Combination boiler install in bed room,safe?

jennyy · 4 Aug 2006

Dear all ,

Thanks in advance .

I am going to change the whole centre Heating systerm .and the plumber has just told me the new Ideal CONDENSING COMBI boiler is going to be put in my second bedroom cupboard where the hot tank is at moment .
My concern is
1 would it be safe as there will be waste gas out.

2 Will that be too noisy when sleep in that bedroom.

Thats all I can think about any suggestion welcome.

scatmanjohn · 4 Aug 2006

1, It will be perfectly safe in a bedroom if installed correctly. Get a carbon monoxide detector for peace of mind.

2, If you are a light sleeper it could well keep you awake at night.

plumbing321 · 4 Aug 2006

you can install a room sealed appliance in a bedroom, but there are minimum clearences regarding position of flue ect. also you are right to consider the noise issue , i suppose it depends how deep a sleeper you are, most modern boilers arn`t that noisey. Could it go in the loft ?

JonB · 4 Aug 2006

We had our Combi fitted in our bedroom on advice of installer because of lack of space in kitchen. The best thing we have ever done was remodel the kitchen to accomodate the boiler.
The noise although not overbearing was a nuisance.
We are now very happy with it in the kitchen.

JonB

hampshire_rob · 4 Aug 2006

Hi there,

This thread (posted around the same time as yours) might add some more points for thought regarding location (and importantly regulations).

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=58705

Rob

Doctor Drivel · 4 Aug 2006

jennyy said:
Dear all ,

Thanks in advance .

I am going to change the whole centre Heating systerm .and the plumber has just told me the new Ideal CONDENSING COMBI boiler

What model?

is going to be put in my second bedroom cupboard where the hot tank is at moment .
My concern is
1 would it be safe as there will be waste gas out.

2 Will that be too noisy when sleep in that bedroom.

Thats all I can think about any suggestion welcome.

Get it in the loft, even if it means you go through the roof tiles. You need a shoot down ladder, boarded to boiler and a light over boiler. A rail around hatch if near boioer.

gazthepottertonengineer · 4 Aug 2006

Doctor Drivel said:
jennyy said:

Dear all ,

Thanks in advance .

I am going to change the whole centre Heating systerm .and the plumber has just told me the new Ideal CONDENSING COMBI boiler

Click to expand...

What model?

is going to be put in my second bedroom cupboard where the hot tank is at moment .
My concern is
1 would it be safe as there will be waste gas out.

2 Will that be too noisy when sleep in that bedroom.

Thats all I can think about any suggestion welcome.

Click to expand...

Get it in the loft, even if it means you go through the roof tiles. You need a shoot down ladder, boarded to boiler and a light over boiler. A rail around hatch if near boioer.

Also a cage around boiler and an electrical isolation switch outside of the loft if you want it to be up to current standards

oh and also ****ed off engineers to fix it when it goes wrong

chrishutt · 4 Aug 2006

jennyy said:
....the new Ideal CONDENSING COMBI boiler

I'd get some advice before going for an Ideal boiler. They've produced some disasters in recent years.

Agile · 4 Aug 2006

"""""the plumber has just told me the new Ideal CONDENSING COMBI boiler is going to be put in my second bedroom"""

I dont think that your plumber should be TELLING you anything!

He can recommend but at the end of the day its YOU who should be telling him.

Bedrooms are perfecly safe but not ideal because of the noise disturbance!

Tony

micky p · 5 Aug 2006

Is this the ideal boiler that is the same as the biasi. .....If so there are better boilers out on the market if that is the case. depends on how much you are wanting to spend.

Paul Barker · 5 Aug 2006

Estate agents don't recomend bedrooms.

I refurbed a house and put combi in bedroom, on advice of estate agent I moved it, buyers are aware of the problem so not a good selling point.

Lofts not ideal either. I had a recent call from someone in Bempton who couldn't get up to loft to see what was actually wrong. I said you'd be better geting a neighbour or someone to go and make sure it doesn't just need reseting, to get my expertise out to Bempton and back home is 1/2 a days labour, if all I have to do is represurise and operate reset you will have wasted your money, I'm not about to waste my time I'me too busy for that. He didn't phone back.

I do fit them in lofts but only use quality boilers not likely to trip out weekly, put filling loop and pressure guage in old airing cupboard.

Wouldn't fit one in loft for someone incapable of getting up to it.

Get an inspection pit dug in the living room floor, fit boiler to a jig right above it, build a vertical flue shaft through the house up to the roof and light the boiler with two 500 watt halogen bulbs set at 45 degrees.

kier · 5 Aug 2006

some boilers are more noisey than others,dhw pre heat [intermittent fireing] can be a source of annoyance.
bedroom installation is last resort,although easyier to install there as most pipes are there already.but i have found condense exit is a problem in terraced houses,a pump can be fitted but more noise.
remember a new boiler is normally quiet but after a few years it will be more noisey as wear in fan,pump,etc.

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