Special Offers and Discounts on Patio Heaters
You can save a massive 20% on outdoor heating between now and February 28th 2009 at Wyevale Garden Centres online.
Wyevale have a selection of 23 fire pits, chimineas and fire baskets ranging in price from £35.99 to £199.99.
Click here to see the great selection of outdoor heating from Wyevale.
For an ingenious and distinctive but useful outside decoration to add year round ambiance to your garden with the added benefit of doubling as a heater and an oven, too, why not invest a fire pit. Fire pits add an element of versatility to any garden in any season. With its hinged grill and spark guard for the ultimate in safety, it’s a safe and perfect bet for barbeques as well as a reliable source of heat for chilly days and evenings.
A delightful garden ornament that generates a good supply of warmth, fire pits offer a new and intriguing dimension to your alfresco lifestyle. The fantastic range of Lifestyle Outdoor Fire pits are suitable for both wood and coal fires and come in all styles, including an out door steel fire pit with a steel fire bowl and cast iron stand for durability and a more classical styled fire pit with a mosaic tile surround. An ideal focal point and a visually attractive source of heat that provides atmospheric lightening, it’s guaranteed to add charm to the natural beauty of your garden.
Stylish and easy to store, these cast iron and steel fire pits come with a chrome plated cooking grill for adventurous outdoor cooking. With a burnished copper finish, these unique garden essentials will be a great ornamental addition to your garden and will add a touch of eastern chic as sunset gives way to evening. With a removable ash tray to make cleaning an easy task after the barbie has finished, these fabulous fire pits offer excellent alternatives to larger gas and charcoal patio heaters and barbeques. So, it’s time to get to grips with outdoor entertaining and enjoy the cosy cocoon of a fire pit’s radiating heat that guarantees to chase the chill away.
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In solid and sturdy designs which won’t blow over in breezy situations, natural fire pits are both easy to clean and easy to extinguish. They may also be more economical than patio heaters in that they can operate at a lower output, thus making them slightly more economical in milder weather conditions. For those of us with a leaning towards the traditional and perhaps the romantic, the traditional fire pit with its glowing embers from real flames is still a firm favourite.
Create the perfect ambiance for your patio gatherings and choose a fire pit, an essential patio addition that will enhance the aesthetics and the atmosphere of your outdoor living space.
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As any outdoor heating equipment expert can tell you, there is a choice to be made between gas patio heaters and electric patio heaters (unless you intend to buy one of each!). Nevertheless, both products are extremely effective at providing warmth outdoors and any decision between the two must be based on which will better suit your requirements. Therefore, careful consideration must be paid to this before a purchase is made.
Gas patio heaters have one significant advantage over electric patio heaters in that they can function in wet weather. Indeed, they are usually described as weather resistant so far as they will not give up the fight even after the British summer has long since hung up its gloves. The importance of all-weather performance cannot be understated as it is usually because of poor weather conditions that patio heaters are required in the first place!
Notwithstanding this, gas patio heaters by nature require supplies of gas in order to function. Propane, butane or natural gas are the standard fuel types on which gas patio heaters operate.
In respect of propane and butane, which are both LPG (liquid petroleum gas), the former is by far the most versatile fuel source. Indeed, propane gas patio heaters can perform extremely well even throughout winter whereas butane gas patio heaters, which are relatively efficient, are limited to cool but not cold temperatures. Hooking up your patio heater to a natural gas supply negates the issue of requiring cylinders but as this is potentially very dangerous it must only be carried out by a CORGI registered engineer (in the UK at least).
As for the availability of gas supplies, this is usually not a problem, especially where propane cylinders are concerned. At maximum heat, a standard LPG gas patio heater will burn approximately 1kg of fuel an hour, although typical usage would result in a cylinder lasting up to six weeks. Gas and electric patio heaters cost roughly the same per KW (about 9p) so there is little between them in this respect.
One concern of consumers is that gas may not be the safest option. However, all models should offer ignition and pilot light controls in addition to a safety cut out system if the heater is knocked over whilst alight. Beyond this, naked flame is to gas as water is to electric, so no product is completely hazard free.
In summary, gas patio heaters are more weather resistant than similar outdoor heating products and they offer effective heating up to a radius of 5 metres.
