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The Air Raid Shelter
The first pictures above give you a idea
of how that place looked like. All shelves had to be removed, then the
old rotten window at the end was closed, now only a small air inlet remains.
In a next step the floor was leveled in preparation of tiling. In the 3rd
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Suzi and Tony from
Suzi and Tony, working for AB Lagerholm UK, became 2 important persons for my Sauna project. I looked around in many places, surfed the web, compared many information and read numerous prospectuses, but they and Lagerholm/Finnsauna gave me the best impression, good ideas and a lot of help. Have a look under www.lagerholm.co.uk. If you want to build your Sauna, that is the place to check out. See also their new online website www.saunashop.com Special thanks to Suzi, as she is great in drawing plans, and will do so incorporating all the information, crazy ideas and special whishes you may give her. Here is what she came up with for me:
Yes ! Lets build it. Soon I will take delivery of all the material needed. The order-list has also been prepared by Suzi, so I do not need to worry that something is missing. All I had to do is measuring the room correctly. |
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The wood from Lagerholm Lagerholm provided 2 very important woods: for the Sauna interior Spruce panels and "Aspen wood (Abachi)" for the "body-sensitive-area" of the benches and backrests. The picture below is only a small portion, as 160 Spruce Paneling at 2.1m length (2.95 GBP) and 50 Aspen boards at various length were ordered. You can save some money in specifying the approximate length of the Aspen panels (1.6m (6 GBP), 1.8m 2.1m (8.4 GBP) or more), it will have a noticeable impact on your budget.
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The wood sourced locally For framing the walls and building a solid ladder frame for the benches, I sourced (as recommended by Lagerholm) the wood locally. In my region (SW of London) a well stocked merchant is Champion, you can find more details on their website under www.championtimber.com. They are delivering over a wide area.
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save some money, I ordered 2 types of wood in 3 sizes.
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I invested for this project in a new tool, a Mitre Saw from Bosch (GCM 10 254mm) You will not regret to buy such tool, as over 200 pieces of wood will have to be cut to size. And as you do not want to have a visible bad job, specially not on the quite expensive Aspen wood for the benches and backrests, spend some money here. For a great online shopping experience, I strongly recommend www.tooled-up.com. It is a real pleasure to buy online from them. They have a very good and huge catalogue to browse, great bargains, and are very reliable and secure. Try them. |
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Here are some of the other tools and
screws/nails used
Summary of providers for this project
As said, it will be build in a air raid
shelter,
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