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tldr: place air inlet above the heat (B); air outlet on the other side at the floor (D). See figure: https://www.saunatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6556-1-56
by xenonite 3y ago
tldr: place air inlet above the heat (B); air outlet on the other side at the floor (D). See figure:
https://www.saunatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6556-1-560x640.jpeg https://www.saunatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6556-1-560...
This ensures: 1) quick heat up of fresh air 2) vertically uniform heat 3) creation of better steam
- Maxion 3y agoI wonder if this holds true for a wood burning sauna too? An active fire in the stove creates a massive draft that'll pull air through the stove and out the chimney.
- falserum 3y agoWhere I live, saunas have the stove’s inlet outside the sauna itself.
- mikeyouse 3y agoYeah the only way for wood stoves to work ~decently in a small room like that is to be direct vented.
- jmilloy 3y agoNo it's different for wood burning when inside the space because they act as an effective exhaust on their own. http://localmile.org/proper-ventilation-for-electrically-heated-sauna-part-i/ http://localmile.org/proper-ventilation-for-electrically-hea...
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