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| The plan when it all began. |
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| Staking out the site. |
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| Clearing the site. |
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| Build a box the size of the building to see true dimensions. |
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| Drill and fill footings. |
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| Make sure you're below frost line. |
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| Check layout again. |
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| Install supports on footings. |
Read More: Leveling the site for posts and beams
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| Build supports by notching. |
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| Notching 6x6 posts |
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| Tools for working on the posts. |
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| Attach posts to footings with Simpson ties. |
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| Skids attached to posts. |
Read More: Floor framing and joist blocking- building.
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| Extra corner bracket for safety |
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| Joists perpendicular to skids. |
Read More: Floor framing and joist blocking- building.
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| Hurricane ties on each joist. |
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| Plan for staggering subfloor sheets. |
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| Staggered subfloor sheets. |
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| Pre-built trusses and lumber delivery. |
Read More: Insulating the floors with rigid insulation.
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| Wall framing is done. |
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| Adding sheathing to roof and walls. |
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| Roofing spacers. |
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| Framed window. |
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| Double top plate. |
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| Hurricane ties for trusses. |
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| Framed soffits. View underneath. |
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| Framed side and front soffits. |
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| These top plates were supposed to be staggered. |
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| Trusses leveled with 2x4s. |
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| Trusses view from the inside. |
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| Roof sheathing. |
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| Roof and soffit. |
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| Sheathed roof. |
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| Front entry door is framed. |
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| Soffits are covered with aluminum. |
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| House wrap around the sheathing, under siding. |
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| Siding the soffits. |
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| Ice and water on the whole roof. |
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| Starter shingles over Ice and Water. |
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| Peak of the roof, silicone nail on the last piece. |
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| Window opening preparation. |
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| Silicone around window to prevent water damage. |
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| Tape over window. |
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| Siding cutout for outside lights. |
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| Junction boxes for outside lights. |
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| Outside flood light and outlet for convenience. |
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| Outside is complete. |
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| Wiring can lights. |
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| Wiring switches. |
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| Lights are all done. |
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| Attach wire 6" above junction box. |
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| Framing the hot room and candle window. |
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| Hot room with mock stove placement. |
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| Hot room door opening framed. |
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| Plumb bob to location of stove from ceiling. |
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| Tools for cutting opening for chimney. |
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| Starting hole for chimney. |
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| Hole is complete. |
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| Install chimney hot box. |
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| Frame around chimney hot box. |
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| Install chimney. |
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| Installing the chimney cap. |
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| Hotbox fully framed. |
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| Ceiling insulation 36" thick. |
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| 36" Ceiling insulation. |
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| Wall batt insulation. |
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| Insulating the hot room inside walls as well. |
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| Duct tape to hold insulation in place before the ceiling is done. |
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| Chutes to prevent insulation from falling in and covering the soffit air flow. |
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| Insulation chutes installed. |
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| Hot room insulation complete. |
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| Bubble foil insulation over batt insulation to lock in heat in the sauna. |
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| You can see the insulation working-- no heat, just lights and the glass is fogging up. |
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| DuRock for the hot room floor with drain and stove pad. |
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| Garden brick pavers for supporting the stove and protecting the floor. |
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| Road trip to pick up the sauna stove. |
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| Kuuma wood burning sauna stove! |
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| Kuuma medium size wood burning stove. |
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| Cut opening in cement board for the hot box. This prevents the heat from catching the ceiling on fire. |
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| Cement board ceiling shield first part is installed. Will install 2nd part with a 2" air gap to dissipate heat. |
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| Adding curve to the floor with sleepers for water to drain down the drain. |
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| Cover floor with cement board. |
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| Cover cement board with waterproof shower liner. |
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| Waterproof rubber membrane for the hot room floor. |
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| Should have run the membrane under the foil insulation, not over. |
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| Starting the hot room cedar tongue and groove walls. |
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| Cedar tongue and groove. |
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| Built-in hot room sauna speakers. |
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| DuRock ceiling protection from stove heat. |
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| Hooking up the sauna stove. |
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| First stove firing. |
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| Building overlapping sauna door framing with green treated wood. |
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| Corner supports to brace the sauna door framing. |
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| Candle window tempered glass is installed. |
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| Sauna door is ready to be hung. |
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| Built from scratch sauna door is installed with an air gap below for fresh air. |
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| Building sauna bench framing from green treated wood. |
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| Covering benches with poplar wood. |
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| Sauna benches and supports installed. |
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| Sauna bench supports. |
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| Outdoor sauna shower to cool off in the summer. |
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| Sand topping cement mix for sauna floor. |
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| Mixing cement for the sauna hot room floor. |
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| Cementing sauna floor over shower liner. |
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| Carefully maintaining slope around the drain. |
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| Tools used to mix and cement the sauna floor. |
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| Sauna cement floor is complete and dry. |
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| Firing the sauna stove with the completed cement floor. |
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| Where the heat from a wood burning stove goes. |
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| A TV in the changing room improves the sauna experience! |
What was the build cost of this sauna in CAD dollars
ReplyDeleteAli, not sure what the exchange rate was back in 2016, but from the calculations I kept, it was slightly under $10k USD
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