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Hi, we have bought and are currently renovating a villa which has radiators run by bottled gas. We are interested to hear from people with the same set up :
1. Do you have to have a contract with a gas bottle supplier - if so recommendations please
2. Do you have to have a certificate to show it’s safe - if so how/where do we get this
Many thanks in advance for any help
Cheers
Sharon and Mike
Yes, we do, my husband put everything in and we had Cepsa come to connect the gas supply and sign it off and Vaillant came to commission it.
We have two banks of 5 bottles and he has disconnected the link between the two banks. We did this because once the first 5 bottles are empty we still have the other 5 to keep us going rather than have it totally run out, inevitably when in the shower!
We don't have a contract we just take the empty bottles for exchange at our local ferretaria.
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:11pm
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Cheryl wrote on Sun Oct 24, 2021 2:11pm:
Yes, we do, my husband put everything in and we had Cepsa come to connect the gas supply and sign it off and Vaillant came to commission it.
We have two banks of 5 bottles and he has disconnected the link between the two banks. We did this because once the first 5 bottles are empty we stil...Read more...
...l have the other 5 to keep us going rather than have it totally run out, inevitably when in the shower!
We don't have a contract we just take the empty bottles for exchange at our local ferretaria.
Hi Cheryl
Thanks so much for your answer. We assume ours must have been initially commissioned and checked when it was set up, so we’ll get someone to check/service it for us.
Great to know we can take the bottles to swap!
Thanks
Sharon
https://www.healthplanspain.com/blog/expat-tips/403-living-in-spain-bombonas-gas-bottles.html
It seems we do have a contract, sorry, forgot all about it, I think we got it when Cepsa checked everything.
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:12pm
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Cheryl wrote on Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:52pm:
https://www.healthplanspain.com/blog/expat-tips/403-living-in-spain-bombonas-gas-bottles.html
It seems we do have a contract, sorry, forgot all about it, I think we got it when Cepsa checked everything.
Thanks Cheryl will read the article cheers
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:08pm
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Pinkshami wrote on Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:11pm:
Hi Cheryl
Thanks so much for your answer. We assume ours must have been initially commissioned and checked when it was set up, so we’ll get someone to check/service it for us.
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Great to know we can take the bottles to swap!
Thanks
Sharon
If you have a CEPSA contract, they will deliver/connect for you.
Suggest you check the flexible pipes from the gas bottles to the manifold. They will be date-stamped. The pipes should not be used beyond that date.
We had 12 bottles. CEPSA charged around 100 Euros for new pipes and around 60 Euros for the test/certificate.
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:02pm
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Kelvin1960 wrote on Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:08pm:
If you have a CEPSA contract, they will deliver/connect for you.
Suggest you check the flexible pipes from the gas bottles to the manifold. They will be date-stamped. The pipes should not be used beyond that date.
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We had 12 bottles. CEPSA charged around 100 Euros for new pipes and around 60 Euros for the test/certificate.
Many thanks Kelvin we will do that.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:32am
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Just a suggestion. You mentioned you have two banks of five bottles. You should fit an automatic changeover valve where the two banks join and then go into the house. That way you will never get a cold shower. Mine puts up a red flag in a little window when that bank is empty.
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 2:46pm
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Pinkshami wrote on Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:11pm:
Hi Cheryl
Thanks so much for your answer. We assume ours must have been initially commissioned and checked when it was set up, so we’ll get someone to check/service it for us.
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Great to know we can take the bottles to swap!
Thanks
Sharon
Hi, can I ask who delivers your bottles?
Hoping to be able to pay by bank transfer rather than cash.
Thanks
ldp wrote on Sun Jan 30, 2022 2:46pm:
Hi, can I ask who delivers your bottles?
Hoping to be able to pay by bank transfer rather than cash.
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Thanks
Sorry I can't help as we pick them up ourselves.
To reply to Classic man we have disconnected the two banks, that way, when the first bank runs out we can simply switch over to the second bank to finish the shower (when it inevitably runs out) and we then have fair warning we need to get the first bank replenished.
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