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Sanctuary Builders
We build saunas.
And the sanctuary around them.
Design, sourcing, site preparation, electrical coordination, assembly, and the years after.
ColoradoSouthern CaliforniaKansas City metro
5.0 on Google80+ verified reviews100+ installs across Colorado
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Call for a free estimate720.780.4400Buildouts we offer.
Outdoor barrel saunas
Shown: one of our barrel builds in Colorado.
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Outdoor cube saunas
Shown: SaunaLife's rendering of the CL5G, a cube we install.
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Outdoor cabin saunas
Shown: SaunaLife's rendering of the GL4, a cabin we install.
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Indoor saunas
Shown: SaunaLife's image of the X2, an indoor sauna we install.
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Infrared saunas
Shown: a Clearlight cabin we installed in Colorado.
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Cold plunge
Shown: our Castle Rock, Colorado build. Full thermal cycle: sauna, plunge, electrical coordination, protection.
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Six of the rooms we install most. Each is a buildout: the room, everything it needs to run, and the build. Every buildout has a page, and every page ends in the same place: a conversation with a specialist.
SaunaLife CL5G Outdoor Sauna
Sauna buildout: Cube Series outdoor sauna · 4 people
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SaunaLife CL7G Outdoor Sauna
Sauna buildout: Cube Series outdoor sauna · 6 people
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SaunaLife GL4 Outdoor Cabin
Sauna buildout: Garden Luxury outdoor cabin · 4 people
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SaunaLife GL6 Outdoor Cabin
Sauna buildout: Garden Luxury outdoor cabin · 6 people
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Clearlight Sanctuary 5 Indoor Infrared
Infrared sauna buildout: Sanctuary indoor infrared · 4 people
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Clearlight Sanctuary Outdoor 5 Outdoor Infrared
Infrared sauna buildout: Sanctuary Outdoor infrared · 5 people
See this buildoutWhat a build includes.
Consultation
Your space, your climate, your household, and how you plan to use it.
Design
Layout drawings and renderings, so you see the room before anything ships.
Sourcing
Across every maker we carry, chosen for your site rather than one catalog.
Site preparation
Pad, foundation, drainage, access, placement.
Electrical coordination
Coordinated by us, performed by licensed electricians.
Assembly
Freight received, components moved, the room built on site by our crew.
Protection and support
Wood treated for the seasons it will live through, and someone to call after.
We build it to the same standard.
You don’t have to buy the unit from us to hire our crew. We assemble saunas sourced anywhere to the same standard: bought elsewhere, sitting in the garage, or still on the way.
Knowing you want one is the easy part.
After that it gets loud. A dozen makers claiming the same thing. Conflicting advice about heat, wood, and EMF from people who each sell one brand.
Nobody tells you who coordinates the electrical, what a pad costs to pour, how long a real assembly takes, or who answers the phone when a heater faults in year three.
Most people stall right there. Some stall for years. That part is our job.
A few of the saunas we’ve built across Colorado.
Real installs, real homes. A sample of recent assembly, electrical coordination, and finish work.
A Thermory Barrel Sauna No. 60, assembled in Alma, Colorado.
An on-site build, sped up. The real thing takes four to eight hours, with more time for a protection service and for removing and recycling all the shipping material.
The build details that decide whether your sauna lasts twenty years.
The cheap install isn’t the cheap install. It’s the install plus the repair, plus the replacement, plus the warranty fight.
A sauna isn’t complicated equipment. But it lives in a brutal environment: high heat, high humidity, freeze-thaw cycles, and twenty years of regular use. Build details that would survive in a normal room fail in a sauna.
Every month, we walk into installations someone else built and see the things that show up at year three or year five: bench supports under-fastened, heater guards set against the manufacturer’s spec, vapor barriers seamed the wrong direction. The details that don’t announce themselves the first week, but surface when the wood splits or the bench works loose.
That’s why we specify everything: bench supports placed per the design specs, heater placement per the manufacturer’s specs, electrical that matches published guidance rather than what’s cheapest to wire. The members we work with don’t have to learn the difference between a build that holds and a build that fails. We hand them the one that holds.
DIY vs. a general contractor vs. Sauna Friend.
| Doing it yourself | A general contractor | Sauna Friend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knows sauna vapor barriers and venting | No | Sometimes | Yes |
| Electrical coordination | No | Yes | Yes |
| Manufacturer experience | No | No | Yes |
| Site preparation and leveling | Yours to do | Yes | Yes |
| Warranty support | No | No | Yes |
| First-burn walkthrough | No | No | Yes |
| Craftsmanship guarantee | No | No | Yes |
Most homeowners quickly see why a specialist build protects the investment.
