While some heating engineers who work in LPG may have reservations about the requirements in UP/1, Barrie Church explains why flaring gas is preferable to venting.

For some time now there has been concern amongst LPG installers that the requirements in UP/1 for flaring all LPG purge operations may be too excessive.

The argument goes further in that for small volumes of natural gas (up to 0.02m3), it is permissible to purge in some internal areas, so could there be a case for some relaxation for LPG?

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