See what I'm reading about the IR ones is that they are unaffected by wind because they don't heat the air. However, for the same reason, they only heat you up if you happen to be sitting directly where they're pointed. I'm sort of mulling about the idea of getting wall mounted IR heaters on the house side of the deck, and then a couple of propane ones in the other corners to heat the other side.
I am a bit concerned about the electrical usage. I'm not as worried about tripping a fuse (I live in a larger building) but I am sort of confused as to how anything that kicks off that much heat isn't running up my bill.
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Originally Posted by calumniate
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I have two of these:
The picture only shows one, but imagine there's another one right next to it with a two foot gap in between to allow for people to walk between them. You can see there's a space in the corner there where a heater could go.
Currently that's the only heat source on the patio and it isn't very efficient at all in terms of heating in spite of the 50,000 btu ratings they have. Which is fine, because it wasn't meant to be - mostly decorative.