Moving into my covered yard

[Enchanted Cobwebs]

I have had lots of advice from you experienced people re the propane. I have not touched the torch since as I'm so worried about having the propane in the house. That said I'm desperate to do this so looking around for a safer alternative. I need peoples thoughts and suggestions on the following idea -

I do have a small covered yard, its open at 2 sides ends but has a wooden tall gate on one open end and next doors shed along most of the other open end. We have a table out there thats all its big enough for so I cant get a shed up without restricting light into my kitchen.
I could set up out there, wouldnt be fun in the winter but safer, maybe some sort of screen around the torch area to prevent draughts blowing the flame
I could work in the kitchen by running the propane pipe through the window if hubby would let me (after all the work he did on my room upstairs he isnt pleased that I'm worrying unnecessarily in his opinion)
Either would be better but I'm concerned about leaving the torch outside, wont get nicked but may not be the best place to store it. I have a flashback arrester that screws onto the propane its the kit from Tuffnells with a minor torch and read on here that unscrewing it every time you use it is damaging. I see people mentioning a quick release, would this help if I wanted to bring the torch in?
Thanks
Helen

[JaySpangles]

I have a gas tank in a cupboard in my kitchen in France for my cooker hob, in common with 90% of the rest of the population (sorry if my stats might be a bit innaccurate), but maybe you have to keep your worrying in proportion.  It has been there since the house was built in the 50's.  I turn it off when we leave it.

[helenfc]

Helen, maybe you could keep the propane below the window of the upstairs room and get a long hose to feed out of the window with quick release connectors. Then at the end of each torch session disconnect the propane and haul the hose back in? its what i do, but just from the ground floor through the window. you might just need a long hose!
hope that helps?
x

[Tills]

this is probably very contravertial (spelling) but I have my propane tank in the room with me, I see it as no different then having it in the front compartment of my caravan, less than a metre from the seating/sleeping area as does thousands of other caravanners - 

It is always turned off after use and the pipes bled-

Hope you can resolve soon,

[shaz]

I too have my tank in the house I work in the kitchen diner and i turn off after every use and bleed the pipe the first couple of days I worried but now its just second nature to do it all. Thinking about it arent these the same tanks in the mobile heaters that you have round the house?

[Pat from Canvey]

. Thinking about it arent these the same tanks in the mobile heaters that you have round the house?

Yes. My propane has been in my dining room for the last 4 years as that is where I bead. Warm, even cosy and no problems. You are worrying unduly and I suggest torching in the yard would be more not less dangerous. What exactly are you worried about. It's just a gas with a slightly different chemical composition to that you use for cooking and presumably you use that every day without agonising that it's going to blow up.

[Enchanted Cobwebs]

Thanks everyone, I'm still nervous but maybe that will just make me more careful! I got the 13kg cylinder this time but maybe will go for a more portable one next time so I can get quick releases and carry the cylinder into the yard when I'm not working on it if I'm still scared by then. Its not practical to carry this one, we have a town house and my work room is on the top (attic type) floor.
I think the type of gas used in mobile heaters is butane, thats ok for indoors appparently, caravans use the propane usually but tanks are outside presumably in case of a leak the gas just sinks. In my house and escaping gas goes past the bedrooms then down to the kitchen, this is what I'm scared of

So - Any rough ideas on how many hours will the 13 kg last?
Are quick releases easy to fit?

Thanks
Helen

[JaySpangles]

I found my quick release was not easy to fit.  I ended up taking the hose and fitting to Martin at Tuffnells and he did it for me (having bought it from him in the first place.)