Harvia Kuusi 180 Panorama: 4 Person Barrel Sauna
Two decisions, electric or wood, then the lighting. Everything else shown is in the price.
From £6,650.00
- Harvia 8kW electric or Linear 18 wood burning heater included
- Wood burning version needs no heater circuit
- Delivery confirmed before dispatch
- Cabin
- 40mm solid spruce, 2,200mm across and 1,800mm long
- Inside
- Four seats in lime, two benches with backrests
- Heater
- Harvia The Wall 8kW electric with 20kg of stones, or Harvia Linear 18 wood burning with its steel chimney kit, protective bedding and 40kg of stones
- Rear window
- Half height, in insulated thermo glass
- Lighting
- A 760mm dimmable white strip as supplied, or Harvia's RGBW colour set for this barrel
- Electrics
- Electric heater: 50A single phase. Wood burning heater: no heater circuit
- Delivery
- A kit on one pallet
The question is not which version to buy but whether a self build barrel is the right sauna for your garden, and this page is written to settle that.
Delivery & installation
Delivery is included in the price, kerbside to mainland Britain: England, Wales and mainland Scotland. The Scottish Highlands, islands and any address a lorry cannot reach are quoted in writing before dispatch, and if the figure does not suit you, cancel for a full refund. Northern Ireland: write to us before ordering. Nothing is added at checkout.
The cabin arrives as a kit on one pallet, 2.2m by 1.2m by 0.87m and about 550kg, delivered by lorry to the kerbside or the nearest firm, level spot the driver can reach. From there the parts move by hand: 67 staves, the two end walls with the door and window fitted, the benches, the floor grid and the boxed heater. Two people carry everything.
If you would rather not build it yourself, we can introduce you to an independent installer near you, typically from £650, paid to them directly. Once you place your order we confirm your delivery date, and if you want an installer we introduce you to an independent one near you.
Warranty
Two years on the cabin against manufacturing defects, and two years on the heater, under Harvia's published warranty terms. Registering the electric heater with Harvia adds a third year on it.
Harvia's terms exclude what timber does outdoors: colour change, small cracks, pitch bleeding from the spruce, and swelling or shrinking with the weather. Stones and heating elements are wear items and are excluded too. Anchoring the cabin against wind is your responsibility, and damage from a cabin that was not anchored is not covered.
Claims come to us. One email, and we deal with the distributor and Harvia on your behalf rather than handing you a phone number.
Returns
Until the order is placed with the supplier you can cancel and be refunded in full, with no reason needed.
After that the cabin is on its way from the factory, and our returns policy sets out exactly where that leaves you. Check the pallet on the day it arrives, count the parts against the list in the manual, and tell us about anything damaged or missing within 48 hours; anything that arrives damaged or faulty is ours to put right either way.
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About this product
The Kuusi 180 is the barrel sauna in the range: a 2,200mm diameter cylinder of 40mm solid spruce staves, 1,800mm long, pulled tight by two steel bands and standing on four impregnated feet. Four people sit on two 600mm benches facing each other across a 686mm walkway, and the half height window in the rear wall, which is what Panorama means on this cabin, puts the garden behind you rather than a blank wall. It is the sauna for a household that wants four seats with the heater already chosen and in the price, and is happy to build it.
A barrel is a different proposition from an insulated cabin, and the difference is worth understanding before you buy rather than after. The wall is a single 40mm stave with nothing behind it, so the room loses heat faster than a cabin with insulated walls and takes longer to reach temperature on a cold night. Harvia's own sizing rule adds half again to the room volume for uninsulated timber walls, which takes the 5.6 cubic metre room to 8.4.
There are two ways to heat it. The electric version has the Harvia Wall SW80, 8kW, wall mounted opposite the door, with a timer dial that runs it for up to four hours or starts it by itself up to eight hours ahead, and a thermostat dial. At 230V it draws 34.8 amps, which is our arithmetic, and Harvia publish a 50A fuse for it, on a single phase circuit installed by an electrician. The wood burning version has the Harvia Linear 18, rated by Harvia for rooms of 5 to 18 cubic metres, with its steel chimney kit for barrel saunas, protective bedding and 40kg of stones, and it needs no heater circuit at all.
The spruce arrives untreated. Harvia recommend painting or treating the outside to extend its life and say the inside must be left bare. They also say plainly that a barrel is not fully watertight in driving rain: two drain holes in the lowest stave let water out, and the timber under the glass can mark with condensation, which is why the cabin should be dried out by heating it after wet weather. None of that is a fault. It is what a single skin timber barrel is, and the price reflects it.
