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Thanks for your replies everybody.

You've put my mind at rest! I think we'll get a fire blanket instead of an extinguisher and have a fire bucket.

the kettle and the making of toast will be only thing first thing because we are cereal family, so no fry ups.

Our evening cooking is normally on the BBQ outside (my DH's 'mans' BBQ a Weber Q220, so massive for the 3 of us ), so it might just be warming up some tinned potatoes for DD (she doesn't do jacket spuds!) or indeed pasta, so if the weather is good we will take the cooker rings outside so that we can do the BBQ and pasta cooking etc in one area.

I don't know why i'm panicking, I forgot that the cabanon doesn't have a SIG like our corado, so the CO, if any, should easily escape.

thanks for the confimation about the cooking window essentially always being 'open'.

I still haven't been able to put the tent up due to the weather, i'm itching to see what it looks like!

Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 09/4/2012

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Quote: Originally posted by Freebird on 09/4/2012

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As CO² and CO are heavier than air (as well as Propane!) it sinks to the bottom. So, the best place for such a detector would be on the floor, really.

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Butane and propane are heavier than air and sink to the floor, hence floor level vents in caravans. I am not sure about C02 but CO is almost the same if not slightly lighter than air and given that it is usually given off from a heat source and thus rises, it is recommended that CO detectors are placed high up.

Don't canvas tents with kitchen areas have mesh vents high up on the tent wall?

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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 09/4/2012

Quote: Originally posted by Freebird on 09/4/2012

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As CO² and CO are heavier than air (as well as Propane!) it sinks to the bottom. So, the best place for such a detector would be on the floor, really.

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Butane and propane are heavier than air and sink to the floor, hence floor level vents in caravans. I am not sure about C02 but CO is almost the same if not slightly lighter than air and given that it is usually given off from a heat source and thus rises, it is recommended that CO detectors are placed high up.

Don't canvas tents with kitchen areas have mesh vents high up on the tent wall?

CO lighter than air monitor should be level or above but not to close to applaince as this may set off for no reason like smoke detector above a toaster lol

Having just purchased a large tent, one of the plusses for me was being able to cook in it.  The door was partially open when it rained, fully open when it was dry.  My stove felt secure, the flame burnt much better out of the wind.

I was worried fat might splash, but as I said, the gas was easier to regulate indoors.

Not once was I concerned about CO or fire, as I felt I had *risk accesed* it sub conciously, just as I do when I cook at home.

Good point about caravans, same with folding campers & trailer tents.

Would be interested in finding out how many tent fires happened during cooking.

Funny thing, I was concerned with some children playing nearby with a ball & hitting the tent, but they could just as easily kicked it into the stove if I was outside.

I do not have a fire blanket, so will look on ebay right now.