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Sauna, steam room and hammam subcontractor for main contractors in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Sauna · steam room · hammam · cold plunge packagesManufacturing in İkitelli OSB · IstanbulSince 1987 · 41+ countries
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Short answer: As a specialist subcontractor, Sauna Dekor designs, manufactures, installs, tests and commissions the sauna, steam room, hammam, cold plunge and snow room scope under a main contract in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with one warranty for the whole wet scope.
Sauna Dekor Spa Solutions is a spa and wellness manufacturer and specialist subcontractor that designs, manufactures, installs, tests and commissions the complete thermal and wet scope — saunas, steam rooms, hammams, pools, cold plunge and snow rooms — under main contracts in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. The company has manufactured in Istanbul since 1987, has delivered in 41+ countries, and works in the Emirates from its Dubai office at Latifa Tower, World Trade Centre.
5,000+ projects in 41+ countries since 1987 · Istanbul manufacturing (İkitelli OSB) · Dubai office at Latifa Tower.
Single-source design, in-house manufacturing, installation, testing and commissioning of the complete wellness scope — delivered under your main contract with one accountable team and a 24-month workmanship and equipment warranty, 5 years on structure and waterproofing.
24-moWarrantyThe Role We PlayOne accountable subcontractor for the entire wellness scope.
Appointed by the main contractor, we take full responsibility for the spa & wellness package — from shop drawings through to testing, commissioning and handover. Instead of coordinating a chain of separate suppliers for the sauna, hammam, pools and cold therapy, your team works with a single manufacturer who designs, builds and installs the whole scope.
Because we manufacture in our own facility, the company that signs the subcontract is the same company that fabricates the cabins, the göbektaşı, the steam systems and the cold-therapy plant — removing the supply-chain risk, quality gaps and finger-pointing of a multi-vendor scope.
Scope of Works
Sauna, steam room, hammam and cold plunge — what we deliver under your contract.
A defined, programmed and fully accountable scope that integrates cleanly with the main contract and the MEP package.
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02Manufacture & Supply
In-house fabrication of saunas, steam rooms, hammams, pools and cold-therapy equipment to the approved specification.
03Installation
Site installation by our own trained crews, including waterproofing interface, tanking, marble and finishes.
04MEP & Services Interface
Coordination of electrical load, ventilation, drainage, refrigeration/oxygen plant and DEWA connection requirements.
05Testing & Commissioning
Functional testing, commissioning, snagging and a full handover pack with O&M manuals and as-builts.
06Warranty & Maintenance
24-month workmanship and equipment warranty, 5 years on structure and waterproofing, and UAE-based after-sales servicing for the complete installed scope.
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Sauna and steam room subcontractor for main contractors in the UAE
Sauna Dekor works as a nominated or domestic subcontractor to main contractors and fit-out contractors in the UAE, taking the sauna, steam room, hammam, pool and cold-therapy scope as one package under the main contract. We have been engaged in this role by Dubai and Abu Dhabi main contractors and fit-out contractors on residential towers, office-tower spas, island developments and branded-residence estates, and by international main contractors on hotel and resort spas in Riyadh, Jeddah and Doha.
What a main contractor gets from a manufacturer-subcontractor rather than a trading supplier: one entity signs the subcontract and fabricates the equipment, so there is no second-tier supply chain to chase; shop drawings, builder's-work openings and MEP coordination are produced against your setting-out and programme; the wet-area interface — tanking, screed falls, mosaic and marble — is delivered by the same crew that installs the cabins, which removes the classic waterproofing dispute; and the installed scope carries a 24-month warranty on workmanship and manufacturing; 24-month manufacturer's warranty on electrical and mechanical equipment; 5-year warranty on structure and waterproofing. Where rooms are handed over shell-and-core, we take the XPS, plaster, waterproofing and mosaic build-up inside our scope.
Regional pages: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha. For the design-only route, see subconsultant services.
Turnkey wellness and spa provider for resorts
On resort projects the wellness scope is rarely one room — it is a mirrored male and female wet core, a treatment wing, and often a repeated villa or mansion typology on top. A turnkey provider has to hold all of it under one programme.
