SaunaLife G2 Garden Series 4-Person Outdoor Sauna Kit

Inside the cabin

What four people actually get

The ceiling slopes with the roof, so there is standing height at the door end and the benches sit under the lower side, which is where the heat gathers anyway.

Inside the cabin

Interior	67.3 × 58 in (170.9 × 147.3 cm), 80.9 in (205.4 cm) at the front and 75.5 in (191.7 cm) at the back
Exterior, at the walls	71.8 × 64.3 in (182.4 × 163.2 cm)
Exterior, with the roof	86 × 75.2 in (218.4 × 190.9 cm)
Height	85 in at the low side, 92 in at the high side
Footprint	32 sq ft at the walls
Interior volume	183 cu ft
Door	27.2 × 66.6 in (69 × 169 cm), clear tempered glass, 8 mm

Measure the ground against the roof rather than the walls. The cabin stands on 71.8 by 64.3 inches, but the slanted roof reaches 86 by 75.2 inches, and that overhang is what keeps water off the beams, so it needs the clearance.

The one choice you make

Natural or black, and treating the outside

What the choice changes

Natural	Nordic Spruce as it comes, for you to stain or paint in the colour you want
Black	The same cabin finished black
What does not change	Everything else. Same dimensions, same benching, same glass door, same heater range, same warranty

This is the one Garden cabin that needs treating. SaunaLife builds the G2 in solid Nordic Spruce rather than thermally modified timber, and says in its own documentation to preserve and protect the exterior with an outdoor wood stain or paint carrying UV protection. Plan that into the build weekend rather than discovering it afterwards: bare spruce outdoors greys and checks, and the first coat is far easier before the cabin is full of benches. Choose the finish in the Finish control above Add to Cart.

The decision that blocks the purchase

Choosing the heater for your G2

Two decisions, in this order: how many kilowatts, then which heater. At 183 cubic feet behind a full glass door, the G2 takes 8 to 10 kW.

These are the four we sell for it, and they are the four behind the Add a heater and accessories button above Add to Cart. Each is a package: heater, control and stones together, so nothing is missing when the pallet arrives.

Browse Harvia sauna heaters or electric sauna heaters if you want to see the full range first.

About the heater guard

A heater guard comes with the G2, which is not true of the other Garden cabins. SaunaLife notes in its installation documentation that the supplied guard may not meet the safety distances of every heater, so check it against the installation instructions for the heater you choose before you fix the benches. If the distances do not work out, the heater maker sells a guard matched to that model.

What your electrician needs to know

The heater is hard-wired onto its own 240-volt circuit, not plugged in. Your electrician sizes the breaker and the cable from the installation instructions for that heater and from your local code, and for a garden cabin that run is usually the longest part of the job.

Scope

What you get, and what you also need

The kit ships as one pallet, 89 × 44 × 32 inches, by LTL freight. Here is everything in it.

• Full-length Nordic Spruce wall beams1.65 in thick, with interlocking V-joints
• Aspen benches1.1 in bench tops, grade A, no knots
• Aspen backrestgrade A, no knots
• Clear tempered glass door8 mm, with a professional door pull and sturdy hinges
• Heater guard
• Foundation beams
• Full floor
• Roofing felt for the slanted roof
• White LED light systemdotless, dimmable, indirect, with Wi-Fi app operation, a wireless handheld remote and a mounting cradle, at low voltage
• Installation instructions

Before you order

Five things to check before the G2 ships

None of these is hard. All of them are easier to answer now than on the day the pallet is standing in your driveway.

• Have you measured to the roof, not the walls?The cabin stands on 71.8 by 64.3 inches but the roof reaches 86 by 75.2 inches. Against a fence or a wall, the overhang is what runs out of room first.
• Is the base level, and does it drain?32 square feet carrying 1,100 pounds before bathers and water. Foundation beams come in the kit; a slab, piers or a timber frame under them all work if they are level and shed water.
• Have you bought the stain or paint?SaunaLife asks for an exterior coating with UV protection on this model. Buying it with the sauna means you can treat the beams as they go up.
• Wood or electric?The G2 is large enough for a wood-fired stove as well as an electric heater. A wood stove changes the build: it needs a flue through the roof and a clearance plan.
• Has your electrician seen your panel?If you go electric, the heater is hard-wired onto its own 240-volt circuit. Your electrician will tell you in one visit whether your panel has room.

Assembly

Building the SaunaLife G2

Two days, two people. SaunaLife engineers the G2 for a DIY build and publishes that figure.

The foundation beams go down and are levelled first, then the walls stack course by course: the V-joints interlock as you go, so the beams pull themselves into line and the cabin finds its own square. The floor, the slanted roof and its felt follow, then the glass door, the benches and backrest, the heater guard and the lighting. Treat the outside before the benches go in if you can reach it more easily that way.

If you would rather not build it yourself, professional setup and assembly is quoted for your address. Ask for a quote here and the form opens on this page.

After the sale

Who stands behind the G2, and for how long

Two companies stand behind your sauna: SaunaLife for the cabin, and whoever made the heater for the heater. Both are written warranties, and between them your whole purchase is covered.

Keep SaunaLife's warranty with your heater's, your delivery receipt and your electrician's invoice, and a claim takes one phone call instead of three.

Construction

What the G2 is made of

Solid Nordic Spruce, at 1.65 inches. Not thermally modified, which is the honest difference between this cabin and the rest of the Garden Series. It is why the G2 costs what it does, and why SaunaLife asks you to put a UV-protective stain or paint on the outside rather than letting it weather.

Interlocking V-joints. Each beam locks into the one below along a machined V, so the wall closes tight as it rises and the timber can move with the seasons without opening a gap. It is also what makes a two-day build realistic without a carpenter.

Aspen where skin touches it. The benches and backrest are grade-A Aspen with no knots, 1.1 inches thick. Aspen stays cool enough to lean against at temperature, which spruce does not.

A slanted roof and a full floor. The roof sheds to one side under self-adhesive roofing, with the overhang keeping water off the beams, and the cabin has a full floor rather than sitting open to the ground.

An outdoor sauna heated by stones. The Garden Series sits in the full SaunaLife range.

Reference

SaunaLife G2 specifications

The real comparison

The G2 against the other SaunaLife kits for four

The G2 is cross-shopped against the CL5G cube and the GL4, which seat the same four people on much the same ground. Timber is the real variable: the G2 is solid spruce you treat yourself, the other two are thermally modified and need no coating.

	SaunaLifeG2You are here	SaunaLifeCL5G	SaunaLifeGL4
Bathers, up to	4	4	4
Timber	Solid Nordic Spruce	Thermo-Spruce	Thermo-Spruce
Exterior treatment	Required, stain or paint	None needed	None needed
Footprint	32 sq ft at the walls	35.3 sq ft	32.5 sq ft
Interior volume	183 cu ft	184 cu ft	144 cu ft
Covered porch	None	None	Yes, across the front
Heater guard	Included	Included	Not included
Wood stove possible	Yes	No	No
Product weight	1,100 lbs	1,680 lbs	1,650 lbs

Choose the G2 when the budget leads, when you are happy to stain or paint it, or when you want the option of a wood-fired stove. Choose the CL5G when you want thermally treated timber and the largest room of the three with no coating to maintain. Choose the GL4 when the covered porch and the architectural shape are what you are buying.

Buyer questions

Questions buyers ask about the G2