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00:00the scientific literature supporting the the scientific literature supporting the health benefits of regular health benefits of regular health benefits of regular and consistent sun therapy is continuing and consistent sun therapy is continuing and consistent sun therapy is continuing to emerge especially as it relates to to emerge especially as it relates to to emerge especially as it relates to reducing risk of diseases like reducing risk of diseases like reducing risk of diseases like cardiovascular disease hypertension or cardiovascular disease hypertension or cardiovascular disease hypertension or elevated blood pressure risk of stroke elevated blood pressure risk of stroke elevated blood pressure risk of stroke neurocognitive and neurodegenerative neurocognitive and neurodegenerative neurocognitive and neurodegenerative diseases like mild cognitive impairment diseases like mild cognitive impairment diseases like mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer's but most importantly and alzheimer's but most importantly and alzheimer's but most importantly especially right now especially right now especially right now is how heat and sound therapy has been is how heat and sound therapy has been is how heat and sound therapy has been shown to enhance the immune system which shown to enhance the immune system which shown to enhance the immune system which is why i was so surprised after many is why i was so surprised after many is why i was so surprised after many months of gym closures months of gym closures months of gym closures health officials have decided to health officials have decided to health officials have decided to continue to keep public saunas closed in continue to keep public saunas closed in continue to keep public saunas closed in the name of safety which was kind of a the name of safety which was kind of a the name of safety which was kind of a bummer because for the past six years bummer because for the past six years bummer because for the past six years i've been regularly using the sauna in i've been regularly using the sauna in i've been regularly using the sauna in my gym my gym my gym it gets up to 180 degrees so i guess you it gets up to 180 degrees so i guess you it gets up to 180 degrees so i guess you could say the public health officials could say the public health officials could say the public health officials forced my hand so in the fall of 2020 forced my hand so in the fall of 2020 forced my hand so in the fall of 2020 i decided to build my own classic i decided to build my own classic i decided to build my own classic finished sauna finished sauna finished sauna using a wood fired stove it's the using a wood fired stove it's the using a wood fired stove it's the classic finish weight classic finish weight classic finish weight it creates a real wet and deep it creates a real wet and deep it creates a real wet and deep penetrating heat it's hotter penetrating heat it's hotter penetrating heat it's hotter there's more humidity because we can there's more humidity because we can there's more humidity because we can throw water on there with essential oils throw water on there with essential oils throw water on there with essential oils so in this video series i'm gonna share
01:00so in this video series i'm gonna share so in this video series i'm gonna share with you how i developed this piece of with you how i developed this piece of with you how i developed this piece of unused space in our backyard unused space in our backyard unused space in our backyard to build this eight by twelve structure to build this eight by twelve structure to build this eight by twelve structure with the goal of keeping the project with the goal of keeping the project with the goal of keeping the project under eight thousand dollars i'm under eight thousand dollars i'm under eight thousand dollars i'm slightly over budget but in this video slightly over budget but in this video slightly over budget but in this video i'm gonna share with you and walk you i'm gonna share with you and walk you i'm gonna share with you and walk you through how i did it through how i did it through how i did it i got some framing help from my i got some framing help from my i got some framing help from my stepfather bob and we teach you a lot of stepfather bob and we teach you a lot of stepfather bob and we teach you a lot of great framing tips you're going to learn great framing tips you're going to learn great framing tips you're going to learn a lot about that a lot about that a lot about that [Music] before we continue on with the before we continue on with the do-it-yourself sign of build-on i want do-it-yourself sign of build-on i want do-it-yourself sign of build-on i want to thank this video show sponsor to thank this video show sponsor to thank this video show sponsor skillshare.com the largest online skillshare.com the largest online skillshare.com the largest online learning center and community learning center and community learning center and community where you can learn a range of new where you can learn a range of new where you can learn a range of new skills that can help you make more money skills that can help you make more money skills that can help you make more money be productive and be a more valuable be productive and be a more valuable be productive and be a more valuable asset to your employer or as a small asset to your employer or as a small asset to your employer or as a small business owner yourself business owner yourself business owner yourself so back when i started youtubing back in so back when i started youtubing back in so back when i started youtubing back in 2012 i had no idea how to edit videos i 2012 i had no idea how to edit videos i 2012 i had no idea how to edit videos i had no idea how to create thumbnails had no idea how to create thumbnails had no idea how to create thumbnails and here we are now 340 000 some odd and here we are now 340 000 some odd and here we are now 340 000 some odd subscribers later subscribers later subscribers later i am using and leveraging and
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03:00there's amazing courses there tens of there's amazing courses there tens of thousands of people are constantly thousands of people are constantly thousands of people are constantly enrolled in these courses enrolled in these courses enrolled in these courses and learning and sharpening the saw and and learning and sharpening the saw and and learning and sharpening the saw and becoming a more valuable asset becoming a more valuable asset becoming a more valuable asset to employers and in their businesses as to employers and in their businesses as to employers and in their businesses as well so let's continue on with the do it well so let's continue on with the do it well so let's continue on with the do it yourself sauna build out it's video yourself sauna build out it's video yourself sauna build out it's video part two of diy sauna build out if part two of diy sauna build out if part two of diy sauna build out if you're new to this series i want to you're new to this series i want to you're new to this series i want to welcome you it's mike muscle the goal of welcome you it's mike muscle the goal of welcome you it's mike muscle the goal of this series is to inspire you and help this series is to inspire you and help this series is to inspire you and help you and kind of get everyone doing more you and kind of get everyone doing more you and kind of get everyone doing more sauna therapy at home sauna therapy at home sauna therapy at home i know there's a lot of you know i know there's a lot of you know i know there's a lot of you know inexpensive and inexpensive and inexpensive and