Every buildout we offer, in one place.
Barrel, cube, cabin, indoor, infrared, and cold plunge. Woods, heaters, dimensions, and what each one is suited to. Download it, take your time, and come back when a buildout stands out.
The whole room.
A sanctuary can be a sauna on its own. It can also be the full recovery room: sauna, cold plunge, red light, and the space around them designed as one project rather than four separate purchases.
Residential and commercial. Prefabricated rooms we source, or custom work drawn from scratch.
See recovery roomsThree regions. Local crews in each.
Colorado Front Range
Freeze and thaw, altitude sun. Thermally modified wood outperforms cedar here, and we will tell you why on the first call.
Longmont · Boulder · Broomfield · Denver · Fort Collins · Colorado Springs
Sauna installation in DenverSouthern California
Coastal air, mild seasons, design led work. Built with a licensed general contractor and local crews.
Irvine · Newport Beach · Costa Mesa · Laguna Beach · Encinitas · Carlsbad
Sauna installation in Orange CountyKansas City Metro
Humidity and clay soil make site preparation the deciding factor. Both sides of the state line.
Overland Park · Leawood · Olathe · Lee's Summit · Liberty · Parkville
Sauna installation in Kansas CityRead what they say about the build.
5.0 on Google across 80+ verified reviews. Each review below links to the original on Google.
“David, the owner, worked with us to get a high quality sauna. David is very responsive, knowledgeable, honest and responsive. He will have your sauna delivered to your home. He will then assemble the sauna and remove all the packaging. I highly recommend purchasing a sauna from Sauna Friend.”
Dennis DonovanFort Collins, CORead it on Google (opens in a new tab) “Sauna Friends were exceptional! They fixed my sauna door, added flashing, and reinstalled my sauna roof. I looked for sauna-specific professionals to do these repairs so I could be confident they'd know what they're doing, and they did.”
Jessmine AndersonColoradoRead it on Google (opens in a new tab) “Worthy of 10 stars! Went above and beyond to ensure we had full understanding in everything: the sauna we purchased, the ordering, delivery, and setup. Absolutely love our sauna and worth every penny. David was incredibly knowledgeable and went out of his way to over-deliver. Highly recommend working with David!”
Nicholas LoscalzoColoradoRead it on Google (opens in a new tab)
What members say, in their own words.
Every review below was posted publicly to our Google Business Profile by the person who wrote it. The excerpts are their sentences, unedited, with their names as Google shows them.
out of 5 on Google, across 80+ verified reviews
From our very first inquiry, their communication was top-notch. They offered quick responses and were incredibly friendly and easy to work with. Throughout the entire project, they were very professional and completely clear about the process, so we knew exactly what to expect at every step.
The team did an incredible job putting together our SaunaLife CL5G. They were on time, efficient, and detail oriented. I would highly recommend them to anyone needing a sauna assembled!
I was able to ask all my questions and get guidance on which model was best for me. David and his team came out to install it and it's been working beautifully for several months! It even came in earlier than expected!
I'm extremely happy with my infrared sauna purchase from David/ Sauna Friend. David is knowledgeable, professional, and helped me find the perfect fit for my needs.
David was incredibly knowledgeable, communicative, responding at all times of day, and provided detailed information regarding planned repairs. He showed up on day one with a full crew!
They started off by helping me pick the sauna that fit my needs and my budget without any pressure or upselling, which was a nice breath of fresh air. When I was ready to make my purchase they walked me through the whole thing.
A note from the founder
My goal is to help the world transition to regenerative wellness practices that hold communities together. I spent half my life in the corporate world, where the work was mostly transactional. I am shifting my focus toward the mission now, and I hope to one day open a Bioharmony Sanctuary of my own.
What I do today feels personal in a way that work rarely did. It gives me, and the members I serve, the peace of mind that this is going toward something greater. It feels bigger than me.
A quick hello from the founder.
David Drimmel on why he started Sauna Friend, the homes and communities we build for, and what working with us looks like from consultation to first burn.
Other brands we work with
We source and install across the industry, for the member, not for the brand. If the right fit for your sanctuary is one of these, we’ll handle it from start to finish.
- Homecraft
- Almost Heaven
- ThermaSol
- Cozy Heat
- Narvi
- IKI
- Iglucraft
- Kohler
- Finlandia
- Haljas
- Hukka
- Kolo
- Mr. Steam
- Rento
- ProSaunas
- Aromamist
- Delta
Four ways in. Pick the one that fits.
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5.0 on Google across 80+ verified reviews