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Wood fired sauna stove with protective shield and floor bedding

If you have space and are looking for the best sauna experience then wood fired sauna is for you. So what is involved in wood fired sauna stove installation?

Well, since wood fired heater does not have thermostat, you can imagine that the stove gets very hot during sauna session and that’s why it requires more space around it not to set an entire structure on fire. To have a general idea on the space required in a sauna room with wooden walls, please look at the diagram below:

Minimum distances for wood fired sauna with wooden walls

As you can see minimum distance is 500mm around the stove. And what if you would like to have wood burning sauna but do not want to built huge sauna for it? We at Ukko Saunas have a solution to that problem – we can supply specially designed protective shield for your sauna stove:

Minimum distances for wood fired heater with protective shield

This little enclosure reduces the space required for wood heater installation by 450mm around it! And if you are planning to install your heater on to a tiled or timber floor, we can supply stainless steel floor bedding to complete your sauna setup:

Ukko floor bedding for wood fired sauna stove

Few final touches required to finalize your sauna heater installation – chimney pipes and chimney cap. We now supply stainless steel chimneys, extra pipes and all accessories to fit in to our Cedar sauna range:

Complete chimney accessory pack for Ukko Saunas

As you can see wood fired sauna stove installation involves much more and on top of that you have to allow extra budget for certified plumber to mount all the pipes for you. But considering that power cost is rising almost every quarter, your return on initial money investment will be well paid up within a year or two (depending how often you use your sauna).

You can learn more about our heater models and other accessories by following links below:

• Ukko wood fired sauna stoves
• Wood fired heater protective shield and floor bedding
• Chimneys and accessories

And you are always welcome to contact us for pricing and more information.

Ukko Barrel Sauna installed in Blue Mountains

We’ve just installed Ukko Barrel sauna in Blue Mountains, NSW. This sauna was built from 38mm thick Western Red Cedar logs with a traditional timber sauna door.

Based on customer’s request, benches inside the sauna were placed on to two different levels making them upper and lower benches for better sauna experience:

First step is always the base...

Next step is to place sauna back wall in to the base staves...

Next was sauna front wall following by few more staves...

Continued with more staves to finish sauna barrel...

Finished Barrel Sauna with rings...

Inside the sauna - electric heater, guardrail, bucket, ladle and thermometer...

Different levels of the sauna benches...

Tub and Sauna at Perth Spa & Pool Expo

We’ve had a lot of interest in tubs, saunas and chemical free water purifier during our first day. Lots of talking and explaining, we think our tongues will fall of by the end of the day !!

Jokes aside, it was extremely successful and exciting day. If anyone is anywhere near Perth this weekend, please come and see us at stand 110. We have show only specials… If not us, there are many other incredible products that you could see.

2 Person Ukko Cedar Log Sauna on Display (1.4 x 1.3m)