Saunas & wellness spaces — our favourite niche
Heat therapy, without the contractor headache.
Assembly, install, heater swaps and repair — indoor or out. It is the work we like most, which tends to show up in the bench detail.
Install and repair
Sauna install and repair for Salt Lake County — and over the pass
Salty Home Services installs, repairs and swaps heaters on indoor and outdoor saunas across Salt Lake, Wasatch and Summit counties — kit assembly, custom builds and rescue work on saunas we did not originally build.
Most of our sauna work is in Salt Lake County — Sandy, Draper, South Jordan, Holladay, Salt Lake City — and a steady share of it is over the pass in Heber, Midway and Park City. Same crew either way.
We are not a sauna-only showroom, and that is the point: we are the licensed contractor who assembles the kit, builds the custom room, swaps the heater, and comes back when something stops working. Two jobs, one number to call.
New install — kit or custom
Barrel and cabin kits assembled and levelled on a base that will still be flat next winter. Or a custom indoor conversion or outdoor build, framed, insulated, vapour-sealed and clad, with benches sized for actual humans. Heater sizing and electrical coordination are part of the scope, not a surprise at the end.
Repair and heater swaps
A heater that stopped heating, a controller that will not hold a setting, benches that sag, a door that stopped sealing, cladding gone grey. Electric or wood heaters replaced and coordinated with a licensed electrician where the circuit needs it — guards, clearances and controls to spec. You do not have to have bought the sauna from us.
Four ways in
Whatever stage you are at, there is a version of this job.
Most sauna calls land in one of four buckets. Say which one sounds like you and we can skip three emails.
Kit assembly
You bought the barrel or the cabin kit and the instructions are, generously, a suggestion. We assemble it properly and level it on a base that will still be flat next winter.
Custom build
Indoor conversions and outdoor builds framed, insulated, vapour-sealed and clad. Benches sized for actual humans, not catalogue photos.
Heater swap
Electric or wood, replaced and coordinated with a licensed electrician where the circuit needs it. Guards, clearances and controls done to spec.
Repair & refresh
Sagging benches, tired cladding, doors that stopped sealing, and the grey-out that happens when a cedar bench has not been oiled since it was installed.
Recent build — Herriman
An outdoor kit, assembled and finished.
A homeowner-bought outdoor sauna kit, assembled and finished on an existing paver patio. Shell and floor first, every bench and backrest line set off a laser before a board was fixed, then the heater, the lighting and the glass front. The last two frames are the same box once it was running.
Recent rebuild — Heber City
An existing sauna, stripped back and rebuilt inside.
An existing sauna at Red Ledges stripped back and rebuilt inside. The old benches were badly made and came out along with the floor. The new floor is tile over Schluter-DITRA, set with a levelling system so nothing sits proud underfoot, and the benches and duckboard on top of it are clear cedar. The first frames are the finished interior, with the LED strip run behind the backrest; the rest is how it got there.
How a sauna job runs
The boring layers are the ones that hold the heat.
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What kind of heat?
Traditional or infrared, indoor or out, kit or custom. Ten minutes on the phone narrows it fast.
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Site and power
We look at the pad, the drainage, the clearances and the circuit. Power is where most sauna plans quietly fall over.
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Build and seal
Frame, insulate, vapour barrier, clad, bench. The boring layers are the ones that decide whether it holds heat.
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First fire
We run it, check the controls and the clearances, and show you how to look after the wood so it ages well.
What’s included in a sauna scope
Every sauna quote spells out the structure, the heater, the electrical coordination and the finish work separately — so you can see exactly where the money is going, and what you could change your mind about.
- Kit assembly and barrel sauna setup
- Custom indoor and outdoor builds
- Heater replacement and electrical coordination
- Repair, re-benching and bench refinishing
Questions
Sauna questions, answered without the mysticism.
Can you install a sauna I already bought?
Yes — kit assembly is a large share of what we do. Have the model and the manual handy when you reach out, and tell us where it is going.
Can you rescue a sauna somebody else built?
Yes, and it is a regular call. Heater swaps, controllers, benching, doors that stopped sealing and cladding left to grey out — we take repair work on saunas we did not build, kits included. Tell us the make and model if you have it, and send a photo of the heater plate — those numbers are what we need to chase parts.
Indoor or outdoor — which is less hassle?
Outdoor is usually simpler structurally and harder on power and weatherproofing. Indoor is the reverse: easier to power, fussier about vapour, ventilation and the room around it. We will tell you which fight you are picking.
Do I need an electrician?
Most electric heaters need a dedicated circuit, and that work goes to a licensed electrician. We coordinate it as part of the job rather than leaving you to project-manage two trades.
What about permits?
It depends on your city, the structure and the electrical scope. We check it for your address before the build rather than after — nobody enjoys that version of the conversation.
What is not included until you have scoped it?
Anything we have not seen. Circuit upgrades, pad or foundation work, drainage, structural changes to the room and any permit costs get priced once we have looked at the actual site — we would rather they show up as line items in the estimate than as an allowance that drifts.
Related services
While we are already in the house.
A sauna is rarely the only thing on the list. Same crew, same calendar, same finish standard.
Want the background first? About Salty covers who turns up, and our work is where finished projects land.
Request an estimate
Talk saunas with us.
Tell us the space, the kit if you have bought one, and what the power situation looks like. Ten minutes of that saves three emails.
- Have the model and the manual handy if it is a kit
- A photo of the pad, the room or the panel helps a lot
- We coordinate the electrician rather than leaving it to you
Your turn
Talk sauna with us. We will not make it weird.
Tell us the space, the kit and the power situation. We will tell you what it takes.