Terrace heater

Terrace heater comprising a base cabinet intended for placing on an under-layer for the storage of a supply of gas which is connected through an ignition and regulator unit to a burner at a free end of a substantially tubular support part extending upright from the cabinet, on an upwardly-facing free end of which burner there is a reflector which comprises an annular first screen which has a lower edge and extends outwards and at an angle downwards over a periphery of the burner for an inclined and downwardly-directed reflection of heat emitted from the burner along the edge of the reflector, wherein along only a part section of a circumference of the lower edge of the first screen and extending downwards from said edge, there is a second screen part oriented in a substantially vertical manner, said part section constituting between 20° and 340° of the circumference of the first screen.