Building an ADA Compliant Sauna Room

Do you need to build a sauna room that is ADA compliant? By meeting just a few requirements, you can make your sauna accessible to everyone. This list is detailed, but not designed to supersede any local code requirements that may be required. You can see examples of ADA compliant sauna rooms on our traditional sauna reviews page.

• At least one bench should have a seat that is 42 inches (1065 mm) long minimum and 20 inches (510 mm) deep minimum and 24 inches (610 mm) deep maximum.
• The bench should provide for back support or be affixed to a wall. Back support should be 42 inches (1065 mm) long minimum and extend from a point 2 inches (51 mm) maximum above the seat surface to a ponit 18 inches (455 mm) minimum above the seat surface. It should be 2.5 inches (64 mm) maximum from the rear edge of the seat measured horizontally.
• To assist in transferring to the bench, consider providing grab bars on an adjacent wall, but not on the seat back. If provided, the grab bars cannot obstruct transfer to the bench.
• Where installed in wet locations, the surface of the bench should be slip resistant and not accumulate water.
• Clear floor or ground space should be provided and positioned at the end of the bench seat and parallel to the short axis of the bench. The space should be 30 inches (760 mm) minimum by 48 inches (1220 mm) minimum.
• Doors should not swing into the clear floor space. Sauna doors must always swing out of the room.
• An ADA sauna door will need to be 36 inches wide.
• A turning space should be provided. Either a circular space with 60 inches (1525 mm) diameter minimum, or a T-shaped space within a 60 inch (1525 mm) square minimum with arms and base 36 inches (915 mm) wide minimum with each arm of the T clear of obstructions 12 inches (305 mm) minimum in each direction and clear at the base 24 inches (610) minimum.
• EXCEPTION: A readily removable bench is permitted to obstruct the ground space. It needs to be movable in order to temporarily provide the 60" turning circle.
• Floor height transitions can be a maximum of 1/2" without requiring ramps. Saunas And Stuff recommends Dri-Dek anti-bacterial flooring panels for this purpose.

Contact Saunas And Stuff for help creating an ADA compliant room. They have all the sauna options necessary for your project. Be sure to check your local codes for additional regulations.

Hot Yoga Sweat Therapy

Hot yoga is all the rage in many areas across the country. It is known for its amazing detoxing properties, as well as its calming nature and flexibility-improving environment. It is becoming more popular among mainstream people looking to get in better shape while improving their flexibility. Once you start going, you get hooked. So where does the sauna come in? People are beginning to do hot yoga poses while in their sauna, making it their own hot yoga studio in their house. Interested yet?

Sauna hot yoga is starting to break out as a new and innovative workout. It is great for someone that wants to improve his or her body while adding more flexibility to their workout routine. Hot yoga in the sauna can do just that while allowing you to do it on your time, in the comfort of your home and whenever you want. A new workout is born!

The best way to start is by taking an actual hot yoga class at the gym, so you can learn some of the poses and see how the teacher holds the poses. Then you can take some of those poses to your sauna. You might even consider hiring a hot yoga instructor to come to your home sauna to teach you the moves and design a hot yoga routine for you that works in the middle of your sauna. Each pose brings something new to the table, twisting your body in ways that help you eliminate and remove toxins and things in your body you do not want there in the first place.

The benefits of hot yoga are nothing short of amazing. They include such health benefits as weight loss, alleviation of arthritis, and reduction of high blood pressure. This activity also clears up skin and gives it a nice soft glow, helps with stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as balances your emotions. It has also helped countless numbers of people with back pain, stiff necks, headaches, scoliosis, herniated disks and many other back problems.

One of the major benefits of doing stretching or yoga poses in a hot rock sauna or in a hot studio are the amazing benefits the heat has on stretching. The heat loosens your muscles and makes it easier to really stretch everything out and reach your full flexibility potential. Your flexibility will continue to get better with time. Start out with a simple routine and add new yoga stretches to it over time. You will notice a huge difference in your flexibility, not to mention your mental clarity. Hot yoga in the sauna has so many amazing benefits. Have you hot yoga’d today? Find the perfect sauna for your home at Saunas And Stuff