Install plumbing rollers with your own hands

While repairs in the toilet or bathroom, each early or later faces the problem of masking open water pipes. Their rather unattractive appearance can significantly spoil the overall picture of the interior of the bathroom. In addition, open plumbing elements have always served as an excessive reason for concern, since they were one of the root causes of moisture. In the case when the pipes, cranes or accounting devices need to be repaired, often resort to dismantling, which will be inspired and will require additional costs. A great solution to this problem will be plumbing roller blinds. They will allow you to freely get to all devices and pipes, without applying extension the interior of the bathroom.

What is roller shutters?

Roller shutters refer to one of the types of blinds. They consist of special lamellas connected to the shaft, which are moving along two guide profiles. The spring, mounted in the shaft, allows the canvas not to spin if it is not fixed. Roller shutters are often inside a plumbing cabinet made of moisture-resistant drywall, which provides additional protection against moisture, whether toilet or bathroom.

Sanitary roller shutters, as well as ordinary blinds, are made from different materials. The following types are suitable for the toilet:

• plastic (lamellae and guides are made of durable plastic);
• metal (made of painted or galvanized steel and have a rather high level of strength);
• aluminum (made of light aluminum, have a lower cost compared to metallic, while at the same time approximately the same protective properties);
• wooden (provide good sound insulation and serve as an excellent solution for the designer bathroom, made in natural colors).

Advantages of Rolvtolen

Initial task for any kind of self-made partitions, various kinds of boxes, holes and plastic windows is masking. Roller shutters allow us to combine the beneficial properties of all of the above obsolete methods.

To the advantages include the following:

• ease of access to communications due to high functionality;
• the duration of the service (high resistance to moisture and corrosion due to which the water pipes are practically deprived of condensate);
• additional features in the interior design of the bathroom (can be coated with a canvas photo printing or covered by any paint by hand);
• good sound insulation of all drainage processes.

Also, rolling shutters will be a good choice if the toilet space is limited and not enough for additional shelves and cabinets. In this case, within a plumbing cabinet, not only water meters, cranes, pipes, filters and additional heating elements can be hidden, but also any economic things like toilet paper, air freshener, detergents or vanza. From the point of view of the functional, the roller blinds will serve as an excellent solution in the toilet arrangement, coming to replace the revision lines and other elements.

However, it is worth paying attention to the few drawbacks of such a design:

• inconvenience when installing connected with a small toilet area;
• the complexity to harmoniously fits a roller blind in the overall design if the finish is already completed;
• relatively high cost of design.

Use in the interior

Mounting rolling shutters in the toilet is best immediately after the repair in the bathroom is complete, and all the necessary plumbing communications are installed or replaced. It should be done before the start of the decoration of the bathroom, so that the maximum avoid unwanted consequences in the process of laying tiles.

An excellent priority when choosing a particular type of plumbing hatch roller shutters will be its compactness. In most cases, the manufacturing process is carried out under the order in compliance with individual sizes. This allows you to get rid of attachment to standard parameters, since each bathroom is original and requires an individual solution. In addition, the entire design functions only in one plane, which significantly saves space.

Varieties of sanitary rollers

Often, rolling shutters are made to order. This is due to the fact that each room has an individual character. Rolling, made according to accurate measurements, later allow them to most accurately install them in a sanitary wardrobe. For rooms with high humidity, aluminum rolets are usually chosen.

Useful advice: Plastic will also serve excellent protection against moisture and unnecessary sounds, but it should be borne in mind that over time the lamellas begin to yellow. With self-painting, the lamellas should apply the paint layer twice.

Additionally, it is possible to cover plastic rolets to photo printing, but this method of decoration may require extra costs.

The main function of the lifting of the structure of the canvas performs the shaft mechanism. They are:

• tape;
• spring;
• cardan;
• electric.

For the installation of Plumbing rod to the toilet, the ribbon mechanism is best. It is designed for a small weight (up to 15 kg). To bring the system to action, it is enough to shoot behind the ribbon, which will force the cloth to move up or down. One side of the tape is fasten for a special wheel, located on the shaft mechanism, and the other is fixed to the lento.

Useful advice: Do not save on a profile material without need, since the rolling molds will be most often in the closed position.

Methods for installing roller shutters in a plumbing cabinet

When installing a rival inside a plumbing cabinet, an emphasis should be made on one or another installation method. Choosing the right one, you can significantly simplify and speed up the installation without loss of quality of work.

Below are the following installation options:

1. Installation inside the patch. Before starting the installation, you should make sure that the fully assembled structure of roller shutters fit inside the plumbing cabinet on the necessary depth. This can be performed by producing all the necessary measurements. The tile is put, pushing out from the already mounted rod, moving towards the doorway. Thus, the profile will be recessed on the thickness of the tile, while the distance between the tile and the profile becomes invisible.
   