fairly affordable prefab saunas at fairly affordable prefab saunas at fairly affordable prefab saunas at costco right now which is fantastic costco right now which is fantastic costco right now which is fantastic any heat it's good we do have an any heat it's good we do have an any heat it's good we do have an infrared sauna but that doesn't get infrared sauna but that doesn't get infrared sauna but that doesn't get hot as i like and so what we're building hot as i like and so what we're building hot as i like and so what we're building here is a 8 by 12 structure here is a 8 by 12 structure here is a 8 by 12 structure links from saunatimes.com their ebook links from saunatimes.com their ebook links from saunatimes.com their ebook glen's ebook glen's ebook glen's ebook and this is going to be fueled by a wood and this is going to be fueled by a wood and this is going to be fueled by a wood stove so this is going to be a kuna stove so this is going to be a kuna stove so this is going to be a kuna stove i believe that means heat and stove i believe that means heat and stove i believe that means heat and finish anyway the goal that of this finish anyway the goal that of this finish anyway the goal that of this video series number one to inspire you video series number one to inspire you video series number one to inspire you to build a sauna because there's many to build a sauna because there's many to build a sauna because there's many health benefits to enhancing sleep health benefits to enhancing sleep health benefits to enhancing sleep cutting stress cutting stress cutting stress boosting immunity and inspire you is you boosting immunity and inspire you is you boosting immunity and inspire you is you can do this on a budget and so part of
04:00can do this on a budget and so part of can do this on a budget and so part of this this this and part of a big part of my life is diy and part of a big part of my life is diy and part of a big part of my life is diy home construction so i want to inspire home construction so i want to inspire home construction so i want to inspire you to you to you to learn how to be handy i didn't i wasn't learn how to be handy i didn't i wasn't learn how to be handy i didn't i wasn't born this way i've learned a lot you born this way i've learned a lot you born this way i've learned a lot you know from my stepdad from my father and know from my stepdad from my father and know from my stepdad from my father and then just getting my hands dirty with then just getting my hands dirty with then just getting my hands dirty with garden beds and chicken coops and garden beds and chicken coops and garden beds and chicken coops and whatever the hell else so whatever the hell else so whatever the hell else so let's take a look at what we've done let's take a look at what we've done let's take a look at what we've done okay so here's what it looks like after okay so here's what it looks like after okay so here's what it looks like after about two and a half days of framing and about two and a half days of framing and about two and a half days of framing and then one day of the concrete work so then one day of the concrete work so then one day of the concrete work so let's kind of dive into what the space let's kind of dive into what the space let's kind of dive into what the space looked like looked like looked like i dug down about four feet and used i dug down about four feet and used i dug down about four feet and used these 12 inch circumference sauna tubes these 12 inch circumference sauna tubes these 12 inch circumference sauna tubes a total of six of them a total of six of them a total of six of them three on each side of the 12 foot length three on each side of the 12 foot length three on each side of the 12 foot length structure structure structure i ordered the concrete truck and hand i ordered the concrete truck and hand i ordered the concrete truck and hand delivered that and that was a lot a lot delivered that and that was a lot a lot delivered that and that was a lot a lot of work so what you want to do is run of work so what you want to do is run of work so what you want to do is run plumb lines to make sure that your sauna plumb lines to make sure that your sauna plumb lines to make sure that your sauna tubes and your footings are pretty tubes and your footings are pretty tubes and your footings are pretty straight straight straight and then you put in these four by four and then you put in these four by four and then you put in these four by four brackets brackets brackets for your four by four by fours that will for your four by four by fours that will for your four by four by fours that will hold up um the joists now hold up um the joists now hold up um the joists now you want to run a plumb line and just you want to run a plumb line and just you want to run a plumb line and just make sure that these are straight they make sure that these are straight they make sure that these are straight they do not have to be level off the ground do not have to be level off the ground do not have to be level off the ground i'll share with you in a moment how to i'll share with you in a moment how to i'll share with you in a moment how to do that using a laser leveler do that using a laser leveler do that using a laser leveler so there's your little four by fours so there's your little four by fours so there's your little four by fours that you that you cut use the laser
05:00that you that you cut use the laser that you that you cut use the laser leveler to find that line leveler to find that line leveler to find that line and then once those are all level then and then once those are all level then and then once those are all level then you can lay down your four by six you can lay down your four by six you can lay down your four by six 14 foot post okay so here we are putting 14 foot post okay so here we are putting 14 foot post okay so here we are putting in the two by six in the two by six in the two by six joists using joist hanger nails really joists using joist hanger nails really joists using joist hanger nails really important this is basically like important this is basically like important this is basically like building a deck building a deck building a deck it works well if you have two people it it works well if you have two people it it works well if you have two people it goes pretty fast goes pretty fast goes pretty fast now you wanna make sure uh everything is now you wanna make sure uh everything is now you wanna make sure uh everything is nice and plumb and what you see here is nice and plumb and what you see here is nice and plumb and what you see here is these two by six pressure treated these two by six pressure treated these two by six pressure treated ground contact boards we doubled up on ground contact boards we doubled up on ground contact boards we doubled up on the end and then i also recommend the end and then i also recommend the end and then i also recommend doubling up i did this after the fact i doubling up i did this after the fact i doubling up i did this after the fact i should have done it right here but i should have done it right here but i should have done it right here but i didn't didn't didn't double up where um your stove is two on double up where um your stove is two on double up where um your stove is two on each side because the stove is 500 each side because the stove is 500 each side because the stove is 500 pounds pounds pounds now here we're putting on three quarter now here we're putting on three quarter now here we're putting on three quarter inch cdx so this is going to be plywood inch cdx so this is going to be plywood inch cdx so this is going to be plywood sheathing underneath and then we can add sheathing underneath and then we can add sheathing underneath and then we can add the framing on top of this so the framing on top of this so the framing on top of this so that's the plywood right there and i'll that's the plywood right there and i'll that's the plywood right there and i'll share with you how we got to this step share with you how we got to this step share with you how we got to this step when it comes to the framing and here's when it comes to the framing and here's when it comes to the framing and here's a really important framing tip a really important framing tip a really important framing tip now remember from the edge of the now remember from the edge of the now remember from the edge of the building i want building i want building i want 16 inches to be in the center of the 16 inches to be in the center of the 16 inches to be in the center of the first stud right first stud right first stud right yeah so what do i do i mark 15 and a
