Our primary focus in electric heaters, but we can definitely build a wood burning sauna for you. Our electric heater supplier (Fenno) also specializes in wood burning sauna heaters.
Safety regulations necessitate larger spacing around the heater to combustable material, known as 'clearances' and so the minimum size of sauna we can build would be about 7 ft x 7 ft. To accomplish this we would have custom heat shields made to reduce the clearances needed.
We estimate that the cost of this build would be around $18 000 - 19 000.
With a wood burning sauna, adding lots of glass is less of an issue as with electric.
Almost all wood-burning outdoor saunas on the market would not pass a W.E.T.T. inspection in Canada (Wood Energy Technology Transfer). If a sauna fails this inspection, there could be insurance issues in case of a fire. If considering a wood-burning sauna, it's essential to thoroughly investigate all safety issues related to W.E.T.T. compliance.
If we were to build you a wood burning sauna, we would have the designs examined by a W.E.T.T. inspector to make sure it is compliant.
Here are some articles where saunas have caught on fire. It does happen if the sauna is not built properly. Some of the pictures in the articles show burnt down barrel saunas. Almost all outdoor saunas on the market (except ours) are not legal when it comes to the heater (electric and wood burning), controls and any electrical. No matter what sauna you buy, please make sure you do your homework and verify that everything is compliant with CSA or W.E.T.T.
Muskoka sauna fire - looks similar to our sauna but it is NOT a Ryt Sauna
Dog alerts his family to fire in the back yard
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Our workshop is at: 160 Finchdene Square, Unit 11, Scarborough, M1X 1B2.
We don’t have room in our shop to keep a permanent demo unit there but we usually have 2-3 sauna builds going on at the same time so there is a good chance we have a fully built unit for you to come and check out.
We also have a 4 person sauna that was built for testing / using / and showing customers at 3 Hamilton Hall Drive, Markham.
If you want to see a demo, just send us a message and we can let you know if we have one of our latest builds available in our shop or if you should come to Markham.
Ryt Saunas
1755794 Ontario Ltd.
HST #82806 2612 RT0001
WSIB 8297093
$5 000 000 Liability Insurance
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