Built by an Athlete Who Demands More

Abbas Mounshed spent years as a professional MMA fighter. Training camps, weight cuts, recovery sessions — his body was his livelihood, and he treated it with the discipline the sport demands. Saunas were central to that recovery. Not a luxury. A necessity.

When Abbas looked for a custom sauna builder in Dallas-Fort Worth, what he found was disappointing. Pre-fabricated kits with cheap wood. Contractors who treated sauna builds as an afterthought. Nobody who understood what a sauna actually needed to do — hold extreme heat, withstand daily use, and feel right when you step inside after pushing your body to the limit.

So he built his own. He sourced western red cedar, studied Finnish construction techniques, and put in the same hours he put into the gym. The result was a sauna built to a standard no one in DFW was offering. Friends noticed. Training partners asked for builds. Then their neighbors asked.

What started as one fighter solving his own problem became DFW Custom Sauna. Every build still carries that same mindset: no shortcuts, no cheap materials, no handing off the work to someone who doesn't understand what they're building. Abbas is on every project from the first consultation to the final walkthrough.

The discipline that made him a fighter is the same discipline he brings to every joint, every finish, every detail. Because if it wouldn't survive his own daily use, it doesn't leave the shop.