Your thoughts on boiler/cylinder location.....

[ambercelery]

Hi
I am having my old boiler moved and have removed the old airing cupboard to make the bathroom bigger.

I have a cupboard built into one of my bedrooms which would make an ideal airing cupboard - but as i understand the regulations, I am allowed to have a hot water cylinder in a bedroom, but not the boiler - Is that correct ?

If so, then i have the following options:
a) put the cylinder and the boiler in the cupboard in the bedroom - but block up the opening from the bedroom and knock an opening to this cupboard from the hallway/landing area.

b) put the cylinder in the bedroom cupboard - and have the boiler installed above it -in the loft.

Preferabbly, I would have the boiler in the loft but as it is so cold up there I was wondering how efficient this would be due to losing the heat that would normally be gained by having the boiler in the general living area.

Would it be better to try and get the boiler on the first floor , rather than in the loft?
I would ideally like to keep the space above the cylinder for airing cupboard for clothes/towels etc -so putting the boiler in the loft would be my first choice, but i dont want to do this if it is going to greatly reduce the warmth of the house.

(Also, I have already looked into getting an unvented boiler and cylinder in the loft, but it is too expensive for me to do)

All help/suggestions appreciated

 

[Bahco]

Have you thought about a good quality Combi?

You can have a room sealed one in the bedroon (I believe) BUT they make a right racket and not nice to wake up to in the morning when your heating is set to come on.

 

[ambercelery]

I have considered a Combi but my house is a 4 bedroom house with 2 big bathrooms so i dont want a combi boiler due to not having enough water when one shower or bath is in use etc.

 

[tryitandsee]

I will stand corrected if totally wrong here, why not have the boiler in the bathroom concealed in a new, smaller bathroom cabinet type housing or would that look ugly. I know the electrical zones will have to be observed and electrics sorted for bathrooms etc.

 

[namsag]

No problem at all with a room sealed boiler in a bedroom perfectly legal and safe.