Terms and Conditions of Sauna Safety & Use
Terms and conditions of Sauna use Kindred Sauna
If you are making this booking on behalf of a group, it is your responsibility to make all users aware of the terms and conditions and to practice safe sauna use.
Over 16’s only permitted to use our saunas. No pregnant women can be admitted to the sauna.
All persons using the sauna, do so at their own risk.
Our saunas take place in natural environments, where there are uneven and sometimes wet surfaces, please take care when walking around.
Please just bring yourselves to the sauna, no dogs or children under 12 are allowed on the campsite.
If you have any reservations regarding sauna use, such as medical conditions, underlying health problems, the use of prescription drugs or pregnancy, it is essential that you consult your GP before making a booking.
Medical Safety:
Please seek medical advice before coming if any of the following apply:
You’re taking regular prescription or over the counter drugs.
You’re pregnant or suspect you are. (Most pregnant women avoid coming in the first trimester)
You have any cardiovascular conditions or are taking blood pressure medications
You have a pacemaker or defibrillator.
You’ve had a heart attack in the last 6 months
You have a recent joint injury, or you have joints that are chronically swollen.
You have metal pins, rods, artificial joints or any other surgical implants
Have any chronic underlying medical condition. Have any severe allergies, the sauna is not an allergen free zone.
If you do have a medical condition and chose to sauna, you do so at your own risk and are wavering your right to claim in any incident due to said condition.
Kindred Sauna cannot accept responsibility for customers with the above conditions or in the above situations.
Sauna etiquette and safe behaviour must be always adhered to.
These include:
Dress code:
1. Swimwear must be worn during all our sauna sessions, private or communal saunas. Please change in privacy.
2. Removing shoes/sandals/flipflops prior to entering the sauna. Shoes must be worn walking around the site and on the pond platform,
3. To prevent burning, jewellery and metal should be removed before entering the sauna.
4. You must sit on a clean towel.
5. Sauna is not recommended if you have recently applied fake tan/home hair dye.
In the sauna:
Exposure to hot equipment, slippery surfaces, hot & cold temperatures is done so at your own risk
1. Entering and exiting the sauna in a safe manner.
2. Keeping access points clear to allow other users to exit safely and swiftly if needed.
3. You must sit on a clean towel.
4. Sauna sessions of no longer than 10-15 min at a time, followed by a cool off with cold dip/shower or bucket of water.
5. Do not touch any part of the stove / stove cage or rocks. These are extremely hot and would cause a burn. The sauna attendant will manage the fire.
6. Alcohol and smoking are not permitted in the sauna.
7. Pour water onto hot rocks slowly.
8. Only pouring the provided ‘sauna water’ on hot rocks. Nothing else.
9. Do not use any personal products, salt scrubs or oils in the sauna, only those provided by Kindred sauna.
Your belongings:
Kindred Sauna takes no responsibility for the damage or loss of customers’ property.
We offer areas to place your belongings, but cannot guarantee their security. Please do not bring any valuables.
Cooling off:
The Knepp estate allow our sauna customers to use their beautiful natural swimming pond. The access to the pond is uneven and not suitable unless you are fully mobile.
The use of the pond is entirely at your own risk as it is unsupervised, and is not covered by our insurance. You are responsible for your own safety. It is advisable always to use the pond accompanied and to shower afterwards.
The pond water is tested regularly for safety. Occasionally the pond may be closed for maintenance or if tests show water quality is poor - in these circumstances we inform our customers but we do not offer a refund, reschedule only.
Cold shower is available but no cold plunge bath, due to water restrictions.
General information:
1. No children under 16 are allowed in the saunas, this is due to the terms of our insurance.
2. We reserve the right to refuse admission to intoxicated persons or for other reasons that may be deemed a health and safety risk.
3. If anyone is deemed to be acting against the sauna terms of use we reserve the right to ask them to leave for their own safety and that of other sauna users.