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Hi, i am looking to start making small scale fireworks, but i am located in the uk.

By small scale fireworks i am talking like small mortars, and roman candles, things like that.

Anyway, i have a few questions to ask about it all first.

1. Is it legal for me to make the aforementioned fireworks, on my private property, and use them there..?
2. If not, how do i go about getting the correct licenses, for it, and what are the correct licenses?
3. I have heard of this 100 gram rule, meaning something like, i can make 100g bp, use it, then make another 100g, and so on. However, would i be allowed to store 2kg of Kno3, 1KG of sulfur, and a load of charcoal, seperately, whilst frequently making these 100g batches?

It seems to me, from looking at forums, mostly people just like to try to 'stick under the radar', But i would really be more comfortable knowing if there was a way i could do it legally. I understand with our modern culture unfortunately people interested in pyrotechnics are easily confused with those interested in completely unsafe, and illegal activities, which is why i really want to seperate myself from that 'culture' by going about it the 'proper' way.

Thanks,

Sam

Hi,

i have been making simple fireworks, and various pyro compositions for about a year now, and i have decided that it is probably best to gain proper licensing with the local authorities. However the information avaliable on the HSE website is terrible, and i am having an extremely difficult time trying to work out exactly what i need to be applying for.

Currently i only make fireworks for the family which we use in the garden, so nothing massive, but i do manufacture bp, and have used flash powder in some of my comps, im pretty sure these 2 would be the main concern with regard to the law.

Can anyone tell me exactly what i need in order to manufacture and store (will only be storing for short periods of time) these types of composition?


Thanks