The resort packages we deliver are built exactly that way. A branded-residence estate in Dubai took twelve mansions in three typologies, each with a sauna, a steam room, a heated bench, a backlit salt wall, a spa plant room and a treatment room, plus a mock-up unit built first for approval. An Olympic multi-sports training facility in Lusail, Qatar took twenty saunas and twenty stainless cold plunge pools with chillers as a single repeated package. A residential resort in Kigali took three villas with panoramic-glass saunas and membrane-lined steam rooms, installed by our own crew. A four-star city hotel in Abidjan, in an operating high-rise, took a dry sauna and a hammam with two installation formulas — our own two-person crew, or one supervisor directing a local crew.
Turnkey means the interface schedule is written down. On resort work we issue a demarcation table that states which lines are ours and which sit with the electrical, mechanical, plumbing or main contractor — before the subcontract is signed, not after.
What to look for in a spa fit-out company
Six checks separate a specialist wellness subcontractor from a general fit-out contractor who has priced a spa:
- Does it manufacture, or resell? Ask who fabricates the cabin, the hammam göbektaşı and the steam enclosure. If the answer is a third party, the warranty and the programme are both second-hand.
- Is the scope single-source? Design, shop drawings, manufacture, installation, testing, commissioning and warranty under one contract — or a chain of suppliers you have to coordinate.
- Comparable references, by room type. Steam and hammam fail differently from sauna. Ask for wet-area and cold-therapy projects of similar scale, not a general project list.
- A real prequalification pack. Trade licence, insurance, method statements, ISO 9001 certificate, CE declarations of conformity, equipment datasheets and warranty letters — assembled, not promised.
- Authority experience in your market. In the GCC the material approval submittal for the authority and the fire consultant is itself a programme item. A supplier who has never assembled one is a programme risk.
- Warranty terms in writing. 24-month warranty on workmanship and manufacturing; 24-month manufacturer's warranty on electrical and mechanical equipment; 5-year warranty on structure and waterproofing.
The failure mode this list is guarding against is specific: heat and wet rooms treated as ordinary joinery and tiling. Vapour control, tanking build-up, ventilation and drainage falls are what decide whether a steam room is still sound in year five.
How to choose a sauna manufacturer for a hotel project
Hotel duty is not domestic duty. A hotel sauna runs long hours at commercial load, so the selection criteria are different from a residential cabin:
- Heater sizing against real volume, not floor area. Commercial cabins need the volume, the glazing area and the wall build-up in the calculation. Heavy-duty heaters and the correct control specification follow from that, and the connected load has to be agreed with the MEP engineer at design stage.
- Timber and construction. Species and drying method matter more than grade names — kiln-dried Ayous and thermally treated timbers behave differently under commercial cycling. Ask for chain-of-custody documentation for the timber and an environmental declaration if the project is chasing a green rating.
- Certification for your region. CE with a declaration of conformity plus IEC/EN 60335 in Europe and the UK; the same plus a material approval submittal in the UAE and Qatar; the same plus SABER in Saudi Arabia; CSA, cUL or cETL plus a CSA SPE-1000 field evaluation in North America, where CE alone is not valid.
- Warranty under commercial operation. Confirm in writing that the warranty survives commercial duty. A warranty voided by commercial operation is not a warranty.
- Delivery and after-sales in the region. Manufacturing lead time is typically around twelve weeks from a signed order with approved shop drawings, so the sauna has to be booked into the main programme early. Ask who services the equipment locally after handover.
- Can the manufacturer take the whole thermal suite? A sauna is rarely alone. If the same company can hold the steam room, hammam, cold plunge and experience showers, the interface risk between them disappears.
Product detail by room type: saunas, steam rooms, hammams, cold plunge pools, snow rooms.
Wellness Scope Covered
One subcontractor for the sauna, steam room, hammam and snow room scope.
Any combination of the following, delivered as a single package and engineered to work together as an integrated thermal and contrast-therapy circuit.
