Tightening and Aligning Sauna Tension Bands

Measurements stated

• 2 inches

Key facts

• Sauna tension bands require uniform perimeter spacing, measured at 2 inches from the edge during installation.
• Installers use socket wrenches to tighten stainless steel bands after initial alignment with ratchet straps.

Questions this answers

• What is the recommended edge spacing when installing barrel sauna bands?
• How do you tighten stainless steel tension bands on a barrel sauna?
• Why are ratchet straps used before tightening sauna steel bands?

Transcript

Right now, we're transitioning from the ratchet and screws to the band. You can see how tight we have to get this. We basically run out of the socket. It runs out of length, because you have to get this thing so tight. What we did is we went for, as he was tightening it down, we just kept walking around and looking for two inch, 2 inches spacing between this and this. Made it easy. As we were going, someone just walking around looking for that same gap on the whole thing. Then we just adjusted as needed, so we didn't have to do like a final, one-shot lineup.