Finnish Sauna: Design and Construction
Finnish Sauna: Design and Construction
- ISBN13: 9789516828568
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Finnish Sauna: Design and Construction
Product Description
This book contains information and instructions for the design of genuine Finnish saunas, with sections on sauna rooms, components, seating platforms and furnishings, and the planning of the related heating, ventilation, and electrical installations, as well as the specialities of sauna stoves and their selection. It also includes a special chapter on building a traditional smoke sauna. This book is all the reader will need in order to successfully plan and build a Finnish sauna.
Finnish Sauna: Design and Construction
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Comments
The origin of the sauna is in Finland, where its popularity remains quite high. This book, now in its sixth edition, keeps the authentic Finnish sauna available for construction abroad.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this book when I was building my own sauna. After paging through the entire book, I could not find any useful information. NOT RECOMMENDED!, if you are building a sauna check out “The Art of Sauna Building” instead. The Art of Sauna Building
Rating: 2 / 5
A very difficult read. title misleading, should have been titled “The history of the sauna” Very boring and way to much money.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is a collection of articles that covers the early history and development of the sauna as well as the methods of construction of a modern sauna, both personal and commercial. Or rather the method, as the book goes into detail with respect to only one type of fabrication. It seems to assume everyone will be using insulated stud construction; I would have liked to have seen more about using log walls for thermal mass.
Although there is a lot of information here, it is presented in an uninviting, dry manner. And anyone without extensive building experience will be lost–this is not a how-to book for the novice. In addition, everything given in this overpriced book can be found for free on the Internet with a little googling. The format is a little over 8 by 6.5 inches, and that is far too small for something with a list price of $40 (or even for the discount offered by Amazon).
It does offer more information on the traditional savuasauna (smoke sauna) than I have seen elsewhere, but I suspect that most people will not be interested in that aspect.
Rating: 2 / 5
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