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The 50% tariff that hit $20 billion of Canadian goods on August 22 does not appear to reach a freestanding Canadian sauna, whether it ships assembled or on a pallet. It does reach the cedar in an indoor room kit. Four CBP rulings, a line-by-line read of the published list, and the trade data showing Canada sends 97.6% of its prefabricated wooden buildings to one customer.
Homecraft is rolling out the Apex Mini, a floor-standing compact tower heater in 6 kW, 7.5 kW, and 9 kW variants, built for sauna rooms in the 200 to 450 cubic foot range. The pitch is deliberate: keep the stone mass of a serious pillar heater while shortening the tower enough that builders can actually get bench geometry right.
Homecraft, Canada's oldest sauna heater maker (Surrey, BC, since 1988), has released the TKE2-2 WiFi controller for its C- and H-Series electric heaters. The WiFi-enabled touchpad brings app-based remote control and scheduling to a heater line that serves a large share of North American residential installations.