Setting the Standard for Bespoke Saunas
Saunas have been a popular way to unwind and relax for centuries and their popularity continues to grow. With mounting awareness of their remarkable health and wellness benefits, they are now an integral part of the wellness journey for spa goers. Whether you’re looking for a domestic or commercial sauna installation, Topline Pools and Wellness create and install expertly crafted bespoke saunas of exceptional quality designed to suit your preferences and requirements.
Tailored to You
Custom Sauna Builds
Renowned for their craftmanship and attention to detail, our professional sauna builders use only the finest quality wood, fixings and tempered glass doors, walls and panels to cope with the humidity and temperatures.
With an array of styles, sizes and finishes, design considerations, codes and regulations, as well as specific materials and technologies to consider, we will work closely with you or your consultants, designers and architects to make the most of your available space, and ensure your sauna is both aesthetically pleasing and functional.
Get The Highest Quality Saunas
Specialists in Bespoke Saunas
Manufactured to the highest standards at our workshop, our custom-cut traditional and contemporary saunas are designed to fit seamlessly into your home or commercial premises.
Tailored to meet your exact specifications, we offer a choice of timber, interior designs, benches, backrests, glass, doors and walls, lighting, heating and accessories. Our Sauna door hinges are built using the highest quality components and engineered to last, ensuring long service life and reliable door closure and providing the perfect finishing touch.
We also offer a sauna refurbishment service that will give your sauna a new lease of life leaving it looking as good as the day it was installed. If the wood in your sauna appears scorched or charred or your bench tops and walls are stained, or the underside of the benches have begun to rot and are harbouring smelly bacteria, it’s a good idea to get the professionals in to get it looking as good as new again.
Create Your Perfect sauna Experience
Options & Features
All our bespoke sauna installations can be enhanced with wall mounted or hidden under bench heaters, corner lights and shade, LED up-lights built into the backrests, LED under-bench lighting, variable coloured lighting effects, audio solutions and control panels. We also offer custom framed and frameless glass screens, panels, windows, doors and larger doors for disabled access.
Features include: radius front benches, bench infill panels, LED lighting, hidden or wall mounted heaters, standard bronze tinted glass door, horizontal or vertical boarding.
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What is a Sauna?
In its simplest form, a sauna is an insulated room fitted with a heat source (traditional rocks, electric, wood-fired stove, infrared) designed to allow its occupants to experience a dry or wet heat session.
It works on the principle of heating the body through direct body contact with hot air (dry sauna) or steam (steam sauna), or through infrared radiation (infrared sauna).
This induces sweat to help relax and detox the body, release tension in the muscles and support a variety of other wellbeing benefits as well.
Types of Sauna
FINNISH SAUNA
Also known as a dry sauna, a Finnish Sauna is the most traditional type. In a Finnish sauna, the temperature typically ranges between 70 to 100°C (158 to 212 °F) and the humidity is usually low, below 20%. Water is gently ladled onto a pile of heated stones, creating a soft steam that fills the room, increasing the humidity and intensifying the heat.
STEAM SAUNA
Also known as a Turkish sauna or Hammam, a steam sauna differs from the Finnish sauna in that the heat is generated by steam. The temperature in a steam sauna is usually lower, around 40-50°C, but the humidity can reach 100%.
INFRARED SAUNA
A relatively new type of sauna that uses infrared panels to heat the body without significantly heating the room – a dry-heat, low-temperature experience. The heat penetrates deeply into the skin, raising core body temperature and inducing a gentle, soothing sweat. A modern take on the traditional sauna, infrared saunas share many health benefits, but offer a different experience due to their unique heating method and lower operating temperatures.
SMOKE SAUNA
Also known as savusauna, a smoke sauna is a traditional Finnish type of sauna without a chimney. At the heart of the sauna is a wood burner with lots of stones. This is heated and when the room is warm enough, the fire is extinguished, and the smoke let out before it can be used.
SALT SAUNA
A salt sauna is a sauna environment that includes Himalayan salt blocks lining the walls with microscopic salt particles infused into the sauna air. The temperature in a salt sauna typically ranges between 70-80°C (158-176°F), creating a hot environment that encourages intense perspiration, which is then combined with the healing benefits of salt.
What are the benefits of a Sauna?
