–20 % (dry air)Ready-built cabin with a stone heater

Sources: Sauna Dekor approved operating ranges (October 2026); Finnish sauna humidity: Hussain & Cohen, 2018. Heater output by cabin volume: sauna heater sizing.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a Finnish, bio and infrared sauna?

A Finnish sauna heats the air to 80–100 °C at 10–20 % relative humidity with an electric stone heater. A bio sauna is a milder version at 50–65 °C and 60 % humidity, usually with aromatherapy and chromotherapy. An infrared sauna warms the body directly at 45–60 °C. Different heat, different construction, different electrical supply.

How big should a sauna be and how many people does it seat?

Size the cabin by volume, not floor area, and allow for the glass: every square metre of glazing behaves like about 1.2 m³ of extra room. The villa cabins we build run 2.2–4 m² (4.5–10.6 m³); hotel cabins run 5.5–12 m² (13–27 m³) with two tiers of bench. Bench length sets the seating, not floor area.

What size sauna heater do I need?

Heater output follows cabin volume: 4.5 kW for 4–6 m³, 6.0 kW for 6–8 m³, 9.0 kW for 9–14 m³, 12.0 kW for 14–18 m³ and 15.0 kW for 18–25 m³, all on a 400 V three-phase supply. Add roughly 1.2 m³ to the design volume for every square metre of glass. The full table is above.

Which sauna heater brands do you use?

EOS Saunatechnik of Germany is our standard for commercial cabins — the Thermat and P1 stainless-steel heaters with EOS Compact D18 or EmoTouch controls. We also fit Harvia, including The Wall SW60 and The Wall Combi SW70SA for hybrid cabins, and sentiotec. All are CE marked and serviceable in the UAE.

How much does a custom sauna cost?

Cost is driven by cabin volume, timber selection and heater output. As a reference, we have delivered a 2.16 m² spruce cabin with a Harvia 6.0 kW heater, and an 8.7 m³ thermally modified Ayous cabin with an EOS 9.0 kW heater. Hotel cabins are priced per project.

How long does a sauna take to manufacture and install?

It depends on scope: about 2 weeks for a single sauna, and up to 6 months for large projects such as a hotel spa, where approvals and MEP coordination sit on the critical path. Manufacturing is done in our own facility, followed by shipping and on-site installation.

What wood do you use, and do you use pine?

We line cabins in Ayous, thermo-Ayous, aspen, thermo-aspen, low-resin pine and thermo-pine, and in hemlock, red cedar, alder or spruce where a client asks for it. Ayous and aspen carry no resin and do not burn skin at 90 °C. We use low-resin pine; ordinary resinous pine bleeds at sauna temperature, so it does not go inside the cabin.

How long should a sauna session be?

A full sauna session lasts about 90 minutes: 8–12 minutes in the cabin, then a 12–20 minute cool-down, repeated. Rehydrate between rounds. In a commercial spa we design the circuit around that rhythm, which is why the plunge and rest positions matter as much as the cabin itself.

What is the difference between a sauna builder, a sauna installer and a sauna contractor?

A sauna builder makes the cabin — frame, insulation, vapour barrier, cladding, benches, heater and glass. A sauna installer sets the cabin into the room and connects power, ventilation and controls. A sauna contractor carries the project: programme, permits, coordination with the electrical and mechanical trades, and handover. Sauna Dekor performs all three under one contract, which is why the interfaces between them do not fail.

What is a wooden sauna?

A wooden sauna is a cabin whose interior surfaces — walls, ceiling, benches and backrests — are timber. The timber is not decoration: it holds a surface temperature skin can touch at 80–100 °C, buffers humidity, and protects the insulation and vapour barrier behind it. Species matters more than the label. We use Ayous, thermo-Ayous, aspen, thermo-aspen, low-resin pine and thermo-pine, with hemlock, red cedar, alder or spruce on request; inside a cabin we use low-resin pine.

Do you build barrel saunas and outdoor saunas?

Yes. We manufacture built-in, modular, glass-front, outdoor and barrel cabins. An outdoor cabin gets weather and UV resistant external cladding over an insulated shell; a barrel sauna uses a staved cylindrical shell that is self-supporting. Which format suits a project is decided by access, climate exposure and how the cabin has to sit in the architecture, not by preference.

What are the most common sauna installation mistakes?

Ventilation planned after the cladding is closed; a missing or punctured vapour barrier; a heater sized on floor area instead of design volume; resinous or untreated timber inside the cabin; and an electrical supply specified after the heater rather than with it. All five are avoidable at drawing stage and expensive afterwards.

What does a commercial gym sauna need that a home sauna does not?

Continuous-duty rating and serviceability. A gym cabin runs for the whole opening day, so the heater is selected for continuous duty, benches and floor are specified for constant cleaning, ventilation is mechanical rather than passive, and heater, controller, stones and lighting all have to be reachable without dismantling the cabin. How operators are specifying and sizing these rooms now is set out in our article on gym saunas, and the tender-stage detail in commercial sauna specification.

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How a sauna is specified before it is built

Most of what decides whether a cabin performs is settled on paper, not on site. Ventilation is the item left to the installer most often, and it is why a cabin with a correctly sized heater can still refuse to hold heat or dry out between sessions; the inlet and outlet geometry we work to, including the free-area arithmetic that a decorative grille quietly halves, is set out in our guide to sauna ventilation.

A commercial cabin changes that arithmetic again. Twelve hours of continuous operation is a different duty cycle from a forty-minute domestic session, and the timber grades, fixings, control strategy and drying overrun that follow from it are collected in our commercial sauna specification. For projects in the Gulf the climate leads every other decision — heat rejected into an air-conditioned building is paid for twice — and that ground is covered on our page about saunas in Dubai.

Gallery

Sauna examples

Sauna with pale timber benches, LED-lit backrest slats, a wooden bucket, ladle and birch whisk

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Two more cabin types use the same timber construction: Russian sauna (banya) cabins, run wetter than a Finnish sauna, and portable sauna cabins, built to a fixed size and delivered ready to install.

Last updated: 11 November 2026

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