06:00yeah so what do i do i mark 15 and a yeah so what do i do i mark 15 and a quarter quarter quarter and 16 will be right in the center and 16 will be right in the center and 16 will be right in the center right now i go to the next one the red right now i go to the next one the red right now i go to the next one the red is always the 16 inches on center i go is always the 16 inches on center i go is always the 16 inches on center i go 31 and a quarter 31 and a quarter 31 and a quarter 32 is in the center top and bottom 32 is in the center top and bottom 32 is in the center top and bottom plates are exactly the same plates are exactly the same plates are exactly the same i go to the next one 47 and a quarter i go to the next one 47 and a quarter i go to the next one 47 and a quarter 48 right so that's the essence of 48 right so that's the essence of 48 right so that's the essence of framing i would recommend rewatching framing i would recommend rewatching framing i would recommend rewatching that or watching other videos that or watching other videos that or watching other videos basically your studs are going to land basically your studs are going to land basically your studs are going to land 16 inches on center so 16 inches on center so 16 inches on center so invest in a good measuring tape that invest in a good measuring tape that invest in a good measuring tape that lists out the 16th inch the eighth of lists out the 16th inch the eighth of lists out the 16th inch the eighth of the inch or quarter inch etc now the inch or quarter inch etc now the inch or quarter inch etc now here's the stud block stud which is how here's the stud block stud which is how here's the stud block stud which is how you join walls you join walls you join walls let's look at this right here when when let's look at this right here when when let's look at this right here when when a a a when a wall goes together like that when a wall goes together like that when a wall goes together like that you have to have nailing inside so this you have to have nailing inside so this you have to have nailing inside so this corner has to be what we call a stud corner has to be what we call a stud corner has to be what we call a stud block stud a stud block stud a stud block stud a stud is to it's an inch and a half inches in is to it's an inch and a half inches in is to it's an inch and a half inches in width width width so we go stud another block which is
07:00so we go stud another block which is so we go stud another block which is three inches three inches three inches and then stud so that's four and a half and then stud so that's four and a half and then stud so that's four and a half inches this is three and a half that inches this is three and a half that inches this is three and a half that gives us an gives us an gives us an inch of nailing inside there and a stud inch of nailing inside there and a stud inch of nailing inside there and a stud block stud block stud block stud when we lay it out so that you don't you when we lay it out so that you don't you when we lay it out so that you don't you know what it means know what it means know what it means we're going to lay out a stud block stud we're going to lay out a stud block stud we're going to lay out a stud block stud it goes stud it goes stud it goes stud like that on the ants so what we're like that on the ants so what we're like that on the ants so what we're doing here is checking the diagonals to doing here is checking the diagonals to doing here is checking the diagonals to make sure that these walls are very make sure that these walls are very make sure that these walls are very square this is a really important step square this is a really important step square this is a really important step once you find out that your wall is once you find out that your wall is once you find out that your wall is square you want to put some bracing on square you want to put some bracing on square you want to put some bracing on it so that it can't move around it so that it can't move around it so that it can't move around then you lift the wall up and you're then you lift the wall up and you're then you lift the wall up and you're pretty much ready to go until you can pretty much ready to go until you can pretty much ready to go until you can put put put adjacent walls and really start to sink adjacent walls and really start to sink adjacent walls and really start to sink things together whenever the walls come things together whenever the walls come things together whenever the walls come together like this this is the long wall together like this this is the long wall together like this this is the long wall yes this is the short wall in in the yes this is the short wall in in the yes this is the short wall in in the intersection intersection intersection the long wall always has a stud block the long wall always has a stud block the long wall always has a stud block stunt or the corner stunt or the corner stunt or the corner so that we can get nailing inside the so that we can get nailing inside the so that we can get nailing inside the short wall short wall short wall is only going to have a single stud is only going to have a single stud is only going to have a single stud the code says we have to have three the code says we have to have three the code says we have to have three studs studs studs in each corner but now here's the big
08:00in each corner but now here's the big in each corner but now here's the big lesson lesson lesson the layout we know how to do the layout the layout we know how to do the layout the layout we know how to do the layout but it's very important where the layout but it's very important where the layout but it's very important where the layout starts yeah starts yeah starts yeah now down there we started the layout now down there we started the layout now down there we started the layout think about the plywood on the outside think about the plywood on the outside think about the plywood on the outside think about how that's going to go think about how that's going to go think about how that's going to go right i wouldn't start my layout from right i wouldn't start my layout from right i wouldn't start my layout from here on this one would i because then i here on this one would i because then i here on this one would i because then i would would would the plywood having to come out here the plywood having to come out here the plywood having to come out here would throw it all off would throw it all off would throw it all off so since the plywood starts out here so since the plywood starts out here so since the plywood starts out here that's where my layout has to start on that's where my layout has to start on that's where my layout has to start on the short wall the short wall the short wall right i think short wall long wall so i right i think short