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Apologies if this has been covered before, but when I try a search I get an "Error in Database" notification.
Following discussion with a colleague, he said he has been told that they can't use a space heater to heat the warehouse without first issuing a hot work permit, my take on this is that it is someone going OTT.
Anybody come across this before?
I appreciate the added risk of ignition it presents, however it's a pretty big piece of kit and someone has to take the decision to light it in the first place, so IMO it is sufficiently controlled that it doesn't add much to the overall fire risk.
Opinions appreciated my learned associates.
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Personally, I see no need for a HW permit to use a space heater. I do indeed think that is a little OTT.
However, using one will increase the fire loading of the area. I'd carry out a revised fire risk assessment prior to installing one.
Additional measures such as keeping all combustibles a safe distance away, providing adequate ventilation (from past experience, the fumes from LPG versions can give rise to cracking headaches), etc., will also need to be considered.
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Hi TDS1984, my answer is "it depends" on the risk, your own internal procedures and there may be an insurance angle to consider.
A warehouse full of fireworks is a different proposition to one full of concrete blocks. Also, a well-managed warehouse with no stray packaging, banding tape, dust, clear aisles etc presents a more acceptable scenario than one with combustible waste, broken boxes and don't care supervision. Looking at your Group membership of Food & Drink suggest that the warehouse contents may not be too hazardous (whisky, cooking oil, sugar?) so a good management regime ensuring the points listed in the prior posting may well be adequate.
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Insurance companies do not like any sort of radiant portable heaters, because being portable they can easily be moved from a comparatively safe location to one especially in a warehouse where there could be substantial amounts of combustible packing materials that could be ignited by the radiant heat. They can also easily be knocked over and if they use parafin that would spread across the floor and could be ignited. Have you ever seen what happens when a lpg bottle supplying a portable radiant heater gets knocked over and liquid lpg enters the burner!
Also some insurers put warrranties on their policies prohibiting the use of portable heaters with a naked flame. In this situation if you had a fire, not necessarily caused by a radiant portable heater but such a heater was present, you would invalidate your insurance. Not a good idea if the contents of your warehouse are of high value
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