17/11/14

Find where to buy bottled gas in Derby


Buy butane and propane bottled gas in Derby from a local LPG stockist. 

Bottled gas is used widely as a type of fuel for cooking, heating, and as an energy solution for many homes and commercial users in Derby (UK).

It is used with mobile cabinet heaters, space heaters, camping and caravanning cookers, some portable lighting units, and various pieces of industrial burning and heating equipment. 

Bottled gas is often referred to under the manufacturers brand names of "Blue Gas", "Calor Gas", "Camping Gas", "Energas", "BOC", "Flogas", and many more. It is worth noting that there are countless other suppliers that are known for bottled gas in Derby too.  

Butane Bottled Gas Refills

Butane gas is commonly used as a fuel for cooking and leisure purposes. Butane bottled gas is normally supplied in either a blue or yellow coloured metal cylinder depending on the make you choose to buy. It is used widely in camping, boating, and caravanning applications where its is generally used as a "leisure" type fuel for use with camping and cooking stoves, portable barbeques, heaters, and portable refrigerators. 

One of the most popular LPG appliances that needs butane bottled gas is the Calor Gas type cabinet heater. In the UK all portable cabinet heaters run off a "standard" type cylinder of butane (LPG) gas. this can vary in size depending on the exact cabinet heater you own, most though accept a 13kg or 15kg standard bottle.  

Propane Bottled Gas 

Propane bottled gas has different properties to butane gas. The most prominent being it's ability to burn at far lower temperatures than butane will. This makes propane more suitable for applications where a lower temperature operating point is needed. This could be for cooking purposes where the refill cylinders are stored outside at your Derby home, for use with powered equipment that is operated outdoors (such as a gas powered fork lift truck or generator), and for commercial uses such as when being used as a fuel source for heating bitumen and tar when carrying out the re-roofing of felt covered roofs.

Propane bottled gas is also commonly used by operators of catering trailers and vans.  If you own or operate a "burger or a chip van" then it's most likely you will have a need for refill bottles of propane bottled gas.

Leisure Gas Refills

The name of "leisure gas" is what used to be commonly referred to as "patio gas". In recent years "leisure gas" has become the name referred to for a certain mix of gas that is used as a burnable fuel in patio heaters, portable bbq's, water boilers, and some outdoor camping type stoves.

Leisure gas is freely available from several bottled gas stockists in Derby, notably under the brand names of Calor or flogas.

What is leisure gas?

Depending on the brand, leisure gas is a mixture of butane and propane gas that is sold in a particular size of refill cylinder. Unlike butane and propane, Leisure gas usually requires the appliance to be fitted with a 27mm diameter size of regulator valve.

Industrial Heating Applications

A popular use of bottled gas is for use as a fuel for heating applications. In particular propane LPG is widely used along with portable space heaters.