Are you looking for outdoor saunas? If yes, then you should look no further than barrel saunas. If you’re thinking about reasons behind investing in a barrel sauna, please check out the reasons discussed below:
Less Construction Costs –
The cedar barrel saunas come with unique design and architectural uniqueness. The construction of a barrel sauna forms both framing of the building and interior and exterior lining. A barrel sauna provides you with interior wood lining in cedar and the exterior lining or finishing. It significantly minimizes the cost of overall construction.
Less Timeframe –
Another reason behind installing a barrel sauna is the time frame involved in the construction process. Usually, a barrel sauna is available as a DIY kit which can be assembled on site. Even if you have minimal carpentry skills, you can get it assembled easily. The barrel straps bring the walls or known as staves together forming a watertight sauna room.
The end walls forming the door and opposite wall are pre-built so that the staves are placed around the vertical end pieces. An outdoor sauna requires experience of proper framing, roof and shingle as well as strapping and siding to align the interior walls and finish the exterior walls.
Roof Construction –
The unique barrel sauna design provides protection to the sauna so that it remains leak-free when it’s raining. It’s due to the round top part of the roof formed using a ball and socket design which overlaps each other on both sides. This forms a natural shingle effect so that water always drains off to the next stave. The cedar expands when it becomes wet while forming a water tight sealing. Barrels are used as water tight vestibules.
Natural Insulation –
The saunas available at Northern Lights Solar Solutions are made from 1 ½” thick clear Western Red cedar which provides natural insulation likewise a log home. However, the cedar fibrous construction comes with lots of air pockets. It works like a natural insulation barrier.
This means, you won’t need to add insulation which can be moldy or infested with rodents in other outdoor sauna rooms. The barrel sauna can store heat even in minus 30 degrees which is enough to heat up quickly and maintain the heat for hours. That’s cedar is a perfect choice for barrel saunas.
Even Heat Distribution –
The air flow gets circulated through the sauna room naturally. However, the square or rectangle rounded corners provide a vortex that stops the natural flow of air throughout the sauna room. The hot air goes up the sauna room and curls down gently every side of sauna while providing convection naturally and ensuring even heat distribution.
Operational Cost –
Another reason behind installing a barrel sauna is the operational cost. The barrel sauna comes with the standard 7’ height which is ideal for most sauna rooms. Though it comes with the round design, there’s around 24% less air space for heating and providing the same to the interior room. As a result, the sauna room heats up 24% faster and requires 24% less energy. It means the overall barrel sauna cost is less than any other type of sauna room.
Bottom Line –
When it comes to finding the right choice from barrel saunas, you should look no further than Northern Lights Cedar Barrel Saunas. For more information, please contact us today at 1-800-759-8990.