wall long wall so i right i think short wall long wall so i have to start my layout there i know i have to start my layout there i know i have to start my layout there i know i need a stud in the corner need a stud in the corner need a stud in the corner and i start my layout out there and then and i start my layout out there and then and i start my layout out there and then i just do my layout just like you've i just do my layout just like you've i just do my layout just like you've learned learned learned 15 and a quarter 16. right yeah 15 and a quarter 16. right yeah 15 and a quarter 16. right yeah mark the reds now what i'm doing here is securing the now what i'm doing here is securing the top plates this is going to make sure top plates this is going to make sure top plates this is going to make sure that the walls and the interior walls that the walls and the interior walls that the walls and the interior walls and the sidewalls and the sidewalls and the sidewalls are all joined together to keep them as are all joined together to keep them as are all joined together to keep them as one piece really important step one piece really important step one piece really important step there so once the top plate is on you
09:00there so once the top plate is on you there so once the top plate is on you can work on your roof rafters can work on your roof rafters can work on your roof rafters now there's a lot of different ways to now there's a lot of different ways to now there's a lot of different ways to do roofing i'm certainly not an expert do roofing i'm certainly not an expert do roofing i'm certainly not an expert on this on this on this we went with the pitch of an 8-0 so it's we went with the pitch of an 8-0 so it's we went with the pitch of an 8-0 so it's a pretty steep pitch a pretty steep pitch a pretty steep pitch which is why we also went with the which is why we also went with the which is why we also went with the oregon and strain board oregon and strain board oregon and strain board instead of just regular plywood on top instead of just regular plywood on top instead of just regular plywood on top now it has a nice sticky surface so now it has a nice sticky surface so now it has a nice sticky surface so that's me climbing all around what i did that's me climbing all around what i did that's me climbing all around what i did here is a quarter tabbing asphalt roof here is a quarter tabbing asphalt roof here is a quarter tabbing asphalt roof you want to put down your felt paper you want to put down your felt paper you want to put down your felt paper with staples you can google quarter with staples you can google quarter with staples you can google quarter tabbing roofing tabbing roofing tabbing roofing so this was about 100 bucks like it was so this was about 100 bucks like it was so this was about 100 bucks like it was really affordable really affordable really affordable all right so it's day 5 6 7 keep running all right so it's day 5 6 7 keep running all right so it's day 5 6 7 keep running into small miscellaneous issues into small miscellaneous issues into small miscellaneous issues and things i didn't really think about and things i didn't really think about and things i didn't really think about and i want to share that with you in and i want to share that with you in and i want to share that with you in this video so let me turn it around this video so let me turn it around this video so let me turn it around all right so got some lumber here today all right so got some lumber here today all right so got some lumber here today so wrapping up the siding so wrapping up the siding so wrapping up the siding really really simple so this is a 1x6 really really simple so this is a 1x6 really really simple so this is a 1x6 channel sighting channel sighting channel sighting and it goes on pretty easy the only kind and it goes on pretty easy the only kind and it goes on pretty easy the only kind of time-consuming parts here of time-consuming parts here of time-consuming parts here are i added some ventilation so on each are i added some ventilation so on each are i added some ventilation so on each side you have the structure there's i side you have the structure there's i side you have the structure there's i think it's like a think it's like a think it's like a i don't know 12 by 6 little box there i don't know 12 by 6 little box there i don't know 12 by 6 little box there so you're going to be coming out of your
10:00so you're going to be coming out of your so you're going to be coming out of your sauna you're going to be sweaty probably sauna you're going to be sweaty probably sauna you're going to be sweaty probably steam coming out steam coming out steam coming out you don't want a mold problem in your you don't want a mold problem in your you don't want a mold problem in your sauna so think about ventilation sauna so think about ventilation sauna so think about ventilation so it's very important to vent your so it's very important to vent your so it's very important to vent your sauna near the roof ridge but it's also sauna near the roof ridge but it's also sauna near the roof ridge but it's also very important to vent the interior very important to vent the interior very important to vent the interior sauna directly to the outside sauna directly to the outside sauna directly to the outside more on this in video part two coming more on this in video part two coming more on this in video part two coming later this week skate lumber has some later this week skate lumber has some later this week skate lumber has some really great lumber really great lumber really great lumber my friend chris works there so he helped my friend chris works there so he helped my friend chris works there so he helped me out with the sizes and everything me out with the sizes and everything me out with the sizes and everything like that like that like that they delivered which is great so this is they delivered which is great so this is they delivered which is great so this is the 1x4 the 1x4 the 1x4 channel for the interior and channel for the interior and channel for the interior and we got wood for the benches right there we got wood for the benches right there we got wood for the benches right there which is great so that's what's going on which is great so that's what's going on which is great so that's what's going on so it's uh pretty easy so we'll throw so it's uh pretty easy so we'll throw so it's uh pretty easy so we'll throw this on quick and get rolling so the this on quick and get rolling so the this on quick and get rolling so the cedar siding is pretty straightforward cedar siding is pretty straightforward cedar siding is pretty straightforward do nice clean cuts and make sure that do nice clean cuts and make sure that do nice clean cuts and make sure that you're using siding nails you're using siding nails you're using siding nails now i went with a nicer more expensive now i went with a nicer more expensive now i went with a nicer more expensive cedar siding you could probably save cedar siding you could probably save cedar siding you could probably save some money here by using plywood or some money here by using plywood or some money here by using plywood or cheaper siding i wanted to make sure cheaper siding i wanted to make sure cheaper siding i wanted to make sure that this structure matched my house so that this structure matched my house so that this structure matched my house so that if i ever were to rent out or sell that if i ever were to rent out or sell that if i ever were to rent out or sell my house my house my house that it looked like this structure was that it looked like this structure was that it looked like this structure was built keeping in mind the theme built keeping in mind the theme built keeping in mind the theme of the existing house welcome back so of the existing house welcome back so of the existing house welcome back so we're going to finish up the deck today
