If you decide to start repairs in the bathroom or bathroom of your apartment or house, then you can not do without replacing communications. It is not always about dismantling pipes and installing new ones. If you want to tackle the cardinal arrangement of the room, then it is better to make the usable space ergonomics, separate or combine the toilet and bathroom, complementing the rooms with modern household and plumbing fixtures, as well as make the design more perfect. Such events will be accompanied by the laying of water mains and drain pipes. In this case, you should know how, by what rules, the layout of water supply pipes is carried out.
Circuit disassembly
The transformation of the bathroom should be carried out according to a certain plan, which is a key point in creating coziness and comfort in the home. Pipe wiring provides a single system, which indicates the connectedness of all elements among themselves for functional and efficient operation. If the wiring of the water pipes in the bathroom and the bath is carried out correctly, then even the smallest room sizes will make this corner of the home comfortable. First you need to develop a layout of sanitary products to which the pipeline will be supplied. If the toilet is separate, then the wiring must be performed in conjunction with the bathroom.
Choosing a mounting method
Once the water pipe layout has been developed, you can think about how all this will be put into practice. There should be no particular difficulties with this, because the wiring is performed in an open or hidden way. The first one requires the location of communications outside. At the same time, installation work does not allow to achieve aesthetic appeal of the system. This is true even if all communications are located closer to the floor surface.
The hidden method involves the installation of pipes in wall structures. In the matter of visual perception, in this case, everything is in order. Highways will not be visible, but installation will be difficult. Gating, for example, takes a lot of effort. With hidden wiring, such manipulations cannot be performed in load-bearing walls. When creating a water pipe layout, you must decide how the pipes will be arranged:
- collector;
- sequentially;
- with power sockets.
The latter method is practically not used in everyday life, it can only be trusted to professionals, therefore it is recommended to consider the first two methods.
Sequential Piping
This wiring option has one important advantage, which is simplicity. The line will be laid in stages, while one device should be connected to another. If we consider this technology from the point of view of installation, then this option will be an excellent solution. This layout of the layout of water supply pipes has a drawback, which lies in the operation process. The water pressure will be distributed unevenly, which is especially noticeable with the simultaneous use of several devices.
Collector wiring diagram
This method involves installing a valve on each pipe that fits the device. This allows you to carry out repairs without shutting down the system. The collector wiring of the water supply pipes in the bathroom allows you to create a pipeline section for each of the devices. The distribution of water will be carried out evenly, at each point of water intake. You must remember that in the absence of experience this method may not be too tough, it requires labor and patience. In addition, the technology is accompanied by increased consumption of materials. Any wiring option requires a minimum number of connectors and bends. The system should be as complete as possible.
Basic principles of pipe layout for apartments
Before apartment renovation, you can only encounter the need for planning the layout of the water supply system. Central heating designed by builders. You can only move the radiators a little. The distribution of water pipes in a new building may require the observance of other rules. In such houses, horizontal wiring for each apartment is quite common. The joints in this case will be located on the stairs, while the radiators are inside the apartment, and they are combined by a difficult wiring of the barracks type. It provides for a loop around the perimeter. In this case, the layout of the water supply pipes in the apartment gives the designer a fantasy.
But this case cannot be called typical, and the changes come down only to the transfer of batteries. The wiring, among other things, can be mixed. In this case, the wiring to the mixer is made independent, while the washing machine and toilet bowl can be powered in series. In ordinary apartments, serial wiring is used. It is easier to perform, it does not require such a large expenditure of material. In this case, the wall will be decorated with only two pipes, not 10 or 6.
Typical wiring for an apartment
The distribution of water pipes in an apartment usually involves the use of a typical scheme. In the pantry or bathroom are located risers, bends from which are equipped with two valves. After them, a tee is installed, from which the tank is powered. In the next step, by welding, a tap to the mixer is installed, which is installed on the pipes. The latter are attached to the wall using brackets. In the kitchen, a faucet is installed on the sink and connected with flexible hoses.
Wiring variations for an apartment
The rules for the layout of the pipes of the water supply system may change, if we are talking about dormitories or small families. In this case, two risers go to the apartment. The kitchen faucet is powered from the risers, in the bathroom the wiring complies with the rules described above. The bathroom has a coil.
In the "Khrushchev" you can find heated towel rails through which water enters the mixer. They warm up only from the water intake. More exotic options can be found in old apartments, where heated towel rails are powered from a separate riser or are heating and water systems operating in winter that are closed to each other. In old buildings, tanks have a separate sidebar, which is a great idea, given the overgrowth of steel water pipes.
Wiring for a private house
The wiring of water pipes in a private house may coincide with the wiring in apartments. For the bathroom and kitchen, which are located nearby, a sequential circuit can be used. If there are several bathrooms and bathrooms, then collector wiring should be used. It is good in that the flow rate does not cause a drop in pressure at other points of water intake.
Do not underestimate the diameter of the input. Prior to the collector, this parameter should be equal to the diameter of the pipe, which is one step larger than the wiring.
Wiring heating for a private house
Now you know how to distribute water pipes in a private house. However, it is important to know also about the heating system. It can be equipped with a beam, two-pipe or single-pipe method. The first is also called collector and allows you to adjust the temperature in all batteries from the remote control.
Among the minuses can be identified a large consumption of material. The two-pipe method involves the use of return and feed, which are laid in separate pipes. Each battery is installed as a jumper. The balancing system is mandatory, otherwise the radiator paths that are removed from the input and the boiler will remain cold. For balancing, chokes are installed on each device. If they are not adjusted, then the water will circulate only through the first radiators.
Well routing
The layout of the water supply pipes from the well, in principle, has almost the same scheme. Any technology can be taken as a basis, the main thing is to consider it from the point of view of the availability of individual elements according to the type of accumulator and appearance. By the method of connection, such schemes can also be serial or parallel.
The first variety is suitable for the installation of systems in a small house, the area of ββwhich is insignificant, as well as the number of consumers. Serial connection from the well involves a scheme in which the water supply will go from one consumer to another. Such a connection leads to the fact that at the last point of water intake there will be almost no pressure if the first few are turned on. However, the device of such a system is quite simple.
The system will go from the source of water intake to the first consumer, a tee is installed on the pipe, the system will have two outlets and one inlet. The parallel scheme involves a slightly different inclusion of consumers. In this case, a collector is provided, from which pipes are laid to each consumer. Connection of the system according to both schemes can be carried out from the system from a well or a well, as well as central water supply.
The layout of the water supply pipes in the screed also involves the use of one of the above methods. The composition of the system in this case may have a pumping station, a hydraulic accumulator, a water filter and a source, which also acts as a well or a well, as well as a central water supply.
Conclusion
It does not matter if you decide to use a hidden or open wiring, it is important to install control valves. The quality of the supplied water will be unsatisfactory, therefore it is necessary to install an additional coarse filter. It is located after the valve. Then there is a water meter and a fine filter, the latter is installed as desired. A pressure reducer should take place if the water pressure in the line exceeds the permissible limits.
The gearbox can be replaced or equipped with a manometer, with which you will receive the parameters that are most optimal for the functioning of plumbing fixtures. At the end, the collectors are installed. Ideally, the system should be supplemented with manifolds with a shut-off valve. To go through a serial connection, a tee is used.