Installed in the bathroom in Khrushchev, heated towel rails over the past decades have lost at least any attractive look.
Replacing the heated towel rail is usually made with a comprehensive replacement of other communications in the bathroom.
Their pipes were hammered with rust from the inside, and on top were covered with numerous layers of paint when repairs carried out for their long life in the bathroom and poorly heated.
Metal, which all this time has been corrosive due to contact with water, rusted.
And in the stores of plumbing - shiny, which hurts, elegantly curved, turning, new heated towel rails. And so I want to replace the old painted pipe on the wall on the real, modern device.
In addition to its own functional purpose, drying towels and small things, heated towel rails are designed to provide optimal hygienic conditions in a wet room.
How to connect a heated towel rail?
Step-by-step scheme of installation and connecting water heated towel rails ladder (round profile)The methods of connecting a heated towel rail in "Khrushchev" are only two:
- inserts into the hot water supply system;
- Box in a centralized heating system.
Heated towel rails that were installed in Khrushchev during construction are part of the centralized heating system. The lack of such a connection is that such equipment is functioning only in the heating period.
The insertion into the hot water supply system will provide a constant treatment of the heated towel rail, but will require when dismantling an old well-thought-out approach to eliminate the consequences of the discharge for the heating pipes.
Preparation for work
If the connection of the towel rail to the system of hot water supply of the building is conceived, you will have to visit the hob and write a statement asking for hot water overlap.
Methods for connecting a water heated towel rail.
It would be nice to know at the same time, what pressure in the DHW pipeline in Khrushchev. Only specialists can also give this certificate. You need to know these figures in order to determine the choice of pipes for connecting to the system: at a pressure of 6-7 atm, you should give preference to metal pipes. If the pressure is limited to 2-4 atm, you can connect with polypropylene pipes.
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When performing a hidden tubing in the wall, it is necessary to take into account the complexity of the repair in the event of a leakage of such pipes and take care of the maximum reliability of the compounds.
Before installing a new heated towel rail, you need to dismantle the existing one. If it was connected to central heating, it is better to produce work in the summer season.
When connecting a towel rail using a threaded connection, disassembly is performed by unscrewing fittings and remove the coil. In the case when the joint is welded, or the coil is a single integer with the pipeline, it is cut with a grinder. The brackets on which the old device was holding is removed.
Installation of jumpers (bypass) and ball cranes
DHW pipe segments, to which a heated towel rail will be connected, it is necessary to connect with each other with a jumper. The need for this complicating design of the element is obvious:Binding to the bypass is better made from stainless pipes.
- In case of troubleshooting in the work of the coil, you will not need to visit the HIS to submit an application for a new turning off of water;
- Installation and connecting work and towel rail options are not necessarily carried out strictly within the deadline for which water turned off.
This is especially true for those who are waiting for a heated towel rail in Khrushchev and without sufficient experience.
How is the bypass (Fig. 1)? If it has arisen, turn off the towel rail subsequently to repair, it is enough to overlap the ball valves at the inlet and the output of the flow of water from the coil. Outdoor Crane on the jumper will allow not to deprive the neighbors around the house of hot water until the replacement or repair of the coil.
What will be needed to install bypass:
- three ball valves;
- cut pipes required length;
- Connecting elements: Tees with a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the pipeline, 2 pcs.;
- Adjustable wrench.
- On the ends of the pipe leading to the hot water system, set the tees so that the tube segment can be laid between them connecting the water current in them.
- Connect two short pipe segments with ball valve and install this construction between the taps of tees. Threaded connections to seal the tape FMU or linen winding. Crane open.
- Set the ball valves to the remaining free ends of tees, to which the heated towel rail will be subsequently connected. Cranes translate to the "closed" position.
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With this position of the three cranes, the water will pass through the jumper, without acting into the coil of the towel rail.
Installation of fixtures and installation of a coil
To work will require tools:
Scheme installation of a coil.
- Perforator - for drilling holes in concrete;
- screwdriver or screwdriver;
- building level;
- Adjustable wrench.
Brackets and screws with corks for mounting a coil to the wall are usually supplied with a product. If necessary, you can buy suitable brackets yourself.
- Brackets attach to the coil.
- The device will need an assistant to align. Place a heated towel rail to the desired location, aligning horizontality with the help level. Make labels where you should make holes for fastening the bracket to the wall.
- According to the labels, drill holes for plastic corks of screws. Install traffic jams into holes. In the case when the replacement does not occur during repairs, keep the tile laid on the wall will help the special drill on the cafes.
- The body of the heated towel rail to attach to the wall with the help of self-tapping screws, screwing them into the installed plastic tubes through the holes of the brackets.
Connecting a coil to the pipeline is carried out using the fittings of the required configuration, depending on the type of towel rail.
Replacing the serpentine in Khrushchevka for a new one is simple for independent work. This can be done both during major repairs and without special destruction in the bathroom.