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Saunas & cold plunges in City Bowl & Sea Point

Apartment living in the City Bowl and Sea Point means three gatekeepers: the lift, the body corporate and the electrical supply.

City Bowl & Sea Point, South Africa

The body corporate comes first

Any alteration in a sectional-title building needs approval, and anything involving water above somebody else's ceiling needs it in writing with a structural opinion attached. We prepare the submission and we do not start without it.

An infrared cabin is frequently the answer that gets approved in a week rather than a quarter, because it involves no water, no drain and no fixed installation.

Lifts and stairwells

We measure the car, the landing turn and the door before quoting. Where a cabin will not fit through in one piece it comes in smaller sections with more assembly on site, which is a labour line.

Noise, which neighbours notice

A chiller on a shared-wall balcony will generate complaints. In apartments we either use no chiller at all, relying on Cape winter water, or we site the unit where its grille faces outward and away from any shared boundary.

Questions

City Bowl & Sea Point: what people ask

Will the body corporate approve it?

An infrared cabin, usually quickly. Anything with water needs a structural opinion and a proper submission, which we prepare.

Can we have a plunge on a balcony?

Rarely, and only with an engineer's sign-off. A full tub above someone's ceiling is a serious proposition.

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