With the rising costs of gas and oil, we are more and more looking for ways to cut back on heating bills without sacrificing comfort. German electric heaters are a reliable way to heat the areas of a house, apartment or business unit you use the most, without wasting energy trying to heat your entire building. When looking for the right model, consider the advantages an electric heater can provide.

Our range of German Electric Heaters are well engineered being built in the southern area of Germany, which is synonymous with manufacturing excellence. The units are built to an extremely high standard and are some of the most energy efficient and safest models on the market. If you really think you can benefit from an electric heater in your home, garage, or the office this is the type you should get.

As the saying goes,  “you to get what you pay for”. That is why, we strongly recommend paying that little bit extra for a German made heater to give you peace of mind with its high standard of construction.

Our German factory offer a nice range of electric heaters, from a 3kW model up to and 18kW model. The 18kW model has a version that has high temperature capabilities, allowing it to thermostatically controlled up to 70°C. This German made electric heater unit is perfect choice for use in the heat treatment, pest control industry.

We have found that our 3kW German made unit, after prolonged continuous use, can actually pull 13.1A. We have two options for this. The first being we can supply a dedicated Euro to UK plug adapter, which prevents this or alternatively you can purchase our UK built FF3 unit, which we do not have this problem with. This would be supplied with a standard UK plug.

Why choose to go down the electric heating route

There are several options for heating a room. However, not all options are a practical for some properties. In addition, not all locations have the same energy sources, so that a choice must always be made. For example, for a property without access to mains gas, one can opt for an oil heating system. What if this property is too remote for regular deliveries? Then a great choice or the perfect balance is to opt for electric heating.

We are not talking about electric radiators here, which are wall mounted, supplying radiant heat and an element of convection heat, and tend to be storage heaters that use an electric heating element to create heat retention by warming up bricks or other thermal materials to store the heat until required.

Our German electric manufactured warm air heaters warm the cold air directly, unlike storage heaters, which use heat retention and require a charge up period, which means you’re always trying to predict tomorrow’s weather. With our units, if it’s cold, you put them on and they heat the surrounding air; if it’s not, you don’t—it’s as simple as that. You only use energy when it is needed! unlike storage heaters ( electric radiators) which use a heat retention system – that stored heat is often not required and thus wasted – that’s why we don’t consider these efficient electric radiators.

Below are just some of the benefits of using one of our German electric heaters; –

Clean and green – an electric heater, unlike oil or gas gives off no emissions.   They are 100% energy efficient; converting every bit of the input energy to heat. They also reduce environmental impact compared to other fuel types:

No installation costs – these Electric Heaters do not require any installation. You only have to plug the plug into the socket and the device is immediately ready for use – a  DIY installation as such, unlike wall mounted units.

High efficiency –  an electric heating system is very efficient, because the electricity used is directly converted into heat – there is no wasted energy as they are 100% efficient, which is good for lowering your energy bills.

Additional heating – electric heaters are ideal when the existing heating system is not sufficient or more heat is required in the short term. Moreover, they are the perfect solution in the transitional period, i.e. in spring and autumn, when the temperatures are not so low that the central heating must be switched on

Safe to Use -Electric heaters are distinguished by different safety features such as overheating protection, with a thermostat to ensure full control of the temperature and come with a powder coated covering.

Portability – electric heaters are extremely versatile and more practical in different situations than other heaters. Therefore, they are often preferred by electric heating company or installers.

Quiet and discreet – with the exception of the fan, electric heaters have a very low noise level, therefore making them ideal for smaller rooms heating solutions.

Zonal Heating – because of their mobility, an electric heater is perfect for specific areas that require temporary or permanent heat for commercial properties.

