Layout

• 12' total exterior length × 8' deep
• 8' hot room — the full Manistee
• 4' changing room
• Covered porch

Capacity & comfort

• Comfortably seats 4–6 adults in the hot room
• Three 6'4" 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)
• 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 fourteen 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.

$400 curbside delivery within 2 hours of Grand Rapids. Outside that radius, delivery and installation are quoted individually — we ship nationally and we'll give you a real 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.