Other Ways to Heat your Home and Patio

Well we have turned the corner already, having passed through the summer solstice. That means the days are getting shorter. Yes, already. It won’t be long before thoughts will be turning to hot chocolate and roasting marshmallows by the fire. We will be looking at turning the heat on and finding a comfortable place to sit.

Fortunately, there are many ways of increasing the chances of success in that area through a wide variety of electric, wall-mounted heaters, stylish fire pits and patio heaters. Honestly, these alternative heating sources can increase your comfort level tenfold – and extend your “outdoor season” for a good portion.

A strategically placed wall heater will make that spot where you like to sit so much more comfortable that you won’t want to leave. Do the same in the office with a small, stylish office heater.

Now is the home improvement season and it won’t be long at all before you will be enjoying the installation of a patio heater or some other form of alternative heating source. Your comfort doesn’t have to depend completely on the main furnace. Heating smaller areas can be energy – and wallet – efficient, not to mention that there is something very comfortable about localized heat. You can snuggle right up next to wall-mount heater or patio heater. Include an efficient heating source in your next home improvement project. In a couple more months, you'll be glad you did.

A Tale of Two Temperatures – Office Heaters to the Rescue

It happens every year. The seasons change, the hemlines get shorter, the sassy summer sandals are brought out from the back of the closet and the temperature in my office turns to uninhabitable frosty conditions. Sure, it’s hot outside, no one is denying that. But is it honestly necessary to freeze out the delicate flower in marketing or watch the receptionist turn a Smurf-ette shade of blue? What about the frail accountant sitting in the corner office? With gale force winds being blown down his neck he feebly types with stiffened fingers as the air conditioner pumps out heaps and piles of arctic wind. Oh the sad plight of the office worker bee. We sit in the hive wondering how we are supposed to be productive when our sad wings are frozen. Yes, it’s true, this all sounds a bit dramatic, but my memory of the tale of two temperatures and the blanket cold that descended each summer in my own office sits firmly in my memory. If not for my beloved office heater I would be a frozen memory, a business casual Popsicle entombed in the ever frigid winds of my cubicle.

I’m thinking how true blue I would have been to my boss if he had offered to give me full control of the thermostat for one day. I would regulate my office so the tips of my toes would still have feeling at the end of a work day. Alas, that offer never came my way, nor to any of my office mates. The smart ones gravitated toward survival, as I did and purchased small office heaters to make our days more bearable. An electric panel heater is a reasonable solution to our tale of woe. A Home Heat Center electric panel heater is designed to heat small spaces, take up minimal floor space and maintain safety all at the same time. So although there are two extreme temperatures, hot outside, cold inside, we can still maintain productivity and warmth when we need it. Cubicle dwellers everywhere rejoice!