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Boiler in the bedroom

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  • pieroabcd
    pieroabcd Posts: 688 Forumite
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    Carrot007 said:
    pieroabcd said:
    Carrot007 said:
    To add a random point. In my current house the boiler was unpstairts in the airing cupboard, silly place, was end of life (but lasted 5 years for me!) and moved it now, anmyway it smelled of gas.

    The people I came out to check it even said as much. However there was no gas. Just ridiculous compands used to seal piping.

    Before giving up on a hunch why not get a vist from the "if you smell gas guys". They will says so. If the vendor has nothing to hide they will agree and (importanty) let you also be there.
    It's possible that the smell had accumulated in the cupboard walls, like certain smells that persistent on furniture even after years (for example spices).

    Even so, the noise would be an annoyance and I would never feel confident in a house that is supposed to be my shelter. Rather than becoming a shelter it would become a source of stress and concern. The whole reason for buying a house would be defeated from the start.

    Why would you have any stress or dispair at being told the smell was something else. (as I said In my case it was a seaalant and nothing bad, just a bad smell in a cupboard). If you face stress after disproof than maybe house buying is not for you. there will always be anothing thing and many new things very often.
    well, I didn't say despair :-)
    I know that a house can show problems down the line and I'm willing to accept that, but picking one that has something to repair from the start out of the tens of thousands on the market frankly doesn't work for me.
  • sheramber
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    I have slept in my son's spare room for months at a time  and not heard the boiler in the cupboard. 

    I have lived in houses with the boiler on a cupboard with no noise or  smell.

    The only time there was a small of gas it was from the meter

    if  the boiler is causing a smell of gas it won't matter where it is, the smell will still be there.

    Currently, i know of people putting the boiler on the attic. That would concern me more as you wouldn't know what was happening with it.




  • sheramber said:
    I have slept in my son's spare room for months at a time  and not heard the boiler in the cupboard. 

    I have lived in houses with the boiler on a cupboard with no noise or  smell.

    The only time there was a small of gas it was from the meter

    if  the boiler is causing a smell of gas it won't matter where it is, the smell will still be there.

    Currently, i know of people putting the boiler on the attic. That would concern me more as you wouldn't know what was happening with it.




    The noise would also depend on the boiler. We replaced a early 90s boilder with a new vaillant combi boiler a few years ago and the first few times we used it I had to walk over to the kitchen to check it was actually on, huge difference in noise.

    Also for what it's worth: we once rented a house which had the boiler in an (uninsulated) garage.
  • sheramber
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    Our last house had the boiler in the garage. It was in a cloakroom in the corner, next to the house,
  • Slithery
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    pieroabcd said:
    Carrot007 said:
    pieroabcd said:
    Carrot007 said:
    To add a random point. In my current house the boiler was unpstairts in the airing cupboard, silly place, was end of life (but lasted 5 years for me!) and moved it now, anmyway it smelled of gas.

    The people I came out to check it even said as much. However there was no gas. Just ridiculous compands used to seal piping.

    Before giving up on a hunch why not get a vist from the "if you smell gas guys". They will says so. If the vendor has nothing to hide they will agree and (importanty) let you also be there.
    It's possible that the smell had accumulated in the cupboard walls, like certain smells that persistent on furniture even after years (for example spices).

    Even so, the noise would be an annoyance and I would never feel confident in a house that is supposed to be my shelter. Rather than becoming a shelter it would become a source of stress and concern. The whole reason for buying a house would be defeated from the start.

    Why would you have any stress or dispair at being told the smell was something else. (as I said In my case it was a seaalant and nothing bad, just a bad smell in a cupboard). If you face stress after disproof than maybe house buying is not for you. there will always be anothing thing and many new things very often.
    well, I didn't say despair :-)
    I know that a house can show problems down the line and I'm willing to accept that, but picking one that has something to repair from the start out of the tens of thousands on the market frankly doesn't work for me.
    All of the properties on the market will have issues, even new builds. The only way you can get a perfect property is by building it yourself.
  • pieroabcd said:
    Hi
    recently I've seen 3 or 4 houses (in the same area) with the boiler in one of the bedrooms (the one above the entrance door).
    Isn't it dangerous? Since CO and CO2 are heavier than air they tend to float at the bottom.
    I can imagine having a leak at night when everybody is asleep on the same floor where is the boiler...

    And they are noisy and smelly too!

    What's the rationale for this bizarre positioning? The gas still has to reach the kitchen (at the other end of the house), so a saving on gas pipes doesn't seem the reason.

    It's because the developers are cheap. It's a bad idea, the boiler makes noise you don't want in a bedroom.
  • The problem with boiler regs these days is that they have to be on an outside wall - they used to be in assorted cupboards with long flues but now they can't - when the old boiler goes kaput often the only place is a bedroom wall

    They don't have to be fitted on an outside wall?

    The can go anywhere so long as you don't exceed the flue length set by the manufacturer and all parts of the flue are accessible for inspection.
  • london21
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    Quite common but I recently got mine moved from the bedroom ro the kitchem.
    Costs quite a bit but happy i moved it down, it can be noisy. 
  • Doozergirl
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    Slithery said:
    pieroabcd said:
    Carrot007 said:
    pieroabcd said:
    Carrot007 said:
    To add a random point. In my current house the boiler was unpstairts in the airing cupboard, silly place, was end of life (but lasted 5 years for me!) and moved it now, anmyway it smelled of gas.

    The people I came out to check it even said as much. However there was no gas. Just ridiculous compands used to seal piping.

    Before giving up on a hunch why not get a vist from the "if you smell gas guys". They will says so. If the vendor has nothing to hide they will agree and (importanty) let you also be there.
    It's possible that the smell had accumulated in the cupboard walls, like certain smells that persistent on furniture even after years (for example spices).

    Even so, the noise would be an annoyance and I would never feel confident in a house that is supposed to be my shelter. Rather than becoming a shelter it would become a source of stress and concern. The whole reason for buying a house would be defeated from the start.

    Why would you have any stress or dispair at being told the smell was something else. (as I said In my case it was a seaalant and nothing bad, just a bad smell in a cupboard). If you face stress after disproof than maybe house buying is not for you. there will always be anothing thing and many new things very often.
    well, I didn't say despair :-)
    I know that a house can show problems down the line and I'm willing to accept that, but picking one that has something to repair from the start out of the tens of thousands on the market frankly doesn't work for me.
    All of the properties on the market will have issues, even new builds. The only way you can get a perfect property is by building it yourself.
    Even then you don't finish it 😂
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • ic
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    As long as the boiler is regularly serviced, it should cause no concern in terms of danger from fumes or smells.  However my concern would be noise - brand new boilers are whisper quiet, but as they age the various moving parts will develop their own sounds that get louder.  Boilers contain fans, pumps, motorised valves, and there's an inevitable sounds of gas whooshing through and being lit.  At 4 am in the dead of the night, that'll all be noisy for the resident of that bedroom.
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