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Posted By skooter1
Can anyone advise me on LPG heaters.
My Site manager has asked if he can use 2 per floor in a hotel we are referbing to make the plaster dry quicker, so that we can get the paint and wall papoer on quicker.
what are the guidence on these heaters.
Any help or suggestions on an alternative would be a great help.
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Posted By MT
Would this be a large industrial space heater type thing, which is connected to an LPG cylinder?
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Posted By skooter1
Yes it would....
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Posted By Ron Hunter
electric Infrared quartz heaters may be a safer alternative, assuming the fixed wiring is operational?
These are sold as being good for drying, relatively fire-safe and usually have topple cut-out safety features.
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Posted By garyh
I don't know of any guidance however in your situation I would do a risk assessment, in particular how this would affect the fire risk assessment for the building.
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Posted By MT
If I visited a premises using these, I would be checking for appropriate guarding and also querying maintenance for these pieces of equipment. If they are being moved around from workplace to workplace, how do you know that pipes/hoses aren't being damaged or dislodged? There would also be a manual handling issue re moving around of the LPG cylinders themselves. And obviously the fire risk!
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Posted By Davwre
skooter1,
I have had projects which have used this type of heater. I asked for their use to be controlled under a Hot Works Permit as this covers location of combustible materials, fire extinguishers and fire checks etc.
Hope this is of use.
David
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Posted By Kevin Woods
I suspect that your insurers (both property and liability) wouldn't approve of this. You might even be in breach of a policy condition or warranty.
KW
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Posted By skooter1
All,
My knowledge on LPG is not massive and I had thought about the manual Handling issues, but it did escape me about the insurance, so thanks for highlighting that.
Thank you all for your quick response.
Saved my bacon.
Scott.
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Posted By Chris Pope
LPG - I think you will find will add water to the atmosphere. The tool for your job is a dehumidifier.
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Posted By Alan Nicholls
skooter1
LPG heating generates large amounts of condensation, coupled with the need for loads of ventilation.
As previous post get Dehumidifier's. No fire risk if left unattended.
Regards Alan N
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Posted By Ron Hunter
I don't believe that dehumidifiers will greatly accelerate the plaster drying time. Increased temperature is usually required.
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