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Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec
Post Number: 433 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 03:12 pm: | |
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: | |
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: | |
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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