If you are thinking about getting a home sauna you have two location options available to you.
The first is to assemble and install a "materials only" sauna kit into a spare room or vacant space in your house.
This will of course take up space which cannot then be used for other things like storage.
The second is to have the sauna housed outside in a cabin or shed in your garden or backyard.
This option does not steal space from within the home and it also keeps a hot sauna environment away from the main property.
Selecting this option may not be as expensive as you might first suppose.
If you decide that you want the second option, then you need to think about the kind of cabin that you are going to buy, how the sauna will fit and work within it, and the services that need to be supplied to it.
Things to consider Before you buy a cabin you need to decide on the sauna or sauna kit that you are going to fit within your sauna building.

• How many people will it need to cater for? Will it have a two, four, six or more person capacity and how much free space do you want within it when it is occupied?
• The answers to these questions will help determine the size of the cabin and this in turn will influence factors like how many windows it will have, what size concrete base it will require, and where you can situate it within your garden.
  

Think about the sauna heater and the cleanliness of the sauna and the people using it.

• If you have a solid fuel heater you will need a flue and the provision for ventilation.
  
• If you want an electric heater, an infrared heater or lighting, you will need an electricity supply.
  
• If you want to wash in the sauna, have access to water, or install a simple small sink you will need a mains water supply.
  You will also need extra space in the sauna cabin for these additional facilities.
  

When you have decided on the size, location, services and facilities that you need, you next need to consider the quality of the cabin itself.

• The cabin needs to be strong and completely weatherproof.
  A build quality that includes a good well insulated design will enable the sauna to heat up more speedily, retain its heat, and keep heating costs to a minimum.
  It will also make the sauna cabin more appealing on cooler winter days.
  
• Consider the internal construction of the cabin, primarily its walls.
  Converting a standard cabin or shed into a sauna room requires the application of hardwood sauna lining panels to the cabin's walls.
  This means that the walls need to be strong enough to support the lining and tough enough to handle the nailing and screwing activities involved in the build.
  Seating may also be fixed to the walls and the heater or its platform will use a wall for a degree of stability.
  
• Finally, when all of the previously mentioned factors have been satisfied, you can think about looks and aesthetics.
  This can include the cut and colour of the wood and the number and location of any windows and the door.
  Log cabins are always popular, but have a good look at what is available.
  Be aware that this should be a concluding consideration and that it should not weigh heavily on your decision making process.