Product Description

CT Tranquility barrel sauna on a gravel pad, showing the ten-foot barrel and porch

Canadian Timber Collection · Model CTC2345W

The CT Tranquility: the only barrel where the room itself gets bigger

Eastern White Cedar, solid single-stave walls, T6061 aluminum bands and a 5 mm bronze tempered glass door. The Tranquility is the 6-person outdoor barrel sauna, and the one where the room actually grows. Harmony and Serenity both give you a 71-inch, 222 cubic foot sauna; this gives you 94.75 inches and 297 cubic feet, a third more air, six people instead of four, and it keeps the covered porch on the front as well.

Built to order in Melancthon, Ontario and shipped flat-packed with the cedar pre-cut. Wood-fired or electric. Freight is included to the contiguous 48 states, the crate is ten feet long, so read the delivery section before you order rather than after.

Pay over time with Shop Pay Installments at checkout. Rates and terms depend on the amount financed and are subject to approval.

297Cu ft interior
6People
Wood
or electric
Heater options
5 yrResidential warranty

See it in action

See the Dundalk LeisureCraft CT Tranquility Barrel Sauna in action

LeisureCraft’s own footage of the Tranquility. Worth two minutes before you read the specifications.


Straight answer first

Where the Tranquility earns its place

This is the barrel to buy when the room has to hold people. Harmony and Serenity both give you a 71-inch-deep sauna at 222 cubic feet. The Tranquility gives you 94.75 inches and 297 cubic feet , and it is the only one of the three where that number moves at all.

Practically, the extra two feet of depth is what turns two facing benches into a room six people can sit in without arranging themselves around each other. It also takes the largest heater in the range, 7.5 to 9 kW electric, because there is meaningfully more air to bring up to temperature.

It keeps the covered front porch as well, so you are not trading the cool-down space to get the room. What you are trading is footprint: the crate is ten feet long and the assembled barrel is nearly as much. Measure the site before you order.

Two reasons not to buy it. If two or three of you use it, you are paying to heat air nobody is sitting in, the Harmony reaches temperature on less power and costs less to run. And if your access route has a tight turn, a ten-foot crate is a genuinely different delivery from an eight-foot one. We have talked buyers down to a Serenity over both, and nobody regretted it.

The wood

Eastern White Cedar across ten feet of barrel

The barrel is built from Grade-A solid cedar in single staves, no tenon joints along their length, held by T6061 aluminum bands, which LeisureCraft describes as marine grade, with stainless steel hardware. Eastern White Cedar is naturally resistant to rot, decay and insects, and it is sourced from certified sustainable mills in British Columbia and Ontario.

Here is the part almost nobody selling a barrel sauna will tell you. The cedar is meant to move. LeisureCraft’s own care instructions say the goal is for the wood to expand into the bands, tightening the staves, and that you should tighten the bands after the initial installation, typically within the first month, then check them periodically. A three-quarter-inch wrench does it in minutes. It is the one maintenance job this sauna genuinely needs, and it is why a well-kept barrel stays tight for decades.

CT Tranquility barrel sauna among autumn trees with a wood-burning chimney fitted

CT Tranquility construction

What you are paying for in a Canadian Timber cedar barrel sauna


Solid single-stave cedar

Grade-A solid cedar with no tenon joints running along the stave. It is the difference between a barrel that stays round and one that does not.


T6061 aluminum bands

Made in Canada, in the alloy LeisureCraft calls marine grade, with stainless steel hardware. They are also the part you tighten, see above.


20-inch benches, 5 mm glass

Benches are 20 inches wide on every stave barrel in the range. The door and window are bronze tempered single pane, 5 mm, per LeisureCraft’s specification sheet.

Choosing your heater

Wood or electric: both are offered on the Tranquility

Every Canadian Timber barrel is a traditional sauna, and every one is available with a wood-burning stove as well as an electric heater; LeisureCraft’s own comparison table lists both as available on all three. For electric, LeisureCraft recommends 7.5 to 9 kW here against 7.5 for the two smaller barrels, there is meaningfully more air to bring up. Size at the top of that band if you run rounds back to back.


Electric: the simple path

Six electric heaters fit these barrels, from the wall-mounted Harvia KIP to the HUUM Drop, which holds 120 lb of stone. The heater sets the circuit, not the sauna, and the run from your panel to the yard is usually the bigger cost. Tell us the heater and we will put the electrical specification in writing. It has to be a licensed electrician, LeisureCraft voids the warranty otherwise.


Wood: and what it asks of you

Wood is slower to bring up and needs feeding mid-session, and it is the reason people put these at cottages: the fire is half of it. Electric is set-and-forget, and it is the only option if your township restricts outdoor burning, worth checking before you choose. A wood build also needs a chimney, and which chimney depends on your site.


