Pros and Cons of a Basement Sauna

As personal home saunas become more popular, many people are choosing to install a basement sauna in their home.

Pros

A home sauna can be a great addition to your home, enabling you and your family and friends to relax and get away from the stresses of everyday life. A personal home sauna can not only encourage healthy lifestyle routines, they can relieve tired muscles and cleanse the body of toxins. A sauna can also add a touch of luxury and new life to your basement.

Cons

Your basement might seem like the best place in your house for a sauna, but there are disadvantages to building it there. Basements have little or no natural light that reach it and any moisture that might come from the sauna will have difficulty evaporating. This can lead to mold and mildew which will require constant cleaning. Basement ventilation is not efficient and provides little or no circulation of outside air. The room could become hot or muggy and lead to peeling paint. The electricity costs could also rise as you attempt to cool the air. Any plumbing you might have to do would probably be done through the house foundation and would require breaking the cement.