Custom saunas in Nairobi, sized for 1,795 m

The altitude line in the heater sum

Our base figure is about 0.85 kW for each cubic metre inside a well-insulated cabin; for Nairobi we multiply that by an altitude factor of about 1.15, then add capacity for any glass. A four-person cabin of ten cubic metres that would take an 8 kW heater in Mombasa usually lands on 9 or 10.5 kW in Karen or Runda.

That step often decides the supply too. Kenya Power delivers 240 V to most homes and 415 V where three phases are connected; above about 8 kW we want three-phase, so we find out what your board can give before the cabin is drawn, not after it is crated.

Built in Istanbul, landed at Mombasa

Walls, benches, doors and heater guards come out of our own Istanbul factory, which has been making saunas since 1987. Each Kenyan cabin is put together there once, dry, and inspected; then every panel gets a number and goes into a crate alongside the screws, gaskets and a few spare parts.

The crates clear customs at Mombasa and travel the Northern Corridor to Nairobi, or take the coast road south to Diani. Our own installation crew assembles the cabin, connects it to the circuit your electrician has prepared, commissions it with a thermometer and trains whoever will run it. Allow six to ten weeks from drawing approval, plus the sea passage.

Highland, coast and bush cabins differ

Inland: the altitude correction, red murram dust on the vents in the dry months, A2 fixings, service twice a year.

On the coast: sea-level heater sizing, A4 stainless for every hinge and screw, a deeper ventilated cavity and sealed end grain, because Indian Ocean salt finds the smallest metal part first.

At a Mara or Laikipia lodge: dust filtration on the plant, sequencing with the solar array, and often a wood-fired heater that keeps working when the batteries are flat.

Indicative sauna prices in Kenya

Figures are supplied and installed and confirmed after a site survey, in person or by video. The cable run from your board and any civil work sit on their own lines. Message us the room size and a picture of the spot; the reply, with a position-by-position quote, comes the next business day at the latest.

In short

• Heater corrected for altitude — about ×1.15 in Nairobi, printed on the quote
• 240 V single phase; 415 V three phase for heaters above 8 kW
• Made and dry-assembled in our Istanbul factory, crated via Mombasa
• A4 stainless at the coast; dust filtration and wood-fired options in the bush