Patio Heater News

At Alfresco Heating we have a warehouse full of patio heaters and repair parts, unlike most internet dealers. And we actually install and service the products we sell, unlike most internet dealers. Since we work with the products every day our knowledge of them is superior to most internet d … read more

Alfresco Heating offers discounts to contractors and restaurants, and also for quantity purchases. There are some exceptions. Please contact us with your name and business contact phone, address, and email for a quote.  … read more

"I live in Petaluma, but found you online.  I am trying to heat an outdoor shade structure.  I was thinking of electric infrared, but I don't really like the bright orange light." Rob S. In my experience, an electric patio heater with halogen bulb will create a lot of light. Alfre … read more

The owner of Salito's Crab House Restaurant in Sausalito likes his outdoor customers to be able to turn on a patio heater near them, with a timer, when they want the heat. Unfortunately, he told me this just after new tile was laid on the deck. We would normally use a 24 volt AC circuit to create … read more

In the case of overhead gas outdoor heaters, their combustible clearances require them to hang down well below flammables that may be above them. Most overhead gas outdoor heaters are either on or off. Some gas patio heaters have low and high settings. However gas heaters are economical to run, and … read more

I had occasion to visit The Food Service Technology Center (FSTC) in San Ramon, California, recently. At their unbiased resource center they test many commercial appliances for performance and efficiency. I found this short PDF on their site about patio heaters, which I thought contained useful gene … read more

July 2012: 8th-floor rooftop condominium installation of patio heaters by Alfresco Heating at The Montgomery Condominiums in San Francisco, California: This was largely a gas-piping job, requiring a welded connection, 2" galvanized pipe and 2" CSST, because the patio heaters are hundreds of feet f … read more

Your portable propane patio heater won't light. Before you call us for a repair, or throw your economy propane patio heater away, you could try the following self-service user-maintenance steps: 1. Bleed the gas. This is the most common issue. If you changed the tank, or if the heater was not u … read more

Glass-tube patio heaters, often pyramid shaped, are trendy now. They bring a fire element and create quite a show at night. You can stand right next to them, and you can touch them while they are lit. That is because the quartz glass fire tube is an insulator. What all effective patio heaters have i … read more

Infrared Dynamics, the American manufacturer of the SunGlo patio heater, really listens to feedback from techs in the field, and then they act on it. That is one reason why I like them so much. That is also why the newest SunGlo heaters have extruded threads on the emitter grid and on the … read more