On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:31:29 +0100, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:

Perhaps another option, if you are tight on space downstairs would be
to fit the boiler in the loft.

Yes, I've got my cylinder (heat bank) and boiler in the loft. Best place for
'em. My loft was already boarded, loft laddered and with electric light, so
it was easy. We just needed to run loads of electrical cables and pipework.
The flue went out vertically through the roof with a flashing tile, which is
a much better idea than having a plume belching out onto the patio, which is
common with kitchen condensing boiler installations.

Christian.

About a year ago we had a new condensing boiler and a large hot water
tank fitted by a professional heating engineer in the same large
airing cupboad (in an en-suite bathroom).
While the boiler has its strandard insulation (and I have
built a demountable enclosure round it) and the tank has integral
insulation, there is still a fair amount of heat leakage. As far as I
can tell it mainly comes from the pipework which I have insulated as
well as I can, but there are joints in the insulation and valves which
are not fully covered.
All in all, In summer I am glad that there is a door between
the boiler in its cupboard and the bedroom which we can shut to keep
the heat in. As far as noise is concerned, one can time the heating
circuits to be off for most of the time the bedroom is occupied - we
do not have young children.