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Make a Spa in Your Home with a Sauna Shower

AlyssaDavis | May 19, 2010 |

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If you are comfortable working with plumbing and working with electricity, you can retrofit a sauna shower into your current shower, but if the idea of electricity and water is a little unnerving for you, then you may want to hire a professional to do the job for you.

Upgrade Current Shower

If you are simply upgrading your current shower to be a shower sauna, then the first thing that you will want to do is to completely waterproof and seal your shower stall. Most regular showers are not waterproof all the way up to and including the ceiling. Painted drywall is no match for the hot, steamy vapors of a sauna shower. The moisture will cause the drywall to soften and crumble in no time at all. So the first thing that you will want to do in your shower stall is to waterproof everything.

As you are covering your ceiling with tile or a prefab shower enclosure shell, you may want to consider adding some slope to the ceiling. As the steam from the sauna condenses and clings to the ceiling, a flat ceiling will allow the big drops of condensation to drip on you, which is not particularly pleasant. However, by adding a slight slope to the stall ceiling, the drips of water will slide down the walls and instead of dripping on your head offering you a much more pleasant sauna experience.

Then the next thing that you will need to do to your existing shower stall is to install a sauna shower door. These doors are sealed to keep and steam or water vapor from escaping into the rest of your bathroom. And finally you are ready to install the steam generator. This is where you may want to have a plumber or electrician help you with the project.

Install Sauna Shower Unit

If you are doing a major remodel on your home, or if you are building a new one, then you may wish to install a sauna shower unit instead of trying to update you old shower enclosure to work for steam. You can buy the complete unit, and then you can install it directly into the bathroom. The units come in all shapes, colors and sizes, so you will be able to find the perfect unit for your bathroom. You can find different accoutrements in the sauna shower units as well. For example, some units have built in stereo systems, and others have built in massage units. So depending on what features you want included in you sauna shower unit, you can find more affordable or more expensive units.

As you are planning your new sauna shower addition to your bathroom, you have to determine how you want to configure your new room. If you want to create a spa like experience, you may want your sauna and shower to be separate. However, if space is an issue, you may want to combine you sauna and shower in one combination unit.

If you had your own personal sauna, you can enjoy your own spa like environment right in your own home. While serene wall decor art, such as an abstract large metal wall decor, can impart spa like serenity, a new sauna shower can bring a genuine spa experience right into your bathroom.