Useful on cedar & banyas
Guides and breakdowns from builders who have been hewing cedar since 2006. No filler, no claims we cannot back.
Why cedar is the best material for a banya
Phytoncides, low thermal conductivity, resin content and dimensional stability. What wood physics and twenty years of our practice say about Siberian cedar — and where it genuinely beats pine, linden and aspen.
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Russian banya traditions in Central Asia
Wet steam, the birch whisk and the rhythm of rounds — and how all of it coexists with the hammam, water scarcity and hosting twelve people at once. What we change in a design when a banya heads to Bishkek, Almaty or Tashkent.
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Caring for a cedar banya — a seasonal guide
First firing, ventilation, moisture, oils, stove and flue. A practical year-round calendar — what to do after every firing, every season and every year so the building lasts half a century without major repair.
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