"sarah" > wrote in message
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> Syke > wrote:
>
>> At present, I have an electric, solid-plate hob. Ideally, I would like
>> gas,
>> mainly for controlability. We aren't on mains gas and I don't want
>> bottled.
>> Would anyone with experience care to comment on the merits/de-merits of
>> the
>> other alternatives, halogen and do on, particularly regarding control.
>
>
> Pat, I'd simply comment that I didn't want bottled gas either (I think
> the bottles look too much like bombs waiting for a detonator), but after
> cooking on mains gas for 5 years, then a solid fuel/oil-fired range for
> another 6, I gritted my teeth and went for bottled gas when the
> opportunity arrived.
> I don't regret it at all.
>

When I lived in Malta I was in an area of no piped gas. The bottles were
fine and I never had any problems with them

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