I buy my bottled gas from Bati Le Clerc.
(Seems to be the cheapest)
Plenty sources of propane around. Intermarche and Super U
You can buy a switch over kit so that you can have 2 bottles arratched. You would need a gas registered plumber/ engineer to install the system. It makes it easier when the bottle runs out. You would also need a switch near you cooker if you have a long rum to your bottle.
You can also buy a gas bottle trolley to transport bottles.
Expensive! I saw an automatic one in Brico LeClerc for well over 200€
Do you have a reference to the requirement to have it fitted by a gas registered plumber/engineer in France please?
Our local LeClerc supplies 13kg propane bottles as does our local 8 a Huit.
Or use the Cube propane bottles and get an automatic changeover valve fitted so that the supply automatically switches over when the gas runs out in the first bottle. We have one fitted in our caravan.
BTW, a modern detendeur will handle both propane and butane.
Thank you to the original poster for raising this. I first became aware of the propane /butane thing when we were caravanning in N Yorkshire and the heating locked out at 6 in the morn ing. Luckily the site owner was familiar with the situation and got us sorted out with new gas bottles and regulators for these “extreme conditions!”
Now that we use butane for our hob, I struggle to move the 11kg cylinders following back surgery and so the prospect of plastic cylinders with wheels is very exciting!
So, to resurrect this useful thread, we have determined that you cannot get Propane in ~13kg plastic bottles and the housing is now built.
Moving forwards to the next plan, I am considering a Propane switching arrangement to make life easier changing over from an empty bottle to a full one and have this item in mind…
Does anyone have experience of these please?
It’s a little confusing because it suggests that it is automatic in the sense that it changes over from an exhausted bottle to a full one without intervention but that the switch can be turned to facilitate taking the empty one off line and replacing it with a full one.
If that is the case, how does the user know the transition has been completed?
I can understand the gas just running out and the user has to manually switch over to the full bottle to continue with the Sunday roast and is this what is meant by « automatic »?
Any guidance would be appreciated.
We have one, for butane not propane but looks pretty similar. The little arrow used to flick over when it changed itself, but no longer. And in fact one side started leaking, so we now only use one side! Since we always make sure we have a spare bottle sitting beside it this is no big deal, so fixing it has stayed on our “to do” list for about 5 years now.
Which is a long winded way of saying we don’t think they really add anything to our quality of life, and there are probably more fun ways to spend 200€
