Layout

• 12' total exterior length × 8' deep
• 6'2" hot room interior — the full Manistee
• 42" changing room
• Covered porch

Capacity & comfort

• Comfortably seats 4–6 adults in the hot room
• Three 6'2" benches at 22", 20", and 13" depth
• Changing room bench with lighting underneath

Construction

• Premium Grade A cedar, built to order
• Powder-coated metal base
• Full glass window wall — hot room and changing room
• Approximately 5,800 lbs

• Wi-Fi connected IKI 9kW stove with sauna rocks
• HUUM Wi-Fi controller
• Full glass window wall across hot room and changing room
• 110V outlet in the changing room
• Lighting under the changing room bench
• Low-voltage LED lighting throughout
• 15-minute sand timer
• Robe hooks
• Door sweep and self-closing hinges
• Bench lighting and soft outdoor porch lights

• Wood-fired IKI stove in place of electric
• Black stain or custom exterior stain match

Want it longer? We extend any build by the foot:

• Hot room — $2,000 per foot (more length means more bench, and bench is where the work is)
• Changing room — $2,000 per foot
• Porch — $1,000 per foot

Electrical: 240V, 50A regular (non-GFCI) breaker minimum · 6/3 with ground wire, minimum, for the stove. The changing room's 110V outlet and low-voltage lighting run on a separate circuit — talk to your electrician about both on the same visit. Sauna heaters trip GFCI breakers by design, which is why saunas and cold plunges need different circuits.

Site: Flat, level pad sized to the full 12' × 8' footprint and rated for 5,800 lbs. At this weight we recommend a poured concrete pad or engineered footings — standard residential decking is not rated for it, and compacted gravel needs to be done properly. At twelve feet the path in matters: gates, side yards, and slope all get confirmed on your site walk, months before we build.

Full Delivery & Installation guide

Hand-built to order — 10 to 12 weeks from deposit for most builds. Our crew delivers and sets the sauna, levels it, confirms the door swings true, and walks you through the stove and controller.

Delivery is priced by drive time from our Grand Rapids shop: Neighbor (within 2 hrs) from $400, Local (within 6 hrs) from $600, and The Long Haul (6+ hrs) from $1,200 — trailered and set with a crane. We ship nationally and confirm your exact number on your consult call.

• 5 years — structure, craftsmanship, roof, and base
• 2 years — electrical components
• 2 years — hardware (hinges, latches, minor adjustments)

Manufacturer warranties on IKI stoves and HUUM Wi-Fi controllers transfer to you. Support comes from the shop that built it — a builder answers, not a call center.

Contrast therapy — heat, then cold — is the full practice, and we build both sides of it in one shop, in the same cedar and the same stain. With a changing room already in the plan, adding the plunge makes this a complete installation. See the Cold Plunge.