Is a Bunya a sauna?? I have never built one, but you could enclose the bottom side of the top plate to make a channel or groove, then cut the boards to fit snug and tack or toe nail them to the bottom plate. Almost no exposed nails. They also make copper and aluminum nails! Copper might corrode too though. You could also use SS wood screws and a drill driver???
Danny,,,,, I think you should continue to tell us your plans,,, perhaps we could help save your marriage???
Installing a camera in the sauna to watch your wife’s friends, sounds like a plan for disaster. When the camera lens steams up, are you going to run in every 5 minutes to wipe it off, or will you ask them to do it for you???
Will your wife be happy knowing she’s’ not enough for you??? Women sometimes feel self-conscious after having a baby!!!! They can also suffer from depression after having the baby!!
Do you see where this is going???????
surveillance:)) nice
hey whats wrong with galvanized nails?
stainless screws would be magic just a bit ugly, copper nails would be the business if they are to be exposed.
i'm guessing the timber you would be using is tongue and groove.
nail timbers through the tongues onto each stud as lonely said, cannot see why you cannot use galvanized nails, they also will be hidden when the groove is slotted over the tongue.
just try to use good seasoned timber that doesn't expand and shrink with all that steamy heat and such
To be honest, Kiwi’s idea is a lot better!!
I didn’t mean tongue and groove boards, but a groove or slot on the top plate for the boards to lock into, then toe nailed on the bottom. If you didn’t use interlocking boards, it could warp and create gaps on you.
Galvanized nails still rust, even after being painted on exterior siding.
You could countersink the SS screws and put a little wooden cap on each of them??
Three rooms? The sauna, dressing room, and the cool down tub??
I really don’t care for saunas, I can’t breathe in them. I prefer whirlpools! I always check the hotels to see if they have a sauna and/or whirlpool,, and many will have them,,, but I have yet to find one that works!!! Just because they advertise it,,, doesn’t mean it works!
any timber danny thats self-preservative and is from a very cold climate, (north america russian norway) this timber never moves with radical temp changes. like the proper timber for log-cabins.
that baltic pine be very careful, they are milling all sorts, they have lots of rubbish pine on the go that cannot handle wet areas.
theres only certain woods that are the business, check father in-law for the name of the stuff, its the best,, all far eastern and such buildings are built from it where there timber is exposed to outside. you would think it was cedar looking at it.
never saw any man made chemical preserved timber there, amazing stuff.
I forgot a small detail about my suggestions,,, the boards would be vertical,,, up and down!! You won’t get water trapped between the boards this way!
My late brother in-law’s lake house was a log cabin, with the logs vertical. Today, they just use rails that are slabed on one side, then sized, and nailed on both sides to make it look like a log cabin!
Kiwi, why aren’t those buildings being used,,,, too old fashioned, or not in good enough shape?
My brother in-law’s cabins were built in the late 1800’s or early 1900's, exact date unknown. His father built them and he was English.
Danny,, Aspen is easy to work with, but it is the 2nd or 3rd worst for handling the weather. Basswood is the worst followed by Poplar, which is a type of Aspen! I don’t think Aspen would warp a lot, but it does soak up a lot of moisture.
lonely, its a effect of a few things
many farms are sold to enlarge other farms(big business syndrome)
or forestry firms who dont want the houses to grow pine on old farms.
none of these groups want to look after or rent these old buildings or even modern buildings to anyone.
also our goverment land taxes and electrity cost are so high now for substanable living in some areas so you also get that ghost town effect happening from such.
sign of the times i guess, we have population of 4.5 million and 1000 NZers a week are leaving to mainly live in aussie.
its a real shame and rather sad to see these houses or cabins left for live stock to run through.
one next to parents farm (cabin) is a 130years plus that was built by cross-cut handsaw, axe, big and small hammers, nails,, all timber or boards from roof walls studs to floor was split from logs by axe alone (amazing clean boards of stud length all vertical cladding)even window framing.
certain purpose trees were cross cut down to lengths for this splitting, cool stuff.