Make life easy for yourself, with our German manufactured electric heaters, in most instances all you need is a power socket. However, for larger areas three phase models are also available giving large volumes of heat. There are no exhaust gases or smells – just large volumes of safe, fume-free heat. Electric heaters are ideal for virtually any location including

• Offices
• Shops and showrooms
• Hotels
• Garages
• Industrial units
• Classrooms
• Clinics
• Building sites
• Marquees and tents
• Storerooms
• Workshops
• Ships
• Switching stations
• Temporary accommodation
• Modular buildings

The amount of space an electric heater can take care of for you will vary. Make sure you read do plenty of research before you buy one. Generally, this information will be displayed in square metres. You can easily calculate the square metres of a surface area by multiplying the length of it times the width, but this is the incorrect method , as you heat a cubic volume , thus you need the ceiling height to get the overall cubic volume to calculate the heat loss of the area – call us with this information- and we’ll run it through our heating calculator size programme to ensure the correct size German electric unit for both you or your happy customers.

You will find that many of our models of electric heaters also are very nice looking. They aren’t going to stand out like a sore thumb. Many of them are very small in size but you will be surprised at how much heat they are able to emit for you. They also take very little time to heat up so you won’t be waiting in the cold for that warmth to start circulating in the room.

Our range of German manufactured electric heaters can definitely offer you the additional warmth that you desire. With their in-built thermostat and two heat settings they will certainly save you energy as well with this high quality German engineering technology unit.

Should you require anymore assistance, information or a price on our range of  German Electric Heaters , please don’t hesitate to call us on 01202 822221 or click here for our email contact form.

Blow Heaters

Blow heaters are fundamentally any type of heater that is assisted via a fan – thus sometimes referred to as a fan heaters.  As the term suggests, heat is expelled at a higher rate resulting in faster movement of warm air thus ensuring a more efficient and accurate heat delivery.  There are a range of blow heaters on the market. The most common of these is Electric Fan Heaters  which function by heating a coil or a heating conduct or even ceramic heaters. The cold air is led along this heating coil and heated. A fan is then used to transport or circulate the heated air into the entire room.

Electric fan heaters are usually compact and space-saving, which means they can be used almost everywhere and are super-flexible as far as the location is concerned. Only a power connection and a little space is all that’s required.  They are used for heating rooms such as garages, greenhouses, tents and the like. They are often used as additional heating in the home or living area, because of their fast and effective way of heating the entire room.

Thermostatic control is an important element for controlling any fan heater, to ensure the heat is controlled to the required warmth level, and that the unit doesn’t over heats.

A fan heater is suitable to heat locations such as stock rooms in a shop to protect products from damp or freezing, or even heating the shop area to keep the customers warm. A fan heater can also be used as a garage heater warming the location to the desired level.

Common applications for fan heaters

Building industry • Heating and drying out rooms, often in conjunction with a dehumidifier.
Industry • Heating of offices, canteens, stores, warehouses etc.
Livestock • Heating poultry houses.
Horticulture • Heating of sorting areas and greenhouses.
Agriculture • Heating of livestock areas, dairy parlours, workshops and packing sheds.

For more information on our range of electric fan heaters, please click here

Other popular types of fan heater are ones fuelled by gas, usually propane or liquefied petroleum gas or LPG, for short. Most gas fan heaters use a so-called piezoelectric igniter. A material, often crystal quartz, which has the property of developing an electrical potential when pressure is applied is housed in a mechanism that allows a spring strike hammer. This action generates a spark, igniting the gas within the fan heater.

Common applications of a gas fan heater

Livestock •

Heating of pig and poultry houses and sheds

Agriculture •

Drying of agricultural products.

Horticulture •

Heating of greenhouses and polytunnels (N.B. Control CO2 and CO emission)

Control

Temperature control is a desirable feature in a gas blow heater. An automatic thermostat is a popular way to achieve this and some of the more sophisticated fan heater are fitted with a thermostat while others simply have a manual high and low flame control.

Safety

The main drawback of burning propane or other combustible materials, for that matter, in a small and enclosed space is the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is a product of irregular combustion. It is odourless and it competes with oxygen in the blood, which deprives the brain and other parts of the body of oxygen. Some propane heaters are approved for indoor use and some are not.

For more information on our range of gas fan heaters, please click here

The advantages of fan heaters

• Fan heaters heat the room quickly and effectively to the desired temperature.

• No additional work is required to operate a blow heater. Only one socket and some space should be available.

• The purchase costs of fan heaters are manageable.