The cabin, the Panorama window, the 8mm glass door, the two benches and backrests, the floor grid, the roof shingles, the 760mm dimmable LED strip, the heater you choose and its stones are all in the one price. The base, the electrical work or chimney fitting, and the build are yours to arrange, and this page sets out exactly what each involves.
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Who this is actually for.
Every product here is described with the honest opposite beside it: who it suits, and who should be looking at something else. If none of the descriptions below fits you, the right answer is elsewhere in the range, or elsewhere entirely, and we would rather say so.
Two 600mm benches face each other across a 686mm walkway, so four adults sit with their backs to the curved wall and their feet on the floor grid. The heater you choose, its stones, the rear window and the LED strip are all in the price shown, with nothing added at the checkout.
Worth confirmingyou want to lie down. The benches are about 1.6 metres long, which seats two each and stretches out nobody. A longer barrel or a cabin is the answer to that.
It is a kit: staves, bands, feet, two end walls and a bag of screws, put together by two people with a drill, a mallet and a spirit level over a weekend. The electric heater needs a circuit of its own, with Harvia's published 50A fuse, and its controls are dials on the heater. The wood burning version needs no heater circuit: the Linear 18 burns logs, stands on its protective bedding, and its steel chimney goes up through the roof. Neither needs an app.
Worth confirmingyou want it delivered built, started from your phone, or holding its heat like an insulated cabin. The wall is a single 40mm stave, so it warms fast and cools fast, and on a January night it is working harder than a cabin with insulated walls.
The product that gets used is the one worth recommending, and it is not always the largest one.
The measurements that decide it.
Read this before anything else. Things this size are almost never sent back because they were the wrong product. They are sent back because the pallet could not be set down, the parts would not reach the spot, or the ground under them was never going to hold them.
The base is the one to respect. Harvia's instructions ask for a foundation that is absolutely flat and load bearing, and they put anchoring against wind on you: a barrel is a large, light, rounded object and a gale will move one that is not fixed down. A 1.6 metre square slab, or two strip footings 1.6 metres apart, laid before the pallet arrives.
From order to first use.
Here is each stage, and who does what. Before you order, email hello@tarnfell.com and we will confirm the current lead time for this cabin, delivery to your postcode, installation options, base requirements or anything else you would rather have settled first.
- Week 0
Order and site check
Base, access and either your electrical supply or the chimney position are agreed before the order is placed with the supplier. You arrange the base, and the circuit for the electric heater.
- Then
Shipped to the UK
The kit is packed at the factory and shipped to the UK distributor. The lead time is confirmed in writing before you commit, and you are told where it is in the process rather than left to wonder.
- Delivery day
One pallet, set down outside
A lorry sets the pallet, 2.2 × 1.2 × 0.87m and about 550kg, down at the kerbside or the nearest firm spot the driver can reach. Count the parts against the list in the manual that day. You will want two people to carry them through to the base.
- Build
Feet, staves, bands, roof
The four feet go down first, then the staves are laid round the two end walls, the bands are tightened until no gap shows, and the shingles go on the roof. Two people, a drill, a mallet and a spirit level. If you would rather hand it over, we introduce you to an independent installer near you once you have ordered.
- After
The heater is connected
Electric: the Harvia Wall SW80 needs a dedicated circuit with Harvia's published 50A fuse at 230V single phase, in 3 × 6mm² cable, or 3 × 16A on three phase, installed and certified by a qualified electrician. The cable enters through a hole drilled in the staves behind the heater. Wood burning: the Harvia Linear 18 stands on its protective bedding and the steel chimney kit is fitted through the roof to Harvia's instructions and safety distances. Neither piece of work is included.
What owning one actually involves.
The handful of things that decide whether this is still in use in year three.
A flat, load bearing slab about 1.6 metres square, or two strip footings, laid before the pallet arrives. Harvia make anchoring the barrel against wind your responsibility and exclude wind damage from the warranty. The base is not included.
Electric: 8kW at 230V draws 34.8 amps, which is our arithmetic, and Harvia publish a 50A fuse for the SW80, on a circuit of its own in armoured cable, installed and certified by an electrician. On a three phase supply it is 3 × 16A. The timer and thermostat are on the heater. Wood burning: no heater circuit at all. The Linear 18 burns logs, and its steel chimney kit is supplied to go up through the barrel roof.
67 staves, two bands, four feet, two end walls, benches, floor grid and shingles, with a 58 page illustrated manual. Harvia say you need manual skills and an assistant, and that every screw is pre drilled. If you would rather hand it over, we introduce you to an independent installer near you once you have ordered.
