The Recycled Sauna

During the winter of 2009, I became inspired to take on the project of building a sauna out of mostly recycled materials, materials located right on my property, or materials that people would be willing to donate to the project. Like a lot of people around the world, we were having one of the coldest winters in recent memories and I became obsessed with how comforting a sauna would be to me and my family in the years to come. Our winters in the mountains of North Carolina are typically mild compared to northern states, however, our house happens to be in a shaded mountain microclimate that gives us winters more like what you'd find in Vermont than anywhere in Dixie. We definitely live in prime sauna country.