"john Smith" wrote in message
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Thanks for all your replies, I was hoping for someone to make the
decision
for me
as it still seems to be 50-50.

Can any-one recommend anything else, i.e. the gas powered patio
heaters that
are now
so readily available in places like BQ and Costco

What is wrong with a 4 to 10 gallon drum with holes pierced in all
round, filled with coal and set alight? A brazier, in fact.
Besides, you can barbecue the occasional lump of meat on it.

Franz