Cedar benches! I was fortunate enough to find that Lowe's stocks 5/4 cedar decking. By selectively picking through the piles of lumber in several locations I was able to find many, almost clear cedar boards. I used these for the bench framing. Overkill perhaps, but the price was just about 1/2 that of clear cedar trim that we used for the bench tops. I think the final count was almost 25 - 5/4" x 6" x 8' boards. It's important that you fasten the bench tops from the bottom. Sounds silly, but the last thing you want to do is to sit on a 140F hot screw head when you are taking a sauna. The door in the last picture is a aromatic cedar 'sandwich' framed with VG Fir. The 1/4" cedar closet lining boards were glued to 1/4" birch plywood foundation on both sides of the door. This gave me a 3/4" panel with aromatic cedar on both sides. This panel was then framed out with VG Fir stiles and rails. The handles on the door came from the cement isle at Home Depot. Cement float tools have wooden handles. Take the float off and the handle is just perfect for a sauna door. There's a ball catch on the top of the door. This keeps the metal strike etc. away from your legs when you go in and out of the sauna.
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