Bathing Brands - Chicago

Just finishing up my CL4G build now, putting shingles on today and finishing out the trimming before rain hits tomorrow evening. Quality is nice IMO. I am in the Midwest so cold winters, I have treated the inside with sauna oil prior to installing benches (it does make the color a darker richer tone…looks awesome) and then did the benches as well. Overkill, maybe, but it is easy to do and doesn’t take too long. Also sealed the outside with a low/no VOC sealer (Seal Once-Marine Clear). If I am going to drop $10k+ (a lot of work prior to get the area ready) I might as well give it the best shot to last a long long time. The staves are incredible light, surprised me, and once you get the base foundation right it goes up fairly easily (FYI: do not take off the interior support brackets until you have the metal tension straps on…trust me 😂). The door instructions are not great but it does fit perfect. Trim wood is pretty soft, plan on sealing it up on the exterior. Was surprised to see the two floor drains (nice!) and I can lay down on the two bench but wish I had a few more inches of width. It isn’t bad but 2” more would be nice (5’8”, 195# male, broad shoulders). Electrician suppose to be out this week to run line out to it, still have to dig a short trench so it may take another week or so…right in time for the cool fall nights (it’s been balls hot the past few days). So far, so good, very nice looking unit and very sturdy.

We have just completed assembly so I don’t have feedback in terms of how the sauna performs as of yet but the quality of the sauna has actually exceeded my expectations. We couldn’t be happier with how it’s come out.

Having enjoyed soaking up the warm steaminess of our Sauna for more than two weeks we are totally sold! The unit is working great in every respect.