Is it ok to leave the sauna stove unattended?
It is preferable not to leave the stove unattended. 'Trust but verify’ as they say. A wood-burning stove has to be fed by hand and from time to time, you need to check how much the previous armful of logs has burned down. Gas and electric-powered stoves are equipped with an automatic control unit so they don’t require the same kind of monitoring.
It is ok to pour water onto the stove?
It will reduce the stove's life cycle if you do. It is not advisable to do so.
How do I know when the stove has reached temperature?
With time you will recognise when the stove is ready just by looking, but at least initially, you can tell whether it is ready either by counting the number of armfuls of logs you have burned or by checking the sensors on the electric control panel that is fitted on all our stoves. In the case of an electric-powered or gas-fuelled stove, the heat up process is totally automated.
Is it ok to splash water onto the core for steam whilst the stove is working?
The stove heat up process and the steam session itself take place at different intervals, so there is no need to produce steam whilst the stove is being heated because there won’t be any bathers inside at the time. Furnace Art Engineering guarantees the safety of its authentic, traditional masonry stoves.
Can you make steam using beer?
It's really not worth trying as it would be very difficult to clean the stove lining afterwards. The pleasant aromas in a Russian sauna are achieved by hanging bunches of sweet-smelling herbs along the walls of the steam room and by sprinkling aromatic, spirit-based tinctures onto the surfaces of the walls.