• Most models are equipped with practical carrying handles or tramples, so even if the case is still warm, they can easily be moved locally.

• The most compact design of the devices allows them to be used in a very small space.

• Due to the existing “cold stage”, the units can be used as a fan in summer.

• Integrated or external time switches allow time-controlled use.

• Many appliances can be used as frost monitors without an external thermostatic control unit.

Should you require more price information or require anymore assistance or information on our range of Blow Heaters , please don’t hesitate to contact our sales team on 01202 822221 or click here for our email contact form. We always supply an inc vat invoice for all products, with inc vat at the appropriate current rate and no exclusions apply.

Warehouse Heaters UK

Warehouse heaters / heating from Flexiheat UK

Warehouse heaters – It’s essential that when you’re working in a warehouse, it is heated in a sufficient way in order for your business to run correctly and smoothly. Without the correct heating to provide heat, your warehouse or distribution centre wouldn’t be a suitable place for your employees to be working in, or for your customers to browse in an adequate temperature. A warm air heating system tends to be the most popular heating system for warehouse heating, as heated air is the perfect solution or ideal solution for large volumes that you get with warehouse space.

It’s important to use heaters with high energy efficiency that provide good heat distribution and airflows, and a consistent indoor air temperature – All of our industrial heaters are ErP 2021 compliant – which ensures the warmed air is produced with high energy efficiency. These units are a great space heating solution, and provide consistent temperatures, with lower running costs for your HVAC system.

The Warehouse Itself

Deciding on the right space heating system will depend on several factors, such as the layout of the warehouse. Having big doors constantly opening and closing makes it difficult to control the temperature and, consequently, makes it more difficult to keep it at adequate levels. If your warehouse is very big, your heating needs will vary, compared to a smaller warehouse. You might just need heating in specific areas, so it’s important to make sure you’re getting the right heating solution for your warehouse.

Warehouse heaters – their applications

It’s important to ensure that your warehouse is well heated throughout the winter to make sure your employees have a suitable working area.  As the colder days and nights begin to come in, your warehouse will probably require to be warmed up. Some warehouses will need the whole place warming up, whereas others will just require a particular area warming up.

There’s a number of different ways you can heat your warehouse.

Air heating systems as warehouse heaters

The next step in heating your warehouse is choosing a heating system. You need to find the solution that works best for you, so it’s important to note the differences between types of heating, so that you know what you have to work with. Please note direct fired units as not recommended, as they introduce products of combustion, which are poisonous will harm humans in a confined space. Also many insurance companies will not ensure a warehouse or  distribution centre that has direct fired heaters, because of this and also the fire hazard.

Indirect fired air heating systems options include:

Floor standing cabinet heaters

If you prefer, or if your space isn’t at a premium, you might want to check out floor standing indirect fired industrial space heaters, which are available in a number of possible installations: vertically, horizontally or even on the exterior of your warehouse – this is because these heaters have several heat outputs and burners, so their versatility makes them incredibly useful in the workplace. Floor standing heaters can be equipped with various fuel burners –  either oil, natural gas / LPG gas or in some case Multi / Waste Oil burners depending on the type of fuel source is preferred and come with the option of an adjustable thermostat.

Floor standing warehouse heaters are the easiest of all to maintain, as access is granted at any time, without the need of scissor lifts or any scaffolding etc, that you may need when having ceiling suspended heaters to service. Flexiheat have a wide range of high heat outputs floor standing cabinet heaters to suit any warm air heating application. Also ongoing maintenance is easier, as the heaters mounted on the floor space, thus it’s easy to get to the heat exchanger and burner for example.

Industrial heaters – Gas, Oil or Multi Oil Fired which have a ventilation mode or fan only mode for air circulation

For more information on the heating solutions available to you , please see our products page here

Suspended Unit Heaters

Perfect if you don’t have a lot of space, as they are out of the way of daily traffic. With plenty to choose from in terms of design, suspended warm air unit heaters are also easy to install and maintain. Suspended heaters come in all different shapes and sizes and can run off either gas, oil or with a wet heating system, whereby a boiler sends heated water to hydronic (or water fed ) unit heaters , which are basically industrial radiators with a axial fan behind them , that blows out the warm air. These unit heaters can also be supplied to work on low pressure steam as well as hot water, should you have steam as a resource available as a heating medium or be fed by heat pumps ( either air source or geothermal) which can be powered by sustainable energy or green energy and produce high energy savings.

