Extend The Living Area With A Propane Patio Heater

By Tom Vandeventer

If you have a patio or outdoor living area, you know how much space that can add to your home. Outdoor living areas are now being furnished with weather resistant furniture that allows you to do more of your living enjoying the fresh air. Outdoor living on your patio can start to get too cold as the winter If you want to enjoy your outdoor living area for a longer time, consider adding a propane patio heater.

If you live in an area where nights are very cool, even during the summer, you may find that a patio heater allows you to spend more hours outside enjoying your patio in early mornings or late evenings.

There are several styles of propane patio heaters available. Umbrella heaters have an umbrella shaped cap that directs the heat back toward the ground. In the base, there is room for the needed five gallon propane tank. The actual burner is held up in the air so that the heat does not present a danger for children.

Owners of outdoor fireplaces may be interested in installing propane logs in the fireplace to offer the necessary heat for the cooler months. The propane or gas logs do an excellent job at warming an area without all the bother of burning real wood.

Still other patio heaters look like a fire pit. They may be made of brick or metal and have a flame that is fed by propane. That flame warms the area and enjoyable to watch. The best part about it is that it does not create either smoke or ash. There is no need to tote firewood back and forth to keep your guests warm and when you retire at night, your clothing will not smell like wood smoke so often associated with wood fire pits.

An average ten by fifteen patio is sufficiently heated by one patio heater. Larger patios may require more than one heater to keep guests warm.

With the new anti-smoking laws, many restaurants and bars are finding that they need to provide a warm seating area for their customers that smoke. If you have a patio, add a patio heater and customers can continue to patronize your establishment, take their drink outside and have a smoke. They will see that you do care about their wants and desires as you have provided a warm place for them to smoke while visiting your establishment.

Restaurants find that the heated patio is a great way to extend their dining room and to lure in new customers. The tall fence blocks much of the problem winds and the heaters keep customers warm and happy. They have the freedom to enjoy outdoor dining on all but the coldest of winter days.

There are many different heat sources for patio heaters. In addition to propane patio heaters, you will find electric and natural gas heaters. Be sure that you have checked all the options before you make your final decision on the purchase of a patio heater. - 30234

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