   Professional Tip: All measurements are usually produced after the walls and slopes are aligned, however, before laying the tiles will begin. In the case where the tile laying has already begun, it is enough to make measurements of a plumbing cabinet, adhering to the main requirements for this method of installation, after which it is started to start the rival.

2. Installation outside the goat. When communications chop out of the plumbing cabinet or are located very close to the opening, the installation of the roller can be performed only outside the opening. The design is attached directly to the tile, producing all the necessary measurements, and subsequently finalized.
   

   Useful advice: The tile is placed with the "dupile" on the opening, based on the roller shut-off profile width. When the size of the outlook is small, it is worth considering that the box that closes the mechanism of movement of the canvas, "East" additional space. This is due to the fact that in most cases the height of the box has standard quantities (137 mm, 150 mm, 165 mm, 180 mm, 205 mm). It is also worth considering that the selection of the size of the box depends on the length of the roller shutter. The longer it is, the more the turns need around the shaft, respectively, the box will need more.

3. Installation of colors. Apply in case of installation on a subtle base. This method is inherent only by the outdoor location of the box and the presence of an additional guide profile located below.
   In the process of installation, the height of the plumbing cabinet does not decrease. In this case, the height of the opening will not be reduced to the height of the box. The box does not need to be additionally fixed to the ceiling. It is installed in the guides at the top, having received a rather simple and solid construction as a result.

Installation of sanitary hatch roller

Before starting the installation, you should prepare a working surface. A good assistant will be a big table. After placing all the necessary components on it, you can produce the necessary measurements and proceed to further actions.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. To begin, make sure that the walls and slopes that the design will be attached, smooth. This can be done using the building rule or level. Unnecessary putty need to be knocked down if necessary.
   When the gap between the guide and the wall is quite great to use the plastering mixture. This will allow to align the plane and subsequently avoid the gaps.
2. If the cloth, dropping down, crosses the toilet drain pipe, will need to additionally mount another profile. It will limit the burst of the rod. In this case, the hole is drilled in the profile (in the future the nozzle will be inserted into it) in order not to disturb the integrity of the entire structure. If you make a hole in the canvas, it will greatly affect the appearance of roller blinds.
3. After the guides are extracted from factory packaging, it is worth checking them for the presence and correctness of the press of rubber seals. They are located inside each of the profile side. If the seals are free, you need to additionally hold them on both sides. Make it can be ordinary windows. If you do not fulfill these actions at once, the system performance can be broken, since the seals can be wound on the drum while driving movement.
4. For a start, measure 10 cm from the edge on each side. For reliable fixation, it is usually enough step at 40-50 cm.
5. In the points noted, drill holes. You can do this using a winning drill that should match the diameter with fasteners. Then decide on the place where the junk will come.
6. Since the guide profile has a double design, it is necessary to separate the facial part from it and drill the metal drill with a diameter of 12 mm. It is necessary in order to press the profile to the surface of the wall using a screwdriver cap. For aesthetic type of construction, it is not necessary to worry, because later special plugs will block all visible disadvantages.
7. Next to the surface of the wall, apply labels for which the profile mount will continue. To do this, attach the guide to the wall and mark the place of attachment of the profile. In the indicated points, drill holes and install a dowel, while the profile is not fixed yet.
8. From the front side of the box you need to remove the lid. To secure the box on the sides or in the rear wall, drill several holes. This or that drilling method will be applicable depending on the method of installing roller shutters.
9. Then the special plastic transitions should be set. They will route the canvas from the coil located in the box, in the guide profile. Transitions should be fixed as much as possible by tags. It will not allow the cloth to break or steal about sharp edges of the profile.
10. Guides Connect with a box. Slide the design already assembled to the place of installation and then fasten with the help of screws.
11. In the lamella, located at the base of the canvas, insert two jigsaws. To access the top edge, cross the cloth.
12. In the uppermost lamella, install special holders that serve as a junction with a drum mechanism in the box.
13. Then the spring should be placed, wrapped the drum 6-8 times. This will require the help of another person. This will allow one to hold the force with which the rod will stretch, and secure the curtain to the second. Rugs need to slowly lower, by giving wound on the shaft.
14. In case of insufficient tension, you can additionally wind the canvas inside the box.
15. Insert russia into the guide profile and lower to the end.
16. Screw the handles, install the plugs and wake all the cracks with acrylic sealant.

As you can see, install plumbing rollers are not as difficult as it may seem at first glance. We hope the described instruction will help you to cope with this work on your own and save on the call of the wizard.

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