Dry heatSaunas
Finnish, infrared, combi, event and outdoor cabins.
Wet heatSteam Rooms
Tiled, stone and single-block marble steam suites.
RitualHammams
Turkish, Moroccan and modern hammams with göbektaşı.
WaterPools
Indoor, infinity, hydrotherapy and cold plunge pools.
ColdSnow & Ice
Snow rooms, snow showers and ice fountains.
TherapySalt & Float
Salt rooms, floatation tanks and treatment rooms.
SensoryExperience Showers
Rain, mist, deluge and chromotherapy shower systems.
RecoveryRelaxation Rooms
Tepidarium, loungers and rest interiors.
Why a Specialist Manufacturer
Specialist wellness subcontractor, not a generalist fit-out.
The wellness scope fails most often where generalists treat heat and wet rooms as ordinary joinery and tiling. It is not. As a manufacturer with 40 years of thermal, steam and water engineering, we deliver the scope the way it has to be built.
- Designed & manufactured in-house
- Correct tanking & vapour control
- Wellness-specific ventilation
- No sub-sourced wellness scope
- Single point of accountability
- 24-month workmanship and equipment warranty, 5 years on structure and waterproofing
How We Engage
A clear path from award to handover.
The same methodology applies whether your project is a single villa suite or a complete five-star hotel spa.
- Tender
Tender & Pricing
Scope review, technical proposal and a priced submission against the BoQ and specification.
- Pre-construction
Design & Drawings
Shop drawings, material approvals and MEP coordination with the main contract.
- Off-site
Manufacture
In-house fabrication and a Factory Acceptance Test with photo records.
- On-site
Install
Installation by our crews — waterproofing interface, marble, MEP final connections.
- Handover
Commission & Hand Over
Testing, snagging, O&M, training and warranty registration.
Authority & Compliance — UAE
Delivered to Dubai's approval framework.
Our scope is engineered and documented to the relevant UAE authority requirements, coordinated with your design team and the main contract.
Dubai · UtilityDEWA
220V / 50Hz, dedicated circuits, correct service rating and connection approval under DEWA inspection.
Dubai · Civil DefenceDCD
Heaters, steam generators, oxygen and controls engineered for Civil Defence approval and life-safety.
Dubai · MunicipalityDM
Wet-area, hygiene, structural and aquatic-facility provisions observed across the scope.
Free ZoneTrakhees
Free-zone authority approvals managed where the project sits within a free-zone footprint.
FederalESMA
ESMA-aligned specifications and conformity declarations for all imported wellness equipment.
QualityISO 9001 · CE
TS EN ISO 9001:2015 management system (our certificate), the equipment manufacturer's CE declarations of conformity for heaters and controls (EOS, Harvia, Condair), and equipment datasheets assembled into the submittal.
ISO 9001TS EN ISO 9001:2015 · our certificate no. 202025106CE · EN 60335Equipment manufacturer's certification (EOS, Harvia, Condair)TimberSpecies, kiln-drying and supplier documentationEPDManufacturer's life-cycle declaration, where publishedVDE · GOST · Steam generator manufacturer's component certification
24 months · 5 years · Workmanship & equipment · structure & waterproofing
Subcontract Evidence
Sauna, steam room, hammam and ice fountain packages we have engineered under a main contract.
Described by city and facility type. Client, operator, contractor and brand names are withheld under confidentiality; named references are released with the prequalification pack on request.
Office-tower spa — DIFC, Dubai, UAE
Hydrotherapy spa taken from shell-and-core: two saunas and two mosaic-lined steam rooms in male and female suites, plus two cold plunges. Roughly 58 kW connected load, 9 kW and 12 kW heaters, 15 and 23 kg/h steam generators, with the XPS, plaster, waterproofing and mosaic build-up inside our scope. A 92-page technical submittal was issued for approval.
Wellness resort — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
A complete spa thermal facilities section under an international main contractor: two saunas, two steam rooms, a 22.4 m² hammam, four experience showers, three heated benches and two ice fountains, delivered and installed at roughly 115 kW connected load.