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Electric patio heaters are a somewhat more contemporary alternative to gas patio heaters and other outdoor heating products such as fire pits and chimineas. Before choosing the heater for your patio, it is essential that you consider your precise requirements in order to make the purchase that is right for you. Nobody wants to be left out in the cold – not even if it is on your lovely new patio!
Traditionally, gas patio heaters are the preferred option for British gardens because they can usually function in wet weather conditions and bitterly cold weather. However, the tougher operating environment usually means that gas patio heaters run at a higher cost. While electric patio heaters cost the same per KW (7-9p approximately), they can operate at a much lower output and are a little more economical in the milder operating conditions. Regardless of this, however, the wet weather limitations of electric heaters do impact on overall consumer value and this is something that must be considered.
Nevertheless, the significant advantages of electric patio heaters are twofold: first, quite obviously, there is no need to buy gas cylinders for electric heaters; second, while gas patio heaters are perfectly safe in reality, many people perceive them to be more dangerous than their electric counterparts.
On the first point, the convenience that comes from not having to find a gas fuel supplier, buying the correct cylinders, storing backups and worrying if you will quite literally run out of gas before the party is over is a comforting aspect of owning an electric patio heater. Indeed, electric heaters are aimed at consumers who want, for example, the occasional hassle free summer barbecue or al fresco dinner party. In contrast, hardcore patio dwellers should look to gas heaters.
On the second point, electric patio heaters are potentially dangerous if used inappropriately in wet weather conditions, however they are generally regarded as a safer alternative to gas. Consumer feedback suggests that many are unsettled by the need to store gas cylinders in the home and, although the heaters themselves have built-in safety cut out devices, there is concern that a cracked or leaking cylinder would pose a serious danger.
Finally, electric patio heaters can be distinguished from chimineas and fire pits, which burn traditional solid fuels such as coal and wood to produce contained natural fire. Ultimately, these are more for traditionalists and those who want to get their hands dirty to produce some warmth. Furthermore, you can cook food over a fire pit, which is certainly not recommended with electric heaters!
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This fantastic contemporary chrome and beech wood Patio Heater from Enders is packed full of useful features to warm your summer evenings!
Specifications:
Current price for this patio heater is £337.66, click here for more information.
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A beautiful feature for any garden, a chiminea, derived from the Spanish word for chimney, is a classic free standing, wood-burning, cast-iron oven with a bulbous body and a vertical smoke vent or chimney, with a traditional heat resistant finish.
These classical and somewhat romantic garden essentials for gardeners and alfresco lovers alike have been enjoyed down the ages, having originated from Mexico over a thousand years ago. They were used by the Mayan Indians, a nomadic tribe living in the Mexican mountains, for their cooking and heating purposes. Back then, they were traditionally made of clay, which the Mayans would create and fire in wood fuelled kilns.
Today, it is the cast-iron and steel chimineas which are the preferred alternatives. Cast iron and steel chimineas are more durable than the clay editions, being frost-resistant too. If you enjoy entertaining in the great out doors, look no further than a classic cast iron chiminea in a heat-resistant verdigris finish. Standing 1.8 meters high, it comes complete with a chrome plated cooking grill ready for those year round barbeques. For a chimineas with a variation from the traditional shape, choose the cast iron chiminea square, an exquisite, classic, wood burning novelty standing 8oomm in height with a width and depth of 550mm, including the chrome plated cooking grill – just waiting to cook up a storm for the perfect Barbie. Here’s the perfect excuse for adventurous cooking whatever the season.
Despite being painted with a heat resistant paint, the generous amount of heat generated does cause the paint to burn off quickly. There is also the issue of rusting, which can be overcome by removing the rust with a wire brush before repainting your chiminea with purpose designed high temperature paint.
Traditionally, a chiminea doubles as a patio heater offering a genuine source of warmth for those chilly summer evenings or outside winter gatherings, as well as a barbecue, thus enabling you to enjoy alfresco dining in the great outdoors all year round, whatever the weather. After the barbie has finished, you can continue to relax in its warmth, a guaranteed genuine source of heat that lasts longer than traditional patio heaters and keeps the chill at bay while the chiminea takes its time to cool down. Besides being a great heater and an efficient oven, it also makes for an intriguing ornamental garden decoration on any patio, a useful patio adornment that would suit a classical, more traditional garden design than the modern, minimalist lines of contemporary patio heaters.
