Yes Western Red Cedar is a very popular 'traditional' sauna wood in the USA. Most people recognize or prefer the aromatic scent of cedar woods, which is actually toxic chemicals off-gassing in the sauna heat. Of course as with anything else, if the sauna is used in moderation the off-gassing shouldn't produce any significant health problems. 2 other popular sauna woods are White Aspen or Nordic Spruce which are lighter in color and have almost no smell. White Aspen woods are recommended by doctors for patients on a Sauna detoxification program, because of its non-allergenic wood grain.
Western red cedar is used in Australia for paneling and siding products in home decor. Much of the red cedar used in Australia is imported from the United States.
Cedar Sauna usually cost a good penny, they are actually very expensive and most people can't actually find a way to afford the product, the price ranges from 100 dollars to 1,000.
Sauna kits of varying size and cost can be located online through the Amazon website, as well as the eBay, Sauna Fin, Cedar Brook Sauna, and Great Saunas websites.
Many times cedar wood is used in ticonderoga pencils. If it is "Eastern Red Cedar" that you ask about, then furniture, chests, closet linnings, and anything needing decay and insect resistance.
Red Cedar Technology was created in 1999.
The wood that was used for native houses was; Red Cedar Wood (:
They used wood for building their longhouses and large cedar-plank homes. They also used red cedar trees bark to make clothing.
== The Red Cedar
They may have been called cedar bark baskets but they were not made of cedar bark as the cedars are not native to North America. They probably used the bark of Thuja plicata the Western Red Cedar wich is not a true cedar.
A haida home is always made out of red cedar bark. To get red cedar bark you need to cut down a red cedar bark tree and build from it.
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Western red cedar is a natural rot resistant soft wood.