Why we still ask you to call

The heater, its control, and for a wood build the stove, its chimney routing and the floor plate are all priced at the top of this page, so nothing waits on a quote. The call is where we check what you have chosen against your site: climate, how exposed the Tranquility will be, the breaker, and where a flue can exit under local code. LeisureCraft accepts no returns, so five minutes on (888) 500-5675 before you choose is the cheapest insurance on the page.

Choose your electric heater at the top of this page. It is added to your order as its own line, sized to this barrel per LeisureCraft. Prefer wood? Choose the stove and its chimney routing at the top of this page.

CT Tranquility barrel sauna on a lawn beside a paved path
Aluminium bands and cedar staves, the bands are what you tighten in the first month.

Living with it

What a week with the Tranquility actually looks like

Six, properly

297 cubic feet and 94.75 inches of depth, a genuine 6-person barrel sauna. Six sit without negotiating knees. This is the first barrel in the range where a group is comfortable rather than merely possible.

Rounds back to back

LeisureCraft rates this room at 7.5 to 9 kW against 7.5 for the smaller two. Size at the top of that band and the heater keeps up with a door that opens every few minutes.

The porch still

You keep the covered front bench, so the cool-down happens outside under the overhang while the next people go in. With six of you, that rotation is the whole evening.

Who buys this one

Three people who choose the Tranquility

The household of five or six

Not people in rotation, people in the room. 297 cubic feet is where that stops being a compromise.

The cottage or lodge

Guests, weekends, back-to-back rounds. The bigger air volume is what keeps the third round as good as the first.

The buyer who measured

People who compare the interior figures rather than the exterior ones end up here, because it is the only barrel in the family whose interior is bigger at all.

Full specifications

CT Tranquility specifications, and how the three barrels really compare

All three share an exterior width and height of 86.25 inches, an interior width of 83 inches, an interior height of 79 inches, 20-inch benches and 5 mm bronze tempered glass. Read the interior depth row before anything else, it is the row that tells you what you are actually buying.

Spec Harmony Serenity Tranquilityyou are here
Comfortably seats 4 people 4 people (they list 5) 6 people
Interior volume 222 cu ft / 6.3 m³ 222 cu ft / 6.3 m³ 297 cu ft / 7.6 m³
Interior depth 71″ / 180 cm 71″ / 180 cm 94.75″ / 241 cm
Exterior depth 79″ / 201 cm 94.5″ / 240 cm 118″ / 300 cm
Covered front porch None Yes Yes
Recommended electric heater 7.5 kW 7.5 kW 7.5 to 9 kW
Wood heater available Yes Yes Yes
Crate 34″ x 84″ 34″ x 96″ 34″ x 120″ x 45″
Crate weight (varies with options) 1,044 lb 1,113 lb 1,300 lb
Liftgate (84″ limit) At the limit No, 96″ No, 120″
Model code CTC22W CTC2245W CTC2345W

Harmony and Serenity have identical interiors: 71 inches deep, 222 cubic feet. The Serenity is longer outside because it carries a covered front porch. The Tranquility is the only one of these three where the sauna itself is bigger. Dimensions, volumes, crate sizes and heater ratings above are LeisureCraft’s own published figures. One departure, and we would rather you saw it: their table lists the Serenity at five people and the Harmony at four, despite giving both the same 71-inch, 222 cubic foot room. Because the room is the same size we publish four for both and count the porch separately. Their figure is five, check it, and decide which is more useful to you.

Also in this family: Harmony and Serenity. See every barrel sauna we carry, the wider outdoor sauna range, or the rest of the Dundalk LeisureCraft collection. Not sure which one? Compare the interior volumes in the table above rather than the exterior lengths, on these three, the extra length is porch, not room.

Ownership, in numbers

What the CT Tranquility costs to use, once it is in the yard

We are not going to invent a cost-per-session for you, we do not know what you paid or how often you will use it. What we can give you is the denominator, and five years is not an arbitrary window: it is the length of the residential warranty.

780Sessions in five years, at three a week
4,680Person-sessions with a full bench
0Memberships, bookings, drive time or drop-in fees
Wood
or power
The only cost that recurs is what you feed it

Divide your delivered price by 780, or by 4,680 if the bench is full, and you have your real cost per session. We would rather hand you the arithmetic than publish an average we made up.

