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People purchase genuine steam saunas for the heat and the steam, and Almost Heaven Saunas manufactures only genuine steam saunas.  Our specialty, of course, are Barrel Saunas.  One of the most common questions we get is, “How hot will the sauna get?” But we also get the question, “Do I have to have it super […]

“We love our new sauna!  It has become a nightly ritual to relax together and sweat out our tensions. We live in beautiful Monterey, CA where we have the coldest summers in the continental U.S. When the chilly fog rolls in we can now retreat to our sauna. “             […]

The advantage of a US manufactured sauna can not be understated, and that is especially the case with an Almost Heaven Sauna! We have been building quality Barrel Sauna designs in the Greenbrier Valley of West Virginia for nearly 40 years.  We are unquestionably one of the oldest and most experienced manufacturers in the world, […]

Almost Heaven Saunas is known for high quality Barrel Saunas, and we build a variety of sizes and models to meet any desire or need.  However, if you are looking for the Biggest, Baddest (sorry for the poor English!) and Best of what we offer, then you need to consider the Grandview Barrel Sauna! The […]

We are pleased to present the latest picture of a backyard installation of an Almost Heaven Barrel Sauna!  This Midwest installation is an 8′ Canopy Barrel model placed in a wooded backyard setting.  Notice the beautiful support pad this customer built to place the sauna on; very upscale!  The external porch of the Canopy Barrel […]

Barrel Saunas are built in a variety of ways, and these are evident both visually and structurally  For example, there are different types of cradle supports, lumber types, profile moldings, band materials, etc.  Almost Heaven Saunas utilizes what we believe to be the best in both materials and construction in all of our cedar saunas, […]

In the coming days you will see a gallery of new pictures for our Silo Sauna.  This 2-person home sauna is the perfect addition to any fitness room, bathroom or basement.  The Silo is designed in the same cooperage or, barrel sauna, tradition as all Almost Heaven Saunas, but it is designed in a vertical […]

A cedar sauna is the preferred traditional saunas, and Almost Heaven Barrel Saunas are the best in cedar saunas. I have just completed a 30 minute tour of various websites.  I searched “saunas,” “barrel,” “home,” among lesser sauna terms, and found a plethora of occasionally relavent, but mostly, irrelevant and inaccurate, information regarding cedar saunas […]

Experience matters in all things, including the manufacture of quality Cedar Saunas! Almost Heaven Saunas has been building exceptional Cedar Barrel Saunas for nearly 40  years.  We have used the same METHODS, built at the same LOCATION, and utilized the talents of many of the same PEOPLE during that entire time.  Sure, we have enhanced […]

Almost Heaven Saunas builds cedar barrel saunas, and the best hand-crafted cooperage cedar barrel saunas in the world, but what is Cooperage?  The dictionary describes cooperage as, “Large, bulging cylindrical container of sturdy construction traditionally made from wooden staves and wooden or metal hoops…”  A “cooper,” then, builds “cooperage” products, which are barrel (cylindrical) vessels […]