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Saunas & cold plunges in Rodrigues

Rodrigues is an island off an island. Nothing about the building is unusual; everything about the logistics is.

Rodrigues, Mauritius

One shipment, planned to the last bracket

Everything is prefabricated in Pamplemousses and sent in a single load with a packing checklist and a spares kit: an element, a thermostat, a cartridge, hose seals, fixings. We are not coming back for a bracket.

On-site work is assembly, not fabrication, and the programme assumes one visit rather than three.

Simple, robust, serviceable

Equipment is chosen to be fixable by a competent local hand with the spares we leave. Clever controls with proprietary boards are the wrong answer on an island where a replacement takes a month.

We write the maintenance routine for whoever is actually there, and we train them while we are on site.

Small properties, real demand

Most clients here are guesthouses and private homes rather than resorts. A single well-built sauna and a plunge, documented and maintainable, does more for a small guesthouse than anything more complicated.

Questions

Rodrigues: what people ask

How do you service equipment on Rodrigues?

A spares kit with part numbers, training for whoever is on site, and scheduled visits rather than call-outs.

Is it more expensive?

The shipping and travel are, and we quote them openly. The building itself is the same.

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