Boiler in Bedroom

pureimagination

Hello,

I wonder if someone could give me an opinion on whether installing a boiler in my bedroom is a total no-no?

The flat I've just bought has a 1970s boiler which needs replacing. The problem is that the existing flue doesn't meet current regulations, because it's jammed between an iron drainpipe and a windowsill.

I trust my plumber, and he's given me two options. The first option is to move the boiler back into an internal hall cupboard, but this would demand a more expensive flue (£700!) and the pipes would still have to be fed through a corner of my bedroom ceiling to reach the back wall.

Or I could put the boiler into an internal bedroom cupboard. This option is £700 cheaper and there's no weird piping, but I know a lot of people have a problem with boilers in bedrooms.

What do you think? £700 is a lot of money to me, but I don't want to devalue the property by installing the boiler into a location which future buyers would hate. I'm assured that the new boiler will be very quiet. It's a Vaillant Ecotec Plus 832 combi boiler.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Dan-Dan

We have a sealed combi boiler on an external wall within a bedroom (inside a large cupboard)

We have a carbon monoxide alarm in the appropriate place also

Two of my brothers are gas safe engineers and have told me no problems at all , we are always sure to have it serviced etc when it should be done etc

The boiler was there when we moved in , it didnt put us off at all , better there than taking up valuable kitchen space!

teddysmum

Our combi is in the kitchen , just below our upstairs bathroom, but I can hear it in the night, if the bedroom door is open, so would hate to have it in the bedroom.

EssexExile

I would want to hear one in operation first, I certainly wouldn't take someone's word for it being quiet.

daveyjp

Vaillant boilers are not quiet, burner and fan noise is intrusive, but it may be the case you are hardly in the room when it is on.

The worst case will be if someone is up early running hot water while someone else is still asleep.

pureimagination

Are Valiant boilers noisy? I understood they had the "quiet mark" accreditation, so were probably more silent than others.

Hermia

I have lived in two houses with boilers in the bedroom and would not want to again. As the boilers aged they did start to get more noisy.

teddysmum

If the boiler is set to warm the 'waiting' water , so hot water is more instant, then it kicks in several times during the night, though only for a couple of minutes.


Our boiler is a Worcester Bosch and I rarely notice it running during the daytime, even with the kitchen door open, but at night,without background sounds, it does seem noisier.

cattie

Whenever I've been looking for a new property to buy one of the things I stress to ea's is that I'm most definitely not interested in any properties with a boiler in a bedroom. To my mind boilers just do not belong in bedrooms.

Gloomendoom

I've stayed at a mate of mine's house in a bedroom above the boiler and been kept awake at night and woken up early. I can't imagine what having it in the same room would be like.

Ours is in an outbuilding separated from the house. Noise wise, it's the best place for it.

C_Mababejive

Would the boiler be running at night whilst your asleep anyway?