SaunaLife CL12GCP

CL12GCP is the Cube configuration shown here, with the sauna room, changing room and covered porch. We also refer to it as the CL12G. The black paint package keeps the same three-space layout.

The sauna heater serves the dedicated hot room. The changing room is a separate space outside it; it is not a second heated sauna room.

Not really. The sauna needs that wall for structural support. There may be a way to open it up so heat reaches the changing room. Book a call with a Ben and we’ll work through it with you.

There are two facing upper benches, each 78.4 in long and 20.48 in deep. Compare those dimensions with how you like to lounge. The up-to-eight capacity is for seated use.

The sauna kit, before the heater package and shipping. Build the package that suits you above, electric or wood, and check its listed contents. The wood package includes stones and a chimney.

No. The black SaunaShield package supplies three cans of exterior paint for application during assembly. Paint tools and labor are separate. Follow the painting and assembly instructions; keep interior wood, benches and backrests unpainted.

Yes. This is an on-site assembly kit: leveling, squaring and following the instructions are central to the job. Plan extra hands and the tools in the manual, and have qualified professionals handle electrical and chimney work. We’re here to help whoever builds it.

Plan on three people and two to three days. Deck, shed and garage builders are a good fit, since leveling and squaring are most of the job. There’s no CL12GCP assembly video. It goes together the same way as the smaller Cubes, just bigger, so our CL5G build video and the CL12GCP manual will get your builder there.

Unpack and check every part against the manual’s parts list, and sort the screw packs, before you start. Fit the end walls with the flat edge at the bottom and the slight peak at the top. If the staves don’t sit snug in the bottom corners, the wall is upside down. When you first tighten the stave screws, leave the 1/4 in gap the manual calls for so the shell can still adjust when the outer bands go on. We’re glad to talk your builder through any step.

A solid, level base where water never pools. A concrete pad is simplest at this size. The CL12GCP sits on two foundation beams joined by cross members, about 55 × 147½ in. The sauna overhangs the frame by about a foot and a half at each side and about 2 in at the front and back. A pad under the whole 7 ft 7 in × 12 ft 7¾ in sauna looks best, with extra room in front to step out. Support the frame along its full length, then check it with a level and measure both diagonals so it’s square before the floor goes on. The crate weighs 3,450 lb.

It’s built to stand in the open year-round. Its own roof has underlay beneath asphalt shingles, with drip edges to shed water, so it needs no cover. If it goes under a patio roof, install the shingle roof anyway.

With an electric heater, the outside walls don’t get hot, so the sauna can sit close to a fence or house. Keep the outside vents clear, leave room to reach any power box or controller you mount on the back wall, and leave space to work around every side while you build it. A wood stove’s chimney needs its own clearances. Check your local setback rules.

Give them the manual for the heater you choose, since it sets the breaker and wire size. The heater is hardwired on a dedicated 240 V circuit, with no plug. If your heater has a separate power module or contactor, it mounts outside the hot room, usually in a weatherproof box on the back wall on the heater side or on a nearby post. An outdoor controller needs a weatherproof box too.

Plan where the cable enters the sauna before the floor goes in. The LED lights run on 120 V, and their driver goes in a weatherproof enclosure.

Yes. We count the glass when we size the heater for this room, so it heats up on cold days too. Plan on about 45 minutes to an hour to preheat, and longer on very cold days. A full preheat warms the benches and walls as well as the air, which helps keep your feet warm.

Yes. Choose a Wi-Fi control package above to start and adjust the sauna from the app, with the wall controller still on site. Before you build, check that your Wi-Fi reaches the spot where the sauna will stand. HUUM’s UKU Wi-Fi joins 2.4 GHz networks only.

SaunaLife covers the sauna room or kit for five years from delivery to the original retail purchaser for residential use, subject to its limited warranty. Normal wear, natural wood weathering, installation and labor are excluded. Heaters and added components have separate terms. Read the manufacturer’s warranty.

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