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Wall stud length for an 8 ft ceiling height

I’ve sketched out what I’m thinking for the wall on my planned 8x8x8 ft hot room in a cabin/shed. Do my calculations look right? I’ve calculated for exactly 8ft of distance from the top of my duckboards up to the surface of the ceiling tongue and groove paneling. I’m mostly following Glenn’s ebook but I want a higher ceiling than his 7 feet he uses.

I calculate needing a 7 ft 11.75 inch (95.25 inches) stud to achieve the 8 ft ceiling, but that’s longer than a standard stud. If I used a standard stud (92.625 inches), then I’d get a ceiling height of 7 ft 9.325 inches, which may still be fine. Not sure if I’m overthinking this.

u/Available-Concert970 — 8 days ago

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I'm starting to plan out a sauna build for a piece of property I own in the Midwest. I'm planning on following all the Trumpkin design principles and I also have "Finnish Sauna" by Lassi Liikkanen that I can reference as I go. However, I'm mostly stuck on figuring out the shed design that I want to use and the sizes of the rooms. This will be an off-grid shed (maybe with a small solar setup for lighting at some point, but not initially) with a sauna room and a relaxation room. I'd like to comfortably fit 4 people in the sauna. I'll be using a Nippa stove with a rock surround most likely with natural ventilation holes and maybe even some mechanical drafting down the road.

I don't need any permits if my structure is less than 200 sq. ft (18.6 m2) and I'm trying to figure out the the sizes of the rooms. My head jumped to an 8ftx24ft lean-to shed, with an 8x10x(not sure on ceiling height needed?) sauna room, leaving an 8x14 changing/relaxation room. What do you think of this plan? Are there any "go-to" shed designs that are easy to adapt to sauna use? I can't imagine I'm the first to want to build a simple shed-sauna from scratch but I haven't seen much documentation online (that is, documentation that uses the proper design principles).

Also, I'm a little lost on figuring out the floor in the sauna, as I'd like to just have the floor gaps open to the air below with a crawlspace below to let water drain, but I'm not sure how that'd work out with our very snowy winters when snow might reduce ventilation through the crawlspace.

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u/Available-Concert970 — 23 days ago

▲ 2 r/4Runner

Does anyone know what the maximum weight I can pull is in an '04 SR5 with the V6 engine? Pretty sure I have the stock hitch receiver installed but I can't see any markings on it regarding capacity.

I’m planning on hauling a 6x12 U-Haul closed trailer full of small furniture pieces and boxes with books and similar in case anyone has maybe done similar and can give advice. I plan on measuring the weight of the whole trailer and car together once it's fully loaded and hooked up, but just wanted to get an idea if this is doable before I book the trailer.

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u/Available-Concert970 — 24 days ago