Maintaining and Cleaning Your Commercial Heaters in the Summer

Maintaining and Cleaning Your Commercial Heaters in the Summer

Published: June 08, 2023 at 09:07 PM

5 minute read | Heaters

As a commercial property owner, ensuring tenant satisfaction is key to success. This involves taking good care of your property. When people visit your commercial space, such as a multifamily apartment complex, you provide comfort in various ways. Tenants should have access to a warm indoor and outdoor environment. Investing in commercial heaters gives you peace of mind knowing that your tenants will enjoy the space regardless of the temperature outside.

Renting or purchasing commercial heaters can significantly contribute to the success of your business or multifamily housing units. When visitors enjoy their experience at your properties, they are more likely to return. Recurring visits are a major driver of revenue. Having natural gas heaters and propane patio heaters in your apartment buildings and other multifamily dwellings is an essential way to retain tenants. However, your patio heater needs regular cleaning and maintenance every year to ensure optimal performance throughout its lifespan.

Common Challenges and Issues with Commercial Heaters

Your natural gas and propane heaters are a smart investment, but they will only perform efficiently with routine cleaning and maintenance. Cleaning commercial heaters when they're not in use ensures longevity and prevents unexpected repair costs. Regularly servicing each heater helps avoid damage that might occur without periodic inspections by a professional.

In the end, maintenance issues reflect on your property and can pose safety risks. To comply with regulations, periodic servicing of your commercial heaters is necessary.

Maximizing Commercial Heater Efficiency

By following these simple steps, your commercial heaters will operate at peak efficiency, reducing replacement costs and keeping your outdoor patio comfortable even in cooler weather. Regularly cleaning and maintaining your commercial natural gas heaters will keep them in top condition to function during the fall and winter months. This will minimize potential safety hazards for guests or visitors. Check out our website for links to the owner’s manual for your specific brand and model heaters.

Proper Cleaning and Maintenance Procedures

• Inspect the heater visually before each use and annually by a qualified technician.
• If you’re located near the ocean, in a dusty area, or in a humid or windy region, you’ll need professional maintenance more frequently.
• Ensure the control compartment, burner system, and airflow passages of the heater are kept clean.
• If you remove parts for cleaning or maintenance, make sure they are properly reassembled or replaced with an OEM replacement part.
• You can clean the post and base using soap and water, mild household cleaning products, car wax, or commercially available stainless steel cleaners.
• Avoid spraying water on the heater head; instead, use compressed air. Commercial-grade stainless steel and brass don’t require additional maintenance.
• Clean the heater head of soot and debris annually or if the flame characteristics change.
• Make sure all components removed for cleaning are properly reinstalled before turning the heater back on.

Parts for Commercial Heater Maintenance

If you need to replace parts in your commercial heaters, AEI Corporation has everything you need. AEI stocks Patio Comfort parts, allowing you to order them directly from the website.

AEI stocks all the replacement parts needed to keep your commercial patio heaters functioning correctly. With our AEI team of support experts, you can get any questions answered by experienced professionals. They’ll be happy to guide you through replacing a part or they can send out a service professional to handle the replacement for you.

If you need to replace your entire heating system or a complete heater unit, you can purchase these brands on the AEI website:

• Infratech
• Patio Comfort
• Sunglo
• Sunstar
• Sunpak

The Benefits of Cleaning and Maintenance

Keeping your natural gas heaters properly cleaned and maintained by a qualified technician will yield numerous advantages.

1. Longer Heater Lifespan

With proper cleaning and maintenance, your heaters will operate at maximum efficiency. This minimizes wear and tear, extending the life of your commercial heaters for less expense.

2. Cost Savings

Regular cleaning and maintenance help save money in two ways:

• You’ll spend less on fuel for running the heaters. Your monthly gas or propane bill will decrease.
• You’ll extend the lifespan of your heaters. You won’t need to replace them as often.

3. Even Heat Distribution

With your commercial heaters working at peak efficiency, they’ll emit an even flow of heat. This helps you determine how many heaters you need and where to place each one. Restaurant patrons, guests, and visitors will appreciate socializing in complete comfort.

4. Higher Revenues

By comfortably expanding your business into an outdoor space or by providing more seating for guests, you can entertain a larger number of visitors in your business setting, keeping them entertained, fed, and happy.

5. Attract New Business

Visitors who fall in love with your comfortable business setting will recommend it to friends and family, leading to more new customers.

Would You Like to Learn More?

Contact us, and we’ll be happy to assist you in selecting the right commercial patio heater for your business.

Our support team is fully trained in our commercial heaters and will be glad to help you online or over the phone. Alternatively, we can send out a qualified service person experienced in cleaning, maintenance, and repair of your specific commercial propane heater model and brand.