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Practical answers about spas and saunas: choosing, installation, energy use and maintenance.
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Choosing & preparing
A good start for your plans.
Start with choosing a model and preparing for installation.
Purchase advice
Buying a spa: what should you look for?
Six checks: insulation, jets, warranty, service, pricing and viewing.
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Choosing a sauna
Infrared or Finnish sauna: the differences
Compare heat, power connections and use.
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Installation
Installing a spa: getting ready
The base, power supply, access and possible crane use.
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Choose a topic or search for your question. You will also find articles on sauna, sleep and health here.
Purchase advice
Buying a spa: what should you look for?
Six checks: insulation, jets, warranty, service, pricing and viewing.
~5 min readRead articleChoosing a sauna
Infrared or Finnish sauna: the differences
Compare heat, power connections and use.
~8 min readRead articleEnergy & cost
How much electricity does a spa use?
How insulation, water temperature and use affect electricity costs.
~7 min readRead articleEnergy & costs
A heat pump for your spa
Efficiency, total consumption and the role of dynamic electricity tariffs.
~7 min readRead articleInstallation
Installing a spa: getting ready
The base, power supply, access and possible crane use.
~8 min readRead articlePermits
Permission for a spa or sauna
Which rules should you check for your garden and installation?
~4 min readRead articlePermits
A garden spa and the local environment plan
The difference between national and local installation rules.
~8 min readRead articleNeighbours & rules
A spa and your neighbours: considering noise
Allowing for pump noise, vibration and neighbours.
~8 min readRead articleEveryday use
Making a spa part of everyday life
Location, ease of access and a routine that suits you.
~6 min readRead articleMaintenance
Cloudy or foamy spa water
Causes and remedies for cloudy water, foam and chlorine odour.
~7 min readRead articleService
A spa fault: what to do next
What information helps with an error message or service request?
~7 min readRead articleResearch
Sauna and the heart: the Finnish research
The Finnish study: an association is not proof of an effect.
~8 min readRead articleSleep
Sauna, warm baths and sleep: what has been studied?
What research on warm baths and saunas says about sleep.
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Warm bathing and the heart: what does research say?
What research on warm baths does and does not tell us about spas.
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Sauna and health: examining the claims
Detox and weight loss: which sauna claims stand up?
~7 min readRead articleLooking for a quick answer?
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Advice from Carlo and Max.
Carlo and Max advise, install and maintain from ’s-Graveland. That practical experience informs our knowledge hub.
Our health articles explore what research can and cannot tell us. A study finding is not a promise about how a spa or sauna will affect your own health.
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