Read this before you spend the money.
Long, specific, and written to be useful even if you buy nothing from us. Construction, running costs, what fails first, and the questions worth asking any retailer before you commit.
How is a garden sauna installed, and who does what?
A garden sauna arrives flat on a pallet at the kerb, and installing it is four separate jobs: the base, the carry, th...
Which outdoor sauna should you buy? The seventeen compared
Tarnfell's outdoor range is seventeen cabins from £3,495 to £10,995 delivered, heater and stones included. This guide...
Does a sauna need ventilation?
Harvia publish six air changes an hour, a 50 to 100mm supply vent and an exhaust pipe twice that diameter. Most of th...
Indoor or outdoor sauna: which should you buy?
Every infrared cabin in Tarnfell's range is built for indoors, so for infrared buyers the decision is already made. F...
What is the best timber for a sauna?
Across the current outdoor range the timber answer is one of three: untreated spruce, thermally modified pine or spru...
How much maintenance does an outdoor sauna need?
Three jobs are not optional on any outdoor sauna: dry the cabin out after use, oil the benches once or twice a year, ...
Barrel or cabin: which garden sauna shape should you buy?
Tarnfell's outdoor range comes as nine barrels and eight rectangular cabins. This guide compares the two shapes on pr...
How much space does an indoor sauna need?
Indoor sauna cabins in the current range take between about 1.3 and 4.6 square metres of floor and stand 1.9 to 2.02 ...
What electrical supply does a garden sauna need?
A traditional electric sauna heater needs its own dedicated circuit rather than a 13 amp socket, and across the curre...