Saunas for recovery centres
Custom saunas, infrared rooms and contrast therapy spaces for recovery studios, gyms and wellness centres. Designed around your session bookings, made in our Port Kembla workshop and installed by our own team.
- Recovery studios
- Contrast therapy rooms
- Gyms, spas & hotels
The room your members book for
In a recovery studio the sauna is the anchor of the session. Members move from heat to cold plunge and back again, often in groups, and often at the same times every day. The sauna has to be hot when the booking starts, stay hot with the door opening, and be ready again for the next group.
We plan the room around how your studio runs: how many people per session, how long each booking is, and how people move between the sauna, the plunge and the showers. Heater, benches, ventilation, lighting and controls are designed together, then the sauna is made in our workshop and installed by our own carpenters.
We work directly with studio owners, or alongside your builder, architect and fit-out team.
Heat rooms for recovery
Traditional saunas
Social group sessions with real löyly. Commercial heaters with the stone mass to hold heat all day.
Infrared rooms
Lower-temperature private or small-group rooms. Full-spectrum and carbon emitters built into custom timber.
Contrast therapy rooms
Sauna planned beside your ice bath or cold plunge, so the hot-cold circuit flows in a few steps.
Steam rooms
Steam rooms to round out a premium recovery or spa offer, coordinated with your waterproofing and services.
What we get right early
- Capacity per bookingBench length and tiers set to your class or session size, with the heater sized to the room so it holds temperature with a full house.
- Heat recovery between groupsCommercial-grade Harvia heaters. Recovery Base runs a Harvia Legend Pro with up to 220 kg of stones.
- Hot-cold flowSauna, plunge and showers laid out so members move in a few steps, with wet-floor, drainage and waterproofing interfaces agreed with your builder.
- Timber for daily useThermo alder and Western Red Cedar chosen for stability, moisture resistance and easy cleaning.
- Controls your staff can runWi-Fi controllers so the room can be scheduled and heated before the first booking.
- Protecting your opening dateWorkshop-made panels mean short time on site. Our recent commercial installs took about four weeks.
“Excellent communication, outstanding craftsmanship, and a smooth, stress-free process.”
Nathan & Julie, Recovery Base
“It’s an absolute showstopper. Everyone who sees it is blown away… The quality is incredible. It’s the heart of the studio and such a statement piece.”
Jess, Cedar Recovery
From brief to first booking
- 01
Brief
Your floor plan, session sizes, booking times and opening date. We talk through options and budget.
- 02
Design
Layout, heater, timber, ventilation, lighting and controls, with drawings and specifications for your builder.
- 03
Build & install
Made to measure in our workshop, then installed by our carpenters to suit your fit-out program.
- 04
Long-term care
Handover, staff guidance on running the room, and ongoing servicing.
Recovery centre sauna questions
How much does a recovery centre sauna cost?
Every recovery sauna is quoted to the project. Room size, capacity, heater, timber and the building work around the sauna all affect the price. Send us your floor plan or use the planner and we’ll come back with options.
Traditional or infrared for a recovery studio?
Many studios offer both. A traditional sauna suits social group sessions and higher heat. Infrared rooms run at lower temperatures and suit private or small-group bookings. We’ll help you choose based on your members and booking model.
Can you build the sauna next to our ice bath or cold plunge?
Yes. We plan the sauna as part of the hot-cold circuit and coordinate with your plunge supplier, builder and plumber on layout, drainage and waterproofing. At Crowne Plaza Hawkesbury the infrared sauna sits inside a contrast room beside the ice bath.
How many people can the sauna hold?
We design around your session size. Bench length and tiers set the seating, then the heater is sized to the room volume so it holds temperature with every seat full.
How long does installation take?
Because the sauna is made in our workshop first, time on site is short. Cedar Recovery was installed in three weeks, and Recovery Base, Zinc Wellness and Crowne Plaza Hawkesbury in about four. We plan around your fit-out and opening date.
Do you work outside NSW?
Yes. We’re based in Port Kembla and work across Sydney, the Illawarra and the South Coast, and we’ve delivered commercial saunas interstate, including Zinc Wellness in Bunbury, WA.
Opening or upgrading a recovery studio?
Tell us about your space, session numbers and timeline in two minutes. We’ll reply within one to two business days with ideas, timing and a clear next step.