The Ultimate Sauna and Steam Room Guide

Thinking about adding a sauna or steam room to your home?
Get our essential buyer’s guide and start your journey right.

 

Thinking about adding a sauna or steam room to your home? Download our Sauna & Steam Room Buyer’s Guide – your expert-led walkthrough of everything you need to know before you buy. A sauna or steam room isn’t just a luxury – it’s an investment in your wellbeing and home. Whether you’re dreaming of a garden retreat or an indoor sanctuary, our free guide helps you understand your options, compare types, and make confident choices before you buy.

The Health Benefits of Heat Therapy

Regular sauna or steam use isn’t just a indulgence – it’s one of the simplest ways to support your body and mind. The warmth encourages circulation, releases tension, and restores balance after a long day.

Key benefits include:

  • Improved circulation – gentle, consistent heat helps boost blood flow and support cardiovascular health.

  • Muscle & joint relief – ideal for post-workout recovery or easing everyday stiffness.

  • Detoxification – sweating flushes out impurities and supports healthy skin.

  • Respiratory support – steam can help clear sinuses and ease breathing.

  • Stress reduction – warmth promotes relaxation, lowers cortisol, and encourages better sleep.

  • Enhanced immunity – regular sessions can help strengthen your natural defences.

A sauna or steam room can turn your daily routine into a simple, restorative ritual — improving how you feel long after you step out.

FAQs

FAQs

Yes, it’s our way of sharing our expert advice and helping you make an informed decision. When you’re ready to buy, we hope you’ll think of us for your home sauna or steam room or any outdoor leisure project.

Choosing a home sauna can feel overwhelming – indoor rooms, outdoor barrels, hybrid setups, steam options… there are a lot of decisions to make. Our Sauna Buyers Guide is designed to clear the fog. It gives you calm, straight-talking, impartial advice so you can understand the differences, compare your options, and feel confident before you start gathering quotes.

No jargon, no pressure – just a clear pathway to the right sauna for your space, your lifestyle, and your budget.

Not all saunas and steam rooms are created equal. You’ll find options at every point of the budget spectrum, and the differences aren’t always obvious at first glance. Build quality, timber grade, heating technology, insulation, and long-term durability can vary massively – and those details are exactly what impact performance, safety, and how long your investment lasts.

At Mermaid, we partner only with top-tier suppliers because the materials and engineering truly matter. We make sure you’re getting premium woods, reliable technology, and a setup that’s built to perform beautifully for years, not just look good on day one. It’s about protecting your investment and making sure you end up with a sauna or steam room that feels as good as it looks.

Pools might be what we’re best known for, but we’re actually specialists in the whole outdoor leisure world.

With 40+ years of experience, we don’t just install saunas and steam rooms – we guide you through the entire journey. From helping you choose the right model, to site surveys, to working only with top-tier suppliers who use premium woods and reliable tech, we make sure your investment is solid. And, just like with our pools, you get full support before, during, and long after installation.

It’s all about giving you a smooth, stress-free experience and a space that feels incredible every single time you step inside.

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Mermaid Leisure Ltd Customer Privacy Notice

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Cookies help us analyse how visitors use our website, allowing us to continually improve to best meet our visitor’s needs. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your time and duration of visit, which pages you visited, browser used, IP address etc) will be stored on our server and will not be shared with third parties.

You may refuse the use of cookies at any time by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.

Privacy Notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Contact details

Email:   info@mermaidpools.co.uk

Who we are

Mermaid Leisure Ltd offers construction, refurbishment and maintenance of swimming pools in Kent, England.

What information we collect, use, and why

When we refer to personal information we are referring to any information which identifies you as an individual. We may only hold and use personal data in your capacity as a consumer, business customer or when you visit our website.

We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery:

• Names and contact details

• Addresses

• Date of birth

• Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)

We collect or use the following information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees:

We collect or use the following information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees:

• Names and contact details

• Addresses

• Purchase history

• Account information, including registration details

We collect or use the following information for service updates or marketing purposes:

• Names and contact details

• Addresses

• Marketing preferences

• Recorded images, such as photos or videos

• Website and app user journey information

Lawful bases

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods are:

  • Consent
  • Contract

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees are:

  • Consent
  • Contract
  • Legitimate interest:

o We must have this information in case of any warranty claims later down the line.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:

  • Consent
  • Contract
  • Legitimate interest:

o So that our website users are always kept up to date and able to benefit from any special offers or specialist information we provide.

Where we get personal information from

• People directly

How long we keep information

Personal information is stored for as long or short as necessary (usually dependent upon the warranty associated with your business relationship with us.) As some of our warranties are 50 years, necessary information, (usually names and addresses) will be kept for this period and purpose.

Who we share information with

We do not sell or rent any information collected. We may use third parties such as standard across websites, such as google analytics to monitor traffic and use of our website. If you submit personal identifiable information to us through our web form this information will be protected in accordance with this policy.

Data processors

Quickbooks

This data processor does the following activities for us: Our accounting software

Others we share personal information with

Warranty and guarantee providers

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal data.

Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal data you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal data in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal data you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent.

You don’t usually need to pay a fee to exercise your rights. If you make a request, we have one calendar month to respond to you.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint