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How to Use the Sauna?
Taking a Sauna bath is a simple affair without many rules. It’s a matter of getting inside the Sauna
and enjoying the sensation. There are just a few established procedures that are wise to follow:
Leave your clothes in the dressing room. Make sure you have a clean set of clothes to change into
after taking a sauna.
Always take a shower before entering the Sauna.
Always use a towel to sit on or lie on inside the Sauna.
While in a sauna heater operation mode, the humidity of the Sauna Room can be increased by
throwing water on the stones. One to three ladles of water at a time are enough for you to enjoy the
Sauna.
The recommended temperature of a Sauna is 65 to 80 degrees Celsius.
In steamer mode, the recommended temperature of a Sauna is 40 to 50 degrees Celsius.
When the heat begins to get uncomfortable, leave the Sauna and cool off by taking another shower,
or taking a quick dip in the pool or simply sitting outside the Sauna.
You can repeat the hot and cold cycle as often as you want. Two rounds are enough for average
people.
End your sauna with a thorough wash.
Thoroughly cool off before putting on clean clothes.
Top your sauna with a refreshing drink or by simply taking a rest.
8.1.
Temperature of the Sauna Room?
The temperature and humidity inside the Sauna Room can be monitored with a sauna thermometer
and hygrometer, respectively.
The effect of temperature and moisture on an individual varies, thus it is difficult to recommend the
ideal bathing temperature. Therefore, a bather can enjoy the sauna according to his preferred
temperature.
Ventilation inside the Sauna is important to keep the air fresh and easy to breathe in.
8.2.
Drying the Sauna Room After Use
Always dry the Sauna after every use.
Open the ventilation louver on the ceiling and turn on the heater for a quick drying of the Sauna.
Make sure to turn off the heater once the Sauna Room is dried.
8.3.
Ventilation of the Sauna Room
Sufficient ventilation is extremely important to maintain fresh air inside the Sauna Room.
In an hour, the air inside the Sauna Room should change completely five times.
If possible, fresh air should flow directly from outside.
The stale Sauna Room air should escape through a ventilation louver in the ceiling located as far as
possible from where the heater is placed.
Figure 13 shows a typical Sauna Room ventilation example.
8.4.
8. The Sauna Room
Fig. 13 Sauna Room Ventilation
