We love hot springs and saunas. It's always been our #1 vacation or way to relax together. After an awesome sweatlodge in our back yard whetted our appetites, we saved up for a real sauna. We got one of those kits, with a real sauna heater and cedar wood planks. It came a few weeks ago.
Then life took over, trouble at work and what not. I had to wait for a bit. Plus it was insanely windy, and tough to set it up. And we had to reinforce our deck to support the weight, and fix the tiles and railing that got taken out by that mega hail storm a few years ago.
After adding two support beams below the deck, removing 21 square feet of decking and leveling it all out, we covered it with outdoor carpet, got the railing frame put up, and got to work.
This went up in a matter of hours. You can kind of tell because of the sun. I couldn't have done it without Rose. She held up the barrel ends in the whipping wind while I secured everything. Twice. User error on the first go round.
Huge thanks to Tom, one of Yokie's colleagues, for the super well done wiring. It looks great.
So far, we've done two sessions. One was me and Yokie. Epic. We christened it on the 6th of March, 2016. The first day of the rest of our lives. It was perfect. Hot. Great. Then, yesterday, I took a quick one with Rose. She did great.