Creating an attractive outdoor living space is something we can all do, with a wide range of hard and soft landscaping products, lighting, decorations and garden accessories available widely on the market. Even small gardens and balconies are being widely catered for nowadays.
Some of the latest innovations are in garden heating which allows us to spend more of our precious leisure time enjoying our garden, balcony or patio area, be it for entertaining family and guests or simply for relaxing. Table Top Patio Heaters are ideal for the smaller outdoor areas and provide instant controllable heat and warmth, thus making your outside room as comfortable and enjoyable as any of your inside rooms. On days when the temperature is not as warm as one would like, the table top patio heater can be turned on to give off a heat circle of around 8 feet and table top patio heaters come into their own after sun set, when they create atmospheres from party to tranquil.
When choosing a table top patio heater always ensure that it has the necessary safety features such as; a tilt sensor, which will cut off the gas and flame if the patio heater is knocked or blown over whilst in use and also an auto shut off switch will cut off the gas if the flame is blown out.
Patio heaters come in many shapes and sizes, but by far the most popular for smaller gardens and balconies is the table top heater. Heat output is measured in Kilowatts and sizes range from 2 kW up to 13kw patio heaters. Patio heater finishes usually range from coloured powder coated to the more expensive stainless steel models. The main difference in finishes relate to the likely life of the heater. Stainless steel table top patio heaters look by far the most impressive and will keep their lustre for many years. Powder coated table top patio heaters tend to weather slightly less well and will rust if the powder coating is damaged.
There are not many accessories for table top heaters as they are light enough to move without wheels and they are small enough for easy storage. As with the free standing models most good patio heaters actually come with a gas bottle regulator installed and ready for easy attachment.
Patio heaters run off bottles gas, mainly butane but sometime propane which is widely available in the UK and most other countries. The regulator which is usually supplied with the heater, clips straight onto the bottle and is easy to install. Gas regulators are supplied by all gas bottle suppliers, but ensure that you take you gas bottle along to the dealer as there are varying sizes of bottle head. Instead of being housed in the base like free standing heaters the gas bottle for table top patio heaters is placed under the garden table and the gas hose can either be fed through the parasol hole in the centre of the table or draped over the edge.
Patio heaters require very little maintenance if any at all, and will extend your time in your garden, balcony or on your patio. Enjoy long nights throughout the year with your patio heater ?your life will take a new turn into outdoor living.
