The term ‘Bottled gas' is used for the propane and butane gases compressed in bottles which are called gas cylinders. These bottles are usually made of aluminium, stainless steel or carbon steel. The cylinders containing the gas are designed in a way that they are easy to handle and transportable.



Bottled gas is an easy, convenient and safe way of heating. Above all, it is environmentally friendly. There are countless uses for Bottled gas and you can use it in your homes, business and vehicles. Bottled gas also covers your outdoor heating needs superbly.

At home, you can use bottled gas very conveniently due to its simplicity. You can use it for cooking, heating and also for outdoor heating and cooking purposes. Bottled gas comes in very handy when you are going camping or caravanning, which is rapidly becoming the most common holiday choice in the UK.

If you purchase bottled gas for home use (that is, cooking or central heating) you will have to pay the initial cost of the cylinder and some fittings. The costs vary with respect to the volume of the cylinder, the purpose for which you are using it and also the place where you live. The other costs that would be incurred are the rental that you have to pay on the cylinder, and the cost of refilling the cylinder.

If you want to use bottled gas for the outdoors, you will also have to buy the portable appliances according to your requirements. Some of the outdoor uses of bottled gas are for heating outside the house (for example the patio) or heating and cooking during camping or caravanning. Other appliances are gas fuelled barbecues and also mobile heaters, which can be used both inside and outside the house.

There are many businesses that use bottled gas for several purposes. The businesses that use bottled gas most widely are hotels, restaurants, motels, horticultural growers and timber driers. They frequently use bottled gas because it is convenient in case work has to be done outdoors, such as with timber driers and horticultural growers. Other than that, restaurants and hotels widely use bottled gas for outdoor cooking.

The use of bottled gas provides these businesses cost savings and it is completely controllable. The cost of the bottled gas for businesses depends upon the number of cylinders and amount of gas being used. The cost of appliances in businesses that use bottled gas is also relatively more, as these appliances are specialised.

Bottled gas is also very useful in vehicles. There are countless benefits associated with using bottled gas in vehicles. First and foremost, it saves you a lot of money as gas is much cheaper than fuel. In spite of the low cost, you still get the same performance and your engine runs as smoothly as it does with petrol. Bottled gas is secure and safe, and is also environment friendly. With bottled gas, the carbon dioxide emission decreases by 10 to 15% compared to what it is while using fuel.