BUILT IN PICKERING, ONTARIO
Modular construction. R20 walls and R24 ceiling. Tested at -25°C. Designed by Mark Rytkonen. Finnish-Canadian, 3,000+ sauna sessions, twenty-plus years in the trades.
Currently booking 4-5 months out. Shipping across Canada and the U.S.
WHAT MAKES A RYT SAUNA DIFFERENT
BUILT IN OUR SHOP
Every Ryt Sauna is built in our Pickering, Ontario workshop. Mark is personally involved in every build, not as a brand figurehead but as the person making the cuts. We don't import barrel saunas with our logo on the door.
Visit the shop any time. There's almost always a build underway you can walk through.
TRUE MODULAR DELIVERY
A Ryt Sauna arrives as seven main pieces: base, four walls, the ceiling, and the roof, each finished inside and out. The widest piece is 8 inches at its widest cross-section, which fits through standard backyard gates.
Our team assembles in about two hours. No flat-pack, no hundred-page manual, no general contractor.
eSAFE-CERTIFIED ELECTRICAL OPTION
We offer a fully installed and eSAFE-certified electrical package as an upgrade. Every component pre-mounted on the wall, inspected before it leaves the shop. Your electrician runs one feeder from your house panel. We're the only sauna company in North America we know of that offers this. And the only ones who can. A flat-pack kit doesn't have a finished wall to mount the enclosure on. Our pre-built panels do. Two simpler options also available if you'd rather use your own electrician.
THE 90°C GUARANTEE
Every Ryt Sauna we deliver and install is guaranteed to reach 90°C inside at -25°C outside. That is the full Finnish-spec temperature, in a Canadian February, on a right-sized heater.
If it does not, we collect it and refund you in full. It is a written guarantee, not a claim in an ad. Most competitors do not insulate, so most cannot promise it. See the full terms.
See all guarantees →FROM A REAL DELIVERY
This is a real Ryt Saunas delivery, start to finish. Our team usually has a sauna assembled in about two hours on site. This one took just an hour and twenty minutes, helped by easy access to the backyard and it being one of our best-selling sizes.
FROM THE SHOP
Every photo here is a sauna we built and delivered. Each one leaves the Pickering shop in seven pieces and goes together on site in about two hours.
THE COMPARISON
The sauna market has a lot of products that look similar in photos. The differences show up in winter, in year three, and in the electrical inspection. Here's how a Ryt Sauna compares to what most companies sell.
| Ryt Sauna | Typical sauna company | |
|---|---|---|
| Construction | Pre-built modular, 2-hour install | Flat-pack kit, 8-10 hours plus contractor |
| Insulation | R20 walls, R24 ceiling, tested at -25°C | None or minimal, typically R4 walls and R1 glass |
| Base | Aluminum-wrapped base, sealed on the inside, the outside, and underneath | Bare timber frame underneath, open to mold and rodents |
| Floor | Aluminum-sealed, side-drained, fully waterproof | Timber wood, water seeps through |
| Roof | All-aluminum, lifetime, custom-fit per build, with Titanium PSU30 roofing underlayment | Rubber membrane that fails in 5-8 years |
| Durability | Exterior is designed to last decades with no to low maintenance | Bare wood exterior that needs staining or sealing on a schedule |
| Heater | Canadian-made (Fenno or Saunacore), CSA-approved | Often imported, harder to source parts |
| Electrical | eSAFE-certified package available as an upgrade, pre-installed before delivery | "Here's the heater, find your own electrician" |
| Ventilation | 5 vents, 4 adjustable (3× the residential standard) | Minimal, often 1 or 2 fixed vents |
| Benches | Benches lift out, so the floor under them can be dried and cleaned | Benches fixed in place, with no access to the floor underneath |
| Bench sizing | Optimal bench height and width | Most of them have your feet way too low and their top bench isn't wide enough to lie down on |
| Door height | 6-foot door with nothing to step over | Often 5 feet tall, with a 2-3" sill at the bottom |
| Privacy | Full glass door included. Four other styles from $375 to $450, down to a 13" × 13" panel or no glass at all | One full-glass door, no lower-glass option |
| Glass | Glass kept to what the design needs, so the insulation does the work | Large glass walls and doors, rated around R1, harder to keep hot |
| Exterior colour | Any colour you like, at no extra cost. On the two smallest models black and white are free and any other colour is $350 | No colour choice |
| Size and layout | Any size or layout, our models can be customized to perfectly fit your space. | One or two sizes to pick from, no changes |
| Information | We give you lots of info on our build | Almost no info at all. You really don't know what you are buying. |
Construction
Ryt Sauna
Pre-built modular, 2-hour install
Typical sauna company
Flat-pack kit, 8-10 hours plus contractor
Insulation
Ryt Sauna
R20 walls, R24 ceiling, tested at -25°C
Typical sauna company
None or minimal, typically R4 walls and R1 glass
Base
Ryt Sauna
Aluminum-wrapped base, sealed on the inside, the outside, and underneath
Typical sauna company
Bare timber frame underneath, open to mold and rodents
Floor
Ryt Sauna
Aluminum-sealed, side-drained, fully waterproof
Typical sauna company