Five-star hotel spa — Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Level-eleven spa split by scope: two saunas supplied complete, and the steam room and experience shower positions delivered as MEP-only packages so the wet-area builder could take the finishes.
Fit-out package — Abu Dhabi, UAE
Steam room and sauna package delivered, installed and commissioned for a fit-out contractor, with a submittal annex carrying our own signed declaration of conformity for the travertine, kiln-dried timber documentation and chain-of-custody and environmental declarations.
Island residential development — Abu Dhabi, UAE
Panoramic-glass sauna with a heavy-duty 18 kW heater, a four-seat hydrotherapy pool with lounge and thirty jets, and a custom cold plunge with a chiller sized to hold +5 °C in Gulf ambient conditions.
Branded-residence estate — Al Jaddaf, Dubai, UAE
Twelve mansions in three typologies: sauna, steam room, heated bench, backlit salt wall, spa plant room and treatment room per unit, with a mock-up unit built first for approval and a written interface table separating our lines from the electrical, mechanical, plumbing and main-contract scopes.
Olympic training facility — Lusail, Qatar
Twenty saunas and twenty stainless-steel cold plunge pools with chillers and ice machines, engineered as one repeated recovery package for a multi-sports training venue.
Residential resort — Kigali, Rwanda
Three villa basement spas, each with a panoramic-glass sauna and a membrane-lined steam room with full-height glazed fronts, exported and installed by our own crew.
Residential tower amenities — Brisbane, Australia
Circular steam hammam on the level-fifteen amenity floor of a forty-storey tower, with a fibre-optic star ceiling and marble and mosaic finishes — priced with a dedicated structure and fire-compliance response for the building code.
Four-star hotel — Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Dry sauna and hammam inside an operating high-rise hotel, offered with two installation formulas: our own two-person crew for twelve to fourteen days, or one supervisor directing a local crew.
Residential tower — Deira, Dubai Islands, UAE
Turnkey sauna and a two-programme experience shower for a G+P+6F+R residential building, delivered under the main contractor with the consultant's submittal requirements built into the offer.
Gym — Turkey
A 3 m² sauna and a 3 m² steam room supplied complete with heater, control panel and 8 kg/h generator for a commercial fitness operator, awarded through the developer's technical office.
Delivered private and hospitality installations are published on our projects and portfolio pages, including villa wellness suites in Emirates Hills, Jumeirah Bay Island, Nad Al Sheba, Tilal Al Ghaf, The Springs, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Hills Estate and Al Barari in Dubai, and in Sedra, Riyadh.
Delivered work
Rooms we have built for hotels, clubs and homes
Track Record
Trusted on the most demanding projects.
40 years of delivering wellness facilities for leading hospitality brands and private developments, with an office in Dubai serving the Emirates.
Five-star hotel spasResort thermal suitesBranded residencesOlympic training facilityOffice-tower spasBeach club spasIsland developmentsPrivate villa wellness suitesDubai · Abu DhabiRiyadh · JeddahDoha · Lusail
Five-star hotel spasResort thermal suitesBranded residencesOlympic training facilityOffice-tower spasBeach club spasIsland developmentsPrivate villa wellness suitesDubai · Abu DhabiRiyadh · JeddahDoha · Lusail
How does a main contractor appoint us as the thermal room subcontractor?
Short answer: send the tender drawings, the room schedule and the programme. We return a scope that names what we manufacture, what we buy from equipment makers, what the main contractor provides on site, and the warranty: 24 months on workmanship, 24 months on equipment and 5 years on structure and waterproofing.
The scope split we usually agree:
- Ours: room manufacture, equipment supply, installation and commissioning.
- Main contractor: slab, drains, power to the isolator, ventilation ducts.
- Shared: waterproofing tests and handover documents.
We manufacture in İkitelli OSB, Istanbul, with our own installation team; UAE projects are coordinated from our Dubai office at Latifa Tower, World Trade Centre. Send the tender.
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Frequently asked questions.
Do you work as a subcontractor under a main contractor?
