Backyard Wellness Zones
in the Bay Area
Sauna, cold plunge, shower, decking and landscaping — designed and built as one project by one licensed team — start to finish.
Your recovery ritual, steps from the door
A wellness zone is your own recovery ritual, a few steps from the back door — heat, then cold, then a warm shower under the open sky, all in one quiet corner of the yard.
We design and build the whole thing as a single project: an outdoor sauna, a cold plunge, a shower, the deck underfoot and the landscaping and lighting that tie it together. We build these for homes across the Peninsula and Silicon Valley — Atherton, Hillsborough, Los Altos, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Saratoga — and throughout the Bay Area. Everything is engineered for our coastal climate: morning fog, salt air, hillside drainage, and the setbacks and HOA rules that come with these lots.
And because we hold the general, electrical and HVAC licenses ourselves, one team handles every part of it — the structure, the wiring for your chiller and heater, the ventilation, the plumbing coordination. No handoffs, no managing three contractors, no "go find your own electrician."
What's included · the build
Heat, cold, shower, deck — one project.
Site, foundation & layout
We lay out the zone for flow (sauna → plunge → shower) and pour the foundations it needs — a pad under the sauna, a level, drained base under the plunge (water is heavy; it needs real support). GC, in-house.
Sauna
Custom outdoor cabin in weather-sealed cedar or spruce, marine-grade hardware, glass for the view, benches and heater sized to the room. Standalone cabins →
Cold plunge & cold therapy
Plunge tub set on its base, with a chiller, filtration and circulation plumbed and wired in-house — sized so it holds cold, runs quietly, and stays clean without you babysitting it.
Electrical — in-house
Dedicated circuits for the chiller, the sauna heater and the landscape lighting; GFCI protection; sealed, exterior-rated wiring throughout. No outside electrician, no scheduling gaps.
Plumbing — coordinated
Supply, drainage and the shower, run and coordinated under our GC scope so the plunge fill/drain, filtration loop and shower all tie in cleanly to one plan.
Ventilation & HVAC
Correct intake and exhaust for the sauna, so the heat is even and the build stays dry and long-lasting.
Shower
An outdoor shower beside the plunge, plumbed for warm and cold, so the contrast ritual finishes right where it should.
Decking & landscaping
The deck or stone underfoot, plus the planting, screening and grading that turn a slab in the yard into a place you actually want to be.
Lighting
Low-glare path and feature lighting wired in-house, so the zone works at dawn and after dark.
Finish & walkthrough
We commission the sauna and plunge together, show you the controls and care routine, balance the chiller, and hand over a clean site.
Enhancements we love: glass walls for Bay or garden views · fog-resistant vestibule · weather-tight audio · integration with an existing pool or hot tub if you already have one.
The moat
One team — for the whole zone.
A wellness zone isn't one trade — it's structure, electrical, ventilation, plumbing and landscaping, all in one footprint. Most installers can't build that. Resellers drop a sauna kit and a plunge tub and leave you to hire and schedule an electrician, a plumber and a landscaper — and to referee when something doesn't line up. We don't.
YOURSAUNAS holds the General Contractor, Electrical (C-10) and HVAC (C-20) licenses in-house, and coordinates the plumbing under our own GC scope — so the foundation, the sauna, the chiller wiring, the ventilation, the shower and the deck are all built and stood behind by one accountable team, under one set of permits. One point of contact. Cleaner inspections. No finger-pointing between trades. And the sauna heater runs a full test-fire before we call it done.
Investment · our most involved build
A complete wellness zone is our most involved build. Most start from $39,900 — each zone is scoped and priced individually.
See our process & pricingSelected zones
Whole backyards, one ritual.
Wellness zone FAQ
Good questions, straight answers.
A backyard wellness zone is a sauna plus everything around it — cold plunge, shower, decking and landscaping — designed and built as one project instead of separate contractors. YOURSAUNAS scopes each zone to your yard and handles the structure, electrical, plumbing coordination and ventilation with one licensed team (GC · C-10 · C-20), so it all fits and works together.
What's included in a turnkey backyard wellness zone?
How is the cold plunge water chilled, filtered and plumbed?
Do you handle the electrical AND the plumbing yourselves?
Are decking and landscaping really part of the build, or do I hire that separately?
What are the benefits of contrast and cold therapy — and why build sauna and plunge together?
How long does a wellness zone take, and what about permits or HOA approval?
Keep reading
Related guides
Outdoor sauna site prep
The base, drainage and 240V trench behind an outdoor build.
Read the guideIndoor vs outdoor sauna: which fits?
Where the outdoor ritual — and a cold plunge — makes sense.
Read the guideWhat drives the cost of a Bay Area sauna
What moves the number on a bigger backyard project.
Read the guideLet's design the whole thing
Planning a backyard wellness zone? Let's design it — together.
Tell us about your yard and your ritual, and we'll design the whole zone. A sauna specialist answers — or you hear back the same day.
The site visit is free — and you keep the work
- A layout sketch for your space
- Heater sizing done right for the room
- A licensed 240V load check
- Your permit path, mapped
A real, fast callback — no email runaround.