What you are not paying for separately

  • Freight to the contiguous 48 states, and all cross-border duties
  • Cedar cut, shaped and pre-drilled, there is no carpentry on site
  • Benches, cradles, aluminum bands and stainless hardware
  • The bronze tempered glass door and window
  • A poured foundation, it sits on its own cedar cradles, which must be level and stay level
  • Assembly labor, if you and one other person build it yourselves

What arrives

What is in the CT Tranquility barrel sauna crate

  • Pre-cut Eastern White Cedar staves and end walls
  • Solid cedar cradles and support stands
  • T6061 aluminum bands and stainless steel hardware
  • Two 20-inch-wide cedar benches and the front porch benches
  • 5 mm bronze tempered glass door and window
  • Printed assembly instructions
Dundalk LeisureCraft CT Tranquility barrel sauna outdoors, covered front porch with benches either side of the door
Assembled. Everything above ships flat in one crate, 34″ x 120″ x 45″.

The heater, chimney, roof, floor plate, lighting and accessory packages are all chosen separately and added to your order, so you get the combination that suits your site rather than a fixed bundle. We put that combination together with you before the order goes to the factory.

Every angle

The CT Tranquility in detail

More angles on the CT Tranquility, from LeisureCraft’s own photography.

CT Tranquility barrel sauna in snow with a chimney, on a cleared deck
CT Tranquility barrel sauna in snow with a chimney, on a cleared deck
CT Tranquility barrel sauna set under a timber pergola in woodland
CT Tranquility barrel sauna set under a timber pergola in woodland
CT Tranquility barrel sauna with the optional shingle roof fitted, door open
CT Tranquility barrel sauna with the optional shingle roof fitted, door open
Inside the CT Tranquility barrel sauna: nearly eight feet of facing cedar benches and slatted floor
Inside the CT Tranquility barrel sauna: nearly eight feet of facing cedar benches and slatted floor
Harvia electric heater and cedar guard inside the CT Tranquility barrel sauna
Harvia electric heater and cedar guard inside the CT Tranquility barrel sauna
Cedar door and side windows seen from inside the CT Tranquility barrel sauna
Cedar door and side windows seen from inside the CT Tranquility barrel sauna
Sauna stones on the heater tray inside the CT Tranquility barrel sauna
Sauna stones on the heater tray inside the CT Tranquility barrel sauna
Heater control panel with timer and thermostat inside the CT Tranquility barrel sauna
Heater control panel with timer and thermostat inside the CT Tranquility barrel sauna

Assembly

Building the CT Tranquility

LeisureCraft’s own build footage, filmed on this model. Two people, ordinary hand tools, no cutting. Worth watching before you order rather than after.


Free delivery

Barrel sauna delivery, and what to have ready


Freight included

Freight and all cross-border charges are already in the price, curbside to the contiguous 48 states. The Tranquility crate is 34″ x 120″ x 45″ and about 1,300 lb. At 34″ x 120″ x 45″ the crate is past the 84-inch limit LeisureCraft sets for a liftgate, so plan for equipment or several people to take it off the truck.


Built to order

Nothing is stocked. Your barrel joins the production queue in Melancthon once your order is placed, and we confirm the build and ship window in writing as soon as the factory schedules it. If that date does not work, say so straight away, nothing is cut in the first days, and that is the window where a change costs nothing.


What it sits on

No slab to pour, the barrel rests on its own cedar cradles. But the ground under those cradles has to be flat and stay flat: compacted gravel or level pavers under each cradle is the usual answer. Ground that settles unevenly pulls a barrel out of round, and improper installation is excluded from the warranty. Call us before you dig or pour.


Inspect before you sign

Photograph any damage and write it on the Bill of Lading before you sign, then call us within 72 hours. A clean signature makes a freight claim very hard to win, and on a crate this size a concealed dent is easy to miss in the moment. The crate is set down at the curb, not carried inside, not assembled, so have your help and your route sorted for the day it lands.

A few situations do add cost, a tilt-tow truck, an address change after the crate ships, or terminal storage if a delivery appointment stalls. All are avoidable and all are listed on our LeisureCraft shipping policy. Because each barrel is cut for your order, LeisureCraft does not accept returns or exchanges at any point; read our return policy before ordering, and call us with any doubt, because we would rather talk it through first.

Before you start. Heat loads the cardiovascular system. If you are pregnant, have heart disease, high or low blood pressure, a seizure disorder or diabetes, have a pacemaker or another implanted cardiac or electronic device, are recovering from surgery, have Raynaud’s syndrome, or take medication affecting blood pressure, thermoregulation or alertness, speak to your doctor first. This is not an exhaustive list, if you have any health condition, ask your doctor before you start. Never use a sauna after drinking alcohol, and children should not use one unsupervised.

Buyer questions

CT Tranquility: the questions buyers actually ask

What do I actually get for the extra money over a Serenity?

Room, which is not what you get stepping from a Harmony to a Serenity. The Tranquility's interior is 94.75 inches deep and 297 cubic feet against 71 inches and 222 for both smaller barrels, about a third more air and six people instead of four. It keeps the covered front porch, so you are adding the room rather than trading the porch for it.

