Electric infrared heat works like the sun: it warms people and surfaces directly rather than trying to heat the moving air, which is why it succeeds on a breezy terrace where a propane mushroom heater surrenders. In our climate, where a San Francisco evening turns cold at seven and a Wine Country night follows a warm day off a cliff, radiant heat is what turns an outdoor room from a season into a year. Our outdoor heater installation work runs throughout the region: the peninsula estates of Atherton, Woodside, and Hillsborough; San Francisco's Pacific Heights, Sea Cliff, Presidio Heights, Noe Valley, and Russian Hill, where fog makes overhead heat the difference between using a terrace and looking at it; the vineyard evenings of Napa and Sonoma; and the coastal properties of Carmel and Pebble Beach, where marine air demands marine-grade hardware.
Outdoor audio, video, and WiFiInfratech builds its infrared heaters in the USA, and its flush-mount installation is the reason architects and interior designers specify it: the W and WD Series recess into the ceiling behind a frame that can be finished with drywall, plaster, stucco, or wood, so the heat source vanishes into the architecture the way our invisible speakers do. The range runs from 1,500 to 6,000 watts across the W, WD, and Slimline series, with the all-black Slimline Shadow for dark ceilings, standard and custom powder-coat colors to match the finish plan, and a Marine UpGrade in 316 stainless steel engineered for coastal salt air. Ninety percent efficient, silent, and with no flame, no fuel, and no glow of hardware, only warmth.
Invisible speakers and hidden audioWhere the heater is allowed to be seen, Bromic makes it worth looking at. The Platinum Smart-Heat Electric series pairs sealed stainless construction with a low, architectural profile, and its marine-grade AISI316 version is the only Lloyd's Register certified marine outdoor heating solution, carrying a five year warranty built for oceanfront living. The Tungsten Smart-Heat Electric series brings an industrial sculptural design from 2,000 to 6,000 watts with a parabolic reflector that drives every watt toward the seating. Both series mount to walls, ceilings, or poles, and both offer recess kits, including Platinum's low-clearance kit for remodels where the ceiling cavity is tight.
Ask about marine grade optionsThis is where our installation differs from a heater bolted to a wall with a switch. Infratech's home management controls are built for integration with Lutron, Crestron, and Control4, and Bromic's Affinity Smart-Heat controllers offer dimming in one percent increments with an expansion board that speaks the 0-10V language automation systems understand. We engineer that integration into Lutron HomeWorks QSX and RadioRA 3, so the terrace heaters live on the same keypads and scenes as the lighting: the dinner scene brings the loggia to temperature as the landscape lighting rises, warmth follows the evening from the dining terrace to the fire pit seating, and the goodnight command shuts every element down. Savant, Control4, Crestron, and Vantage homes get the same treatment through their own platforms.
Lutron lighting control systemsThese are serious electrical loads: a single dual-element heater can draw 4,000 to 6,000 watts at 240 volts, and a well-heated outdoor room often runs several. That means dedicated circuits sized to the load, panel and subpanel capacity verified before anything is ordered, weatherized wiring and connections rated for the environment, and switching hardware matched to the heaters and the control design. As a C10 licensed electrical contractor we perform a real load calculation, pull our own permits, and install to code, which is exactly the part of an outdoor heater installation that a patio furniture dealer cannot do and an unlicensed installer should not.
Our electrical and engineering workHeater placement is a design exercise, not a hardware decision: mounting heights matched to each model's throw, coverage mapped to where people actually sit, flush frames coordinated with the ceiling plan and the lighting layout, and finishes chosen with the architect or designer so the heat either disappears entirely or earns its visibility. We design outdoor heating alongside the outdoor systems it shares the ceiling with, speakers, lighting, shades, and displays, so the loggia's ceiling reads as architecture rather than an equipment rack.
Landscape and outdoor lightingThe measure of a great outdoor heating installation is a November dinner party that never moves inside: the keypad by the door set the terrace to temperature before the first guest arrived, the heaters dimmed as the evening warmed with people, and nobody ever looked up to find the source. That is what Infratech and Bromic can be when they are installed as electrical infrastructure and integrated as lighting is. Contact us to walk your outdoor spaces, or see integrated outdoor systems working together at our San Carlos showroom.
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For designed outdoor rooms, usually yes. Electric infrared warms people directly rather than the air, so it holds up in wind and fog where flame heaters struggle, it needs no fuel or clearance for combustion, it can be flush mounted into the ceiling, and it dims and automates the way lighting does. Gas still has its place on fully open patios; we recommend by space, not by dogma.
Yes, and that is the point of hiring us for them. Infratech's controls integrate with Lutron, Crestron, and Control4, Bromic's Affinity controllers speak 0-10V through their expansion board, and we engineer both into Lutron HomeWorks QSX and RadioRA 3 so warmth joins the dinner scene, the evening scene, and the goodnight command.
Infratech's W and WD Series flush mount behind a frame that can be finished with drywall, plaster, stucco, or wood so only a slim opening remains, and Bromic offers recess kits for both Platinum and Tungsten, including a low clearance kit for tight ceiling cavities. Placement and finish are coordinated with your architect or designer.
Real circuits. A dual element heater can draw 4,000 to 6,000 watts at 240 volts, and a heated loggia often runs several, so we perform a load calculation, verify panel capacity, run dedicated weatherized circuits, and permit and inspect the work as a C10 licensed electrical contractor, CSLB 1033103.
Both brands build for it: Infratech offers a Marine UpGrade in 316 stainless steel, and Bromic's marine grade Platinum Electric in AISI316 is the only Lloyd's Register certified marine outdoor heater, with a five year warranty. For Carmel, Pebble Beach, and oceanfront properties, marine grade is what we specify.
The systems that share the outdoor room with the heat, each covered in depth.
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