Timber wood, water seeps through
Roof
Ryt Sauna
All-aluminum, lifetime, custom-fit per build, with Titanium PSU30 roofing underlayment
Typical sauna company
Rubber membrane that fails in 5-8 years
Durability
Ryt Sauna
Exterior is designed to last decades with no to low maintenance
Typical sauna company
Bare wood exterior that needs staining or sealing on a schedule
Heater
Ryt Sauna
Canadian-made (Fenno or Saunacore), CSA-approved
Typical sauna company
Often imported, harder to source parts
Electrical
Ryt Sauna
eSAFE-certified package available as an upgrade, pre-installed before delivery
Typical sauna company
"Here's the heater, find your own electrician"
Ventilation
Ryt Sauna
5 vents, 4 adjustable (3× the residential standard)
Typical sauna company
Minimal, often 1 or 2 fixed vents
Benches
Ryt Sauna
Benches lift out, so the floor under them can be dried and cleaned
Typical sauna company
Benches fixed in place, with no access to the floor underneath
Bench sizing
Ryt Sauna
Optimal bench height and width
Typical sauna company
Most of them have your feet way too low and their top bench isn't wide enough to lie down on
Door height
Ryt Sauna
6-foot door with nothing to step over
Typical sauna company
Often 5 feet tall, with a 2-3" sill at the bottom
Privacy
Ryt Sauna
Full glass door included. Four other styles from $375 to $450, down to a 13" × 13" panel or no glass at all
Typical sauna company
One full-glass door, no lower-glass option
Glass
Ryt Sauna
Glass kept to what the design needs, so the insulation does the work
Typical sauna company
Large glass walls and doors, rated around R1, harder to keep hot
Exterior colour
Ryt Sauna
Any colour you like, at no extra cost. On the two smallest models black and white are free and any other colour is $350
Typical sauna company
No colour choice
Size and layout
Ryt Sauna
Any size or layout, our models can be customized to perfectly fit your space.
Typical sauna company
One or two sizes to pick from, no changes
Information
Ryt Sauna
We give you lots of info on our build
Typical sauna company
Almost no info at all. You really don't know what you are buying.
MARK RYTKONEN, OWNER
I'm Mark Rytkonen. I was raised in Toronto by Finnish immigrant parents, and I'm still fluent in the language. Finland is the birthplace of sauna. Not the place that adopted it, the place that invented it. I grew up around them. By now I've done over 3,000 sessions of my own, in dozens of saunas, here and in Finland.
I spent twenty-plus years in the trades, doing siding and exterior aluminum work on homes. That background matters. A real outdoor sauna for Canadian winters is a building, not a piece of furniture. It needs to keep heat in, keep water out, and last decades, the same things a well-built house has to do.
The market is full of saunas that look the part and don't perform. Barrel saunas that won't stay hot in February. Kits that arrive in a hundred pieces. Heaters installed in rooms too poorly insulated to use them safely. I built Ryt Saunas to do this properly. Finnish design, Canadian build, every step done the right way the first time.
SEE IT IN ACTION
A short video Mark put together. The Ryt Sauna in winter use, with the Rytkonen family taking shifts between the heat and the rink.
BEFORE YOU PAY A DEPOSIT
Free guides for people in the research stage. All written from real builds, not marketing copy.
PROPERTY PLANNING GUIDE
A planning guide for the spot, base, delivery, and electrical for your Ryt Sauna. Useful if you're early in the research stage.
BUYING DUE DILIGENCE
Fifteen questions covering what actually decides whether a sauna performs and lasts, each with the red flags to watch for and our own answer on the record.
FREE · SEPTEMBER 1
Over seventy free pages on what actually makes a good sauna: the fifteen questions in real depth, the build features that should be in a great sauna, true stories, and conversations with competitors. Out September 1.
WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY
Every review below is from a real Ryt Saunas customer. Not stock testimonials, not paid placements.
21 reviews on Google
Cathy Keskinen
5 months ago
★★★★★
We are thrilled with our purchase of a custom built Ryt Sauna. We went with a little bigger sauna that sits 5 and the 6 kW Fenno Floor Model Heater. The… Read more
C O
a year ago
★★★★★
It was such a great experience working with Mark. He very much cares about the quality of his work. We went to his Markham location where he has a 4 person… Read more
Sue Kalteis
10 months ago
★★★★★
Can’t say enough good things about RYT Saunas. My husband had been researching saunas for years when he came upon Mark’s company. He literally had answered all… Read more
Adam Nicholls
a year ago
★★★★★
After a year of research and countless hours looking at different saunas I went with Ryt Saunas. His FAQ’s and in-person explanation answered every question I… Read more
Eric Chan
a year ago
★★★★★
We are very happy with our sauna! Mark is knowledgeable, detailed, responsive, and goes out of his way to make sure you have everything you need throughout our… Read more
If you've read enough and want to start the conversation, the fastest way is a quick message with photos of where you're thinking of putting it. Mark answers his own messages.
Unit 1&2, 895 Dillingham Rd, Pickering, Ontario · 416-760-6945 · info@rytsaunas.ca
