LPG gas flow rate stupid question

[bluemonkey]

so is it not safe and above board, i will try and upload a pic tomorrow if that helps

 

[bluemonkey]

i found that buying in bulk was more per litre that the 47 kg tanks, 56p to 53 p, but i can budget better with the 47 kg tanks

 

[Whyme]

bulks best pal becauase the storage cylinder will be well away from your house and you wont run out as fast, there are very specific reg for sitting lpg cylinders because of the potential of explosion and the gas being heaveir than air. supprised it was all ok'd on cylinders (being a house and not a caravan) tbh.

 

[dancinplumba]

Nothing wrong with running house on bottles, it's not dangerous 🙂

 

[Mike Jackson]

I think there's a bit too much scaremongering going on in this thread. The OP has said that the boiler and cylinder set up were installed by the same guy. Surely we can assume that he was gas safe unless otherwise told. All the OP wanted was to know if his gas consumption was about right and you've scared them half to death.

 

[Dannypipe]

I never said it was dangerous!

I just said bulk should be cheaper....but it sounds like it's not for the OP. The trouble with bulk tank is you often get tied in to having to get your gas from the tank supplier. So you can't shop around.

 

[dancinplumba]

I never said it was dangerous!

I just said bulk should be cheaper....but it sounds like it's not for the OP. The trouble with bulk tank is you often get tied in to having to get your gas from the tank supplier. So you can't shop around.

Steady on danny, no one said you did 🙂

 

[Dannypipe]

Good point!

 

[Reg Man]

a 47 kg gas bottle holds 92 litres, and cost me £49, so works out at about 53p litres

avanti wanted 56p per litre

Where do you by your gas from? Its minimum £70 a bottle in east anglia. 0.77p per litre.

 

[Reg Man]

i have 2 set up at the mo, got the gear to set up 4, just wanted to know why it use 1 in 4/5 days

all pipe work went in new, as the old stuff was condemed, there is about 1.5 m of gas pipe work at most

Could easily get through a bottle a week with the cold weather we have been getting.

 

[Whyme]

I think there's a bit too much scaremongering going on in this thread. The OP has said that the boiler and cylinder set up were installed by the same guy. Surely we can assume that he was gas safe unless otherwise told. All the OP wanted was to know if his gas consumption was about right and you've scared them half to death.

I didnt mean to scare anybody and never said his install was dangerouse, just letting him know of the importance of siting so he knows if his cylinders are fine even if the installer fitted them or not. again appologies for apparantly scaremongering..

 

[bluemonkey]

Where do you by your gas from? Its minimum £70 a bottle in east anglia. 0.77p per litre.

flogas

 

[PlumbBobBob]

£65.09 inc on their website for 47kg cylinder

 

[bluemonkey]

the bloke lives 100 yards from me and that is what he charges me £49

 

[Dannypipe]

That's a good price.

 

[Reg Man]

flogas

I use flogas too. Don't know how you can get it for that price? really cheep for LPG.

 

[bluemonkey]

dont know either, i live in cornwall, calor gas quoted me £49.50 delivered, musy be because there is that many on lpg down here