Gas bottle refill

beachBOYken · 8 Sep 2025 at 19:26

Hi

Anyone got a gas bottle refill exchange at b&q, I normally go elsewhere but major roadworks are causing chaos in my area, so thought about b&q near me, on the website it says existing contract required for a Flogas refill.
Can I just bring my empty Flogas bottle along for a straight swap?

fobose · 9 Sep 2025 at 12:07

Yes you can. Having the bottle means you already have a 'contract'.

beachBOYken · 9 Sep 2025 at 15:17

fobose said:
Yes you can. Having the bottle means you already have a 'contract'.

Thanks, thats what I thought, just wanted to be sure.

tangey · 15 Sep 2025 at 10:20

Many MANY years ago, we had a superser gas heater thing, you put a gas bottle in the back, clip the gas feed over the top of the bottle, click the button thing that provided a spark to light it up, and you could have 1,2 or 3 panels providing heat. Got rid of the heater 20+ years ago, but the gas cylinder is still out in the garage, it could easier be 40+ years old.

a) is a bottle of that age safe
b) Has the design of the connection of the top of the bottles changed over the years.
c) I'm not sure if there is a supplier ID on it, and likely that supplier has long since

I don't want to bring an ancient bottle of unknown supplier to swap it out at the corner shop that either won't take it cause it's not from their "supplier" or it's a completely out of date connection.

Can anyone offer advice ?

b0rn2sk8 · 15 Sep 2025 at 23:21

Bottles have to be re-certified every few years and they need to be in date before than can be refilled again, either way, I expect that bottle will be melted down.

A lot of modern gas appliances just a push fit connector these days which is less prone to leaks, referred to as ‘patio gas’ in Calor form. Standard Propane (red) and butane (blue) have a different screw in connector but I expect that is no different to 20 years ago.

No merchant will swap it out unless it’s clearly a Calor/flo gas bottle and they will normally only swap like for like.

I’d suggest recycling it, your local tip should take it if it’s empty.

BUDFORCE · 16 Sep 2025 at 07:36

@tangey

Make a deep fryer out of it:

If you carefully screw the cap off, fill it with water first. That way you can be sure there is no residual gas left in it before you start cutting it.

Efour · Sunday at 06:44

Wow that's hood ghetto.. you frying whole turkey?

Mark M · Sunday at 10:26

BUDFORCE said:
@tangey

Make a deep fryer out of it:

If you carefully screw the cap off, fill it with water first. That way you can be sure there is no residual gas left in it before you start cutting it.

That’s amazing but I would worry about regulating the oil temperature and ending up with a massive fireball

BUDFORCE · Sunday at 11:29

Mark M said:
That’s amazing but I would worry about regulating the oil temperature and ending up with a massive fireball

If you check on the left there is a thermometer with a probe dangling in I keep and eye on.

I've also got an infrared thermostat gun thing.

I turn off the gas when putting the food in just in case, but it's actually all a lot safer than it looks.

Efour said:
Wow that's hood ghetto.. you frying whole turkey?

Yup, I had done a couple of times.