Outdoor Saunas

Choosing your outdoor home sauna

These rooms are built for the yard and weather, with woods including thermo-spruce, cedar and hemlock beneath shingle or tile roofs. Most use traditional heat from a stove with stones. Compare outdoor infrared saunas for hybrids, or explore our full sauna collection.

Barrel, cube, cabin, building or tent

An outdoor barrel sauna seats three, four or six, with barrel saunas offering window choices. For a 2 person outdoor sauna, compare rooms for two and glass-fronted SaunaLife cube sauna options. Browse three person rooms or four person layouts for company. Cabins include a pod and a cabin sauna with a porch, while commercial rooms reach twelve people. The insulated portable saunas seat four or six and use a propane heater made for the tent.

Meet the three makers

SaunaLife offers barrels, cubes and cabins, mostly in natural or black finishes. Thermo-spruce resists moisture and needs little upkeep, while some cabins use solid spruce. Shaped aspen benches and bronze tinted glass complete the rooms.

Golden Designs offers traditional cabins with a Harvia electric stove included. You can choose modern cubes, barn style rooms or hemlock cabins. Their exteriors and roofs are built for rain and sun.

Sweaty Yeti builds insulated, finished buildings with cedar interiors and HUUM heaters in Spanish Fork, Utah. Some pair the hot room with a cold plunge. Read our guide to how often to cold plunge as you plan.

Kits, bases and heaters

Among outdoor sauna kits, SaunaLife barrels take two people about a day and cabins about two days. One cabin arrives built, while Sweaty Yeti buildings arrive finished for your level gravel or concrete pad. You can compare them on our outdoor prefab saunas page. Barrels include cradles, some rooms include foundation beams, and for others, call us about the base for your yard. SaunaLife offers electric sauna heater packages chosen on the page, while compatible rooms allow a wood fired sauna with wood-burning stoves and chimney parts chosen there. Follow the manual, with electric heaters on their own circuit wired by a licensed electrician.

When an indoor room suits better

An indoor sauna may suit your spare room or home gym. Compare its footprint with the space you have inside.

Why choose My Cozy Outdoors?

We are an authorized dealer for every brand here. Every listing carries the full manufacturer warranty. Call us and we will talk it through, including access to your yard.

Your questions answered

What are the different types of outdoor saunas?

You can choose barrels, glass front cubes, cabins, pods, finished buildings that arrive in one piece, or insulated tents. Most use traditional stove heat. Hybrids add infrared heaters and have their own page. Sizes range from two to twelve people.

Do I need a permit for a backyard sauna?

It depends on your town. Many places apply shed rules for size and distance from property lines, and electricians usually arrange electrical permits. Check with your local building office before ordering. We can tell you the size and weight of the room you are considering.

Where should I install my outdoor sauna?

Choose firm, level ground with door clearance, roof clearance and a wiring or chimney route. Barrels use cradles, and some rooms include foundation beams. Sweaty Yeti needs a level gravel or concrete pad. For other rooms, call us about the base for your yard.

Can I use a wood burning stove instead of an electric heater?

Five SaunaLife barrels and its four person beam cabin accept your wood stove without power, with chimney parts chosen on the page. Other kits use electric packages. Golden Designs includes Harvia, and Sweaty Yeti fits HUUM. See our heater sizing guide.

Can an outdoor sauna be used in winter?

Yes, SaunaLife offers moisture-resistant thermo-spruce beneath shingles, and Golden Designs builds for rain and sun. Sweaty Yeti buildings have house-like insulation for snow and year-round use. Allow a little longer for your stove-heated outdoor sauna to warm up in winter.