Do-It-Yourself Infrared Sauna

The use of infrared Sauna technology is growing more and more popular owing to its numerous health benefits. It is great for weight loss, skin issues, heart related problems, arthritis and several other health problems. Many health conscious folks, therefore, take infrared sauna therapy. These saunas are found in most gyms and you can subscribe to its membership. Alternatively, you can also set up your own infrared sauna at your home. However, the equipment required to create an infrared sauna at home is costly. This article explains alternative ways of creating your own sauna without the commercially available infrared sauna kits.

Do-it-yourself Infrared Sauna

Discussed below are a couple of ways through which you can set up an infrared sauna at your place.

1. For the first method, you would need two infrared heaters and a small enclosed room to set up your sauna. The recommended dimensions of the room are five by eleven feet. For this room, the heaters should be 500 Watts and 9 Amperes. Put the heaters on opposite sides of the room. Turn them on for thirty to sixty minutes to heat up the room. Once the room has been heated up, you can use at as a sauna.
2. The second method involves the use of infrared lamps. Use three infrared lamps, 250 Watts each. They should be connected in parallel. Again, the room used for the sauna should be small. The bulbs would generate heat so that you can use the room as an infrared sauna.

Benefits of Do-it-yourself Infrared Sauna

Here are benefits of creating this type of infrared sauna at your home. 

1. As the sauna would be right at your home, you wouldn’t need to drive up to a gym. This would save both time as well as fuel money. In addition, all of your family members would be able to enjoy the infrared sauna at any time.
2. Infrared cabins and kits are expensive. Do-it-yourself saunas require only a little equipment with minimal expenditure.
3. It is a one-time investment. Once you create your own sauna at home, you can use it for years through proper maintenance and precautions.

Safety Concerns

Although do-it-yourself infrared sauna is a good idea, there are certain serious safety concerns involved. Firstly, dealing with the electric wiring can be dangerous. You must hire a professional electrician for this purpose. Secondly, if you set up the sauna in your bathroom, you would have to take extreme caution with the infrared equipment as it should not get wet.