We (actually, largely my husband Chris) have made more progress in recent days on the sauna. While I was out shopping for wedding guest attire, he insulated it and attached a paper-backed foil vapor barrier to the inside walls and ceiling. I think the whole thing looks a bit like it has been wallpapered with aluminum foil. It's also surprisingly toasty in there already despite not having the heater hooked up. This kind of vapor barrier isn't easy to find. We had to order ours from a sauna manufacturer online. It works great for saunas becuase not only does the foil stand up to the heat and moisture, it reflects the heat back into the saun just like an oven would.
Chris also hung a shelf in our laundry room (adjacent to one of the sauna walls) to support a stereo receiver and wired the sauna for sound. This is going to make listening to some relaxing music from our iPODs (or catching up on NPR/MPR) pretty slick.
Shelf for Stereo Reciever
We have also added some strapping to the walls and started on installing the cedar tongue and groove on the ceiling. The strapping is necessary, because we're installing the cedar boards vertically so we need something to nail them in to.
Strapping on the outside walls
Installing the T & G is a painstaking process. Every board has to be individually measured and cut to account for the sloping of our floors. It's a fun process though, because each board you put up generates more motivation to keep going and get the job finished.
(sigh) It won't be long now!
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