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2. Before you install the
sauna heater
Before installing and using the sauna heater, make sure you
are thoroughly familiar with the requirements for installing
the sauna heater in the steam room. In case of questions
and for additional information do not hesitate to contact
the Rescue Board or a construction supervision authority.
When installing fireboxes all local laws have to be followed,
including these referring to local and European standards.
2.1 Steam room
If the walls of a steam room are made of uncovered glass,
brick or concrete add 0.8–1.5 m
3
per square meter of such
wall and the final choice of the heater shall be made based
on the sum of the area. If the heater is installed in a sauna
that is normally not heated or the sauna is made of mas-
sive logs, multiply the sauna area with 1.5 and choose the
heater based on this. The recommended area of a steam
room is indicated in clause 1.1. Please follow the values for
the minimum area stipulated for the steam room.
We recommend choosing a sauna heater with a slightly
bigger power to ensure proper heating of the sauna and to
avoid heating the sauna heater to its upper limit. A slightly
bigger power ensures longer lifetime of the sauna heater
and provides better steam thanks to bigger quantity of
stones.
2.2 Substrate
A firebox must be installed on the floor with sufficient
load-bearing capacity. The durability of the floor must be
checked especially carefully, when the sauna heater is in-
stalled on a wooden floor. The weight of the sauna heater
is shown in clause
1.1.
If the existing floor does not meet
this prerequisite, suitable measures (e.g. load distributing
plate) shall be installed to achieve it.
CONCRETE FLOOR
The sauna heater may be installed directly on a concrete
floor, which is at least 50 mm thick. If underfloor heating
cables or pipes are located under the sauna heater, Kota
installation base must be used to protect them from the
thermal radiation of the sauna heater.
FLOOR MADE OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL OR A TILED FLOOR,
UNDERFLOOR HEATING
A Kota installation base must be installed under the sauna
heater, which will protect the floor, moisture barrier and un-
derfloor heating pipes or cables from the thermal radiation
of the sauna heater.
2.3 Safety clearances
When installing the sauna heater, safety clearances must
be considered with. Ignorance of safety clearances causes
fire hazard. If required, additional information can be ob-
tained from the regional branch of the rescue board.
2.3.1 Structure made of combustible materials
The safety clearances are the minimum allowable dis-
tances between the sauna heater and structures made of
combustible materials. Please observe the stipulated re-
quirements regarding walls, floors, sauna benches, other
inventories and storage areas of firewood!
Structure
Safety clearance
Top surface
1270 mm
Front surface
500* mm
Side surface
300 mm
Back surface
200 mm
*We recommend leaving 1000 mm maintenance area in
front of the sauna heater.
The safety clearance with the sides and the back can be re-
duced by 50% when a single protective screen is used and
by 25% when a double protective screen is used. Yet the
gap between the sauna heater and the protective screen
must always be at least 50 mm. The safety clearance be-
tween the sauna heater and the ceiling can be reduced by
a maximum of 300 mm when a single protective screen is
used. It is not permitted to use a double protective screen
in the ceiling.
A single light protective screen
can be made of a non-
combustible, fibre-reinforced cement plate that is at least
7 mm thick or a metal plate that is at least 1 mm thick,
which is attached to the wall sufficiently tight. An air gap
of at least 30 mm must be left between the surface to be
protected and the screen.
A double protective screen
can be made of the two
abovementioned boards. Ain air gap of at least 30 mm
must be left between the screens and the wall. There must
be a gap between the protective screeds and the floor and
ceiling so that air can circulate and cool the gaps between
the screens. 120 mm masonry structure in the distance of
30 mm from the surface to be protected corresponds to a
double protective screed. We recommend using of factory-
made double Kota protective screeds.
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Follow the instructions!
