Ewa Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 We're taking our gas BBQ over to Normandy to use for cooking purposes this summer whilst we renovate, but I wanted to check availability of butane and/or propane gas bottles before doing so. I know that gas can be bought at supermarkets and petrol stations, but which type is most easily bought? Would we have to pay a deposit on the bottle too?Our BBQ has a 6kg butane bottle on it which we have been told by Homebase in the UK that we need to change to a 5kg propane bottle via Calor Gas as they no longer sell butane (which also means buying a new regulator). But if butane is easily bought in France we won't bother changing it over and will wait until it runs out (eeek!).Thanks for any advice.Ewa27 & Devon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Both Butane and Propane are easily available in France. Some supermarkets (Auchan and Leclerc) have recently entered the own brand market with deposits of only 5 Euros per bottle. However it's probably best to use whichever brand is available near to your property. Its a real pest to have to travel 20 miles for a refil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewa Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 Fabulous - just what I was hoping to hear. I won't bother with my little trip to Calor in Exeter later then (round trip of about 30 miles)!! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 We still use our butane bottle in France for our camping stove but we had to buy a new regulator from the supermarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 EwaOne of the real problems in France, for UK equipment, is that all the regulators are different!I don't mean just for propane or butane, either, althought they are different.I mean the French bottle fittings. In the UK the regulator screws (left-handed thread as all fuel gases), direct onto the bottle. As do some French fittings! Some!One neat way round this is to go to a good local caravan shop: they should be able to sell you an adapter, which allows you to use UK bottles and/or French bottles. For fixed installations (e.g. caravans, domestic cookers) many regs now are fixed to something other than the bottle and fed by a plastic house, with the required coupler.One type of French gas bottle for propane, has a weird sort of bayonet fitting for the regulator, which plugs straight into the bottle.Having modified a UK gas regulator with a French screw-on bottle fitting (which fits both regular propane and butane bottles in France) all I now need is a smaller gas bottle of propane, for my professional UK blowlamp. The French don't seem to believe in gas regulators for torches and I don't fancy lugging one of the big ones around as I plumb!Bonne Appetite ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewa Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 Ahh, thank you for this added info Gluestick. Will find our local caravanning shop and see what they've got (just a good excuse to go to Lyme Regis for an hour or two - much rather do a 30 mile round trip in that direction!!). Ewa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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