Old boiler

Bella83

Thinking of selling our house which we have been in for 14 years we have never moved the boiler which is an old boiler with water tank. When we had a smart meter fitted they said the boiler is no longer allowed to be there but we thought it’s not broke it’s not unsafe (tested co2) so have left it and it works fine. Will this come up on a house survey if we decide to sell?

Alter_ego

You don't say where it is

Alfrescodave

What comment, if any, did you get when you had your annual boiler service? If there was a problem with its position then the service engineer would have mentioned it and probably written it on the service report.

Soot2006

In 2019 I bought a house with a 25 yo boiler.

Answer to all queries were: this is an old boiler. It works. It's not been serviced.  Survey said: wow this is an old boiler but it seems to work. Buyer should get it checked as it doesn't seem to have been serviced. Probably not up to modern BR.
That was that. It was clearly an old boiler. Hot water came out of the tap. It wasn't mentioned again. We bought the house, lived with the old boiler for 16 months and then had it replaced (and moved it to a better location).

rexmedorum

Bella83 said:

Thinking of selling our house which we have been in for 14 years we have never moved the boiler which is an old boiler with water tank. When we had a smart meter fitted they said the boiler is no longer allowed to be there but we thought it’s not broke it’s not unsafe (tested co2) so have left it and it works fine. Will this come up on a house survey if we decide to sell?

It'll probably come up in the survey. The real questions are: will it put buyers off? (maybe) Will you recoup the cost if you change the boiler now? (probably not)

TBagpuss

Yes, when I moved it was noted on the survey that the boiler was old (which I knew - it was a back boiler and probably 40 years old!) 
I had it replaced shortly after moving in. 

I suspect that what the person who told you it wasn't allowed  meant was  that you wouldn't be allowed to install a boiler in that location now  (I recall when I bought my last-buy-one house I was told that a gas heater in one of the rooms wouldn't  meet current standards as the flue/vent was too close to the window - it didn't mean the house was unsaleable,  or that it was unsafe, it was simply an observation (and a warning that it I wanted to replace the heater I would need to move the flue as well)

depending on what the actual issue is and what other options there are for siting a boiler it may put some people of if it is flagged up in their survey - replacing a boiler is one thing but if it means having to reroute a lot of pipework it becomes a much a bigger job. 

Marvel1

When I had my boiler replaced, the new one couldn't go in it's replacement due to regulations at the time, if I didn't replace it, it would have remained in it's place.

AdrianC

What's allowed for a new install is different to what's allowed for a pre-existing boiler, so it's entirely possible a straight replacement would not be allowed.

A survey will just say "It's a boiler, get a specialist to look at it".
The specialist is most likely to say "It's a decade and a half old, it seems fine now, but start saving."

Bella83

Alter_ego said:

You don't say where it is

It’s in the kitchen by the back door in a cupboard but because there is a window above it and the flume outside the engineer said it is not allowed to be there anymore.

Bella83

TBagpuss said:

Yes, when I moved it was noted on the survey that the boiler was old (which I knew - it was a back boiler and probably 40 years old!) 
I had it replaced shortly after moving in. 

I suspect that what the person who told you it wasn't allowed  meant was  that you wouldn't be allowed to install a boiler in that location now  (I recall when I bought my last-buy-one house I was told that a gas heater in one of the rooms wouldn't  meet current standards as the flue/vent was too close to the window - it didn't mean the house was unsaleable,  or that it was unsafe, it was simply an observation (and a warning that it I wanted to replace the heater I would need to move the flue as well)

depending on what the actual issue is and what other options there are for siting a boiler it may put some people of if it is flagged up in their survey - replacing a boiler is one thing but if it means having to reroute a lot of pipework it becomes a much a bigger job. 

Thank you for reply, because it is on ground level in a cupboard under a window apparently it is not allowed there because the flue is outside the window. But it’s always been there since we moved in. Hoping it won’t stop a sale

Bella83

Alfrescodave said:

What comment, if any, did you get when you had your annual boiler service? If there was a problem with its position then the service engineer would have mentioned it and probably written it on the service report.

The engineer turned it of even though he tested for co2 and it was safe he said because of where it is he has to turn it of and condemned it. But I just turned it back on when he left. I have now changed energy providers though.