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Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP
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Username: lazarcitec

Post Number: 433
Registered: 05-2003
Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 03:12 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Does anyone know whether or not teak wood can be used to line a sauna - we typically specify cedar or redwood, but we have an I.D. who wants to use teak and our experience with teak is minimal.
Joseph Berchenko
Senior Member
Username: josephberchenko

Post Number: 9
Registered: 08-2003
Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:51 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Hardwoods absorb and store a lot of heat energy and can become hot to the touch. Softwoods are used for saunas because they absorb low levels of humidity, keeping the sauna dry, and they do not become hot to the touch like harwoods.

Teak is very hard and is sometimes used for ship hulls.

In addition to western red cedar and redwood, other woods commonly used in saunas include western hemlock, Alaska cedar, Idaho white pine, Nordic spruce, and Nordic pine. Ask manufacturers about other specialty woods. Interior spaces of saunas should not receive stains or other protective coatings that might produce toxic vapors.
Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Senior Member
Username: lazarcitec

Post Number: 434
Registered: 05-2003
Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 04:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

thanks Joseph, we learned the same about teak for saunas, but I appreciate the confirmation, after we confronted the I.D. with this they changed the wood spec to Cedar, what it should have been to begin with.

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