Infrared, traditional & hybrid — every part of the hot room.
Manufacturer-aligned care: gentle, wood-safe cleaning (never harsh chemicals that damage cedar or void warranties), heater and electrical service, and documentation with photos after every visit — the same discipline behind our cold plunge network.
🧖 Sauna Maintenance
Recurring or one-time care visits:
- Wood-safe interior clean (benches, walls, backrests)
- Bench & high-contact surface treatment
- Heater / emitter panel inspection
- Controls, door, hinges & glass check
- Ventilation & moisture inspection
🪵 Deep Clean & Wood Care
The full reset — especially for commercial rooms:
- Full-room hygiene deep clean, sauna-safe products
- Sweat-stain treatment & light sanding where needed
- Paraffin oil bench treatment (traditional)
- Heater stone inspection / re-stack / replacement
- Mold & mildew inspection
🔧 Sauna Repair
Diagnostics + repair, all brands:
- Heaters, elements & infrared emitter panels
- Control boards, keypads & power supplies
- Lighting, red light & chromotherapy
- Door, bench & structural wood repair
- Written estimate before any repair work
Simple, flat pricing — launch rates.
Same transparent model as our cold plunge service. Commercial facilities with plunges + saunas: ask about bundling — one vendor, one visit, your whole recovery room covered.
Sauna Tune-Up & Inspection
- ✓ Wood-safe interior clean — benches, walls, backrests (manufacturer-approved cleaner only)
- ✓ Heater / infrared emitter inspection — every panel verified heating
- ✓ Controls, keypad & electrical check
- ✓ Door seal, hinges, glass & ventilation check
- ✓ Moisture / mold inspection under benches
- ✓ Digital service report with photos
Credited toward any plan started within 30 days.
Sauna Deep Clean & Wood Care
- ✓ Everything in the Tune-Up, plus:
- ✓ Full-room hygiene deep clean, along the grain, sauna-safe products
- ✓ Sweat-stain treatment — light sanding & refinish where needed
- ✓ Paraffin oil bench treatment (traditional saunas) — seals wood against sweat & dirt
- ✓ Heater stone service — tap-test, remove cracked stones, clear debris, re-stack for airflow
- ✓ Mold / mildew treatment on small spots
- ✓ Before & after photo documentation
Diagnostics & Repair
- ✓ Trip + full first hour on-site included
- ✓ Heaters, elements & infrared emitter panels
- ✓ Control boards, keypads & power supplies
- ✓ Lighting, red light & chromotherapy
- ✓ Bench, door & structural wood repair
- ✓ Written estimate before any repair · then $185/hr
Same rate card as our plunge service — one standard.
Replacement heater stones and repair parts are materials, billed at cost — no markup games. Oversized or commercial rooms quoted before the visit. Commercial plans (weekly/biweekly hygiene cleans for high-traffic rooms) quoted per facility — tell us about your setup. Add sauna care to an existing Cold Standard plunge plan and save.
What we use on your sauna — and why.
No mystery products. Every item in our sauna kit is either the manufacturer's own care product or a tool for verifying your equipment — the same standard we publish for our cold plunge water care.
Harvia & Sunlighten sauna cleaners
The manufacturers' own wood-safe detergents. Sauna wood is untreated and absorbs whatever touches it — household cleaners, bleach, ammonia, and abrasives (even citrus) damage cedar and hemlock and can void your warranty. We use the products the sauna makers themselves specify, applied to the cloth — never sprayed in the room, where overspray can damage heater elements and infrared emitters.
Harvia paraffin oil — bench treatment
The one wood treatment sauna manufacturers approve. A thin coat on benches and high-contact surfaces seals the grain against sweat and dirt without stopping the wood from breathing (paint and stain do — which is why we never use them). Finnish standard practice: once or twice a year at home, quarterly on commercial rooms.
Harvia sauna stones — replaced at cost
Heater stones crack and crumble with heat cycles. Degraded or too-tightly packed stones choke the heater's airflow — your sauna heats slower and burns more energy. We tap-test every stone, clear the debris from the heater well, re-stack loosely for airflow, and replace failed stones with proper olivine diabase — billed at our cost, no markup.
Infrared thermometer — emitter verification
The most common infrared sauna failure is a quietly dead emitter panel — the room still heats, just unevenly and slower, so most owners never notice. We verify every panel is actually firing on every visit, so a $0 inspection catch doesn't become an out-of-warranty repair later.
Fine-grit sanding — sweat stain removal
Sweat stains don't wash out of untreated wood — they're in the surface fibers. Light sanding with fine grit, always along the grain, lifts the stained layer and restores the wood without harming it. It's the manufacturer-recommended fix, and it's why our deep clean leaves benches looking new instead of just "wiped."
Photo documentation — every visit
Before-and-after photos of benches, stones, heater, and any issue we find — attached to a digital service report you keep. For commercial facilities, that's your hygiene and maintenance paper trail; for warranty units, it's the evidence trail the manufacturer wants.
Sauna service FAQ
Do you service infrared and traditional saunas?
Yes — infrared, traditional electric (heater + stones), wood-fired, and steam rooms. All brands: Sun Home, Clearlight, Sunlighten, Harvia, Finnleo, and custom-built rooms.
What do you clean sauna wood with?
Only manufacturer-approved, wood-safe sauna cleaners — never bleach, ammonia, abrasives, or household chemicals. Sauna wood is untreated by design; the wrong cleaner damages cedar and hemlock and can void your warranty. That's most of the reason to hire a sauna specialist instead of a general cleaner.
How often should a sauna be professionally serviced?
Home saunas: a deep clean with wood care 1–2× per year, with heater stones replaced roughly annually on traditional units. Commercial rooms: quarterly deep cleans with paraffin treatment on high-contact surfaces, plus monthly heater and electrical inspections — high traffic ages wood and stones much faster.
My sauna won't heat / a panel is dead — can you fix it?
Yes. Heater elements, infrared emitter panels, control boards, keypads, power supplies, and lighting. The $170 service call covers the trip and a full first hour of diagnosis, and you get a written estimate before we do any repair work.
Where do you offer sauna service?
Nationwide — dedicated crews across California, Lake Tahoe, Arizona, Texas, and Florida, plus certified partner techs coast to coast. Wherever you are, send the form and we'll route you to the nearest certified technician.
Request sauna service
Tell us about your sauna — we respond same day with next steps or a quote.