Gas Cylinders

We normally left our cylinders in the van's gas locker but have had them in the garage and in a fenced compound in the garden.

Butane (blue cylinder) will freeze but propane (red cylinder) won’t. For this reason most people swap their butane cylinders for propane.

If the cylinders look in good nick they should be OK. You can always get them checked (and swapped) at a Calor retailer. 

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Outside would be fine, all stockists I have encountered store their stock in locked cages which are open to the elements. 

Regarding butane it has a much higher evaporation point than propane and and will remain a liquid at cold winter temperatures. Hence not good for us winter 'campers'.

All I would say in addition to the above is, I assume you just talking of the gas cylinders. If you still have old regulators with the rubber hoses attached I would deffo get the hose changed, otherwise no problems and enjoy.

LPG cylinders are stored outside at suppliers because the HSE Guidance note stipulates this as the right way. Adequate ventilation in case of leakage being one of the reasons. 

Another consideration is to store cylinders away from any source of ignition or flammable material.

Outside is definitely the preferred and safest way to store cylinders.   If they are inside a garage, shed or outhouse it is a good idea to indicate on the outside of the building there are cylinders stored so that the emergency services are aware of their presence if they have to deal with an adjacent incident.

Thanks all. They are Butane (blue cylinders). All seem to be in good condition.

Just quickly put them in the shed, but I will move them to the open log store. Open air, but protected from rain.

If you have good reasons for concern over the condition and durability of the cylinders, then why not empty them? An empty cylinder still has worth, and even if you don’t empty them now, I think that many of us would exchange then for fresh ones prior to usein thr longrt future. You don’t say how full they are, but the cost of gas wasted might prove cheaper than an unplanned leak and fire.

interesting - how do you empty them? Just open the valve? A fuel dump as we used to say? Is that a good method?

From what I've read that's not really a safe thing to do?

I’m not even sure it’s legal to dump inflammable gas, Corners. 😟