Description
Overview: A 4-day intensive sauna building class with Rob Licht, sauna builder and educator. This is a comprehensive class with demonstrations, lectures and some hands-on experience.
Dates: Thursday, May 1 thru Sunday May 4, 2025
Class Location: 8 Verizon Lane, Lansing, NY 14882 US
We will cover many aspects of building saunas including:
•Design and layout of your sauna: Freestanding & Electric Saunas
•Selection of the proper wood and other materials
•Insulation principles
•Interior wood paneling
•The kiuas or sauna stove (emphasis on wood burning)
•Safe clearances and chimney installation
•Floor and stove wall masonry construction.
•Mobile saunas
•Benches, doors, windows and other sauna details
•Using the sauna: usage, custom and etiquette
•sauna culture, business, construction challenges and more… !
Recommended prerequisite: We’re not covering basic carpentry (exterior framing), and basic metal working. If you lack these skills it is advised that you take a hands-on carpentry class.
Schedule:
Thursday: 10AM to 5PM, lunch provided
Friday: 9AM to 5PM, lunch provided
Saturday: 9AM to 5PM, lunch provided
Sunday: 9AM to 1PM, lite brunch provided
There will also be opportunities for socializing after class and the option to take sauna most days. Throughout the intensive days we will have break-out work sessions, time to answer short questions, and coffee breaks. One evening, we will sauna and picnic at a local park on Cayuga Lake. Significant others are welcome to join us for this evening event.
Total Class Fee: $900 individual -or- $1700 couple/family rate
A $100 non-refundable deposit is due at registration and applied to the class fee.
Location: At the Shop of Rob Licht Custom Saunas 8 Verizon Lane, Unit 1, Lansing, NY 14882
About the Teacher: Rob Licht has been taking sauna for 50 years and has built and designed hundreds of custom saunas. Rob readily dispenses his knowledge to students and hopes to share his enthusiasm and expert knowledge of sauna with you.Rob Licht grew up near Ithaca, N.Y., inspired by the bucolic landscape of the Finger Lakes region. He fell in love with sauna and Finnish culture as a teenager at a local cross-country ski center run by a Finnish family. He has a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Cornell University and has been a practicing artist and teacher for over 30 years. He taught art at Ithaca College for 12 years and has also taught adult education classes in welding, art, and design. He began combining his love of sauna, his practice as an artist and his skills acquired from working in the building trades into a sauna building business in 1995.Today sauna building is his primary focus and he is one of the leading east coast sauna builders and sauna building educator offering a plethora of information to his clients and now students from around the world.
Terms & Info: A $100 non refundable deposit is due at registration payable paypal/venmo and applied to total class fee. Your balance is due (via mailed check) at least 45 days before class in order to attend. We realize that check writing may be a thing of the past, so are other options via paypal but ask that you cover the 3% paypal fee. We will also accept cash for the balance when you arrive, just let us know if you are planning on that so we can plan for your attendance. In the event the class is under enrolled (6 or less), you will be informed and your deposit of $100 will be refunded. In the case the class is over enrolled (12+) we will put you on a waitlist and we will let you know asap if you can attend. Class size will be limited to 12. Because of the overwhelming popularity of the class, there is a waitlist, so if you do need to cancel please keep in mind so we have time to fulfill your spot. Class attendees will have the opportunity to buy our sauna building plans at 50% off. You will receive a discount code in the email after registration.
About the Shop: 3000 sq ft with 16 ft ceilings and two large overhead doors and outdoor spaces to ensure good air quality.
Lunch included. Lunches will be delivered to the shop. We will accommodate basic dietary restrictions with options. Coffee, Tea and snacks will also be available throughout the days of the class.
Sauna etiquette: We allow about 4 people at a time in the sauna. Bathing suits are required; please bring 2 towels (free from perfumed detergents) to sit on in the sauna. Towels will also be provided everyday. Everyone will get a chance to sauna most days after class.