11:00we're going to finish up the deck today we're going to finish up the deck today so about a month ago was when i framed so about a month ago was when i framed so about a month ago was when i framed it out behind me is the sighting the 1x6 it out behind me is the sighting the 1x6 it out behind me is the sighting the 1x6 cedar siding so that was the cedar cedar siding so that was the cedar cedar siding so that was the cedar untreated now here's just the untreated now here's just the untreated now here's just the application of some low voc tung oil application of some low voc tung oil application of some low voc tung oil just some natural tongue oil although it just some natural tongue oil although it just some natural tongue oil although it is more expensive than some of the is more expensive than some of the is more expensive than some of the cheaper higher cheaper higher cheaper higher volatile organic compound stains then volatile organic compound stains then volatile organic compound stains then use some osmo clear stain osmo's a use some osmo clear stain osmo's a use some osmo clear stain osmo's a company that sells some low voc stains company that sells some low voc stains company that sells some low voc stains we're gonna do something different on we're gonna do something different on we're gonna do something different on the deck so check this out so we have the deck so check this out so we have the deck so check this out so we have the deck here the deck here the deck here i was looking at it and i was like you i was looking at it and i was like you i was looking at it and i was like you know what i don't want to be looking at know what i don't want to be looking at know what i don't want to be looking at the two by fours that are going to be the two by fours that are going to be the two by fours that are going to be the deck the deck the deck they're really well uh they're really they're really well uh they're really they're really well uh they're really one by fours right what i'm going to do one by fours right what i'm going to do one by fours right what i'm going to do is a miter cut right here a 45 degree is a miter cut right here a 45 degree is a miter cut right here a 45 degree angle angle angle i'll run another one that way and then i i'll run another one that way and then i i'll run another one that way and then i can start stacking can start stacking can start stacking the decking okay so that way you're not the decking okay so that way you're not the decking okay so that way you're not looking right at not that it's bad but looking right at not that it's bad but looking right at not that it's bad but you know it gets you know it gets you know it gets yucky and it just doesn't look all that yucky and it just doesn't look all that yucky and it just doesn't look all that good so basically good so basically good so basically we're gonna do a miter cut here and then we're gonna do a miter cut here and then we're gonna do a miter cut here and then run the other one that way so run the other one that way so run the other one that way so almost be like a decorative trim piece almost be like a decorative trim piece almost be like a decorative trim piece let's do some miter cuts let's do some miter cuts let's do some miter cuts and see how it turns out i have no idea and see how it turns out i have no idea and see how it turns out i have no idea how it's going to look so the decking how it's going to look so the decking how it's going to look so the decking turned out pretty good so i'm laying out
12:00turned out pretty good so i'm laying out turned out pretty good so i'm laying out here my five here my five here my five quarter cedar clear cedar decking and i quarter cedar clear cedar decking and i quarter cedar clear cedar decking and i stained it with some tongue oil so it's stained it with some tongue oil so it's stained it with some tongue oil so it's going to going to going to last and i'll do that every year and all last and i'll do that every year and all last and i'll do that every year and all that sort of stuff what i do here this that sort of stuff what i do here this that sort of stuff what i do here this is just a little trick so you nail out is just a little trick so you nail out is just a little trick so you nail out nail in your screws and then you go and nail in your screws and then you go and nail in your screws and then you go and screw them after the fact screw them after the fact screw them after the fact all right bug what do you think it's all right bug what do you think it's all right bug what do you think it's really cool all right so the deck is on really cool all right so the deck is on really cool all right so the deck is on uh i'm short one piece and for well two uh i'm short one piece and for well two uh i'm short one piece and for well two pieces really pieces really pieces really and as i might have suspected because i and as i might have suspected because i and as i might have suspected because i knew my deck wasn't square i'm running knew my deck wasn't square i'm running knew my deck wasn't square i'm running into an issue where i got into an issue where i got into an issue where i got ooh about half an inch difference here ooh about half an inch difference here ooh about half an inch difference here but you gotta fix this but you gotta fix this but you gotta fix this oh yeah is that it okay oh yeah is that it okay oh yeah is that it okay all right so today we're gonna build the all right so today we're gonna build the all right so today we're gonna build the windows tonight it's gonna be another windows tonight it's gonna be another windows tonight it's gonna be another late one probably late one probably late one probably so behind me is the window um what i'll so behind me is the window um what i'll so behind me is the window um what i'll do is i'll link to the actual video that do is i'll link to the actual video that do is i'll link to the actual video that i watch to get inspiration i watch to get inspiration i watch to get inspiration it was made by another health uh kind of it was made by another health uh kind of it was made by another health uh kind of youtuber youtuber youtuber his name is i think it's mick or mike his name is i think it's mick or mike his name is i think it's mick or mike the vegan um the vegan um the vegan um he actually commented and like took one he actually commented and like took one he actually commented and like took one of my videos a while ago and commented
