Baby bedroom directly over boiler room?

Our baby’s bedroom is directly over the boiler room- the gas boiler and hot water heaters are basically located 5’ down right under his crib in the basement.
We obviously have a CO2 and smoke monitor in his room and one outside the boiler room but is this dangerous?
I assume there are always some small amounts of co2 that don’t go up the flue and just wondering if anything more should be done from a safety standpoint.
Thanks for any suggestions.

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hkapstein | 5 years and 6 months ago

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I’m sure other people would be comfortable with this situation, but personally I would not do it. There’s no code against it(that I’m aware of) but in my opinion the air quality is usually not as good near the boiler, and while not necessarily deadly, I wouldn’t want to put a baby there. Having a proper ceiling and proper ventilation in the boiler room should help, but it’s not going to be air tight unless you use a sealed combustion boiler, and that’s not an option if you have a steam heat system. I’m sure many folks will disagree, and I don’t mean to be alarmist, but that’s my personal view, and I installed a sealed system in large part to avoid having combustion products in my house.