Wellness: Sauna, Cold Plunge & Steam, Indoor and Out, Built to Order

Indoor or out, the same build.

A sauna in a spare room and a cabin in the yard are the same build at heart: clear cedar, a name-brand heater, solid-wood construction. Crateworks builds the whole setup to order and specifies it for where it lands, so it reads as a place rather than a pile of parts.

Built into the home.

Home sauna

Cedar or hemlock cabin built into a spare room, basement, or bath, with a name-brand heater sized to the space.

Steam room

Sealed steam enclosure with a quality generator, tiled or glazed to match the bathroom it sits in.

Indoor cold plunge

Compact plunge with a chiller that holds temperature, specified to fit a utility or wet room.

Built into the yard.

Barrel and cabin sauna

Finnish-style cedar sauna for the yard, the authentic high-heat format built to weather the seasons.

Outdoor cold plunge

Cedar plunge with a chiller that keeps the water clean and cold through summer heat and winter freeze.

Contrast therapy zone

Sauna and plunge a few steps apart on a composite deck, laid out so the hot-cold loop actually works.

Why the gap exists.

Premium spec, priced against retail

Clear Western Red Cedar, name-brand mechanical components, and solid-wood construction, built to order so the premium build lands well below the branded equivalent.

Designed for the setting

The sauna, plunge, and steam are specified for the room or the yard they go in, with the spacing, levels, and flow worked out, not pulled from separate kits.

Made to order

Built to your space and spec rather than pulled from inventory, so the package fits the project instead of forcing the project to fit a catalog.

Traceable materials

Clear cedar with a documented supply chain and solid-wood construction with no adhesive in the heated chamber. A spec you can verify, not a slogan.

Sauna and plunge guides.

Specification guides for choosing a sauna or plunge and building the space around it.

Common questions

Both. An indoor build goes into a spare room, basement, or bathroom and is sized to the opening you have. An outdoor build is a barrel or cabin unit made to weather the seasons. The construction is the same at heart, clear cedar with a name-brand heater, specified for where it lands.

A sauna is dry high heat in a wood cabin. A steam room is a sealed, tiled or glazed enclosure running near-total humidity from a generator. A cold plunge is a chilled tub held at temperature by a chiller. Many projects pair a sauna and a plunge a few steps apart so the hot-cold loop actually works.

Plan on roughly 12 weeks door to door for a made-to-order build. That is the delivered window including freight and customs, not production time alone. Confirmed in writing before the order is placed.

Yes. Indoor builds are made to the opening on your plans rather than pulled from inventory, so the bench layout, door swing, and heater sizing suit the actual room. Send the dimensions with your brief and we quote against them.

Room or yard dimensions, ceiling height for an indoor build, and the electrical supply available, since heaters and chillers have specific requirements your electrician confirms. For an outdoor build, the base or deck it will sit on.

Design your wellness space.

Send the room or the backyard, the look you are after, and what you want in it. We come back with a coordinated package: sauna, plunge, steam, and the surround, priced against published retail.

Start a design brief Start with the sauna guide

Available to quote

241 products for this space. Choose sizes and finishes inside each one, then request a quote. It comes back as one delivered price, freight and customs included.