Sauna: A complete guide to the Construction, Use, and Benefits of the Finnish Bath

Author - Robert L. Roy ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from Chelsea Green Publishing Company was reviewed on 12-Dec-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Sauna: A complete guide to the Construction, Use, and Benefits of the Finnish Bath by Chelsea Green Publishing Company.
We bought this book hoping it would give us the basic information we needed to build an outdoor sauna (ex. materials list, basic dementions, review of different types of stoves, etc). While there was some of this information, most of the book was dedicated to Cord Wood construction. This was interesting, but not the way we wanted to build. I wish there had been a more balanced amount of information on all the different types of sauna construction (log, cord wood, conventional framing, etc.)¤

2) Paperback Book Sauna: A complete guide to the Construction, Use, and Benefits of the Finnish Bath by Chelsea Green Publishing Company. When I decided that an outdoor wood-burning sauna was in my future I sought a book that would contain detailed information on sauna construction, stove usage and evaluation, and the like. Instead, Roy´s book, though enjoyable, was far less than a "..complete guide.."

An enormous amount of time is spent on cordwood construction (inappropriate for us living in hardwood areas) and virtually little or no space devoted to selecting, evaluating and using the many stove options that are available on the market.

I am certain that Mr. Roy could write such a book. His passion for and knowledge of the sauna is apparent throughout the book. It´s a disappointment that this "complete guide" fell short of my expectations.

Though I don´t feel that I wasted the book´s purchase price (I am now more enthusiastic about my yet-to-be-built sauna than ever), I wish that Roy´s book would have imparted more of his obvious knowledge about those matters that are of interest to us non-cordwood oriented neophytes.


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3) Paperback Book Sauna: A complete guide to the Construction, Use, and Benefits of the Finnish Bath by Chelsea Green Publishing Company. I wouldn´t feel compelled to write a review of this book, except for the low star rating of the only other reviewer of this book [at this writing anyhow]. This is an excellent book for building a free-standing sauna--as long as cordwood masonry building style works for you. Rob Roy is the master of this technique and written much about it in a number of books. He has an easy style and knows his material. But yes, if you´re looking to build a wood-only sauna, look elsewhere.¤

4) Paperback Book Sauna: A complete guide to the Construction, Use, and Benefits of the Finnish Bath by Chelsea Green Publishing Company. It´s important to know before you buy this book, or his book about Underground Homes, that they use the cordwood masonry building technique, more or less to exclusion. Roy has saved this technique from oblivion but he tries to pass off his books as "complete" in the sense of including various techniques. They don´t. I´m not saying not to get them, but remember that caveat.¤

5) Paperback Book Sauna: A complete guide to the Construction, Use, and Benefits of the Finnish Bath by Chelsea Green Publishing Company. With a history going back at least one thousand years, the sauna is ready for a new generation of enthusiasts seeking health, pleasure, and peace of mind, and Rob Roy is ready to recruit! "If the sauna is just a bath, then Buckingham Palace is just a house." So writes sauna expert and intrepid do-it-yourselfer Roy in this new, updated version of The Sauna.

This completely revised and expanded edition of The Sauna. contains everything you ever wanted to know about the famous "Finnish bath." In this inviting book, Roy shares his infectious enthusiasm for the sauna and provides a complete, detailed guide to sauna building, along with resources for equipment and supplies.

The Sauna is replete with history, tradition, health benefits, instructions for proper use and maintenance, as well as step-by-step instructions for building a variety of cordwood masonry saunas and, new to this edition, conventionally wood-framed saunas. The beautiful color photographs, also new to this edition, will inspire you to create your own sauna haven.¤

Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 9-Jan-2009, 19314986369781931498630, 540-040-451-9X1-361-669-8

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