Boiler in bedroom. Is it safe??

meerustar

On Monday our back boiler is being taken out and being replaced with a combi boiler. They are putting it in my sons bedroom in the airing cupboard, apparently with a pipe from the cupboard across his skirting boards and out of the wall !?!?

Is it safe to have a boiler in a bedroom? The council are doing it as part of a renovation programme. They called today and said what they are doing etc.

I'm worried about fumes (is it CO or CO2 or something?) and the noise it will create and am hoping I can get them to put it in the loft.

I remember months ago them saying it couldn't go in the kitchen as there was no outside wall for it to go on, yet in sons room it's not an outside wall.

Lots of waffling there, but basically asking ...

Is it safe???

I_luv_cats

You can buy an electronic Carbon Monoxide Detector £20 or Cardboard one £7.

I don't know if you could ask for a 2nd opinion from a building inspector

wallbash

The council are doing it

quote ... Is it safe???
Yes , might not be ideal , it is/will be safe.

moonrakerz

I_luv_cats wrote: »

You can buy an electronic Carbon Monoxide Detector £20 or Cardboard one £7.

Only buy an electronic CO ALARM, the cheap detectors just tell the paramedics what killed you !

sujman

There are some new build houses near me and I can see that one of the bedrooms (downstairs) has a boiler in it.

EliteHeat

It's not ideal, it's the last place most installers would consider. Not for safety reason but because of the noise of the boiler.

Make sure everyone knows not to use hot water in the middle of the night.

ariba10

It is the noise I would be concered about.

A neighbour of ours put one the other side of an adjoining bedroom wall and has complained about it ever since.

The_Pedant

Won't be the best place for noise ... every time it comes on (hot tap runs, or heating in the colder months) then trhough the airing cupboard walls you'd probably hear the clunk of the valves opening & the whir of the exhaust fan.

I'm a light sleeper & sometimes get woken by mine downstairs! In the same room would drive me crazy!

As for safety, the modern boilers tend to operate more or less sealed to the room I thought, to minimize the old problems you used to have from fumes blowing back into rooms etc.

e18saver

Hi
We actually just had our boilder mopved from the back bedroom into the loft. We originally wanted to do it for safety reasons, but about three professionals told us it wasn't a problem. However, agree with the other comments: we decided to move it anyway as it was quite noisy. But then, it's averagely old (not old enough to totally replace, mind) so a new one would probably be quieter.
Hope that's of some help. Most importantly, they are apparently a completely sealed system with a series of safety valves and back-up safety valves, so should be 100% safe.

ormus

we have a vaillant boiler in a wardrobe in the 3rd bedroom. its completely room sealed.
noise is not really an issue for us as the bedroom isnt used very often.

roses

I had a boiler in the bedroom in my current house until I got it replaced and I had a boiler in the bedroom in the last place I rented. Didn't particularly like it as

a) it took up valuable wardrobe space
b) it made enough noise to wake me up every time the heating came on or someone tuned the tap

If you are paying money to get it installed, why not pay a little extra to get it fitted in the loft or kitchen? It will last a good few years so worth making a decision on asap...