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You'll find a hot tub/sauna in most Scandinavian cabins.

by mips_avatar 5y ago

cromulent 5y ago
Yeah, but wood-heated right, and emptied before it goes solid.
- burmanm 5y ago
  No, a lot of saunas in Finland are electric heated. But they're still only 3*16A at most (and usually a lot less, but that depends on the size of the sauna). I think mine is ~7kW and still heats the sauna to high temperatures, just takes a bit more time. I still don't get though, if living in rural area, why not heat the pool with wood. It just has that sensation that electric heater doesn't provide.
  - mediaman 5y ago
    Is this for a wood-construction sauna with a heater warming up rocks that you can steam water off of? That's a lot less mass to warm up, mostly air, and a lot less ongoing energy loss than a big heated pool.
  - lazide 5y ago
    There is a common saying when living in areas when using wood for heat - ‘Wood warms you up three times. Once when you cut it, once when you split it, and once when you burn it’. The amount of manual labor and time required to keep a pool warm from wood is monumental. It will definitely keep a fit man in the prime of his life busy and tired. It isn’t something to sign up for lightly, especially for someone who may not have that kind of physical strength (or want it spent on heating their pool).
  - cma 5y ago
    > why not heat the pool with wood. It just has that sensation that electric heater doesn't provide. Is this some kind of new homeopathy? Wood memory gets into the water making two types of heat have a different sensation?
Ekaros 5y ago
These are usually pretty small spaces. So heating them isn't that much of an problem. And going from 22 to 80 for a few hours a week or day isn't too wasteful. Hot tubs are also rather small.
- altcognito 5y ago
  A sauna? Sure. But a hot tub? There are very, very few bodies of water that you can submerge comfortably in that doesn't end up being a non trivial amount of energy to warm up, much less keep warm. To each his own I guess.
pkamb 5y ago
> for Jess the pool was the centerpiece and outweighed all other concerns. For me it was the wood-burning fireplaces. A proper Sauna would have satisfied them both!

You'll find a hot tub/sauna in most Scandinavian cabins.

cromulent 5y ago

Yeah, but wood-heated right, and emptied before it goes solid.

burmanm 5y ago
No, a lot of saunas in Finland are electric heated. But they're still only 3*16A at most (and usually a lot less, but that depends on the size of the sauna). I think mine is ~7kW and still heats the sauna to high temperatures, just takes a bit more time. I still don't get though, if living in rural area, why not heat the pool with wood. It just has that sensation that electric heater doesn't provide.
- mediaman 5y ago
  Is this for a wood-construction sauna with a heater warming up rocks that you can steam water off of? That's a lot less mass to warm up, mostly air, and a lot less ongoing energy loss than a big heated pool.
- lazide 5y ago
  There is a common saying when living in areas when using wood for heat - ‘Wood warms you up three times. Once when you cut it, once when you split it, and once when you burn it’. The amount of manual labor and time required to keep a pool warm from wood is monumental. It will definitely keep a fit man in the prime of his life busy and tired. It isn’t something to sign up for lightly, especially for someone who may not have that kind of physical strength (or want it spent on heating their pool).
- cma 5y ago
  > why not heat the pool with wood. It just has that sensation that electric heater doesn't provide. Is this some kind of new homeopathy? Wood memory gets into the water making two types of heat have a different sensation?

Ekaros 5y ago

These are usually pretty small spaces. So heating them isn't that much of an problem. And going from 22 to 80 for a few hours a week or day isn't too wasteful. Hot tubs are also rather small.

altcognito 5y ago
A sauna? Sure. But a hot tub? There are very, very few bodies of water that you can submerge comfortably in that doesn't end up being a non trivial amount of energy to warm up, much less keep warm. To each his own I guess.

pkamb 5y ago

> for Jess the pool was the centerpiece and outweighed all other concerns. For me it was the wood-burning fireplaces. A proper Sauna would have satisfied them both!