Using a sauna has several potential health benefits as a result of the intense sweating and increased body temperature, including improved circulation, boosting the immune system, aiding in detoxification, better skin health, reducing stress and promoting relaxation and overall wellbeing.
Where a sauna has salt blocks or salt walls, the salt acts as a natural anti-bacterial and its cleansing power makes it extremely beneficial for those suffering from asthma, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, colds, flus, allergies, eczema, and other skin conditions.
The types of wood we use in our saunas
Canadian Spruce
Resin free, hypoallergenic and durable to temperature variations and humidity, the natural beauty and softness of this wood produces a classic, stylish design typical of a traditional sauna, immediately conjuring up a sense of calm, relaxation and wellness.
Our Canadian Spruce Saunas includes:
- Canadian Spruce walls and ceiling
- Obeche benches with radius fronts
- Infill panels between the benches
- LED lights with a range of colours to choose from
- Hidden or wall-mounted heaters
- Standard bronze tinted glass door
Aspen
Generally, softwood is used in the construction of saunas. However, Aspen, which is classified as a hardwood, makes an ideal material for a sauna.
Knot-free and resin-free, its characteristic light tone and smooth texture also give it an attractive look. Additionally, aspen is non-allergenic (almost no scent) so if you’re looking for an alternative to cedar, aspen is an excellent choice.
Our Aspen Saunas includes:
- Aspen walls and ceiling
- Aspen infill panels between the benches
- LED lights with a range of colours to choose from
- Hidden or wall-mounted heaters
- Standard bronze tinted glass door
Red Cedar
With its outstanding durability, resistance to decay and attractive appearance, Red Cedar is an excellent choice of wood for a sauna. The timber is strong and both pitch and resin-free. It has a straight grain with very few knots and doesn’t shrink or warp when exposed to sauna heat. Moreover, it has excellent heat distribution properties – quick to heat and quick to cool down – providing a more comfortable and cooler surface to sit and lean on. Cedar is also well known for its healing properties and rich aromatic scent.
Our Red Cedar Saunas includes:
- Red Cedar walls and ceiling
- Red Cedar infill panels between the benches
- LED lights with a range of colours to choose from
- Hidden or wall-mounted heaters
- Standard bronze tinted glass door
- Horizontal and vertical boarding available
Obeche
We use knot-free Obeche timber for the benches and back rests.
Known for its stability and resistance to warping and decay it’s ideal for use in saunas.
Lightweight and durable, it also remains cool to the touch.
Himalayan Salt Saunas
Experience the detoxifying effects of a traditional sauna and the therapeutic benefits of halotherapy with a sauna built with Cedar or Aspen and lined with blocks of Himalayan salt from the foothills of the Himalayan mountains.
When heated, the Himalayan crystal salt gives off negative ions that work together with the benefits of your sauna to help stimulate and cleanse the respiratory system, reducing inflammation and opening airwaves.
Our Himalayan Salt Saunas include:
- Cedar or Aspen walls and ceiling
- Obeche benches with radius fronts
- Infill panels between the benches
- LED lights with a range of colours to choose from
- Hidden or wall-mounted heaters
- Standard bronze tinted glass door
Infrared Saunas
Our Infrared Saunas include:
- Cedar or Aspen walls and ceiling
- Obeche benches with radius fronts
- Infill panels between the benches
- LED lights with a range of colours to choose from
- Wall-mounted and bench heaters
- Standard bronze tinted glass door
Sauna Design & Installation Recommendations
When designing, constructing and installing a sauna, there are some important factors to consider right from the start.
This includes careful consideration of layout, construction techniques, materials, insulation and heater choice.
However, the main safety considerations are sufficient ventilation, the opening direction of the door, and the thickness of any glass which may be used for a door and/or wall.
In most cases, you’ll require two points of air intake and two points of exhaust.
Glass doors, windows and walls can really enhance a sauna’s aesthetics and create a more spacious open feel. However, it’s important to note that a sauna with large glass surfaces requires more power to heat. So, it’s important to take this and the overall sauna size, as well as any limitations on the power supply into consideration when designing a sauna space.
In most cases, our doors are specified in glass, but they can be specified in wood and in wood and glass. The sauna door should always be specified as opening outwards for safety reasons.
We also offer the most suitable and effective fire suppression solutions to ensure your sauna is fire safe and insurance compliant.
A selection of our bespoke saunas
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