Patio heaters, fire pits

UCDAlum82
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:29:33 +0000

The pole heaters run off either natural gas or propane. (Most, such as the ones you buy at Costco, run off propane.) They can make things very warm, and they don’t throw sparks, so they are good for people either standing or sitting under them. They even have table top versions, but then I’m thinking your feet would get cold…The fire pits are pretty, and you can roast marshmellows over them, but they throw off sparks, so aren’t the best choice around wood decks. They also throw off less heat, so they are mostly good for warming seating areas. But again, people don’t congregate around a pole like they do around a fire pit. They do require wood, not gas. And you need to know how to build a fire, versus turn on a switch.

We have a woodfired oven, that after you get it up to 700F (which you need to cook pizzas) you can keep quite an area toasty.