looking forward to hearing how you get on was thinking about getting hot for next winter what size of van do you have and will you just hang it inside the back door ?

me thinks i should start looking but i read on here along its not on then it be fine for traveling.

my insurance aint gone up much i only carry 350 ltr's.

i have partitioned the van and the mid section is for my wfp section thus i'll mount it on that partition and only use it when both sides are open.

my van is an ldv cub

i read it all and if your carrying an lpg cylinder in a closed vehical you need to display an orange dimond if over 333kgs of lpg gas and if below (which i doubt any of use will carrymore than a 47 kgs) it becomes a gray area you may display the orange signs but the signs must be removed when you off loaded the lpg containers

plus you cant leave the cyilinder in you van over night unless well ventalated i think you also have to carry fire extinguishers as a just in case

i doubt much mate but as i said i'll keep you informed to the changes so if you guy's want an inexpensive way then you can go hot water for not much.

i think along if you tell them you aint going to leave it in the vehical over nite it should be fine i'd also say look if there was a fire on average i got 350 ltr of water onboard to help the fire bregade 

ok update on this i have my boiler and my gas im going to connect it all tomorrow and test run it i aint going to take it out on the round yet as i aint got the insurance sorted yet will do it tomorrow

i spoke to the safety ppl today about the carriage of lpg gas and they said its not aproblem along if you got a dimond when its on the van you shouldnt have any issus they are even sending me some dimond out for free bless her cotton sock 

so next updates will be the insurance, the test clean on my mums house then the test clean on neighbours house

stay tuned lol

i got diy system my waterfed system is from purefreedom and the boiler is from a guy on ebay his name is rodurpipe his name is bob his number is 07932815207 he a good bloke will sort you out with a paloma boiler (which is what i got)

i'll keep you informed of how it goes

ok i finaly finished the hot water system and your going to love the resaults i did my mum's house and i didnt work it that hard aand they are sparkling. the dirt just drifted off, the only problem is that the hoses go soft, thus will have to buy thermobore 

ok the bit your wanting to know about the insurance on the hot water system ie carrying arround the gas, it wasnt a great increase about £60/70 a year extra so i think worth it the strange thing was my excess against fire went down how weird is that.

i told them i wont carry more than 4.7 kgs of lpg gas which is fine and along you got orange dimonds on the back of the van the police wont bother you also

im going to take picture and put them on here for you to see

any questions please ask

 i send them to your email address

Who's you insurance with gleamy?

heres the pics i hope











i hope they help

ok along if your insurance and you got orange dimond on the back of your van you cant get in to trouble for have gas in your van and you got to drive with out the gas on.

in a closed van you got to take it out at nite which ain hard cause the resaults are worth the hassel.

any boiler will do iff it can take gas but you got to account for size this caravan boiler is small and quite efficient once heated it works a treat

i paid 115 that was with p&p i think this prodject cost me 200 - 250 so not big

the cylinder is kept in the back along its not rolling around i dont think it be a problem where it secured and that it's not covered i will build a little secure box for it next week hope this helps if you read back through the post i get the number for the guy on here that i got the boiler of

07932815207 his name is bob a good guy will help you out give him a call

as for the mod he just turned down the flow rate which is a screw thing underneath theheat control (in the picutre the first dial)

PLEASE be very careful with these heaters.
They do not charge people extra for lpg gas certificates on top of corgi/gas safe basics just for the hell of it.
LPG is different to natural gas. The fumes are deadly and just because you have opened both doors it doesn't mean that the fumes haven't got into your cab.
the devices are usually designed to run with a flue vented to outside and not open into your vans. Even the effects of breathing the carbon monoxide present in the spent products while reeling in your hose could prove dangerous. The front not being on will allow the gas to be burnt unevenly and cause CO to be created in greater quantity.
Do you know how propane/butane and natural gas differ?
If the natural gas at home leaks then it "floats" in the air. Open a window and the gas escapes/dilutes. the dangerous part is when it reaches 15% gas to air ratio.
With LPG the ratio is about the same but it sinks to the floor when released or leaked. If it were to leak in a house or basement it has to be swept out of the house. (you look a bit of a prat sweeping fresh air out of the door when called to a lpg leak).
My point here is that if the pipework or gas bottle leaks then the lpg falls to the floor of the van and the spark created in the pump or controller or the ignition on the boiler itself could cause an explosion before you even smell the leak. The amount of gas needed to create 15% ratio in the confined space of a van is very little.
I personally would look at a generator with exhaust out through a vent /hole and immersion type heater(s) in the van tank.

I do not wish to be a killjoy but please be careful. Sometimes a little information can be dangerous and I would hate for someone to get badly hurt if I knew better and didn't say something.
At the very least use a heater with a vertical flue kit out through the roof and plenty of cross ventilation air vents at high level. These can be closable to prevent cold winds freezing at night. try and house the lpg bottle against the side of the vehicle and seal it to the van with a low level vent in the compartment to the outside.
Take care
Andy