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Old 2019-05-10, 4:07pm
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Propane tanks over one pound should not be inside houses.

It was only some twenty years ago that they figured out that brass valves on propane tanks bigger than 1lb were leaking out of the safety valves designed to vent if the tank went over pressure even if they were not over pressure.
So a 'safety device' was causing a 'safety problem' back then.

Also, the valves on the tanks are made out of a soft type of brass so that the internal faces seat properly.
This can be a problem if they get 'over tightened' by someone that doesn't know about it and you can get a very slow leak.

So don't keep any thing more than -one- 1lb can in your house at a time.
Plumbers hand torch size, and that one will count as the only one you get to have.

And your insurance company WILL deny any claim for any reason and simply having more than one 1lb can is legally justification even if the damage you are filling for has nothing to do with it.

This includes flames, gas of any kind or someone running a car through your living room wall.

Heck, even hail damage to your roof can be denied if they can find more than one 1lb can of fuel.


Insurers as a business designed to take your money.
They will settle with banks as mortgage companies because the banks have lawyers as big as the insurers.

You have to hire a lawyer to get your money out of your insurer.
Kind of like car dealers.
They are not your friend.
They are just in business to get your money for their shareholders.
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