According to SANS 10087, the regulations state where a bottle can or can't be placed and how an installation may be completed.
- Bottle(s) can not be placed closer than 1m to a door.
- Bottle(s) can not be placed closer than 2m to an open drain or depression, where the gas can gather if the bottle leaks.
- Bottle(s) can not be placed closer than 5m to an electrical switch, motor, generator, pool pump etc.
- Bottle(s) can not be placed closer than 1m to the side of a window unless there is at least 300mm between the bottom of the window and the top of the bottle and a non combustible roof has been placed between the window and the bottle.
- Bottle(s) can not be placed closer than 1m to a boundary wall, unless the wall is a double brick "firewall" > 1.8m tall, with no ventilation gaps in the wall.
- Only a registered LP gas installer may work on a gas system. Every installation must be signed off by installer with a valid L.P. Gas Certificate of Compliance.
- Copper pipe must be greater than class 1 or 0.7mm wall thickness (copper used for water is class 0) and any copper pipe passing through or embedded in a wall, cement or ground, must be protected with a protective sleeve.
- Reinforced "orange" hose connecting appliances can not be longer than 2m and the hose can not have any joins and it can not pass through any walls or partition.
- Bottles can not be placed within 3m, directly under a solid concrete / cement structure.
- A cage is not required to enclose the bottles, as long as the bottles are in a locked area with no public access.
- Any cage / structure is required to have a minimum of 80% open ventilation (expanded metal etc.).
- An L.P. Gas Certificate of Compliance is valid for 5 years from date of issue. Every 5 years the installation is required by law to be pressure tested, any flexible hoses replaced (pigtails etc.) and a new L.P. Gas Certificate of Compliance issued.
- A Bottle may be placed inside a dwelling (max 19kg Cylinder), provided there is sufficient ventilation, no switches or plugs or electrical points are situated in the same cupboard as the bottle and the correct pipe (HDPE or Copper Class 1) is used when passing through any partition / wall, with an accessible emergency shut off valve.
- Any bottle installed above a ground floor, the maximum cylinder size is 9kg.
