A home sauna might seem like the pinnacle of luxury, but you can actually build one of your own with reclaimed wood pallets and a few other supplies and tools.

Constructed with white cedar grown and milled in Ontario, the sauna is powered by a wood-fired stove surrounded by stones that radiate a steady, formidable heat.

[Related: The best infrared saunas] Unlike traditional saunas, infrared versions also don’t use a wood-burning stove or electric or gas heater to warm the air.

Their official breakdown categorizes the wellness spaces into wood-burning saunas, electrically-heated saunas, manufactured sauna rooms, smoke saunas, steam rooms, and infrared saunas.

Mobile saunas often have wood stoves, which understandably raises concerns about fire safety, Marko said. Tranquil Tides uses a propane-powered gas stove, so there's no open flame or hot coals.

A professor of environmental chemistry says some people with wood-burning stoves should consider stopping using them as they are linked to 61,000 premature deaths in Europe every year.

An outdoor saunas may be heated to the traditional temperature of 155 to 195 degrees with either a gas, electric, wood-burning, or infrared heater. Gas and infrared heaters are the cheapest, with ...