Your sauna · 8 ft
Hand-crafted barrel sauna
Build your barrel sauna – 8ft Sauna | electric | Black High Performance Metal Roof | No Rear Window | Full Glass Door
★★★★★ 1 reviews · Western Red Cedar · Built in the Pacific Northwest
$9,474.00
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Pay 15% of the sauna today to reserve your build. The rest is due before it ships. Add-ons are paid in full at checkout.
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If your electrical panel is limited, the 8ft barrel can use a 7.5 kW heater on a 40A breaker. It takes 25–30 minutes to reach temperature, versus 10–15 minutes with the 9 kW (50A NON-GFCI Breaker).
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Important note: Our on-site installation service includes the assembly of the sauna structure, benches and roofing but we are not able to install the heater (either electric or wood-burning). Electric heaters must be wired in by a licensed electrician. Wood-burning stoves and chimney assembly must be completed by the customer or a qualified contractor. Installation instructions and wiring diagrams are on the Resources > Manuals and Documents page.
Important note: Electric heaters must be wired in by a licensed electrician. Wood-burning stoves and chimneys must be set up by the customer or a qualified contractor. Manuals and wiring diagrams are on the Resources > Manuals and Documents page.
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8ft Sauna | electric | Black High Performance Metal Roof | No Rear Window | Full Glass Door
$9,474.00USD ·
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You choose the spot and prep the base. Our crew delivers and builds your sauna on site, usually in five to six hours, and leaves it ready to heat.
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Can I get it delivered during the winter?
Yes, no problem. The site needs to be clear of snow on delivery day. If your electrical line is being buried, we recommend having your electrician trench the cable before the ground freezes.
Introducing
The Nootka Smart Controller
*An add-on option selectable above
Made in Canada
For our Canadian customers, all of our saunas are designed and manufactured in Canada. This gives us control over the cedar we select and allows us to continually improve our products.
Watch out for companies that might claim to be local but import sauna kits from overseas. Imported kits are fraught with quality issues from use of finger-jointed boards, poor design and cutting corners.
Built for Harsh Winters
Being a Canadian company, we’re used to frigid temperatures, several cm’s of rain and over 10 meters of snowfall every year.
Our saunas are specifically designed for these climates. We have customers in Northern BC, Yukon, Alberta and all across Canada that will attest to that.
Hand-crafted in Canada
All of our saunas are designed and manufactured in Canada. This gives us control over the cedar we select and allows us to continually improve our products.
Watch out for companies that might claim to be local but import sauna kits from overseas. Imported kits are fraught with quality issues from use of finger-jointed boards, poor design and cutting corners.
Delivery & Assembly Options
Depending on where you’re located in Canada, we offer unassembled delivery and in a lot of cases we also offer delivery with on-site assembly. To see the best fulfillment option for your area, enter your postal code above.
Note: For electric saunas, customers must hire their own electrician to connect the heater to power.
How Our Saunas Are Made
Every Nootka sauna is hand-built in our Pacific Northwest shop. Take the factory tour and see how it comes together, from raw western red cedar to a finished sauna.
The Fastest Heat-up Times
Our electric saunas heat up to 90°C (194F) in just 10-15 minutes, even in the dead of Winter.
Our wood-burning saunas are also remarkably fast to heat up, taking around 40 minutes to reach temperature.
Compare this to many sauna designs taking an hour or more to heat up.
Some Things You Might Be Wondering...
Nootka Saunas offers a proprietary metal roof, made with 24-gauge galvanized aluminum. Far superior to any "tin roof" or "asphalt" roof, the material is rated to last for decades.
The metal roofing protects the sauna from rain, snow and UV. It also speeds up the heating time by about 20%.
Nootka Saunas works very hard to ensure that we can make the claim that we have the best barrel saunas on the market. It's a combination of the below tenants that ensure this is true...
- Carefully Selected Western Red Cedar
- Fully Engineered, sealed designs that can withstand harsh snow and Wind Loads. Available here
- Canadian-made heaters
- Local Manufacturing
- 10mm tempered glass
- 10-15 min heat up times for electric heaters (30-45 mins for wood-burning stoves)
- Easy Fulfillment Options
We don’t currently make infrared saunas. The jury is still out on the health benefits associated with infrared saunas and we’ve been disappointed by the build quality and lifespan of most infrared panels on the market.
In addition, you don't feel a blast of heat immediately with infrared saunas, so outdoor infrared saunas don't make much sense in cold climates as you'll freeze before noticing any of the benefits of the sauna.
As such, we only fabricate electric and wood-fired saunas.
We love hot saunas. As such, we've designed our saunas to get as hot as possible and they are comparable to traditional, square saunas.
In Canada, CSA governs the maximum temperature for electric sauna heaters to 90°C (194°F). Wood fired saunas can get slightly higher depending on the type of wood being burned and size of the fire.
Still Have Questions?
If You Have Questions about ordering a barrel sauna, please check out our FAQs page, email us at hello@nootkasaunas.com or give us a call at +1 (778) 652-3569