Saying goodbye to summer sometimes feels like resigning yourself to evenings indoors, and if you’re anything like me, there’s a part of you that isn’t quite ready to admit defeat, not when there’s still flowers in the garden and leaves on the trees. But what choice do we have? Do we always have to brave the cold and bundle up? Or is there a smarter way to eke out the outdoor season?
Infrared heating caters to spaces of all kinds, whether it’s a two-up two-down terrace or a draughty industrial unit – all you need to do is find the right heater for the job. There are two options for heating an interior with infrared: panels or ceramic heaters, but which is the right choice for you? Let’s find out…
The countdown to midnight has been and gone and we have officially welcomed the futuristic year of 2020. A new year often leads to resolutions, getting rid of bad habits and ultimately saying goodbye to the old and hello to the new. No doubt you’ll want to start your new year off right and one of the best ways to do that, is to make sure every aspect of your business is up to scratch and that includes your heating. Perhaps you’ve recently renovated your restaurant to include patio dining or you own a bar with outdoor seating that you’d like to use year-round. Well, we can help with that with a selection of some of our best commercial patio heaters to help you start your year the right way.
Every year we get used to the constant warmth that summer provides until suddenly the temperature drops, days get shorter and we find ourselves becoming familiar with the thermostat again. Often, we struggle to know when to bow down to change in weather, to finally admit that it’s time to swap out the t-shirts for jumpers, the sandals for wellies and the shorts for trousers. Well, it’s officially cold and it’s important to stay warm not just at home, but at the office too which is why it’s time to upgrade your heating this autumn with electric ceiling heaters.
Offices, restaurants, hotels and warehouses: they’re all commercial properties that will benefit from infrared heating and for different reasons. In businesses such as these, it is important to take care of customers and employees especially when temperatures drop and the frigid winter sets in. With so many heating solutions it can be hard to pick the right heater for your business’s needs, which is why we are here to guide you through our best infrared commercial heaters.
Infrared products make superb heating solutions, but for a first-time customer, there can be a lot of different heater types to learn about. Is too much choice a bad thing? We don’t think so – or at least not when it comes to energy-efficient heating – but if you’re not sure which solution is best for you, the number of products on offer can be tough to grapple. That’s why we’re taking an in-depth look at one of our less well-known products, the ceramic infrared heater, and why it’s fantastic for large interiors or sheltered outdoor spaces.
The Christmas holidays are officially over. It’s time to pull down the tinsel, stop drinking in the day, scoff as much residual chocolate as you can find, and muster the strength to face an eco-conscious and green January. In fact, this January promises to be one of the greenest as Lot 20 comes into effect this week. For those of you who have been out of the loop, Lot 20 is part of a new initiative that governs greater eco-efficiency across all electrical appliances in the UK, with new legislation ensuring each product meets the new standard. After such a monumentally challenging year, it’s time to start as we mean to go on – let’s push 2017 out of our minds and focus on the new, exciting, and environmentally friendly promise of a green 2018!
Though it’s an established fact that radiation travels through the air rather than heating it, you may occasionally see a line of text in some product descriptions that reads ‘the heated area of this product will be reduced if it is installed in an exposed or draughty location’ – or something similar. This can be quite confusing for customers who are unfamiliar with infrared. If radiation is unaffected by the surrounding air, surely it doesn’t matter where you place an infrared heater? To answer this question properly, we have to shift perspective: instead of asking ‘is infrared affected by air movement’, it’s more appropriate to look at how air movement affects our bodies and how that can affect our perception of temperature.
Winter is categorically here: early morning frosts twinkle across the fields as autumn colours fade and temperatures drop. It’s the time of year that horses and livestock are brought inside to hunker down in the hay and enjoy a few evenings of shelter from the freezing darkness. They might be safely inside, but how warm are they? Agricultural buildings have a reputation for being tricky to heat – as poorly insulated open-plan layouts, with a mix of sheltered and unsheltered spaces, can often amplify chilly draughts and create random air movement. With few conventional rooms in farmyard buildings, maintaining an adequate level of heat can be difficult – and almost impossible for conventional heating systems. For effective farmyard heating, with four-legged creatures accounted for, there’s only one viable option: infrared heat.
I think it’s fair to say that winter has well and truly arrived. Gritting machines are out in force, the pavements shimmer with thin layers of frost, and venturing outside into the biting cold is the last thing on anyone’s mind. For some of us, working outside, or partially outside, is unavoidable. Whether you’re a mid-week tinkerer, full-time mechanic, or classic car enthusiast, working in a garage throughout the winter can be a real test of endurance. Luckily for you, there is a solution: a way to beat the winter chills. Leave your hat and gloves behind, forget stuffing your overalls with insulation, and instead invest in an infrared garage heater – a subtle, hassle-free way to keep warm at work this winter.
Saying goodbye to summer sometimes feels like resigning yourself to evenings indoors, and if you’re anything like me, there’s a part of you that isn’t quite ready to admit defeat, not when there’s still flowers in the garden and leaves on the trees. But what choice do we have? Do we always have to brave the cold and bundle up? Or is there a smarter way to eke out the outdoor season?
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