The hammam had two furnaces (one for the women's section and one for the men's section) which, for efficiency, were located at the back of the complex right behind the hot rooms, but at a lower level than the adjoining chambers. The warm and hot rooms were heated using a traditional hypocaust system just as Roman bathhouses did.[1] Hot smoke from the fires passed under the floors of the rooms and then rose through flues inside the walls and up to the chimneys.