Home Insurance Declaration

[BigBunny]

Hi Folks,
Just a quick question about home insurance.
Is it required (or good practice) to declare to your home insurance provider that you are welding in the garage ? Especially if you are using compressed shielding gas bottles.
I would not tell them I go camping and therefore have camping gas or BBQ gas in the garage. In some ways that is more dangerous than shielding gas.
But does anyone have any experience of dealing with an insurance company where having shielding welding gas in the garage caused a problem, because the insurance company were not informed.
Thanks all,
Simon
MIG welding gas.

 

[Robotstar5]

Your camping gas is more of a danger as it's flammable, but shielding gas is inert.

In the event of a fire, the fire service would appreciate being told about the gases in the garage for their own safety.

 

[BrokenBiker]

I haven't told them, they didn't ask. as said if there is a fire make sure anyone entering the building knows there are compressed gas bottles inside, inert or not, when they pop they do so with a vengance

 

[rtbcomp]

I was listening to a consumer programme on the wireless and an interviewee just made the point that you should answer all questions on a proposal form honestly but you don't need to tell them anything they don't ask for.

 

[brightspark]

I was listening to a consumer programme on the wireless and an interviewee just made the point that you should answer all questions on a proposal form honestly but you don't need to tell them anything they don't ask for.

and when you answer all the questions there recorded and held on an insurance database for future refrence in a claim