Editing Finnish sauna (section)

=== Smoke sauna ===
[[File:Finnish Smoke sauna.jpg|thumb|A smoke sauna in {{Lang|fi|[[Vehmersalmi]], [[Kuopio]]|italics=no}}, [[North Savonia]]]]
The {{Lang|fi|savusauna}} (smoke sauna) does not have a chimney and thus as wood is burned smoke fills the room.<ref name="SecretsBook"/> After the sauna reaches the appropriate temperature, the fire is extinguished and the room is ventilated.<ref name="SecretsBook"/> Given the construction of the room, the sauna retains sufficient heat for the duration of use. Although smoke saunas are considered a more traditional type, there has been a significant increase in construction in recent years.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sauna.fi/in-english/sauna-information/sauna-in-finland/sauna-in-finland-today/ | title = Sauna in Finland today |publisher=Suomen Saunaseura ry | access-date=10 July 2012}}</ref> However, due to the amount of effort and time required to operate them – heating can take most of a day – they are not likely to replace most regular saunas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sauna.fi/58.html|title=Smoke sauna|publisher=Suomen Saunaseura ry|access-date=28 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031142953/http://www.sauna.fi/58.html|archive-date=31 October 2009}}</ref>

Smoke saunas are still extant not only in Finland but also in [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]]. They are considered to be cheap, simple to build, and durable (if measures of fire prevention are taken while building the sauna). The longevity is warranted by disinfectant features of smoke.

One specific and rarely seen curiosity is use of a wood pellet burner to heat a smoke sauna stove ({{Lang|fi|savukiuas}}), typically the actual burner installed into a room adjacent to the actual sauna room and the {{Lang|fi|kiuas}}. A wood pellet burner, quite similar to an oil burner, is then used to heat a smoke sauna stove - practically a big pile of rocks. As the burning process is much cleaner than with a conventional smoke stove the smoke aroma is much less pungent and sooty, while the moisture produced by burning the pellets makes the air more pleasant than with continuously warmed stoves.