13:00of my videos a while ago and commented of my videos a while ago and commented on it saying that on it saying that on it saying that it was with david perlmutter talking it was with david perlmutter talking it was with david perlmutter talking about the ketogenic diet anyway i'll about the ketogenic diet anyway i'll about the ketogenic diet anyway i'll link both those here but link both those here but link both those here but he had a great video so make the vegan he had a great video so make the vegan he had a great video so make the vegan thank you for that so what i did is i thank you for that so what i did is i thank you for that so what i did is i bought glass here bought glass here bought glass here from from a local glass manufacturer from from a local glass manufacturer from from a local glass manufacturer because custom windows like like this because custom windows like like this because custom windows like like this guy right here i mean that was three guy right here i mean that was three guy right here i mean that was three thousand dollars right so to get thousand dollars right so to get thousand dollars right so to get big windows um nice you know it's big windows um nice you know it's big windows um nice you know it's insulated tempered all that insulated tempered all that insulated tempered all that that was 40 and then this one right here that was 40 and then this one right here that was 40 and then this one right here was was was i want to say 60 bucks so all in there's i want to say 60 bucks so all in there's i want to say 60 bucks so all in there's around 120. around 120. around 120. so essentially what i'm doing here is i so essentially what i'm doing here is i so essentially what i'm doing here is i bought two by sixes i just want to get bought two by sixes i just want to get bought two by sixes i just want to get something a little thicker something a little thicker something a little thicker um and i'm i'm ripping a bunch of small um and i'm i'm ripping a bunch of small um and i'm i'm ripping a bunch of small little cuts here little cuts here little cuts here that's going to be 5 8 inch deep and that's going to be 5 8 inch deep and that's going to be 5 8 inch deep and then i'm able to just slide the window then i'm able to just slide the window then i'm able to just slide the window in and i'll lose in and i'll lose in and i'll lose i'll use some silicon and stuff like i'll use some silicon and stuff like i'll use some silicon and stuff like that but you can see it's going to fit that but you can see it's going to fit that but you can see it's going to fit nicely to me it stands up straight and nicely to me it stands up straight and nicely to me it stands up straight and all that good stuff all that good stuff all that good stuff and then what i'm going to do is i did a and then what i'm going to do is i did a and then what i'm going to do is i did a little little little little schematic here so essentially little schematic here so essentially little schematic here so essentially what we have going on here is we have what we have going on here is we have what we have going on here is we have the
14:00the the you know the the 2x6 i have my 5 8 you know the the 2x6 i have my 5 8 you know the the 2x6 i have my 5 8 inch depth gosh the autofocus on so my inch depth gosh the autofocus on so my inch depth gosh the autofocus on so my 2x6 the 5 2x6 the 5 2x6 the 5 8 inch depth and uh then what we're 8 inch depth and uh then what we're 8 inch depth and uh then what we're going to do is we're going to rip going to do is we're going to rip going to do is we're going to rip um two and a half inches two and a um two and a half inches two and a um two and a half inches two and a quarter across and so on so quarter across and so on so quarter across and so on so you know there will be some decorative you know there will be some decorative you know there will be some decorative type of trim around there so here's the prototype of the window so here's the prototype of the window that we're building here for the that we're building here for the that we're building here for the interior um i just have the the 12 by 12 interior um i just have the the 12 by 12 interior um i just have the the 12 by 12 candle window candle window candle window so anyway just add a little dimension so anyway just add a little dimension so anyway just add a little dimension i'll go back with the router and stuff i'll go back with the router and stuff i'll go back with the router and stuff like that but as you can see like that but as you can see like that but as you can see the window sits just perfectly so i have the window sits just perfectly so i have the window sits just perfectly so i have to make to make to make i don't know seven more of these pieces i don't know seven more of these pieces i don't know seven more of these pieces um um um so they take a while but once you get so they take a while but once you get so they take a while but once you get one then it's easier to go through with one then it's easier to go through with one then it's easier to go through with it so the hardest part about this whole so the hardest part about this whole project was making these windows now project was making these windows now project was making these windows now you can obviously go through i really you can obviously go through i really you can obviously go through i really like pella windows so
15:00like pella windows so like pella windows so behind me is a pillow window i know the behind me is a pillow window i know the behind me is a pillow window i know the rap they're a really great company but rap they're a really great company but rap they're a really great company but in order to get fiberglass windows for in order to get fiberglass windows for in order to get fiberglass windows for the sauna it was going to be a 12 week the sauna it was going to be a 12 week the sauna it was going to be a 12 week plus plus plus lead time and i just didn't want to lead time and i just didn't want to lead time and i just didn't want to sacrifice all winter sacrifice all winter sacrifice all winter to wait for the windows because it's to wait for the windows because it's to wait for the windows because it's hard to you know frame out the rough hard to you know frame out the rough hard to you know frame out the rough opening for opening for opening for the windows and then do installation and the windows and then do installation and the windows and then do installation and all that and then all that and then all that and then have the thing sit there so i built my have the thing sit there so i built my have the thing sit there so i built my own windows it's been a total pain in own windows it's been a total pain in own windows it's been a total pain in the ass the ass the ass now you if you're really good with the now you if you're really good with the now you if you're really good with the miter saw you're gonna go way faster miter saw you're gonna go way faster miter saw you're gonna go way faster than me than me than me i don't do much with the miter saw so i don't do much with the miter saw so i don't do much with the miter saw so it's just getting it totally it's just getting it totally it's just getting it totally flushed and all that um anyway i flushed and all that um anyway i flushed and all that um anyway i ended up selling my ryobi and i i bought ended up selling my ryobi and i i bought ended up selling my ryobi and i i bought a a a milwaukee miter saw i just i couldn't a milwaukee miter saw i just i couldn't a milwaukee miter saw i just i couldn't do it with the ryobi it wasn't accurate do it with the ryobi it wasn't accurate do it with the ryobi it wasn't accurate enough enough enough oh we have rains we have mr ray in here oh we have rains we have mr ray in here oh we have rains we have mr ray in here so so so this glass is it's a tempered double this glass is it's a tempered double this glass is it's a tempered double pane pane pane insulated it's a half inch glass and i insulated it's a half inch glass and i insulated it's a half inch glass and i just have to get some of that uh you just have to get some of that uh you just have to get some of that uh you know know know tape off there whatever but so here's tape off there whatever but so here's tape off there whatever but so here's the window that's going to go in the the window that's going to go in the the window that's going to go in the sauna i did stain it you know it's going sauna i did stain it you know it's going sauna i did stain it you know it's going to be outside exposed