Yes. We are regularly appointed by main contractors to deliver the complete spa & wellness package as a nominated or domestic subcontractor, integrating with the main-contract programme, BoQ and MEP coordination. A nominated subcontractor is a specialist named by the client or consultant in the tender; a domestic subcontractor is a specialist the main contractor selects itself.
Which rooms do you take responsibility for: sauna, steam room, hammam, cold plunge or snow room?
The full thermal and wet wellness scope: saunas, steam rooms, hammams, pools, cold plunge, snow rooms, salt rooms and related equipment — from shop drawings through manufacture, installation, testing, commissioning and warranty. The steam rooms we hand over run at 40–50 °C with close to 100% humidity, and snow rooms at about −10 °C.
Can you provide a prequalification pack for tender?
Yes. We provide a capability statement, project references, trade licence and insurance details, method statements and compliance documentation to support prequalification and tendering in the UAE. The project references come from our reference list of 731 entries.
How do you differ from a general fit-out contractor?
We are a manufacturer, not a reseller. The company that signs the subcontract fabricates the equipment in-house — which means correct wellness-specific engineering, a single point of accountability and one 24-month workmanship and equipment warranty, 5 years on structure and waterproofing, rather than a split supply chain.
Do you handle DEWA and authority approvals within your scope?
Yes. We coordinate the relevant DEWA, Dubai Civil Defence, Dubai Municipality, Trakhees and ESMA requirements for our scope, in coordination with the design team and main contract.
Do you maintain the installed sauna and steam room equipment in the UAE?
Yes. Our Dubai office provides warranty support and ongoing maintenance for the installed scope, including servicing, descaling and equipment support.
Who is a sauna and steam room subcontractor for main contractors in the UAE?
Sauna Dekor. We are appointed by main contractors and fit-out contractors in Dubai and Abu Dhabi as a nominated or domestic subcontractor for the sauna, steam room, hammam, pool and cold-therapy scope, and by international main contractors on hotel and resort spas in Riyadh, Jeddah and Doha. One entity signs the subcontract and manufactures the equipment, and the installed scope carries a 24-month warranty on workmanship and manufacturing; 24-month manufacturer's warranty on electrical and mechanical equipment; 5-year warranty on structure and waterproofing.
Are you a turnkey wellness and spa provider for resorts?
Yes. Resort packages we have engineered include a twelve-mansion branded-residence estate in Dubai with three typologies and a mock-up unit, a twenty-sauna and twenty-cold-plunge recovery package for an Olympic training facility in Lusail, and three villa basement spas in Kigali installed by our own crew. Every resort package is issued with a written demarcation table separating our lines from the electrical, mechanical, plumbing and main-contract scopes.
How do you choose a sauna manufacturer for a hotel project?
Size the heater against cabin volume, glazing and wall build-up rather than floor area, and agree the connected load with the MEP engineer at design stage; ask for the timber species, drying method and chain-of-custody documentation; specify the certification regime for the region — CE and EN 60335 in Europe, plus a material approval submittal in the UAE and Qatar, plus SABER in Saudi Arabia, and CSA, cUL or cETL with a CSA SPE-1000 field evaluation in North America; confirm in writing that the warranty survives commercial duty; plan for roughly a twelve-week manufacturing lead time from approved shop drawings; and prefer a manufacturer who can also take the steam room, hammam and cold-therapy scope so the interfaces disappear.
What is the manufacturing lead time?
Typically around twelve weeks from a signed order with approved shop drawings and material approvals, with shop drawings normally taking about two weeks before that. Turnkey Dubai packages have run at roughly ten to twelve weeks and larger multi-room hotel scopes longer; the programme is confirmed per project.
Which countries do you cover?
The primary market is the Gulf — the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar — served from Istanbul manufacturing and a Dubai office at Latifa Tower, World Trade Centre. Sauna Dekor has delivered in 41+ countries since 1987. In North America we work as designer, specifier and supplier; we do not hold a local installation crew there. The supply-and-supervision model is set out on our Miami and South Florida sauna page.
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