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[Fruddy]

Perhaps Stuart the Gasman's information should be altered then.... I know myself from being a newbie to Lampworking and knowing nothing about gas that I believed what he put in his thread - if it is not the case then its misleading and quite scary!!!

Sorry if I have alarmed you unnecessarily Puffin!

[puffin]

Not Alarmed at all . I was just making sure that others had it in their houses as well , until they moved it into the garden .


Means I will be nice and warm this winter 

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

I have to admit I lured a fireman into our home last month when a neighbours house caught fire and he wasn't bothered about the tank either, just the fact our fire alarms were dead

[Krysia@No98]

If my place was on fire and I saw a fireman looking like he was going to walk into the place I would tell him that it was in there.  People, then things...

People on here have seen the fire brigade lifting gas tanks out of fires.  It does take a lot for a closed gas tank to explode.  There was a new bloke of flats in london that went up about 6 months ago.  They said that it was a gas tank.  Now the building was spotted as being on fire at 4 in the morning and at that point the timber frame was well alight.  They said later that the tank exploded.  These tanks do not explode on their own.

I think it's very easy to get very worried about having a gas tank in the home and yes I would prefer to have mine out side, but it is far safer inside.  There are small children running around out side and they are the types of children that are stupid enough to fiddle with gas tanks.  Then there is also the worry that it would get pinched.  I live next to a park, all it would take is a couple of drunkards to drag it up the hill with a lighter.

It is illegal to store propane inside a domestic property for good reason.

If this were the case, why are both my contents and building insurers happy for me to have up to 25kg of gas 'in' the flat?

Fruddy, I am glad you have done your research just please be aware that there is some stuff that is very strongly worded when perhaps it doesn't need to be as strong as it is. 

Tracy, was it a zanussi fridge freezer?

[puffin]

Remember those Calor Gas heaters we had in the 70's and 80's and still have up here. I never saw my mum turning off the gas after each use , so I presume that is the same sort of stuff if not the same. And us as lampworkers bleed the pipes and turn off gas after every use.

I never thought of those heaters until I saw someone was using one to heat her hall. My mum used it to heat the kitchen 

[mizgeorge]

It's also always worth remembering that any post on any board is the opinion of the individual posting it, rather than something written in tablets of stone, or the view of the forum as a whole. Of course it's important to be safety conscious, but anyone who gets in a car on a regular basis is taking far more of a chance than a sensible lampworker if you ask me.

[puffin]

It's also always worth remembering that any post on any board is the opinion of the individual posting it, rather than something written in tablets of stone, or the view of the forum as a whole. Of course it's important to be safety conscious, but anyone who gets in a car on a regular basis is taking far more of a chance than a sensible lampworker if you ask me.

here here !! I agree with that , never thought of that at all.

[mizgeorge]

For what it's worth, the actual HSE guidelines are here:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/chis5.pdf

It's quite clear that the number of references to 'indoors' would suggest that they regard it as safe provided reasonable precautions are taken. I suspect the more scary wording of the calor documents has a lot to do with them covering their own backs (and who can blame them for that).

Personally, I think the only place I wouldn't happily keep a propane cylinder would be a basement or cellar.

[Cecilia]

We are all fretting about propane indoors but it is used all over the place not just us lampworkers. What about all the caravan and campers driving around with two tanks of propane stashed in the front locker. Nobody says we shouldn't go camping. Recently a campervan burnt out near us, presumably that had gas tanks in it - nobody evecuated the rest of the village. They must be design to take most extremes othewise they would be too unsafe to be in such common usage surely...

X

[puffin]

So basically it is decided I AM going in the spare room ( Yeah nice and warm, nice and warm ) .

I will get a small propane, non venty ventilation thingy ( sounds good ) have already got carbon monoxide alarm , just need to move and get hubby to set it all up again so I know it is safe.

Bum wiggle coming on as I am sooooo excited , AGAIN . !!!

[Les]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FHTXwpVMvs

[puffin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FHTXwpVMvs

OMG . Well I am no money penny . Amazing  And I have no gun

[Les]

hehe ... I watched it on TV just recently... and this thread reminded me

[Krysia@No98]

good find!