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The arched-ceiling
sauna
combines
the best properties of the
bronze-age ground sauna and
the
Roman sauna
The massive structure
and the arched shape of the ceiling of the kiln sauna built of concrete
aggregate blocks do not at first hearing necessarily sound like the
ingredients for a traditional Finnish sauna.
However, the kiln sauna
makes full use of all the best properties of the ancient Finnish ground
sauna.
Thanks to the massive
structure of the sauna and the robust stove, the smooth steam can be enjoyed
for up to 20 hours after the heating has finished! Heating up the sauna takes
no longer than 2 hours.
The essence of extended
sauna-bathing cannot be praised too highly, because the longer time the sauna
remains hot the cleaner and more enjoyable the steam vapour is.
Moreover, heating of a
sauna made of stone is safe.
The arched-ceiling
sauna makes use of shapes familiar from Roman spas. Thanks to these shapes,
the steam vapour in the arched-ceiling sauna becomes incredibly smooth and
the circulation of air inside the sauna is optimised.
One of the undisputed advantages of the arched ceiling is its ability to
merge the sauna into the surrounding terrain in a completely natural way.
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What on earth is
a kiln sauna?
The kiln sauna designed by Holvisaunat Oy combines the
traditional Finnish smoke sauna with an arched-ceiling sauna which merges
beautifully with the surrounding terrain.
The massive two-in-one stove makes it possible to use the arched-ceiling
sauna both as a smoke sauna and as an ordinary sauna with chimney flue.
This results in a completely new sauna innovation in which the visitor can
enjoy unprecedentedly smooth steam vapour in a unique environment.
This solution also resolves the thousands-of-years-old
problem with smoke saunas, that of fire safety. The structure of the
arched-ceiling saunas is non-combustible. You can erect them on the building
site just like any sauna because the special requirements, i.e. the minimum
distance to borders with the neighbours and to other buildings, do not apply
to them.
Vapour-permeable
building block
The concrete aggregate blocks used by Holvisaunat Oy are
of vapour-permeable material. They allow the thermal energy and moisture in
the ground permeate through.
Thanks to the vapour-permeability no harmful condensate is formed on the
surface of the structures, as would be the case were a cast concrete
structure used.
The finished surface does not need to be floated.
The block viewed from below. The top of block is smooth.
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Advantages of
the kiln sauna
- Fire safety
- Regulations that apply to the location and
safety distances for the
smoke sauna
do not apply to
the location of the
kiln sauna.
- Thanks to the arched
ceiling structure
the steam is unprecedently
smooth.
- As the surface temperature of the sauna
walls does not rise higher than +60 C, also the sauna benches will not
get burning hot. The low surface temperature does not impede having a
hot sauna-bath though.
- The heating is easy.
As it is possible to heat the kiln sauna from the outside, the person in
charge of the heating never needs to breath harmful flue gases or have
their eyes irritated by the smoke.
- Since the
flue gases
created during heating may be sucked out utilizing the chimney effect
created by the arched ceiling, much less soot accumulates on the walls
of the kiln sauna compared with an ordinary smoke sauna.
- Once properly heated, the
kiln sauna will remain good for bathing for at least 12 hours even in
severe frost. Many users say that they have enjoyed the heat even 20
hours after the heating was finished.
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