One of the most important issues in the construction of a private country house is the arrangement and installation of a heating system. The efficiency and speed of heat exchange of air and the reliability of the entire system as a whole depend on how correctly this issue is resolved. If you approach this aspect correctly, you can make not just a pipeline that can effectively heat the premises, but also satisfies all the design moments in the interior of the room. And here, special attention should be paid to the type of heating that you will use. In this article we will try to reveal all the features that the Leningradka system has.
Systems whose heating is based on the principle of a single pipe circuit
At the moment, there are two main ways to lay the pipeline. It can be a one-pipe or two-pipe system. As for our Leningradka, it belongs to the first type of devices. This method of laying heating today is one of the most popular and common in Russia. And all because “Leningradka” (systems in which heating is built on a single-circuit principle) allows the owner to independently choose the heating time and serve it in the same way without involving any specialists. Thus, this type of pipeline provides absolute building autonomy from the central heating system.
What are the nuances?
The main nuance when using Leningradka is that it is not able to properly heat multi-storey buildings. Therefore, it is mainly used in single-story buildings. Although, according to experts, with the right approach, it is possible to ensure efficient heating of a room with two floors. But still, in this case, it is best to use two-pipe systems. Their installation is simpler and heating more efficient.
This photo shows a diagram of the heating system "Leningradka":
As we see, it uses only one pipe, which is gradually supplied to each of the radiators (batteries) and finally comes to the boiler, from where it starts its circulation again. The heating method here is closed, since water flows in the system in a circle along one circuit with a certain feed rate and amount of liquid.
What are the advantages of Leningradka?
Systems in which single-pipe heating, in particular, Leningradka, have a lot of advantages compared to other analogues. Firstly, due to the presence of only one pipe, it is possible to lay the pipeline in the most inaccessible places (for example, it may be a place under the doorway). Thanks to this, you can hide extra pipes from the human eye, thereby not harming the interior design of the room. Secondly, Leningradka is very easy to install, and it’s not necessary to call specialists when installing it. Thirdly, Leningradka (systems in which single-circuit heating is used in almost all Soviet-built housing) due to the absence of a second row of pipes is less financially expensive to install in comparison with double-circuit.
Among the shortcomings, only its low thermal conductivity can be noted. Because of this , the Leningradka single-pipe heating system is not used in multi-storey buildings.