Boiler in bedroom

Mistral001

Doozergirl wrote: »

We create CO2 when we breathe. It's CO we're talking about.

I've just recommended the same product twice, now three times. This is the 21st Century.
https://nest.com/uk/smoke-co-alarm/overview/
We've installed nearly 100 of the things now, I'm sure and only
one has failed - and it told the homeowner immediately! There were still plenty more on the network to compensate.


If something feels wrong, it doesn't mean it is. If having a boiler in your bedroom feels wrong, then having one in your house at all should evoke the same feeling.

Because what happens when the batteries on a substandard CO alarm run out or the wiring is wrong to the monitor in your kitchen? The result is still lethal.

Protect yourselves properly and carry out basic maintenance. Davidmcn's point is made perfectly and not strawman theory when people like you are more worried about broken monitors in bedrooms!

My father in law was poisoned by the living room fire. No monitors.

I am sorry that that happened and I can see why you take the view that you have about carbon monoxide detectors. I agree they are a very good idea and can save lives.

There has been no reported problems with boilers in bedrooms as far as I know. This might not be because that they are just as safe as a boiler anywhere else in the house, but because statistically there are very few boilers put in bedrooms.

cattie

Definitely no! I viewed a few houses that turned out to have boilers on a bedroom & straight away knew I wasn't interested. Some of them looked so ugly too, all the pipes on show & no attempt made to have a cupboard or similar built around it.

ToasterScheme

Yes, we have one.
There's a tiny bit of noise, but it's in a massive cupboard and the room is large so we don't notice it at all. If anything, the noise from the radiator on the opposite wall is probably louder.

Check out how noisy it is when running if you are a very light sleeper.

timeism0ney

I agree that a dangerous boiler is dangerous, full stop. We had boilers in bedrooms in two previous houses but they were study-type bedrooms not bedrooms to sleep in. I never thought about it as a potential issue.

DavyJones61

We have the boiler in a cupboard in a bedroom, that was where the hot water tank was before we replaced our old heating system with a combi boiler.

Check out how noisy it is when running if you are a very light sleeper.

The heating is never on during the night so we hear nothing and we never hear anything when it comes on in the morning while we are still asleep.

markin

The nest seems to be an over complicated pain in the !!! to me, and a prefer separate smoke and CO alarms. *(i actually have my phone on airplane at night, who wants to be disturbed by emails and apps all nigh)

And nowhere could i find out how long the battery lasts.


I have actually seen a dangerous boiler in a bedroom, on a plumbing youtube channel, The flue was badly extended and through a live chimney and it melted or was damaged!

pinkpiglit

Ours is in the master bedroom. It's inside a linen cupboard along with a hot water cylinder. We might have been able to move it when we redid our kitchen but it would have meant a lot of hassle and expense.

We had the old boiler replaced in 2016. The new one makes a small amount of noise when it fires up in the morning but you get used to it.

We have two carbon monoxide alarms in the bedroom "just in case"...

akira181

The flat I just bought has a boiler in the second bedroom. 2 of the last 3 flats I rented also had boilers in the bedroom. Internal hallways and front facing kitchens meant that the rear of the property was the only place it could go. It's never bothered me much, especially from a safety perspective. Aesthetically they can be a little unsightly.

A properly serviced boiler and appropriate detectors are going to make it as safe as it can be. If you don't service your boiler or have CO monitors, then it's going to be dangerous regardless of what room it is in.

You get your boiler serviced every year (as you should), it's not too hard to do a quick push button test on the CO and smoke detectors at the same time as you should also be doing annually regardless of boiler location anyhow. If the batteries start to die in mine, it starts beeping roughly 2 weeks in advance before they're dead. Hardwired ones are constantly lit up and also beep if the backup battery is going.

So if the look or noise of it bothers you too much, then don't buy it. If it's purely safety concerns, then it shouldn't be given a second thought as long you service it and install monitors. If it's old, consider haggling the asking price and then relocate it if there's space.

Gers

My previous flat had to have the new combi installed in the bedroom - the kitchen faced the front but the house was listed and so could not have the vent drilled through.

I wasn't thrilled but it was fine. No noise to speak about.

Slinky

We had a dying CO alarm. It beeped every minute for several weeks before I took a hammer to it to kill it off. I'd put it in the garage fridge so we could sleep as of course it started going wrong at night and was keeping us awake. Kept meaning to take it to the tip to go into electronics recycling and kept forgetting. Heard it beeping when we went into the fridge.



This was a 10 year old monitor and was a sealed unit. I doubt you'd not hear that a CO monitor was dying.