Terms & Conditions – Community Sauna

Highland Hot and Cold – Community Sauna – Terms and Conditions

Highland Hot and Cold Terms and Conditions set out the standards that apply when you use our saunas.

You agree to be held responsible for ensuring that you are aware of, and follow, these terms and conditions to ensure a safe sauna environment for all. 

If you are making a booking on behalf of a group, it is your responsibility to make all members of your booking party aware of these Terms and Conditions and to ensure that safe sauna use is practiced. 

If the Terms and Conditions agreed to in this disclaimer are breached, Highland Hot and Cold reserve the right to terminate your hire of the sauna immediately. We also may refuse admission to anyone who we feel is intoxicated or poses a health and safety risk (at our discretion).

In participating in a sauna provided by Highland Hot and Cold, you voluntarily agree to the following Terms & Conditions: 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RISKS
Personal Responsibility: Use the sauna at your own risk.

Using the sauna is voluntary and if using the sauna you are required to assess the associated risks.

It is your responsibility to be mindful of the risk posed by: 

• Slippery surfaces caused by water, ice, snow, mud or other substances.
• Trip hazards, guy lines, stones, roots, chairs, or any other obstacles that cause you to lose your balance and fall. 
• Exposure to cold (outside) temperatures and associated wind chill.
• Exposure to hot temperatures.
• Exposure to hot equipment, including seating and the sauna stove, rocks, and flue. Increased internal body temperature.
• Collisions or contact with other persons and objects inside or outside of the Sauna.
• Exposure to airborne illnesses or transmittable diseases.
• Extreme weather (wind, storms, heat, waves, or otherwise).

COLD WATER IMMERSION
Highland Hot & Cold does not recommend swimming due to the varying risks associated with currents, tides and general sea state/water conditions. It must be acknowledged that any user of the sauna entering a nearby body of water does so entirely at their own risk and Highland Hot and Cold cannot be held liable for any issue/s arising for anyone doing so.

REPRESENTATION OF FITNESS
You should be physically and mentally fit to participate in the Sauna.

If you have any medical condition that interferes with your ability to sweat, such as anhidrosis, unstable angina pectoris, recent myocardial infarction or severe aortic stenosis, you should not use the Sauna.
If you are pregnant, suffer from epilepsy or diabetes, have high or low blood pressure or any heart or circulatory issues, are prone to dizziness or fainting, or if you are taking prescription medication that affects your mental or physical state, please contact your GP for advice before making a booking.

If you have any concerns about how sauna use may affect your health, it is recommended you discuss with, and obtain permission from, your GP before using the Sauna.

SESSION DURATION

How long you stay in the sauna and how you cool down is entirely up to you, but we encourage a mindful and gentle approach, seeing no need to excessively ‘push’ oneself either physiologically or psychologically. If feeling dizzy or unwell, come out of the sauna immediately.

Listen to your body and take time out with the sauna to cool down.

Stay hydrated.

REMEMBER – IF IN DOUBT, COME OUT.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• For hygiene reasons please shower at home before entering the sauna.
• Sit on a clean towel for hygiene purposes, and to protect yourself from hot seating surfaces.
• Enter and exit the sauna safely.
• Keep access points clear for safe and quick exits.
• Do not touch the stove, flue, or rocks. 
• If pouring water on the rocks, apply gradually and in small amounts as excessive amounts of water can damage the stove. 
• Only use fresh water on sauna rocks, no salt water.
• Do not use glass drinking vessels in the sauna; Highland Hot and Cold will not be liable for any injuries caused by glass breakages in or around the Sauna. 
• Remove any jewellery to prevent burns.

NO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS
The consumption of alcohol, drugs, or other substances that may impair your judgment is prohibited prior to, or during, sauna use. These can interfere with your body’s ability to regulate temperature and cause injury and are therefore not permitted.

NO SMOKING
No smoking or e-cigarettes use, in or around the sauna.

NO NUDITY
You must always wear appropriate swimwear for sauna.

CHILDREN AND THE SAUNA
No children under the age of 16 in the sauna.

PERSONAL PROPERTY

Highland Hot & Cold is not responsible for any damage to, or loss of, personal property before, during, or after sauna use. 

WAIVER

By booking and using Highland Hot & Cold saunas, you –

• Fully acknowledge and accept the terms and conditions set out above and will act accordingly to always keep yourself and others safe whilst using the sauna.
• Acknowledge and accept that sauna use is voluntary and comes with inherent risks.
• Waive any rights to hold Highland Hot and Cold liable for any harm, injury, or damages that may occur while using Highland Hot and Cold saunas or services.