Sauna Barrel 300

I already have a Jacuzzi hot tub on my decking outside my patio doors. So recently I put a deck behind the double garage. And was thinking what I could really use this for. Then came the idea of a sauna. And found this world class company. The quality of this product is in incredible. Both friends and colleagues of mine have been blown away by the quality of the timber. There is no way I could have assembled this. This took my joiner working a couple hours a day a couple of days to complete. However he stated that everything fitted together brilliantly. And no missing parts. He could not fault the product. It is world class and deserves an A++ rating. I paid my local joiner £500 to assemble this.

I would like it to be understood that I love the end result and I am very impressed with the support I have received. Any negative comments are merely suggestions to improve an already good product.
The delivery went well with the delivery driver being very accommodating. However, there was confusion over what we had received. It was good practice to see that the driver took photographs of the delivery. The delivery note contained part numbers, the various boxes did not. It was therefore not clear whether we had received everything. Shortages and breakages were swiftly dealt with by the support team.
I felt that I needed to use the support team to supplement the instruction manual. It only contained pictures. Downloading the online version meant that it was a little clearer in colour but still no words. A few words detailing what was needed from the various flue sections would have been helpful when making up the stove. We received a number of additional superfluous sections that only muddied the waters during assembly. Fitting the shingles to a barrel is not quite like any other structure and a few words of guidance would have prevented at least one of my emails, of what to do with the rectangular pieces of felt that accompanied the shingles.
The delivery included a small tin but there were no instructions of what it was for. It was not clear whether it would be safe to use inside the sauna. Whilst waiting for the wood to swell (without the felt fitted) due to the very hot and dry conditions this Summer, the barrel got quite wet inside. This caused the bench and floor sections to sprout black mould after only 2 weeks. A few words indicating what could be safely painted would have helped there also.
All in all I found the construction very satisfying and the additional wall logs came in handy when I found that I needed to manufacture a larger than standard last piece to fill the 30mm gap at the top (this seemed to be due to the very dry conditions).
The sauna received admiring comments from many friends who have seen it and it is a very robust construction. The small inconveniences did not detract from the enjoyment I received in building it and the pleasure I have in its final appearance and its use.
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Ordering the sauna was very easy, I was kept informed about delivery dates and times and the driver was very helpful. Assembly instructions were very good and it went together very well. Installing the Harvia wood burner was easy and we have been enjoying saunas for several weeks. A very well designed sauna.

Delivery was straight forward although the chimney had been missed off. A call to tuin and this was all sorted out. The Sauna only took a day to put and was very straight forward to put together. We have been enjoying sauna in it already.

a truly wonderful product, took a bit longer than anticipated to put together but was worth it. it is certainly getting used absolutely love it ( 5 stars)