Boiler in the loft...would you?

[Annie456]

Quick poll as my parents are having a new boiler and have been advised that the only place they can really have it is in the loft (but with control panel in more accessible living areas).
My dad is worried that it will put people off buying the house...would it put you off?

perhaps the frost-protection thermostat is causing it to come on. In the past week, a typical loft will have been very cold.

However, it should not make all the radiators fully hot. It should make the boiler and the pipes warm enough not to freeze. Unless you have a weather compensation system, which may perform incomprehensible antics that it considers necessary (until you rip it out and throw it in the skip)

please photograph you timer/programmer and room stat so I can see what you have.

Some strange comments on here! We fit approx. 30 combi boilers a year, many of them in attics/lofts, and have never experienced a problem. In fact the combi boiler in my own house is in the loft, for the past 7 years, works fine, no issues at all, no freezing pipes, no high gas bills......