The spruce is untreated and Harvia recommend painting the outside. A barrel is not fully watertight in driving rain, so two drain holes in the lowest stave stay open, and the cabin is dried by heating it after wet weather. Condensation can mark the timber under the glass. This is what a single skin barrel is.
The running costs, with the working shown.
The purchase price is public; the running cost rarely is. Ours are published with the assumptions stated, so you can check the sums rather than take our word for them.
about £3.68
Heat up: 8kW × 1 h is 8 kWh, because a single skin barrel takes longer to reach temperature than an insulated cabin. Holding: 1.5 h at roughly half duty is another 6 kWh. That is 14 kWh at 26.32p, working shown in full so you can check it.
about £383
14 kWh × 2 × 52 is 1,456 kWh. Three evenings a week is nearer £575. Both figures move with your tariff and with the weather, which is why the unit rate and the assumptions are stated rather than buried.
no cost, one dial
The timer on the heater runs it for up to four hours, or starts it by itself up to eight hours ahead. Turn the dial before you leave and the room is hot when you walk out to it. The heater only draws full power while it climbs; once hot, the thermostat cycles.
logs, not electricity
The Linear 18 heats the room with a log fire and draws no electricity for heat. The running cost is the seasoned hardwood you burn, and it moves with what you pay for it locally.
Assumptions: electricity at the Ofgem price cap unit rate of 26.32p per kWh, 1 October to 31 December 2026, with no VAT on household electricity in that period; an hour to temperature at full draw on the 8kW heater; thermostat cycling near half power once hot. The wall is a single 40mm spruce stave with no insulation behind it, so heat up is slower and heat loss faster than in an insulated cabin, and on a cold, windy night the real figure sits above these numbers rather than below them. Harvia's own guidance is that a well insulated room reaches temperature in about an hour; this one is not insulated. Rerun the sums at your own tariff.
What you have to do, and what the rules require.
Everything you have to do, and how often.
| Job | How often | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Install and certify the heater circuit, electric version 230V single phase, 50A, 3 × 6mm² cable, or 400V three phase, 3 × 16A, 5 × 2.5mm² cable. Outdoor circuits and rooms containing a sauna heater are notifiable work in England. | Once, before first use | A qualified electrician |
| Lay the base and anchor the barrel A flat, load bearing slab or strip footings, then the feet fixed down. Harvia put anchoring on the owner and exclude wind damage from the warranty. | Once, before delivery | You, or a groundworker |
| Paint or treat the outside The spruce arrives untreated. Harvia recommend a suitable exterior paint or treatment to extend its life. The inside must be left bare. | After the build, then as the finish needs it | You, an afternoon |
| Fit the roof shingles promptly The bitumen shingles are supplied loose and Harvia ask for them to go on straight after the barrel is built, overlapping and evenly offset from the first course. | Once, on the day of the build | You |
| Dry it out and check the drains Heat the cabin after wet weather and once a month if it is standing unused, to keep mould off the timber. Keep the two drain holes in the lowest stave clear so rain that gets in can get out. | After rain; monthly when idle | You |
| Check the bands Timber moves with the seasons. If a gap opens between staves, the two steel bands are tightened until it closes. | Twice a year | You, a spanner |
| Fit the chimney, wood burning version The steel chimney kit goes up through the roof to Harvia's instructions, with the stove on its protective bedding and Harvia's published safety distances kept clear. Clear the ash and keep the chimney swept as you use it. | Once, then as the stove is used | You, or an installer |
Where this comes from.
Regulation and guidance, linked so you can read it yourself. None of it is our opinion.
- Outdoor circuits and rooms containing a sauna heater are notifiable electrical workApproved Document P, 2013 edition
- Outbuildings within 2 metres of a boundary are limited to 2.5 metres in height under permitted developmentPlanning Portal, outbuildings
- Electricity price used in the running costsOfgem price cap unit rates
- Harvia Wall SW80 room rating, fuse rating, cable size and 20kg stone quantityHarvia's published product data for The Wall SW80
- Two year warranty on the sauna and heater, and the exclusions for timber movement, stones and elementsHarvia warranty terms and conditions
- Cabin dimensions, room volume, capacity, heater sizing range, base, drainage, anchoring and painting guidanceHarvia's Kuusi Panorama data sheet and the Kuusi 180 Panorama assembly instructions, June 2026 edition
- Harvia Linear 18 room rating, output, stone quantity and dimensionsHarvia's published product data for the Linear 18
- Steel chimney kit contents, designed for barrel saunasHarvia's published product data for the steel chimney 1500 with barrel sauna kit
Every figure the makers publish.
