Allen Pools & Spas

Allen Pools & Spas in Lebanon serves the Upper Valley along the Connecticut River, selling and installing saunas rather than running a public facility.

Lebanon sits on the New Hampshire side opposite White River Junction, and the Upper Valley functions as a single region across the state line. Dartmouth College is five minutes north in Hanover, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center — the largest hospital in the state — sits in Lebanon itself. That combination gives the area a professional population unusual for rural New England.

It also makes it a plausible market for home saunas. The climate justifies one, the housing stock accommodates one, and the Upper Valley has a strong outdoor culture with the Appalachian Trail crossing nearby and the Connecticut River running through.

What separates a good home build from a mediocre one is unglamorous: heater output matched to volume, enough stone mass to sustain löyly through repeated water applications, ventilation that keeps the air breathable, and bench geometry that lets you use the thermal gradient. None is easy to correct after the fact.

Lebanon sits at the junction of I-89 and I-91. Contact directly to discuss a project.