Does the Tranquility need a bigger heater?

Yes. LeisureCraft recommends 7.5 to 9 kW electric for the Tranquility against 7.5 kW for the two smaller barrels, because there is meaningfully more air to bring up to temperature. Wood is also offered. Your electrician sizes the circuit to the specific heater you choose, and the warranty requires a licensed electrician for any electrical connection.

How big is the crate, and what do I need on site?

34 by 120 by 45 inches and about 1,300 lb, ten feet long. That is well past the 84-inch limit for a liftgate, so you will need equipment or several people to take it off the truck. It arrives on an LTL truck and is not carried inside or assembled. Confirm your access route with us before you order; this is the step that goes wrong most often on the largest barrels.

How does a barrel sauna heat differently from a square room?

The curve is doing a job. A square sauna has upper corners nobody sits in and a barrel does not, so it encloses less air for the same bench space. Heat-up time depends mainly on the heater you choose and the outdoor temperature, which is why we size the heater with you rather than publish a number that will not hold.

What is Eastern White Cedar, and why not Western Red?

Eastern White Cedar is what the Canadian Timber Collection is built from, lighter in color, tighter knots, naturally resistant to rot, decay and insects, and sourced from certified sustainable mills in British Columbia and Ontario. Western Red Cedar is a darker, more strongly scented species used in other sauna lines. Neither is short of cedar smell, the difference is closer to two coffees than to coffee and water. Every barrel we sell in this family is Eastern White Cedar.

How often do you tighten the bands on a barrel sauna?

Yes, and it is the one job with a deadline. LeisureCraft's own care instructions explain that the cedar needs to expand into the bands to tighten the staves, and that you should tighten them after the initial installation, typically within the first month, then check them periodically. A three-quarter-inch wrench does it. It takes minutes, it is the one job this sauna genuinely needs, and skipping it is how people end up with gaps between staves.

What does the warranty actually cover?

Five years, residential, against defects in materials and workmanship, starting the day you receive it. It is parts only, service, labor and installation are excluded, and a replacement part does not extend the five years. It does not cover normal wear, improper installation, insufficient maintenance or weather. One condition catches people out: all electrical connections must be made by a licensed electrician, and failing to do that voids the warranty. Heaters carry their own terms, which we confirm in writing with your order.

Can I pay for this over time?

Yes. Shop Pay Installments is available at checkout on orders up to $30,000. Terms, length and whether interest applies all depend on the amount financed and on approval, so the exact offer is the one presented to you rather than anything we can quote here. Call us if you would rather talk it through first.

What happens if I change my mind after ordering?

Every barrel is built to your order, so LeisureCraft does not accept returns or exchanges at any point, that is their policy, not a restocking arrangement, and we would rather you knew before you ordered than after. If your build has not started we will do everything we can to cancel at no cost, which is why calling the moment anything changes is the single most useful thing you can do. Our full LeisureCraft return policy sets out where you stand.

Is a traditional sauna safe for me?

For most healthy adults, used sensibly, yes, but heat genuinely loads the cardiovascular system, so this is a question for your doctor rather than for us. Speak to them first if you are pregnant, have heart disease, high or low blood pressure, a seizure disorder or diabetes, have a pacemaker or another implanted cardiac or electronic device, are recovering from surgery, have Raynaud's syndrome, or take medication affecting blood pressure, thermoregulation or alertness. That list is not exhaustive. Never use a sauna after drinking alcohol, and children should not use one unsupervised.

How long from order to delivery?

Every barrel is built to order, so the honest answer is that it depends on the production queue rather than on us, and that queue moves. We quote your build and ship window on the phone rather than publish a number that ages, and we confirm it in writing once the factory schedules it. If the timing does not work for you, the first days after an order are the window where a change costs nothing.

Is the five-year warranty valid in a gym, spa or rental?

The five-year term is LeisureCraft's residential warranty. If the sauna is going into a gym, spa, short-term rental or any commercial setting, call us before you order, commercial coverage is not the same thing and we will confirm the terms in writing rather than let you find out at claim time.


Yes. We buy directly from the manufacturer in Melancthon, Ontario, your barrel is built against your order, and we send the manufacturer's warranty registration with your order confirmation. When something needs sorting out, we deal with the factory on your behalf.


Authorized DealerOfficial LeisureCraft retailer, factory warranty on every order

Free FreightIncluded to the contiguous 48 states, duties paid

Five-Year WarrantyResidential limited warranty from the day it arrives

Sizing a Tranquility into your yard?

Give us the site dimensions, the access route and whether you want wood or electric. The crate is ten feet long, so the delivery is the part worth planning first, we will walk it through with you before you order.

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