Patio Heater News

Your New Patio Heaters Help  Support a Small, Bay Area Business Wherever you live, it appears that the shelter-in-place mandates may continue, at least for now. If you need more space, you may wish to make your patio and outdoor areas warmer, more elegant, comfortable and inviting. A … read more

Expand Your Shelter-in-Place Living Spaces with Outdoor Heating Alfresco Heating can help you through the coronavirus shelter-in-place mandate by providing patio heaters to create a new happy place to hang out, sip wine, cuddle or just get some fresh air in warmth and comfort.  Even i … read more

We all want to save money. When you have a major purchase to make, it’s always tempting to consider the warehouse and big box-stores and their brands. These seem to offer the lowest prices on items that seem comparable to those available at other outlets.  Price Isn’t Everything Appea … read more

Due to the increase in bay-area traffic, we are unable to continue patio-heating repair service in the areas south of San Francisco and Oakland, east of the Caldecott Tunnel and Vallejo.  We will offer final service calls, upon request, to existing customers outside our new, smaller ser … read more

Alfresco Heating has always held the health and safety of our customers in the highest regard. Therefore we are doing our best to comply with the California Proposition 65 regulations for the products we sell. Our products are made by different manufacturers, each responsible for labeling their p … read more

Make yourself a cocktail and enjoy the peace we feel around the water; take advantage of that valuable view. Turn off your phone; escape the over-stimulation of modern life. Increase your comfort with patio heaters from Alfresco Heating™. Patio heaters provide that extra warmth you need on … read more

Are your outdoor heaters ready for patio season? Spring is upon us and, as Bay Area Summers notoriously need that extra boost of warmth all season long, tune up those patio heaters now to beat the rush. If you test your patio heaters and they don’t seem to be functioning properly, contact u … read more

patioSchwank - Wonderful New Outdoor Heaters Product Line Schwank has been making heaters, internationally, for over 75 years. Alfresco Heating welcomes the addition of the made-in-America and Canada bistroSchwank and SupremeSchwank patio heaters. In addition to the solid reputation their … read more

All evenGlo outdoor heaters on clearance sale - limited to stock on hand. We need to make room for our new products! Now is the time to take advantage of our one-time-only sale on evenGlo portable propane patio heaters, portable natural gas patio heaters, and permanent, fixed-post patio heaters. … read more

Preheating patio heaters: Is it a waste of energy? Since patio heating is achieved by radiant heat it is thought that you should only run them when you are there to enjoy the heat. However, there are two reasons that  fifteen minutes of preheating can increase your comfort. The first … read more

Many Ignition Modules for SunPak Patio Heaters on Sale Now. Patio heater parts are not usually discounted, so take advantage of this special pricing while supplies last. Save hundreds. This discount pricing is offered at alfrescoheating.com only. … read more

Bromic is continually improving their products. That is the biggest takeaway I got from a recent meeting with Bromic Heating at Alfresco Heating's Novato main office. Changes include hardware that is more corrosion resistant, upgraded stainless steel grade on some models, improved exhaust air flo … read more

Calcana Patio Heaters - Welcome to Alfresco It's not just a tube heater. It's a unique gas patio heater for the changing environment of a patio. Calcana's patented modulating control allows full dimming of the heat output from 100% down to 50%. Their outdoor heaters are clean burning, have re … read more

There is one important thing to consider in the planning phase of your future pergola, gazebo, or covered porch: Combustible Clearances I have personally taken many calls from customers who have built an outdoor-entertainment area and piped gas in for outdoor heaters. I have disappointed ma … read more

I met Pete Osborne on the upper deck of Mission Rock Resort and saw a challenge. Add new patio heaters, effectively placed at the outer edge of their upper deck, part of which was 25’ over the salty, corrosive San Francisco Bay. I designed custom posts of marine-grade stainless, which mount to a … read more

Almost all patio heaters are infrared. The sun is a great example of an infrared heater. Its rays travel through space and don't heat it, but when it hits a solid object, Earth, heat is created. Infrared patio heaters don't try to heat the air (like a convection heater) but instead heat the furni … read more

We get one therm (= 100,000 BTU) from every 1.1 gallons of propane. A standard 5 gallon tank holds roughly 4.7 gallons. So a full tank would hold 427,000 BTUs. Therefore, a 40,000 BTU propane heater, such as SunGlo or Patio Comfort on high can get 10 hours and 40 minutes out of a tank. A 46,000 B … read more

We would be happy to look at your patio heaters in our shop. We need the entire heater head and the propane regulator with hose assembly, so you do not necessarily have to bring the whole thing in. If you are not close by you can ship these components to us. We charge $50 up front to check your h … read more

Like in most things, you get what you pay for. If you choose an economy entry-level consumer patio heater from a big-box store, you are purchasing the patio heating equivalent of a disposable lighter. Such lightweight heaters tend to look crooked and uneven from when first assembled. They often b … read more