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A commercial sauna fires several times a day, every day, and ordinary stone breaks down under that. Elite Pro is Harvia answer to it: olivine diabase that has been heat treated to around 1000 degrees Celsius before it ever reaches your heater, so the thermal shock that cracks untreated stone has already been done to it. Harvia specifically names public saunas as the use case. Two sizes, the AC3050 at 5 to 10 cm and the AC3055 at 10 to 15 cm, both 20 kg.
Sauna stone fails by cracking, and it cracks because every ladle of water puts a thermal shock through it. Pre-treating the rock at around 1000 degrees drives that process to completion before the stone is sold, so what arrives is the material that survived rather than the material that will fail in your heater. In a room fired once a week the difference is modest. In a room fired six times a day it is the difference between an annual restack and a quarterly one.
Elite Pro is heat treated but it is still split-face stone, which Harvia states in its own copy. The Harvia Spirit range does not accept it: the Spirit manual states only rounded stones may be used and that stones with a cleavage surface are not allowed. For a Spirit you need the rounded R-991. Note also that Harvia describes Elite Pro as grey heat-treated olivine diabase while its own studio photographs show a reddish-brown speckled rock. We have used Harvia words rather than Harvia pictures, so expect the stone to look closer to the photograph.
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| Part | Stone size | Box weight | Suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC3050 | 5 to 10 cm | 20 kg | Electric heaters, top stone for wood burners |
| AC3055 | 10 to 15 cm | 20 kg | Large electric heaters and all wood burners |
For a standard split-face stone at a lower price, see the Harvia AC3000 and AC3020. For a darker bed, see the Harvia Black Vulcanite range. If your heater requires rounded stone, see the Harvia rounded olivine sauna stones.
Commercial rooms buy stone on total cost rather than box price, and nobody publishes a replacement interval you can plan against. Tell us how often the room fires and we will tell you whether Elite Pro pays for itself against standard stone at your usage. Call 866-861-6317, 9am to 6pm EST, Monday to Friday, or book a call.
It is the same olivine diabase, heat treated to around 1000 degrees Celsius before sale so the thermal shock that cracks untreated stone has already happened.
No. Elite Pro is split-face and the Spirit manual allows only rounded stone with no cleavage surface. Use the rounded R-991 for a Spirit.
Harvia publishes no replacement interval for Elite Pro specifically. Its general guidance is to rearrange stones at least annually and replace them when they crack or sound hollow.
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