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Sauna installation in East Gwillimbury.

Sauna installation in East Gwillimbury by a licensed, WSIB-insured contractor based in the town: traditional, infrared, banya and outdoor saunas sized to your room or yard, then framed, insulated, lined in wood and wired as one job.

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What’s included

What a home sauna
project includes.

Every sauna we install in East Gwillimbury is sized for the number of people who sit in it at once, which sets the benches, heater, door and glass, whether it goes in a basement room or out in the yard. We reline older saunas too.

  1. Sauna types

    Pick your heat first. The room is planned around it.

    • Traditional and Finnish saunas
    • Infrared saunas
    • Wooden banya
    • Outdoor saunas

  2. Design

    Sized for your space and laid out for your household and how the sauna gets used.

    • Sizing to the room or yard
    • Bench layout
    • Heater selection
    • Door and glass

  3. Build and installation

    Framing, insulation, wiring and lining are all part of one job.

    • Framing, insulation and vapour barrier
    • Wood lining and benches
    • Heater and controls
    • Electrical connection

  4. Repair and renovation

    A sauna by any builder, once it’s showing wear or no longer working.

    • Bench and floor repairs
    • Heater repair and replacement
    • Relining an older sauna

Why Sonce

One contractor,
both sides of the door.

Most renovators stop at the back door and most landscapers start there. We plan and build on both sides of it.

  1. 15+ years in business

    With over 15 years in business, Sonce Homes works inside the house and outside in the yard.

  2. Licensed and WSIB insured

    Sonce Homes is licensed and WSIB insured. Ask us about the credentials relevant to your project.

  3. Design before construction

    Nothing is built until you approve the design we plan with you, and drawings make the work easier to picture.

  4. A conversation throughout

    We discuss the work and your budget at the start, then keep you informed as the project moves through each stage.

With over 15 years in business, Sonce Homes works inside the house and outside in the yard.

Sonce Homes is licensed and WSIB insured. Ask us about the credentials relevant to your project.

Nothing is built until you approve the design we plan with you, and drawings make the work easier to picture.

We discuss the work and your budget at the start, then keep you informed as the project moves through each stage.

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Selected Projects

Inside the house.
A closer look.

Choose a scene, then follow its numbered points to the materials beside it. Illustrative scenes to help you picture the possibilities.

Glass-fronted cedar sauna with two levels of benches and a heater beside a light-filled wellness room.
01Home Saunas

Cedar, glass

Cedar behind the glass

A glass-fronted cedar sauna beside a calm wellness space.

Cedar boards line the walls and the ceiling inside and carry on across the wall outside the glass, so the sauna reads as part of the room.

On the picture

  1. CladdingVertical cedar boards
  2. BenchesTwo levels, slatted
  3. HeaterFloor-standing, with stones
Plan a project like this: Cedar behind the glass

Cream cabinetry, oak, stone

A kitchen made for gathering

Cream cabinetry, a navy island and pale stone in a bright family kitchen.

Open oak shelves stand either side of the hood, and black-framed windows wrap the corner of the room.

On the picture

  1. HoodCream, with an oak band
  2. BacksplashHerringbone tile
  3. IslandNavy, slatted oak ends
Plan a project like this: A kitchen made for gathering

Stone tile, navy, brass

Stone, light and a walk-in shower

A navy double vanity beside a generous shower in warm stone tile.

A clear glass panel keeps the shower open to the room, and a niche for bottles is set into its tiled wall.

On the picture

  1. LightingBrass wall lights
  2. VanityNavy, two basins
  3. ShowerBrass rain head
Plan a project like this: Stone, light and a walk-in shower

Oak, navy cabinetry

A lower level to settle into

A basement lounge with built-in storage and daylight from generous windows.

Strip lighting runs above the shelves, and a desk is built into the same wall beside them.

On the picture

  1. Built-insOak shelves, navy cabinets
  2. DeskSet into the wall unit
  3. WindowsThree, facing the garden
Plan a project like this: A lower level to settle into

Oak, pale stone, navy

An open main floor

A kitchen, dining space and living room connected by warm oak flooring.

Tall windows and a glazed door run the length of the back wall, so the island, the table and the sofa share the same daylight.

On the picture

  1. IslandNavy, pale stone top
  2. Back wallGlazed door, tall windows
  3. FloorWide oak boards
Plan a project like this: An open main floor

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Room to imagine.
Details to build on.

Saunas, basements, bathrooms and general contracting. Explore layouts, materials and details for your own home.

Outdoor cedar sauna cabin in the yard
Basement recreation room with a wet bar
Walk-in shower in cream stone tile
Open main floor: kitchen, dining and living room

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Service area

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Renovation and general contracting from our office in East Gwillimbury. The rings show roughly how long the drive is from there, outside rush hour.

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Questions

Sauna installation in East Gwillimbury:
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Good to know

Sauna installation in East Gwillimbury:
good to know.

Sauna installation in East Gwillimbury: indoors or in the yard

Indoors, the sauna goes into a room the house already has, so the approval to plan for is electrical: a Licensed Electrical Contractor notifies the ESA of the heater circuit. Basements suit it, with concrete underfoot and plumbing nearby, and the walls behind the wood are sealed to keep damp out of the frame. Outdoors it is a small building with its own footing and roof. Indoors or outdoors is also the first fork in the price. Inside, the work is lining, benches, heater and a dedicated circuit, if the panel can take it. Outside you also pay for a foundation, walls, a roof and possibly permit drawings.

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An outdoor sauna as a building: size, plumbing, the lot lines and the permit

A new building needs a Town of East Gwillimbury permit once it passes 10 m² (108 sq ft), unless the exempt list names it, so a cabin with a change room is measured against that early. Plumbing settles it regardless of size: a cabin with a shower or sink is a new building with plumbing, and the Town wants a permit at any footprint.

Permit or not, the zoning by-law decides where the cabin stands. It has to sit at least 1.0 m in from the rear and interior side lot lines, which rules out tucking it tight into a back corner. Its footprint also counts toward a cap: all the accessory buildings on the lot together, a shed and a detached garage included, may cover no more than 10 percent of it. On a lot that already carries a garage and a large shed, that total can set the sauna's size before the bench layout does, so we add up what is there before drawing.

Town of East Gwillimbury: building permits ↗

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Years in business
15+
Insured & licensed
WSIB
50 Google reviews
5.0★