Infrared heating for hospitality terraces

Keep seating areas comfortable with focused radiant heating for restaurant, café and hotel terraces.

Restaurant terrace with outdoor seating

Plan your installation

Plan heating around occupied tables, wind exposure and available mounting points. Compare control options so individual seating zones can be operated separately.

Tell us the terrace dimensions, roof height and which sides are open.

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Planning examples

A covered restaurant terrace

For an 8 × 6 m terrace, this example focuses on a 6 × 4 m seating zone. Compare two remote-controlled RCH configurations for the same occupied area.

Whole space8 × 6 m48 m²
Selected zone6 × 4 m24 m²
Assumed mounting height2.5 m

Assumptions for this example. A roofed terrace with partly open sides and mounting at 2.5 m. Wind exposure and the position of each table still need to be assessed.

Illustrative layouts, not completed installation references. Choose a configuration to explore a starting point for your project.

3 × RCH-2000/6Total connected load: 6 kW
8 m 6 m 1 2 3
Selected zone; not a radiation footprint · 24 m²Proposed heater positions
Heaters in this example
3 × RCH-2000/6
Total connected load
6 kW
Catalogue area per heater
10–20 m²
Rated supply
235 V AC
Catalogue mounting range
1.5–3 m

How the quantity is estimated

24 m² ÷ 10 m² = 2.4 → 3 × RCH-2000/6

Selected zone divided by the lower end of the catalogue area range, rounded up to a whole heater.

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2 × RCH-3000/8Total connected load: 6 kW
8 m 6 m 1 2
Selected zone; not a radiation footprint · 24 m²Proposed heater positions
Heaters in this example
2 × RCH-3000/8
Total connected load
6 kW
Catalogue area per heater
15–30 m²
Rated supply
235 V AC
Catalogue mounting range
1.5–3 m

How the quantity is estimated

24 m² ÷ 15 m² = 1.6 → 2 × RCH-3000/8

Selected zone divided by the lower end of the catalogue area range, rounded up to a whole heater.

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A starting point for your project. Catalogue area is a reference value. Air temperature, wind, insulation and mounting affect the required output. This is a starting point for an enquiry, not a heat-loss calculation or a guarantee of comfort.

Positions are illustrative. Quantity, aiming, spacing and installation clearances must be confirmed for the actual site. Connected load is the sum of rated powers, not daily energy consumption.

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