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Home saunas, designed and built in.

Traditional, infrared and outdoor saunas across York Region, sized to the room or the yard you have and wired, lined and vented properly.

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What’s included

What a home sauna
project includes.

A sauna is a small room with its own rules: heat, dry wood and moving air. It is designed around the space you have and how many people use it at once.

  1. Sauna types

    The kind of heat you want decides the kind of room.

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

  2. Design

    A layout that fits the space available, your household and how you use it.

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

  3. Build and installation

    The room is framed, insulated, lined and wired as one job.

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

  4. Repair and renovation

    For a sauna that is tired or has stopped working, whoever built it.

    • 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

    Sonce Homes brings more than 15 years in business to work inside the home and out 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

    We work through the design with you, with drawings to help you picture the work, before you approve it for construction.

  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.

Sonce Homes brings more than 15 years in business to work inside the home and out in the yard.

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

We work through the design with you, with drawings to help you picture the work, before you approve it for construction.

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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Gallery

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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Illustrative scenes for planning your project.

Service area

Close to home.
Across York Region.

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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Home towns
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Drive time, off‑peak

Drive times are approximate, from OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Towns we serve

38 towns · 6 regions

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We take on projects across York Region and the GTA. Tell us where the house is and we’ll let you know.

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Questions

Home Saunas:
common questions.

Short answers to what people ask first. The questions below these cover planning, cost and permits more generally.

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What people ask
before they start.

Search questions about home saunas, with our general planning answers after them.

Good to know

Planning a sauna:
what shapes the job.

A sauna is small, but it concentrates heat, moisture and electrical load in one place. Three things decide how it is built.

The room

Size follows the number of people and whether you want to lie down. A larger room takes a larger heater and longer to warm up, so a sauna is usually made no bigger than it needs to be.

The walls and ceiling are insulated and sealed behind the wood so the heat stays in the room and moisture stays out of the house’s framing.

Heat, wood and air

The heater is matched to the volume of the room. The benches are set at heights that let you choose how hot to sit, since the air is warmest near the ceiling.

Glass in the door or a wall makes a small sauna feel less enclosed. It also changes how much heat the room loses, which is taken into account when the heater is chosen.

Electrical

Almost all electrical work in Ontario needs a notification to the Electrical Safety Authority, and a sauna heater’s dedicated circuit is no exception. Ask who is filing it and check that the electrician is a Licensed Electrical Contractor.

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