Can I keep LPG cylinders inside my kitchen?
Generally no. The Fire Code requires all LPG cylinder installations for commercial and industrial buildings to be located outdoors and at ground level. Indoor cylinders are normally not permitted unless SCDF approves them in special circumstances. Outdoor installations must also meet separation distances, for example at least 3 m from any boundary and fire engine accessway and at least 10 m from any fire hydrant.
From the RRD Field Guide, checked against the sources cited in F&B and Commercial Kitchen Fit-Out Approvals in Singapore: SFA, NEA, PUB, SCDF, EMA and the Landlord. General information, not advice for your project.
The fuller picture
A Singapore F&B fit-out needs the use cleared first (URA, HDB or JTC), then SFA's approval of the kitchen layout before renovation, an NEA-compliant exhaust with air cleaning, a PUB-compliant grease trap, SCDF approval for fire safety works such as exhaust ducts, hood suppression and LPG, gas work by EMA-licensed gas service workers, and the landlord's fit-out approval.
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