Sauna Steam Generator- Sauna Steam Bucket

 Everyone knows, throwing water on the rocks makes sauna way more enjoyable. The steam makes it feel hotter while making the sauna more humid. Add some great scents to the water, and the experience is that much better. 

When I built my sauna, the first accessory I purchased was a wooden sauna bucket and a wooden ladle. It was expensive and small. The ladle cracked within weeks and was burned in the stove as punishment. The bucket didn't last much longer either. The changes in temperature caused both to lose their shape and fall apart. I needed an upgrade. So, I replaced the wooden ladle with a metal one. I did the same with the bucket. That worked great! Still have both to this day. However, I liked steam so much, I wanted to do better. This is when the Sauna Steam Bucket was born. I wanted to sit on the bench and enjoy as much or as little steam as I felt like at the moment. I didn't want to jump off the bench to throw water on the rocks. 

Today, I have the Sauna Steam Bucket sitting on my top bench next to the sauna stove. When I want steam, I simply open the valve, and the water rushes down the pipe and hits the hot stones instantly and evenly. No more water dripping on the floor past the rocks from putting too much on. No more cooling the stones more than necessary due to pockets of water. I have full control over the steam. If I want the room to be humid, I simply crack the valve open just a bit and leave it for the whole sauna session. The water then drips very slowly on to the rocks providing constant humidity and great aroma smell. If I'm at the end of the sauna session and really want to heat up, I can open the valve most of the way, then a wave of hot steam wraps the whole room. If I want it to stop, I just close the valve, and the steam stops.

Ever since I build the first Sauna Steam Bucket, everyone complements me on how good the sauna experience is. It's a perfect accessory that I think every sauna should have.

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Ice cubes for steam? That's brilliant!

Sometimes, completely unexpected, an idea is born out of necessity that is just brilliant. As I have previously blogged, we started using bottled gallon water from the store to throw on to the stove to make steam. The city water gave a bad smell. http://outdoorsaunabuildmndiy.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-thought-about-throwing-tap-water-on.html

Sometimes, we have water left over in the gallon jugs so we simply leave it in the sauna until next time. 

With it being winter, the water freezes. Sometimes, by the time the sauna is back up to temp the next time we use it, the water thaws. Sometimes, like last night, we just can’t wait. We needed water and it was all frozen. We ended up cutting the plastic jugs and breaking up the blocks of frozen ice in to cubes. We then put those cubes in to a bucket. That exposed the brilliance of the idea. As it come out, throwing a 4” chunk of ice on to the stove provides the same steam wave as throwing a ladle of water, but, in a much smoother and slower form. There are other benefits to having these chunks of ice that we discovered. First, it provides a place in the hot room to hold your drink and keep it cool. Second, it provides you with cold water and chunks of ice that you can use to pour over yourself in the hot room to cool down without leaving. Of course, there’s room for improvement. Imagine mixing water with your favorite sauna scent like Spearmint and freezing that into preformed chunks of ice prior to your next sauna. Next time you sauna, no need to chisel a block of ice. Simply take out a cube or two of your scented ice and toss them on the stove for a slow release of steam and fragrance. Ahhh, when’s the next sauna?

Use ice cubes to throw on the sauna stove for slow steam release.