Gas locker access

Ever since I had to get a replacement door (earlier thread) I have thought about making a flap or door into the gas locker from under the seat by the wardrobe. I would then be able to turn off the gas bottle from inside the van.

Lunar caravans  always had this feature on the front window sill. (We had it on our 'Meteorite'.)

Has anyone else done this or thought about it? Are there any safety issues?

Regards
Fred

The gas locker has to be isolated from the interior (no possible chance of a leak from locker into van)
All the AS vans I have seen do this very well and you shouldn't cut any holes in the locker walls.
Your Meteorite was probably built before this became normal safety practice (or H&S invented!)

Our previous motorhome (not Autosleeper, Herald Castille) had this useful facility. 

There was a hinged interior access door made of the same wood/veneer as the panel, with a simple foam type seal fitted around the overlap. It was positioned towards the top of the bottles so in theory any leakage would have been down through the ventilation holes in the floor of the locker rather than into the van.  It was possible to change over the connections if a gas bottle ran out but it was very fiddly and awkward. 

I fitted a changeover valve to tee into both bottles and positioned this so it was easy to access through the door, which avoided the need to go outside the van if the cylinder in use ran out in inclement weather.

The van also had a gas leak alarm fitted in a low position within the hab area.

Our current van does not have this and the location of the locker would not make it possible to add it.

cheers
Roger

Thanks for the replies. As there are H&S implications I don't think I'll do it.

I suppose it might make the van more difficult to trade in one day.

Why has my 1999 transit Ravenna got the gas locker on the right hand side,all Ravennas ive seen have been in the left hand side.Have i got the ony one?

You will see this from time to time particularly with the Executives