On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 22:20:55 +0000, June Hughes
> wrote:

| In message >, Dave Fawthrop
| > writes
| >On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:42:37 -0000, "LeRoy" >
| >wrote:
| >
| >
| >| I'm sure the same health and safety guidelines are relevant in France as in
| >| the UK for the same product!
| >|
| >| Our bottle is stored a safe distance from the cooker in an open under
| >| worktop area covered in a nice not twee way (!!) by a curtain. There's lots
| >| of ventilation - we call it indoor camping whilst we are renovating and all
| >| our neighbours do the same thing. I'm sure it's as safe as I need (and I'm
| >| cautious).
| >
| >In the UK, many houses are sealed tight against drafts, and ventilation, in
| >our house with UPVC doors and windows ventilation, is at a premium. June
| >insists that we only have ventilation through the cat flap. Not quite
| >true. I would be a bit careful about LPG inside. We have about half a
| >dozen cylinders in the garage, too valuable to throw away.
| >
| What is your heating run on? You should have a ventilator in the wall.
| (Or something equivalent). The cat-flap is not good enough. This is not
| a joke, or a cheeky comment, Dave.

We run on mains gas with the correct ventilation hole. I read the
instruction and cut the 9 sq ins hole myself. I did say the cat flap
comment was "Not quite true". I have some carefully controlled ventilation
via the windows, and a number of small gaps which I have deliberately not
sealed up. But ventilation is now at the minimum I consider reasonable.

The comment was mainly about UK housing in general. On Cooper Grove of 16
ordinary 1960s houses 10 have UPVC windows and the rest have new wooden
windows, all of which will have reduced the ventilation drastically. When
we had the old wooden windows I ran LPG for "indoor camping" without
concern. I would now be *very* careful about LPG in the house.
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