The Detroit Radiant DSR Series comes in two lengths, the 9 foot DSRS and the 16 foot DSRL, both unvented tube heaters for covered patios. If you want a gas patio heater that hangs along your seating, these give you a choice of lengths. The maker calls this a low intensity tube heater. The DSRL and DSRS are built in Warren, Michigan by Detroit Radiant Products.


How the Detroit Radiant DSR warms a patio

A burner at one end heats a long black coated steel tube, spreading even warmth along its length. Radiant heat warms people and surfaces directly, like sunshine, and the maker calls this infrared heat. It works the same way on commercial and residential patios. For restaurants and driving ranges, compare our commercial patio heaters. Browse the maker's gas patio collection or its gas and electric patio heaters.

Nine feet or sixteen?

The DSRS is 9 feet long, weighs 115 pounds and warms about 16 by 10 feet, one covered seating zone. The DSRL is 16 feet 4 inches long, weighs 170 pounds and warms about 26 by 12 feet. For a long patio or driving range tee line, choose its three output sizes on the page. For a compact alternative over one seating area, see the DSC box heaters.

Hanging it and choosing fuel

Both hang from a ceiling or canopy 9 to 16 feet high, alongside our other ceiling mounted options. These heaters belong outdoors only, where exhaust disperses in open air with no vent pipe. Choose piped natural gas or propane on the page, with installation a job for a licensed gas fitter. Their patented two stage technology runs high until the patio warms, then drops low to keep warmth steady without switching fully off. Where exhaust needs ducting outside, Detroit Radiant DSRF is the vented tube heater alternative.

Why buy your Detroit Radiant DSR from My Cozy Outdoors?

We are an authorized Detroit Radiant dealer. Our listings carry the full manufacturer warranty, covering components for three years, tubes for five and the burner for ten. Call us with your patio measurements and we will talk through which length and fuel fits.

Your DSR questions

Does a DSR tube heater need to be vented?

The DSR needs no vent pipe because its exhaust disperses outdoors in open air under an open or partly open canopy. It never belongs in an indoor room at home. Where a solid roof requires exhaust to leave through a vent, choose the vented DSRF.

Nine feet or sixteen feet: which DSR do I need?

The 9 foot DSRS weighs 115 pounds and warms about 16 by 10 feet. The 16 foot DSRL weighs 170 pounds, warms about 26 by 12 feet and offers three output sizes for longer patios or tee lines. Both hang 9 to 16 feet up. Call us with patio measurements.

How is a DSR installed?

It hangs from a ceiling or canopy 9 to 16 feet up, with the burner at one end and the tube running the length of the seating. A licensed gas fitter connects the piped natural gas or propane line chosen on the page, without a tank. Check the manual for the clearances around it. Call us with any Detroit Radiant DSR question and we will talk it through.