The glass
A small pane of stained glass, pond blue and ember orange, cut in our ripple pattern and set in the door where the stove light will find it. Each one made for its sauna.
The sauna
A small building with a point of view.
A sauna is not an appliance, and the point of view is literal. Glass in the door, a roundel that catches the stove light, and a building we place and aim so the bench faces the best thing your land does.
Every sauna leaves Strafford the same way. A tight, insulated building made for real winters, a cedar interior fitted by hand, and ventilation done right, the part almost everyone gets wrong. Just wood that still smells like the forest it came from.
- 01Pressure-treated skids, leveled. No pour
- 02Insulated, vapor-sealed wall assembly, done right
- 03Tongue-and-groove cedar interior, fitted by hand
- 04Two-tier bench, seats 6
- 05Stove or heater with stone crown
- 06Vents high and low, so the heat breathes
- 07Glass door with the stained glass roundel
- 08Covered entry: bench, hooks, boot tray
The particulars
- Wood
- Your choice of three. Cedar is the house wood
- Heat
- Wood-fired or electric. Your call, same room
- Capacity
- Seats 6
- Temperature
- 170 to 195 degrees F
- Footprint
- 8 by 10 feet, no foundation required
- Hot room
- 7 by 9 inside, 7 foot ceiling
- Delivery
- Arrives whole. We place it, level it, and aim it at your view
- Tested
- Fired beside the brook before it ships
- Marks
- One glass roundel, one found-wood pull. No two alike
The wood, three ways
You choose what the inside of your sauna is made of. All three come from trees you have stood under.
Spruce
Humble, bright, and light. Smells like a Vermont woodlot.
Red cedar
The house woodClear red cedar. Soft heat, rich color, and the scent people mean when they say sauna.
Ash
Dense, pale, architectural. Darkens with years of heat. The heirloom choice.
The heat, two ways
Build a fire or press a button. Same room, same temperatures.
Wood-fired
A stove, stones, and the whole ritual of the fire. For the land with a woodpile.
Electric
Warm before you walk out the door. A timer, remote control, and no ashes to clean.
The delivery, one day
No foundation, no pour. It arrives whole, we place it and level it, and we point the door at your view.
The maker's marks
The wood
A door pull of found wood, fished out of the pond and finished by hand. The water decides the shape. No two saunas alike.