What is a Milk House Heater?

The Best Utility Heaters

Milk house heaters have been around for more than fifty years. They were originally invented to keep dairy barns warm in the winter. Now they're the best heater to use to warm up colder rooms in a house, garage, or workshop. They don't use as much electricity as a big furnace but they can keep a room just as warm.

The photos on this page are the author's Patton and Titan space heaters.

Milk House Heaters

Patton PUH680-U Milk-House 1000/1500 Watt Utility Heater

This is the best heater. I have two of them and they are excellent.

Geneva Industrial Group Westpointe LH-879 750/1500-Watt Milk House Style Utility Heater

This one is also great.

TPI Corporation 188TASA Fan Forced Portable Heater, Milk House Style Fan, 1500/1300W, 120V

This is another good choice.

Geneva Industrial Group Westpointe LH-879G 750/1500-Watt Milk House Utility Style Heater

This is the same as the gray heater but it's black.

Titan and Patton Heaters

I got my first Titan milk house heater more than twenty years ago to heat a basement. It was made out of metal. It just recently quit working one day and started to get rusty. So it worked for a long time. A few years ago we got two Patton heaters to put near the water pipes when it gets really cold and to just heat one room if needed. I don't know exactly how much they cost to operate but it's not very much, especially compared to a big furnace. Remember to be safe and keep everything a few feet away from the heater and don't leave it unattended or use an extension cord because the cords can get warm when you do.