Backyard sauna

Decided I wanted a sauna. Learned what one takes, designed it from scratch, and built it standalone in a month of evenings. Six-person, electric heater, clean execution.

Scope

• Materials: ~$4,000
• Build time: ~1 month of evenings
• Capacity: Six-person
• Heat: Electric heater
• Type: Standalone outbuilding

Approach

Spent the first stretch reading. There is no "I have built a sauna before" muscle memory; sauna design pulls in framing, vapor barrier, insulation strategy under heat and humidity, bench geometry, and the electrical run for the heater. Worked out a design from research, then built straight through.

Execution

A month of evenings, after the day job. Standalone outbuilding, six-person interior, electric heater. No do-overs and no surprises mid-build.