- Warranty
- 2 year cabin and heater warranty
- Lead time
- Estimated 4 to 8 weeks from order. We confirm stock and your delivery date in writing when we process your order.
Cabin figures from Harvia's published data sheet and assembly instructions for this cabin. Heater figures from Harvia's published data for the SW80 and the Linear 18, and chimney contents from Harvia's data for the barrel sauna chimney kit. Nothing here has been rounded, adjusted or filled in from a comparable model.
What arrives, and what does not.
- The cabin as a kit: 67 spruce staves, four impregnated feet, two steel bands, the front wall with the 8mm glass door, the rear wall with the half height insulated window
- Two 600mm lime benches, two backrests, the two part floor grid and the heater protection grille
- The heater you choose: the Harvia Wall SW80 8kW with its timer, thermostat and 20kg of stones, or the Harvia Linear 18 wood burning stove with its steel chimney kit, protective bedding and 40kg of stones
- The 760mm dimmable white LED strip, the ventilation panel and insect screen
- Black bitumen roof shingles, every screw and fixing, and the illustrated assembly manual
- Delivery included to mainland Britain, with the Scottish Highlands, islands and hard to reach addresses quoted before dispatch
- Two years of Harvia warranty on the cabin and the heater
- The base. A flat, load bearing slab or strip footings, and the anchors that hold the barrel to it
- The electrical work for the electric heater. The 50 amp circuit is a qualified electrician's job and a separate cost
- Assembly, unless you use an independent installer we introduce
- Exterior paint or treatment, which Harvia recommend and do not supply
- Colour changing lighting. Harvia's RGBW set for this cabin is a separate item
- On the wood burning version, fitting the chimney through the roof unless your installer does it, and the firewood
Reasons to buy something else.
Delivery is by lorry to the kerbside, and the pallet is 2.2 metres long and about 550kg. A shared private road, steps to the kerb or a double parked frontage all need solving before you order, not on the day. From the kerb every part moves by hand, and the route needs to take the two end walls.
The room is 1.6 metres long and the benches are the same. Four people sit; nobody stretches out. If lying down or a larger group is the point, you want a longer barrel or a cabin, and we will point you at one rather than sell you this.
A single 40mm stave with air on both sides loses heat far faster than an insulated wall. This barrel heats quickly and cools quickly, and in January the heater is working hard to hold 80 degrees. If year round evening use at the lowest running cost is the aim, the cross laminated timber cabins in this range cost more for exactly that reason.
It is a kit, and Harvia say plainly that you need manual skills and a second pair of hands. If you want an installer, we introduce you to an independent one near you after you order, typically from £650, paid to them directly. If neither appeals, a cabin delivered built is the honest answer.
If any of these apply, say so and we will point you at what does suit you, including when that is a cheaper product or a different retailer.
What we know, and how we know it.
Where every figure on this page comes from, with the source beside it.
- Dimensions, construction and capacity
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Verified
Diameter, length, height, room volume, room length, bench and walkway dimensions, stave thickness, timber species, door and window construction and the 6 to 8kW heater range, checked against Harvia's published Kuusi Panorama data sheet and the June 2026 assembly instructions for this cabin.
- Heaters, chimney and electrical supply
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Verified
Output, room rating, fuse rating, cable size, stone quantity and control type for the Harvia Wall SW80, and output, room rating, stone quantity and dimensions for the Harvia Linear 18, checked against Harvia's published product data, as are the contents of the barrel sauna chimney kit. The documents are linked in the sources list further up this page.
- Warranty terms
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Verified
Two years on the sauna and two years on the heater, with the exclusions for timber movement, stones, elements and unanchored cabins, as set out in Harvia's published warranty terms.
- Delivery weight and lead time
Harvia publish 550kg for the Kuusi 180 pallet and 537kg for the same barrel in thermo pine with the Panorama window, so plan for about 550kg on the pallet. Lead time is estimated at 4 to 8 weeks from order, and we confirm stock and your date in writing when we process your order.
- Heat up time and running cost
No independent measurement of this cabin's heat up time or heat loss exists. The running cost figures further up are calculated from the heater rating and a one hour heat up, not measured in use, and they say so where they appear.
The three closest to it.
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- 8kW Harvia Vega stove included
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- 6kW
- western red cedar
- covered porch
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£6,195.00- Two to four people
- 6kW
- western red cedar
Weighing this against another sauna? Let us do the homework.
Choosing between two saunas takes evenings of research, so let us carry it. Name the other one you are considering and we will put the two side by side properly: sizes, heat, running costs, and what each asks of your garden and your fusebox. A written comparison or a call, whichever suits you, within 24 hours. And if the other one genuinely fits your space better, we will say so.