Noisy neighbour boiler

Do they have children? I only ask because that’s the only reason our boiler ever used to kick in overnight my youngest use to wet the bed if the temp dropped below like 18c inside so in winter it would be on and off. Also have a teenager who likes to shower at like midnight 🤦🏻‍♀️

unfortunately for you there won’t be anything they will have to do, they have a right to have heating and hot water provided by their boiler as and when they require it.

I have a white noise machine, as every little noise used to wake me up. If you leave that on all night you won't be able to hear the noise changes. Mine is battery powered, so just charge it up at the mains for a bit and it goes all night.

I feel for you! My elderly neighbour has Air Source heating that kicks in at 4.00 am everyday. I know this because it sounds like a jet taking off right by my head!!! There are rules about where the unit has to be placed in relation to the property but because she is elderly I don't want to worry her. The property is owned by a housing association and they won't do anything. I tried Environmental Health and they wrote to the HA but nothing happened.

Might be the pump.

Sometimes things "join together" (couple is the tech term) in a way that makes noise transmit between them. Sometimes the way they are joined makes the noise even worse.

The solution is normally to change the way they are joined. Sometimes you can insert dampening devices like rubber washers that absorb the vibration.

Unfortunately I doubt whether the landlord would be that happy about demounting the boiler and remounting it using some sort of dampening device because a) you might have to try many methods of refixing it before you found the solution and b) it costs money.

So some potential solutions :

i) If it really is that bad you can try complaining to the council.

ii) You could talk to a boiler installer and see whether they have experienced some similar problem in the past and whether they managed to fix it. If they have, it then becomes an issue over who is going to pay for it.

iii) Move where you sleep as far as possible away from it.

iv) Try some noise cancelling headphones ?

I don't know anything else to suggest.

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You can't dictate another household's energy regime, but I agree with you OP because it's daft to heat up a whole house at night when a cold person can simply use an electric blanket.

Is it really their heating (do people have it on over night?) or do they have a water tank which is constantly triggering the boiler? Mine did this and it just needed a part replacing.