How safe is a GAS tank

pinkteapot

sheramber said:

There must be thousands of people with LPG tanks in their garden. 

There are many rural areas with no mains gas supply.

Almost 200,000 households have bulk LPG (a large tank, rather than those little free-standing red Calor tanks you see). They'll be a mixture of above-ground and underground tanks, but there's no safety difference between the two. 

Section62

totallyconfused1234 said:

The house goes almost right up against the boundary / fence(red line)  as you can see the tank is right next there, I like the idea of the extra garden, but the safety of gas scares me, even though I wont be maintaining it. 

So how close would the tank be to the foundations of the house?

And how will the tank be accessed from the road?

It might also help if you could highlight the position of the house and road on the plan.

ProDave

totallyconfused1234 said:

Section62 said:

totallyconfused1234 said:

Section62 said:

totallyconfused1234 said:

The house has a small garden, I have been told that the developer will allow me to have an even bigger garden for an extra charge. 

Problem is the house that will get a bigger garden (its end terrace)  with an increase of 3 meters of garden on 1 side. 

Will have a bulk tank LPG tank through Flogas, 3m from the house the tank will be buried, and will serve 10 houses.

I would decline the offer.

They are asking for extra money for the householder to take on the risk, responsibility, and hassle of having a gas storage tank, with very little real benefit.

You've answered question 5 yourself - you are having doubts, and whilst the physical risks from the tank aren't significant, and there will be people who don't care about them, the doubts you are expressing will be shared by a percentage of your future potential buyers, so the outcome will be the same.  Added to which, the property will no longer be 'new'.

I wont be responsible for the tank - im assuming it will be a joint responsibility by the residents ?

So the tank won't be in the land you'd own?

In which case, where does the extra land come from, and what will happen if this property owner doesn't buy it?

thank you for coming back to me, Ive attached a picture,  the blue is where the underground tank will be.

From the red line straight down, that is what the garden would be without the additional land, the developer owns the additional land as well, according to them since it's an end house they can add the additional land on if we would like it.
it is not free, it will add on an additional £2500. additional land is the dotted red.

The garden width is currently 7M - agent has just come back to me and said with the extra land, this would make the width 15m.

The house goes almost right up against the boundary / fence(red line)  as you can see the tank is right next there, I like the idea of the extra garden, but the safety of gas scares me, even though I wont be maintaining it. 

thanks so much for your  help 



     

So the extra land available does not include the bit the tank is under.

buy the extra land if you want a bigger garden.  whether or not you buy it, the tank will still be there, just as close to your house.

babyblade41

LPG is a lot more expensive so even under normal times I would not use it as a main fuel source

As for safety then it wouldn't worry me in the slightest .

We live in an area where there is no mains gas & just starting on a big renovation of a barn , plus not connected to mains sewer pipes .

For us during the planning stage we are going for high heat air source pump which can be reversed in summer, UFH, solar panels & large area rads