Is it safe to have a oil boiler in a bedroom?

mylifemyrules

Hi, if we go ahead and convert our garage would it be safe having a oil boiler in a bedroom? 

macman

You can install any room-sealed boiler in a bedroom, though there is the noise aspect to consider. 
The flue takes in air for combustion, and expels the exhaust gases as well.

markin

Is the floor oil proof or even with lots of protection down will the smell from maintenance or bleeding the air out the line linger on the walls and furniture?

molerat

Safe - if the relevant safety precautions and correctly installed, yes.  A sensible idea - not really for the reasons outlined above.  My SIL has her boiler outside and when it has its annual maintenance you can smell it inside the house !

mylifemyrules

molerat said:

Safe - if the relevant safety precautions and correctly installed, yes.  A sensible idea - not really for the reasons outlined above.  My SIL has her boiler outside and when it has its annual maintenance you can smell it inside the house !

Thank you that's very helpful. Out of interest do you reckon we could split this garage into two bedrooms while keeping the oil boiler separate at the back? Keeping the back door where it is so splitting the rest of the garage? 

molerat

How would you intend to access these bedrooms ?  The obvious starting point would be to wall the boiler into a separate room with a door where the window is or maybe make it into a bigger utility room with external access using the current door

400ixl

Where are you putting the bedroom doors in this plan? 

Our oil boiler is in the garage, one which is accessed from the outside for servicing with the controls inside. It is quite loud when firing up and I wouldn't want to be in a bedroom that has been converted near it. Especially as it fires up at all times in the very cold weather for the frost protection.

Is the garage currently double skinned and insulated? Many aren't and you need to consider how much will be taken up by achieving that or it will be quite cold in those rooms.

Splitting off the boiler and then trying to create two bedrooms will leave you with a couple of smallish single box rooms, especially if one bedroom is not going to be accessed from the other.

If you are looking at buying that 2 bed and making it into a 4 bed with a garage conversion, I would look for a better layout personally.

chris_n

You would surely want to create at least a downstairs toilet too!

mylifemyrules

400ixl said:

Where are you putting the bedroom doors in this plan? 

Our oil boiler is in the garage, one which is accessed from the outside for servicing with the controls inside. It is quite loud when firing up and I wouldn't want to be in a bedroom that has been converted near it. Especially as it fires up at all times in the very cold weather for the frost protection.

Is the garage currently double skinned and insulated? Many aren't and you need to consider how much will be taken up by achieving that or it will be quite cold in those rooms.

Splitting off the boiler and then trying to create two bedrooms will leave you with a couple of smallish single box rooms, especially if one bedroom is not going to be accessed from the other.

If you are looking at buying that 2 bed and making it into a 4 bed with a garage conversion, I would look for a better layout personally.

Thank you, yeah having thought about it I will convert the front half of the garage to a 3rd double bedroom and will use the conservatory as my bedroom that would be a better plan I think. 

mylifemyrules

chris_n said:

You would surely want to create at least a downstairs toilet too!

Not anymore, the people who used to own it stupidly built a conservatory over the manhole and I was told if we had a toilet downstairs our only option would be a macerator which I really wouldn't want so I'm perfectly happy with one bathroom upstairs 

molerat

mylifemyrules said:

400ixl said:

Where are you putting the bedroom doors in this plan? 

Our oil boiler is in the garage, one which is accessed from the outside for servicing with the controls inside. It is quite loud when firing up and I wouldn't want to be in a bedroom that has been converted near it. Especially as it fires up at all times in the very cold weather for the frost protection.

Is the garage currently double skinned and insulated? Many aren't and you need to consider how much will be taken up by achieving that or it will be quite cold in those rooms.

Splitting off the boiler and then trying to create two bedrooms will leave you with a couple of smallish single box rooms, especially if one bedroom is not going to be accessed from the other.

If you are looking at buying that 2 bed and making it into a 4 bed with a garage conversion, I would look for a better layout personally.

Thank you, yeah having thought about it I will convert the front half of the garage to a 3rd double bedroom and will use the conservatory as my bedroom that would be a better plan I think. 

No it wouldn't.  A conservatory will not make a suitable bedroom.