16:00to be outside exposed to be outside exposed and then here's the in interior one and then here's the in interior one and then here's the in interior one i'm not going to stain that there's no i'm not going to stain that there's no i'm not going to stain that there's no need um you know need um you know need um you know it it it's you know cedar just like the it it it's you know cedar just like the it it it's you know cedar just like the rest of everything i'm not seeing the rest of everything i'm not seeing the rest of everything i'm not seeing the interior of that interior of that interior of that but what i'm going to do is put some but what i'm going to do is put some but what i'm going to do is put some silicone on there and everything what do silicone on there and everything what do silicone on there and everything what do you think bug you think bug you think bug has dad enjoyed this process how has dad enjoyed this process how has dad enjoyed this process how has there been some swear words so has there been some swear words so has there been some swear words so this is going to be the candle window this is going to be the candle window this is going to be the candle window and uh and uh and uh we can see you so imagine if nez was we can see you so imagine if nez was we can see you so imagine if nez was sitting on the top bench of the sauna sitting on the top bench of the sauna sitting on the top bench of the sauna and rainier was there too and rainier was there too and rainier was there too so this would be what's known as the so this would be what's known as the so this would be what's known as the candle window and we can put candles candle window and we can put candles candle window and we can put candles there there there and that's going to light the interior and that's going to light the interior and that's going to light the interior part of the sauna part of the sauna part of the sauna do you like getting really hot because i do you like getting really hot because i do you like getting really hot because i have my jacket on oh okay that's good have my jacket on oh okay that's good have my jacket on oh okay that's good well you're sweating so that's healthy well you're sweating so that's healthy well you're sweating so that's healthy but i have my jacket on in the sauna okay so just getting ready to set this okay so just getting ready to set this window here window here window here uh it's looking pretty good so what i'm uh it's looking pretty good so what i'm uh it's looking pretty good so what i'm gonna do is go on and check it from the gonna do is go on and check it from the gonna do is go on and check it from the outside so this is again the window that
17:00outside so this is again the window that outside so this is again the window that i built i built i built first time building a window but i did first time building a window but i did first time building a window but i did save quite a few quite a lot of money save quite a few quite a lot of money save quite a few quite a lot of money actually i mean actually i mean actually i mean to get this double pane insulated to get this double pane insulated to get this double pane insulated tempered glass tempered glass tempered glass it was i think only 60 bucks and you it was i think only 60 bucks and you it was i think only 60 bucks and you know the window's not great i mean know the window's not great i mean know the window's not great i mean you know miter cuts are not kind of my you know miter cuts are not kind of my you know miter cuts are not kind of my thing so if you look here there's a thing so if you look here there's a thing so if you look here there's a little little see that little unevenness i'm not gonna see that little unevenness i'm not gonna see that little unevenness i'm not gonna sweat it sweat it sweat it um it's a sauna you know that's the um it's a sauna you know that's the um it's a sauna you know that's the other window i built other window i built other window i built i had to use white caulking i'm gonna i had to use white caulking i'm gonna i had to use white caulking i'm gonna cut that out with a cut that out with a cut that out with a window razor but anyway i want to get window razor but anyway i want to get window razor but anyway i want to get this window in here all right so all right well i'll let you decide what all right well i'll let you decide what do you think of that window do you think of that window do you think of that window again it could be a little bit better again it could be a little bit better again it could be a little bit better you might notice like i cut out a little you might notice like i cut out a little you might notice like i cut out a little bit more trim over there bit more trim over there bit more trim over there a little bit yeah a little bit more a little bit yeah a little bit more a little bit yeah a little bit more exciting i'll put some trim over it exciting i'll put some trim over it exciting i'll put some trim over it not too terribly worried about that not too terribly worried about that not too terribly worried about that basically what we're looking for that basically what we're looking for that basically what we're looking for that it's level it's level it's level and it looks even now you might say well and it looks even now you might say well and it looks even now you might say well it's a little flush with the building it's a little flush with the building it's a little flush with the building yeah it is i don't want it sticking out yeah it is i don't want it sticking out yeah it is i don't want it sticking out because this this thing is not like
18:00because this this thing is not like because this this thing is not like totally weatherproof so um totally weatherproof so um totally weatherproof so um yeah i'll put some window foam here put yeah i'll put some window foam here put yeah i'll put some window foam here put some trim over it some trim over it some trim over it and i might just push it back just a and i might just push it back just a and i might just push it back just a hair all right welcome back so it's a hair all right welcome back so it's a hair all right welcome back so it's a great day but it also means we have so great day but it also means we have so great day but it also means we have so much more words to do friends much more words to do friends much more words to do friends we just got the stove last night so it we just got the stove last night so it we just got the stove last night so it came via freight came via freight came via freight from kuma kumalempa so you are seeing from kuma kumalempa so you are seeing from kuma kumalempa so you are seeing this for the first time this for the first time this for the first time as i am look at this thing so remember as i am look at this thing so remember as i am look at this thing so remember part of this experience part of why part of this experience part of why part of this experience part of why we're creating this i don't want to get we're creating this i don't want to get we're creating this i don't want to get wet it's just a gnarly northwest day wet it's just a gnarly northwest day wet it's just a gnarly northwest day here here here you know part of what we're doing here you know part of what we're doing here you know part of what we're doing here with this sauna is i wanted it to be a with this sauna is i wanted it to be a with this sauna is i wanted it to be a totally different experience so when totally different experience so when totally different experience so when people come over people come over people come over clients friends customers of my science clients friends customers of my science clients friends customers of my science all that all that all that to experience what it really feels like to experience what it really feels like to experience what it really feels like to be in asana that's 200 210 maybe up to be in asana that's 200 210 maybe up to be in asana that's 200 210 maybe up to 220 degrees to 220 degrees to 220 degrees getting that classic finish on a feel getting that classic finish on a feel getting that classic finish on a feel having the the wood fired stove having the the wood fired stove having the the wood fired stove all of that also i wanted to be able to all of that also i wanted to be able to all of that also i wanted to be able to enjoy it if the power enjoy it if the power enjoy it if the power goes out which it frequently does around goes out which it frequently does around goes out which it frequently does around here we have you know wind storms and here we have you know wind storms and here we have you know wind storms and and these monster storms that come
