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If you’ve decided to install new patio heaters or upgrade your current ones, congratulations! Whether you manage a restaurant, resort, golf club, boating club, or similar event venue, you’ll be attracting customers to relax longer and spend more time in your outdoor space. If you oversee an apartment or condominium, patio heating is an amenity that will increase the appeal of your property and attract more prospects. Even if you’re just a backyard host considering residential heaters, you’re setting yourself up for more hours of good times with family and guests.

Whatever your reason for choosing new heaters, be sure to select units that provide safe, efficient, and effective radiant heat.

The Technology of Infrared Heat

Why radiant heat? Well, a fire warms a space by heating the air. Eventually, people who are sitting in that air will get warm as well. Infrared heat is more effective because it directly warms up objects. It generates electronic radiation in the infrared spectrum that heats up tables, chairs, and the people sitting in them without wasting energy warming up the air in between.

This is safe and natural because it’s the same way the sun works. Infrared warmth can’t be blown away by wind or soaked away by a drizzle. Infrared keeps right on working regardless of the constraints of the physical environment.

Infrared heaters don’t have moving parts. The panels get warm when you turn them on and quit warming when you turn them off. There aren’t mechanisms that can break down and require repair.

People start feeling more comfortable as soon as the switch is flipped. They don’t have to wait for the outdoor “room” to reach a higher temperature. These heaters are also more ecologically sound, as there’s no wasted heat escaping into the air.

Modern Infrared Heaters

Safety is one of the key reasons why managers of outdoor social spaces prefer infrared commercial heaters. These units have heating panels rather than an open flame, and the panels are protected so that there’s no easy way for anyone to come in contact with them.

The heaters are also coveted for their durability and reliability. Also, their energy efficiency minimizes utility costs. Some run on the natural gas lines that heat your building. Others are portable and use the same liquid propane tanks that power gas grills. Additionally, there are electric wall units that operate from your facility’s electric current.

The heaters come in attractive styles that fit right in with the design style and decor of inviting outdoor spaces. There are box heaters that mount to the wall or even overhead. The familiar mushroom heaters come in both permanently installed and portable varieties. There are attractive options for finishes including natural stainless steel, black coating, and even powdered brass finish.

Infrared Heaters from AEI Corporation

AEI offers first-quality infrared outdoor heaters from five industry leaders:

• Patio Comfort provides some of the most attractive and effective heaters you can own. After all, they’ve been doing it for over 45 years. Their top-flight design and materials create the Patio Comfort “circle of heat” that keeps guests warm with safe and natural infrared. These are handsome mushroom heaters that come in both natural gas and liquid propane models. The liquid propane models are portable and can be moved around the patio as needed or even stored elsewhere when they’re not in use. Exterior finish choices include stainless steel, jet-silver, and a coating of an antique bronze powder.
• The Sunstar heaters are mountable heaters that attach to walls and allow you to make maximum use of your patio floor space. In a large outdoor setting, they can be used in conjunction with freestanding heaters to generate a generous portion of comforting infrared heat from multiple sources. Both natural gas and liquid propane Sunstar models are available. Some have adjustable mounting kits that give you a choice of how your heaters are angled. You can vary the heating capacity; these are two-stage units that crank out either 24,000 or 35,000 BTU. There’s a three-position switch, and a convenient remote control is an available option. These mountable heaters are finished with either a black high-temperature silicone powder-coated paint or marine-grade stainless steel.
• Infratech has the answer if you want to avoid using gas by connecting your heaters directly to your building’s electricity. One advantage of electric box heaters is that they can also be used in an indoor locale such as a three-season porch or patio. Infratech heaters have an unobtrusive low profile that works from a design standpoint with any indoor or outdoor area. They are superbly energy efficient, and they’re available in either a stainless steel or a black finish.
• Sunglo was the pioneer in patio heaters, first designed in 1961 and sold as commercial heaters since 1967. Sunglo continues to be the brand that so many customers clamor for. They’ve kept improving the units to solidify their role as the industry leader. Sunglos are mushroom heaters in both liquid propane and natural gas models. These are available as permanent mounts and also as portable units with the flexibility that portability affords. A unique Sunglo option is a suspended mushroom heater suitable for a covered outdoor space, where the actual heater is surrounded by a stylish rectangular frame.
• Sunpak produces mountable box units in both natural gas and liquid propane models. There are two heating capacities offered, 25,000 and 34,000 BTU. You can also purchase a two-stage unit that alternates between the two powers with a wall switch or a wireless remote. They are mountable overhead as well as on walls. Sunpak heaters come with both stainless steel and black finishes.

Choose the Right Infrared Heater for Your Outdoor Space

Whatever your outdoor space – commercial or residential, restaurant or resort, apartment or condominium – AEI Corporation has an infrared heating solution for you. Don’t wait any longer to get full use out of that patio by making it more inviting later into the evening and longer into the fall season. Contact AEI and talk to a specialist, and we’ll help you choose the infrared heaters that will make that special outdoor venue all that it can be.