They free up valuable floor space and can be wall mounted or mounted in high roofs, blowing the warmed air to the floor level.

Warehouse industrial heaters – Gas heaters – Suspended – natural gas or LPG

For more information on the gas unit heaters available to you , please see our dedicated web page – gas unit heaters 

Warehouse industrial heaters  – Hydronic or Water Fed Unit Heaters

For more information on the hydronic unit heaters available to you , please see our product pages – Click here for our EPP plastic low temperature water fed fan coil heaters or or our steel cased that will do LTHW, MTHH or HTHW  water fed applications – then please click here – Unit Heaters or should you require steam powered units click here – steam unit heaters 

Ventilation

Air-to-air heat exchanger which offer low energy solutions for commercial buildings

Some form of ventilation should be installed in the warehouse to ensure good indoor air quality, we recommend using our commercial mechanical ventilation with heat recovery units – see this webpage – Commercial MVHR – to ventilate with heat recovery for indoor air quality.

Spot heating in a warehouse

There are occasions when only a single spot or work area within a large warehouse or factory needs to be heated. For example:  an admin desk, a person on a production line or a lunch break area. Probably the most common type of spot heating is from an electric infrared radiation / radiant heater, which are portable or mobile , and can used in various locations as and when the heat is required to heat people directly. These radiant infrared heaters use an electric element or a number of these to produce radiant heat directly. Infrared heating or radiant heating is very much suited to heating specific objects or people that are stationary, and take up little floor space. Below is a picture of infrared heaters in use. For more information on this range please see our dedicated webpage portable infrared heaters

Spot Heating with infrared space heaters – this infrared heater range are single phase powered 240Volt or even 110 Volt powered

Should you require anymore assistance or information on our cost effective warehouse heaters , please don’t hesitate to contact our sales team on 01202 822221 or click here for our email contact form.

Portable Dehumidifier – the battle against damp

Whether in the living room, in the bedroom or on the building site: an excessively high humidity in the surrounding air is almost always associated with the formation of condensation water. The water vapour contained in the air deposits on cool surfaces and causes undesirable condensation water, which can cause considerable damage to the immediate environment. Corrosion and mould formation are the most frequent consequences and not only attack materials and walls but also pose a health risk to you and your fellow human beings.

If you want to prevent the formation of condensed water and its negative effects on man and the environment, the use of a dehumidifier is indispensable. Only a dehumidifier helps you quickly and efficiently remove the surplus water vapour from the ambient air. Reduce the humidity to an appropriate and harmless degree and consciously ensure a comfortable living environment.

The right Portable Dehumidifier for your home

Do you have problems with damp walls, mouldy wallpaper or water formation on the window pane? Do not hesitate, but use a portable dehumidifier to lower the humidity in your home. Provide rapid and long-term remedial action to prevent damage to your building structure or health.

Dehumidifying performance

The dehumidifying performance is an important feature and should be considered for every room dehumidifier. This value specifies how much moisture can be removed from the ambient air in a certain time interval. The dehumidifying performance is expressed in the unit of litres per day (l / d) and is typically in a range between 10 and 60 litres per day in a smaller portable dehumidifier. In the run-up to a new acquisition, you must therefore determine the room size as well as the moisture content prevailing there and then select a portable dehumidifier with a corresponding dehumidifying capacity.

Using a Portable Dehumidifier in basements and cellars

A dehumidifier can also be used for basements and cellars. These rooms also have a high humidity risk; since little is aired, are often closed, and the dampness rapidly settles on cold walls. This ensures a perfect breeding ground for mould.

