All processes in the bathroom are conjugate with water supply, which means that the presence of pipes. Complex weaves are usually focused on the bottom of the room, the risers are rare. A variant is possible, where the heated towel rail is born. And this is perhaps the only case when the pipe is necessary in the visible space. The remaining pipes preferably hide somehow, as their presence does not add aesthetic room.
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About how to hide pipes in the bath, read further. But let's start from the beginning.
Possible points of water consumption in the bathroom
- boiler;
- bath;
- washing machine;
- wash basin.
The sewer pipes are located at an angle to the lower point of the plumbing system (bath drain).
Options for decorating pipes in the bathroom
- If the layout is still only at the planning stage and the project provides plastic stainless steel pipes of an increased wear resistance, it is best to hide the pipes into the wall.
- Already installed pipes easier to sew in a gypsum cardboard or chipboard.
- If the plumbing is concentrated in a niche, you can close it with rollers or screens.
- Sometimes, the pipes are enough just to cover with furniture.
How to hide pipes in the wall
This method is good for glued or soldered plastic pipes. When using a threaded connection, there may be a leak that you need to eliminate. Not only will you have to drop the wall for this, so you simply will not be able to remove the breakdown at an early stage. It will be reported to you indignant neighbors from the bottom, which will have to pay for the repair.
What can be hidden in the wall
- fittings for food polyethylene;
- fittings for metalplastic, compressed by special clamps (very good quality);
- soldered copper pipes;
- steel pipes with welded joint.
That it is impossible to hide in the wall
- Pipes from any material with threaded compounds.
- Metal plastic pipes with fittings, the assembly of which is carried out using keys.
Important! Solving how to hide the pipe in the bathroom, you should remember that you will have to stick the wall. Therefore, for a start, you need to explore it for technical specifications and thickness.
- It is strictly forbidden by the horizontal sticking of panel walls!
- It is not recommended to stick the walls folded into the Polkirpich (and any thin walls too, regardless of the material)!
Of course, it is possible to neglect these recommendations, but for such negligence it is possible to pay, not to mention the problems with Jeks.
So, with this start, if the material and thickness of the wall allows, and the pipes decided to fit?
Required materials and tools
- bulgarian or chisel;
- pencil and roulette for marking;
- spatula and putty;
- facing material.
Stroke work
- Owlings with a pencil and tape measure, make markup, designating the location of the alleged pipes and the nodes of their compound.
- With the help of a grinder or chisel, do a depth of a slightly larger pipe diameter.
- Insert pipes in the grooves.
- Shaw the grooves with nested pipes.
- After complete drying, separate the facing material.
How to hide pipes using drywall
Required materials and tools
- metallic profile;
- roulette and pencil;
- hacksaw or sharp knife;
- screwdriver and self-tapping screws;
- sheet of plasterboard.
Stroke work
- From a metal profile, build a box frame, fixing it with a screwdriver and self-tapping screws.
- Make the necessary measurements to determine the size of the box with the help of a roulette.
- Frame with a pencil, mark the details on the sheet of plasterboard.
- Cut the details of the hacksaw.
- Sewing the box with plasterboard using a screwdriver and self-tapping screws.
If the pipes are located under the bathroom, they simply can be closed with a piece of drywall sheet, fixing the pipes with clamps.
In places where there is a threaded connection and other plots of water supply, which periodically need to inspect and repair, it is advisable to arrange a sanitary hatch. It is a neat door on the canopy, which always provides access to such sites.
If you got a riser with a heated towel in niche, then you can disguise with the roles. This method is good in that, if necessary, the design can easily be opened and closed after using a seed towel on purpose. This idea can be used when solving the question, how to hide the gas pipe.
How to hide heating pipes or DHW in the screed
This method will make it possible to avoid the horizontal stroke of the walls. The snag may occur in the thickness of the screed, especially if it is planned to hide the "warm floor" system. Although, today's innovative technologies allow laying of "warm sex" in a layer of tiled glue, which significantly reduces the thickness of the screed. All other pipes are usually laid around the perimeter of the system. Pipes are preferably putting in the corrugation, in case of resizing when heated. By the way, about heating! Up to complete drying, the screed must be eliminated by the possibility of heating pipes, otherwise the crack may appear at the place of their running.
We hope that following our advice, you can get a spacious beautiful bathroom without ugly intricate trunks of water pipes.
