How far from a Vinyl Sided House should a Propane Grill Be?

Hold your hand beside the vinyl siding...If you can feel any heat, the grill is too close, move it till you cant feel any heat & then add a foot for good measure!

WE actually have the grill out side our back door but we stand between the house and the grill (back to the house). we had it the other way and DH would pull it out to use it. Well one day I went to use it and not thinking didn't pull it out... our siding is a bit warped right there now!

But by standing between the 2 to grill it's deffinatly not to close.

Glad OP posted this thread as a recent explosion five days ago where I live taught everyone a great lesson! DH and I have had propane grills for many years and always thought they were safe as long as handled responsibly but never realized they could explode on their own with no one even in the area and when not EVEN in use!

Here is what happened: It has been between 95* to 100* for the last two weeks here. Someone's propane tank located under their grill exploded for seemingly no reason and literally blew up their house and the house next door in a very nice subdivision.

Fortunately, no one was home at either house at the time and no lives were lost but both places burnt to the ground. The fire marshall determined that the cause was that the grill had been left where the sun reached; the tank reached a temperature too high to contain the gas and thus it exploded.

Neither DH nor I had any idea that could happen! The fire marshall said that, in addition to making sure the grill was in a shaded area; if your grill comes with a cover, make sure the cover is left on it as they are designed to deflect heat away from the unit.

Needless to say, our grill in now in a shaded area away from direct sunlight and the cover is back on! Hope this safety tip helps someone else avoid the explosion those poor people had (not to mention the lawsuit I am sure that the next door neighbors will be filing against the ones had owned the grill)!

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I have a gas (propane) fork lift lisence and one of the things they teach you is if it has a if it blows or the valve breaks releasing the pressure it can barrel through a cinderblock wall like it was a sheet of paper!

have never seen it happen but deffinatly good to know