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Wow, I am surprised this was revived. Please read my post at the top of this page for a description of how my stove was set up. Read: the propane tank was not inside the house.
I am still alive, obviously. My wife and I took great precautions with our stove setup, only turning the gas on when we were using it and turning it off immediately afterwards. Everytime the stove was used we lighted all the pilots, including the one in the oven which hardly worked to ensure that gas was not leaking from them and into the house. Even if this had of happened, we would have had to leave them on for a very long time in order for the propane to pool around the floor at the rate it is expelled from the pilot jets. We were very very careful.
We have sinced moved abroad where we have (worry not) a properly installed gas range setup. We operated the stove setup in question for nearly 8 months with zero problems, all on the same BBQ grill sized tank. Zero leaks. We had a good regulator, and a good setup which I did myself and constantly checked.
I generally do not feel the need to defend my intelligence but I can assure everyone here that I subjected my method to the scientific process and it passed in our specific environment. We used this setup out of necessity, not laziness or ignorance. I can't say that it would work in all cases, and I do not recommend it, but it worked well for us for out purposes.
This is not unusual at all in parts of rural Europe. The cylinders' there are sometime taller and a bit
more narrow, and my friends have run their very small oven and stovetop (like one in a trailer or
efficiency apt. off it for years with no problem. Just be sure to check it with heavily soaped water
at the connections for leaks on occasion, and cut it on and off with use. It will be fine. I swear,
so many "chicken littles" in this silly world. What if these folks had to really rough it?
Thank you for posting this. I too was in a quandary about a similar set up. Just bought a cottage, during final walk through the seller made note of this fireplace in the master bedroom. Luckily my DIL was with me and noted that there was 20lb tank behind it. When asked about the safety of this, the seller said she had it there for 8 years without problem. However, on FB she was complaining about evil spirits choking her at night (carbon monoxide vs crazy as a bat). The comments to your post were most helpful - I wish you luck with your stove -- as for me I will have a line run from the outside tank or remove it all together and replace with an electric one.
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Thank you for posting this. I too was in a quandary about a similar set up. Just bought a cottage, during final walk through the seller made note of this fireplace in the master bedroom. Luckily my DIL was with me and noted that there was 20lb tank behind it. When asked about the safety of this, the seller said she had it there for 8 years without problem. However, on FB she was complaining about evil spirits choking her at night (carbon monoxide vs crazy as a bat). The comments to your post were most helpful - I wish you luck with your stove -- as for me I will have a line run from the outside tank or remove it all together and replace with an electric one.
The original posting is from 10 years ago I suspect the OP is well past this by now. reading and using the information is good resurrecting long dead threads is not.
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