Detroit Radiant DSRF tube heaters include the 16 foot DSRF-30 and 21 foot DSRF-35 for overhead warmth on commercial and residential patios. Each is a gas patio heater with exhaust that can be ducted outside. The maker calls this a low intensity tube heater, built in Warren, Michigan. The maker calls it a decorative tube heater. For a covered patio, where the exhaust goes and how the seating runs are the two things to settle first.


Why the Detroit Radiant DSRF is vented

A vented tube heater lets a vent pipe carry exhaust outside a covered patio with a solid roof. That also suits a driving range bay. Radiant heat warms people and surfaces directly, like sunshine, and the maker calls this infrared heat. Compare the gas heating range, full Detroit Radiant range and commercial patio heaters for other settings.

Sixteen feet or twenty-one

The DSRF-30 is 16 feet 4 inches long, weighs 170 pounds and has two output sizes. The DSRF-35 is 21 feet 10 inches long, weighs 200 pounds and has three output sizes, with optional three point hanging brackets. Both warm about 26 by 12 feet, but the longer model suits a longer seating run. For one seating area, consider the compact box heater on the DSC page.

Hanging it and fuel

Each heater hangs from a ceiling or canopy 9 to 16 feet high. Choose piped natural gas or propane on the page, with no tank to refill. Installation is a job for a licensed gas fitter, who runs the line and hangs the heater. Both use the two stage technology the maker has patented, running high until the patio is warm and then low to keep the warmth steady. Browse ceiling mounted heaters for other overhead choices, or the unvented DSR series for an open canopy.

Why buy your Detroit Radiant DSRF from My Cozy Outdoors

We are an authorized Detroit Radiant Products dealer. The listings give the full manufacturer warranty: three years for components, five for tubes and ten for the burner. Call us with your patio measurements. We will talk through length and fuel by phone.

Your questions answered

What is the DSRF, and how is it different from the DSR?

The DSRF uses the same long black coated steel tube and burner at one end as the DSR. Both run at high and low settings. The DSRF can duct exhaust outside through a vent pipe. The unvented DSR lets exhaust disperse into the open air.

Sixteen feet or twenty-one feet: which DSRF do I need?

Both warm about 26 by 12 feet, so choose around your seating layout. The DSRF-30 is 16 feet 4 inches long, while the DSRF-35 is 21 feet 10 inches long and suits a longer run. Call us with your measurements to discuss output and brackets.

Where does the exhaust go?

A vent pipe can carry exhaust outside instead of leaving it under the canopy. This suits a covered patio with a solid roof. The maker certifies vented and unvented use. Never use a Detroit Radiant DSRF in an indoor room at home.