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Outdoor cedar sauna with steep gable roof covered in snow during winter
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Sauna roof pitch requirements for snow load: what you need to know

Most outdoor saunas need a roof pitch of 4:12 or steeper to shed snow safely. Here's what building codes, engineers, and real snow loads require.

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