19:00and these monster storms that come and these monster storms that come through it's only about once a year that through it's only about once a year that through it's only about once a year that the power goes out for any the power goes out for any the power goes out for any substantial length of time but how cool substantial length of time but how cool substantial length of time but how cool would it be to invite friends over and would it be to invite friends over and would it be to invite friends over and say hey we don't have power say hey we don't have power say hey we don't have power but we have a really hot sauna come on but we have a really hot sauna come on but we have a really hot sauna come on over now this over now this over now this also means is there's a lot more also means is there's a lot more also means is there's a lot more involved we're gonna have to put dura involved we're gonna have to put dura involved we're gonna have to put dura rock rock rock behind us on a stove there's a lot more behind us on a stove there's a lot more behind us on a stove there's a lot more that goes into it this thing weighs that goes into it this thing weighs that goes into it this thing weighs 500 pounds 550 pounds 500 pounds 550 pounds 500 pounds 550 pounds i'm probably not going to be able to get i'm probably not going to be able to get i'm probably not going to be able to get it back there by myself but i'm going to it back there by myself but i'm going to it back there by myself but i'm going to try so you're going to see me attempt to try so you're going to see me attempt to try so you're going to see me attempt to do this do this do this it's probably going to be ugly but here it's probably going to be ugly but here it's probably going to be ugly but here we go that was a pain in the butt so what i that was a pain in the butt so what i had to do i'll show you the two by six had to do i'll show you the two by six had to do i'll show you the two by six lumber that i had it was a douglas fir lumber that i had it was a douglas fir lumber that i had it was a douglas fir treated two by six lumber treated two by six lumber treated two by six lumber what i did is i made a ramp up the steps what i did is i made a ramp up the steps what i did is i made a ramp up the steps and i dragged that 500 and i dragged that 500 and i dragged that 500 it's like 475 pounds i use this hand it's like 475 pounds i use this hand it's like 475 pounds i use this hand truck truck truck but uh it was hard it was really hard but uh it was hard it was really hard but uh it was hard it was really hard but there it is so that's the kuma stove but there it is so that's the kuma stove but there it is so that's the kuma stove it's the medium unit let's check it out it's the medium unit let's check it out it's the medium unit let's check it out so oh man it just feels nice
20:00so oh man it just feels nice so oh man it just feels nice so this is airtight okay this whole so this is airtight okay this whole so this is airtight okay this whole thing completely airtight thing completely airtight thing completely airtight because you know you're gonna be in a because you know you're gonna be in a because you know you're gonna be in a sauna and uh sauna and uh sauna and uh you don't wanna be inhaling smoke and you don't wanna be inhaling smoke and you don't wanna be inhaling smoke and stuff so there's bricks in there i took stuff so there's bricks in there i took stuff so there's bricks in there i took half the bricks out half the bricks out half the bricks out i didn't seem to the bricks didn't weigh i didn't seem to the bricks didn't weigh i didn't seem to the bricks didn't weigh much they say it's a hundred pounds of much they say it's a hundred pounds of much they say it's a hundred pounds of bricks but bricks but bricks but um then there are rocks you need to get um then there are rocks you need to get um then there are rocks you need to get on top sonic rocks on top sonic rocks on top sonic rocks yeah that's it it's looking pretty cool yeah that's it it's looking pretty cool yeah that's it it's looking pretty cool huh huh huh now i just gotta finish up the dura rock now i just gotta finish up the dura rock now i just gotta finish up the dura rock and some other things and we're off to and some other things and we're off to and some other things and we're off to the races but uh this thing is really the races but uh this thing is really the races but uh this thing is really really well built um gosh look at this really well built um gosh look at this really well built um gosh look at this thing thing thing so this is the choke here looks like so this is the choke here looks like so this is the choke here looks like that's open that's open that's open i'm gonna say open and then close and i'm gonna say open and then close and i'm gonna say open and then close and then this is the ashtray then this is the ashtray then this is the ashtray so you can dump your ashes out you know yeah so that hand cart did the trick i yeah so that hand cart did the trick i was surprised was surprised was surprised well my friend that's it for video part well my friend that's it for video part well my friend that's it for video part two of the do-it-yourself backyard sauna two of the do-it-yourself backyard sauna two of the do-it-yourself backyard sauna series so in the next video we're gonna
21:00series so in the next video we're gonna series so in the next video we're gonna focus in on the interior of the focus in on the interior of the focus in on the interior of the hot room how to wrap it how to vent it hot room how to wrap it how to vent it hot room how to wrap it how to vent it how to insulate it how to insulate it how to insulate it how to do the blocking how to build the how to do the blocking how to build the how to do the blocking how to build the benches we focus on the stove benches we focus on the stove benches we focus on the stove installation we build sauna rocks and we installation we build sauna rocks and we installation we build sauna rocks and we take our very first sauna session take our very first sauna session take our very first sauna session and you're going to take a session with and you're going to take a session with and you're going to take a session with us so thanks as always for tuning in and us so thanks as always for tuning in and us so thanks as always for tuning in and definitely check out saunatimes.com and definitely check out saunatimes.com and definitely check out saunatimes.com and check out our show check out our show check out our show sponsor skillshare.com and the first 1 sponsor skillshare.com and the first 1 sponsor skillshare.com and the first 1 000 people that sign up get a free 000 people that sign up get a free 000 people that sign up get a free membership membership membership links will be below friends so we'll links will be below friends so we'll links will be below friends so we'll catch you and look forward to seeing you catch you and look forward to seeing you catch you and look forward to seeing you on video part 3. [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] hey hey hey [Music]