For basement and cellars , it is also advisable to install a portable dehumidifier. To prevent moisture damage and mould. The larger the space, we recommend a room dehumidifier with more recording capacity. A Basement or living spaces have different demands on a dehumidifier. A cellar with moisture problems is typically more moisture entry and is not so well heated like a living room. Often, even moisture, which from the summer into the walls, must be dehumidified in winter. In living areas, it is important that the humidity new entry is eliminated as quickly as possible to prevent mould growth. In addition, a low humidity is also useful, because less energy is required to heat the rooms.

Therefore, typically dehumidifiers with a higher capacity are needed in the basement. To reflect the lower ambient temperatures, it is important that the average evaporator temperature is low enough to dehumidify

Flexiheat offer a wide range of portable dehumidifiers, suitable for basements and cellars. Please click here for more information on our portable dehumidifier range

Portable Dehumidifier in a Garage

Rust and corrosion is your car’s biggest enemy. And they are hiding in your garage – in the form of moisture in the air. Together they cause steel and iron to rust. And what happens next, you know only too well. Rust will make your car’s material absorptive and you will have to invest la considerable amount of money to get it back to working order.  So , in order to ensure that your well-loved car is protected, not only do you need an extensive care routine and to have it routinely  inspected, but it is equally important to have a good garage environment, where you know that your car is being well looked after. And at the end of the day, it all comes down to the level of relative humidity which should not be above 50%. Below this level it is virtually impossible for rust to form. But be advised! If the level should rise, corrosion will rapidly increase, so use a portable dehumidifier to prevent this.

Around the clock protection

The reason for moisture build-up on your car in the garage is relatively easy to understand. When it is warm, the atmosphere absorbs moisture over the course of the day.  Overnight, when there is a drop in the temperature, any moisture created will then settle on your car. The reason for this is simple: Cold air holds less moisture. If the air temperature decreases by as little as 10°C, the relative humidity will rise by over 30%. There is also another problem. The body of your vehicle is full of hidden crevices and hollow cavities.  Moisture resides in these crooks and crannies and in the hollow cavities where the corrosion conditions are ideal

Flexiheat offer a wide range of dehumidifiers, suitable for garages.

Please click here for more information

A Portable Dehumidifier in a shed or garden house

Condensation and damp problems are not solely limited to the home environment but can also occur in sheds and garden houses.

The root cause of damp in sheds is often as a result of a lack of heating and ventilation, as sheds are predominantly a cold environment. In an unheated closed space such as a shed the air temperature rises and decreases very quickly, sometimes the dew point is reached and dampness advances out of the air and onto to the items that are being stored, making them damp.

By winter the temperature often does not rise enough again to dry out this dampness causing items to become damaged. Many people find their garden tools rusted, or when opening their shed or garden house experiences a frosty, stale smell or even mould.

To ensure that the garden tools and garden furniture stored in a shed are well protected over autumn and winter, it is important to keep it dry in order to avoid corrosion and mould. But, how do you create a dry space, which is exposed continuously in damp and cold?

Firstly it is important to make sure that the shed or garden house is inspected from outside. Joints, cracks, or holes must be repaired, otherwise water or moisture would be absorbed in the rain or moisture and moisture damage could occur.

Since the shed or garden house is potentially closed for a long period and has little ventilation, it would be advisable to place a room dehumidifier in there. It will regulate and control the excessive moisture continuously. This will help prevent too much moisture in the room while at the same time preventing mould and corrosion. Garden furniture and gardening equipment can then be stowed away in a dry damp free environment

The air in the rooms should not be too dry, but not too moist. This applies to industrial and commercial as well as to private use. Because of a balanced indoor climate, not only the building fabric and sensitive products but also the human being. The professional dehumidifiers from Flexiheat are suitable for all drying applications and are therefore clean and reliable. The TE & TK industrial dehumidifier range are used to ensure optimal production and product safety as well as the value of machines, inventory and buildings. They feature flexible and powerful dehumidification, even at low dew points. Compact, lightweight and stackable, and at the same time powerful in dehumidification:

Flexiheat offer portable dehumidifiers that are the economical solution to prevent moisture, mould, mud and smells, while at the same time producing a healthy living environment.

For more information on our Portable Dehumidifier range, please click here or here or alternatively visit our product page or you can contact our sales team on 01202 822221