The fact is, a properly insulated slab can be just as warm as a wood floor. If you have a basement, you'll have a slab at the basement level and a conventional (framed wood) system at the other floor(s). If you have a crawl space, you'll have to provide an access door of at least 18x24. You must also provide ventilation at a rate of one square foot of opening for each 150 square feet of crawl space. This is usually accomplished with rectangular foundation vents. One vent has to be within three feet of each corner.
In the hole in the very bottom, we stacked cord wood (large logs, 3-6 inches in diameter) in the hole to act as a bottom layer. The whole fire pit was about 5 feet across, and 7 feet long, with the sides about a foot tall. Now that this sweat has been used a bunch of times, the sides have gotten much higher.his shows the rough layout of our sweat area. On the right is the piles of fire wood. We find we need roughly 2 piles of logs about 3 long, in a pile about 4 feet long, and 3 feet high. In front of the wood pile is the fire buckets.
Whether other sweat lodges practice this way, I do not know, but this is how the sweat went for me. I am Eastern Band Cherokee Indian (EBCI) and the Cherokee do not sweat. In other words, it is not our native practice. Also, I do not know where you can find a sweat lodge in your area.I receive a lot of calls about this but if you do happen to know of where a sweat lodge is, then give me a call and I will make contact and see if I can post the contact information on this page.I will never forget the experience of my first sweat.hether other sweat lodges practice this way, I do not know, but this is how the sweat went for me. I am Eastern Band Cherokee Indian (EBCI) and the Cherokee do not sweat. In other words, it is not our native practice. Also, I do not know where you can find a sweat lodge in your area.