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When a customer makes the decision to purchase heating equipment for a patio, their primary concern is to buy a product that will produce maximum heat without taking up too much physical space. Indeed, patio areas are typically very compact, which can cause problems when entertaining a number of guests. In this respect, hosts tend to favour minimalistic fire pits, chimineas and free-standing traditional patio heaters. One commonly overlooked product, however, is the table top patio heater.
Table top patio heaters are specifically designed with space conservation in mind. As their name suggests, the primary function of these products is to provide sufficient heat whilst resting on top of outdoor patio tables. This requires that they must be small, lightweight and portable. Typically, the table top patio heater will measure no more than 50-60cm in diameter at its base and under 100cm in height.
So, consider an average British summer time gathering in an equally average back garden. There are a handful of guests milling around a modestly sized patio, which is nevertheless large enough to accommodate a sturdy bench, table and a large barbecue. The sun is beginning to set but the sausages are still to be incinerated and there remains enough alcohol to keep a small brewery in business for a few days. The outdoor lights come on but, in true British fashion, the weather decides to throw a chilly northeasterly breeze at proceedings. Very soon, people are feeling more than a little uncomfortable around the table and some are looking for an excuse to go inside or even leave! What would a good host do such a situation? Of course, he or she would rush indoors, grab the table top patio heater and quickly place it on the table or even at one end of the patio.
Indeed, once the guests are sitting down to eat, their close proximity to the heater (which should be positioned centrally) ought to provide a warmth that a traditional patio heater could not provide in those circumstances. Furthermore, assuming that the heater is placed on the table and not on the patio itself, there is reduced risk that the token ‘all drink and no sausages’ guest will become ensnared on it whilst desperately making their way to the flowerbed… Moreover, good quality table top patio heaters come equipped with a guard over the burner to protect against harm to animals, birds, children and, crucially, drunken guests.
In summary, if you need a quick and effective outdoor heating solution, look no further than table top patio heaters.
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Make the most of garden living during an unpredictable English summer as well as in winter with the stylish but sturdy Sun Time Table Top Living Flame patio heater that’s fully portable and quick and easy to assemble. Have longer, lazier evenings on the patio with the help of the Sun Time Table Top Living Flame patio heater, a patio must-have to fend off the chill when the sun goes in, whatever the season.
What is it?
The Sun Time Table Top Living Flame patio heater is the perfect table top utensil for adding warmth to patio parties on chilly days or during coolish evenings. Being unobtrusive, it is ideal to be placed either on a patio table or even at the edge of the patio itself. Displaying all the vital technical capabilities expected of a top quality patio heater, the Sun Time Table Top Living Flame patio heater measures 820mm in height and 300mm in width, while its modern minimalist design compliments a wide range of patio styles.
Purpose
The Sun Time Top Living Flame patio heater does just that - it heats your patio all year round with the help of its 3.6kw output, which is complemented by an aluminium reflector, thus heating your patio and letting you extend your seasonal entertaining as you bask in its warmth and glow.
Safety
It includes an anti-tilt device, thus making it windproof and has a gas cut off point for the ultimate in outdoor safety entertaining.
Advantages of using a gas patio heater
The Sun Time Table Top Living Flame patio heater produces warmth through gas consumption that is both economical and reliable.
For a larger patio heater with a greater heat output, chose the Deluxe Living Flame patio heater. Elegant in stainless steel, this exquisite addition to any patio measures 23 00mm. With a body measurement of 1290mm, it has a footprint width and depth of 660mm, and generates a significant heat supply via its 9.3kw output. It is fitted with an electronic ignition, flame heater and a light. Its anti tilt devise and gas cut off device make it a safe option for warding off the chill throughout the seasons.
This great all year rounder is an absolute must-have for patio lovers. With their great versatility, garden patio heaters are here to stay! An essential item for British outside entertaining in summer or winter, this Living Flame patio heater won’t let you down whatever the weather.
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Weather resistant so it wont let you down if summer does.
14kW
5m square heat radius
Operated with propane gas
Temperature control
Piezo spark ignition
Anti-tilt switch
Flame failure device
Height 2285mm
Weather resistant
Price £289.99
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This great value patio heater will keep the party going well into the night.
Tilt sensor
Gas off sensor
Piezo ignition
12.5kW output
5m heat radius
Finish: Green
Price £139.98
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