Safe Use Of Propane Heaters On The Jobsite

Written on: December 14, 2020

Keep Your Jobs Moving Forward!

As winter approaches here in southeastern Wisconsin, many businesses such as construction and renovation are facing the challenges of doing jobs outdoors or in unheated indoor spaces.

Many of these businesses know that the solution is temporary heating from Boehlke Bottled Gas. We provide the heating equipment, as well as propane delivery, all personalized to your needs. We first go over your needs with you and provide a FREE estimate, then create a temporary heat service plan just for you.

Our propane tanks have cellular wireless tank monitors so we can track your propane usage and get propane to you when you need it.

Boehlke Bottled Gas has decades of experience working with businesses all over southeastern Wisconsin. We understand the needs of local businesses because we’re one ourselves. And because we are locally based, we provide personal, responsive service you just can’t get from the big national companies.

Temporary Heating Benefits

Propane-powered temporary heating keeps working conditions warm and safe for your workers, protects exposed pipes from freezing and bursting, and also helps paint cure correctly and joint compound and spackle to adhere properly to drywall. Propane can also power ground thaw units to help in excavation as well as pouring and curing concrete.

Safety First With Heating Equipment

With that extensive experience helping businesses like yours with temporary heating, we know a great deal about propane safety and the safe use of temporary heating, so your workers can stay warm and your business stays in compliance with OSHA regulations.

We’ve put together some tips so you can keep your job sites safe and warm this winter.

• Select the right size of temporary heaters for the space you’re heating. To do that, calculate the cubic feet of the space, then multiply that by two for a moderately insulated space and four for a barely insulated space. That sum will tell you how many Btu’s you need to heat the space safely and effectively.
• Read and re-read the operating manual for the temporary heating equipment. Everyone who will be working near the equipment also needs to read it.
• Check that the temporary heater has a 100% safety shutoff valve.
• Before using any temporary heating equipment or propane cylinders, carefully inspect them to make sure parts and pieces look in order.
• Make doubly sure that there is adequate ventilation in the space you are heating to prevent carbon monoxide buildup, which can be dangerous or deadly.
• OSHA regulations require a minimum of 1 to 3 feet of clear space around all temporary heaters. Make sure this regulation is followed!
• Never put combustible materials near temporary heaters.
• The heater must be used on a level surface, but never use it on hardwood floors.

Contact us for all your temporary heating needs!