Garden Gyms With Saunas, Steam Rooms, Outdoor Showers, Hot Tubs & More

Creating a garden gym with features like a sauna, steam room, outdoor shower, or hot tub requires a high level of customisation. To achieve this, you'll want to work with a company that offers bespoke design services. These experienced designers will collaborate with you to bring your vision to life, ensuring the building meets the technical and structural requirements for these luxurious additions.

In some sauna projects, clients have opted for standalone sauna pods placed within the gym space. In others, the sauna has been fully integrated into the building’s design, with fireproofing, moisture control, and ventilation seamlessly incorporated. Steam rooms also require careful planning to manage humidity and protect the building’s structure.

Hot tubs and pools introduce additional considerations, particularly the weight of the water. An experienced designer is essential to calculate the foundation requirements to safely support these features. One of the projects featured even includes a swimming pool with a counter-current system, allowing the client to swim against a moving flow of water for continuous exercise.

These projects showcase what’s possible when a client’s vision is combined with the expertise of an experienced designer. Articles are listed most recently published first, so keep scrolling to explore all the possibilities.

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Examples of Garden Saunas, Steam Rooms, Outdoor Showers & Hot Tubs

Timber Rooms designed the sauna as part of a wider wellness garden

A Well-Specified Spa Sauna in Kent by Timber Rooms

Timber Rooms is a go-to name for well-specified garden saunas in the South East. This 5m x 5m spa sauna in Herne Bay, Kent, shows the range: Thermo Radiata Pine cladding, a 4m glazed wall, and a full-length central skylight.

Swift Unlimited engineered the building around the requirements of the sunken pool

A Home Gym and Spa Retreat by Swift Unlimited

wift Unlimited designed this bespoke wellness building near the North West coast, combining a home gym and a hotel-quality spa retreat with a sunken pool. Planning, Building Control and all specialist installations were managed as part of their turnkey service.

Sauna and wellness pod by JML Garden Rooms

Sauna and Wellness Pods by JML Garden Rooms

JML Garden Rooms now offer sauna and wellness pods alongside bespoke garden wellness buildings. This article looks at a 5sqm Edinburgh project, the appeal of hot and cold therapy at home, and the two standard pod sizes they now offer.

The owner has added a sauna pod and a hot tub area

Garden Gym & Wellness Space

A bespoke Garden Gym & Wellness Space by Smart Modular Buildings, showcasing the Affinity range’s flexible sizing, tailored glazing and covered canopy, creating a calm, well-specified home gym with sauna and hot tub, designed for comfortable year-round use at home.

The two Timber Rooms buildings work well together

Pool House with Sauna, Changing Room & Shower Room

Timber Rooms returned to a Sussex garden to create this 8.5m x 2.9m mono-pitched pool house with sauna, changing room, shower room, and main living space. Cedar cladding, large glazing, and turnkey service combine to deliver a high-spec, ready-to-use building.

The garden room makes full use of the space available in the long narrow garden

Large Garden Family Room with Sauna & Store

This 6.5m x 5.17m multi-purpose garden room by Garden Spaces includes a family living space, sauna area, and hidden store. Built to Permitted Development rules, the deep layout, high-spec finish, and collaborative design approach make it a versatile year-round retreat.