Private sector residents value autonomy. The main thing is to provide a comfortable life, which is impossible without hot water. Installation of a geyser will solve problems with hot water supply (hot water supply). But how to solve the problem with its connection? What do you need to do it yourself? We will figure out what permissions you need to get and what documents to issue in order to legitimize the installation of equipment.
Order and rules of connection
Not all residents try to complete the installation of the column according to the rules. Having studied the opinions of users on the forums, we realized that many people install equipment illegally. Nothing complicated: they called a familiar gasman, connected the equipment. If the gas service came to check - do not let him into the house.
In such cases, people do not take into account the features of the room, is it possible to mount a column in it at all. As a result, emergency situations and explosions occur, which lead to sad consequences. Not only will no one compensate you for the loss, you also pay a fine for illegal installation.
If you live in a gasified private house, then you need to:
- Contact the Housing Office for a scheme of gas and water supply, as well as a chimney;
- Get an act on the technical condition of the chimney in the fire inspection;
- Go to the gas service, taking with you an application, a plan of a house from the BTI, documents of the owner of the building, passport;
- Get a project for the placement of additional equipment. This can be done at any certified gas service.
After that, the organization sends a specialist to install the gas column in accordance with all the rules.
Installation Rules
It is important to know the requirements and standards of SNiP.
- The fire safety standards prohibit placing the column in a wooden house or on a wooden wall;
- The wall for mounting is selected from non-combustible materials: brick or concrete. For protection, the lining is made of basalt cardboard and galvanized sheet with a thickness of 1 mm;
- The area of the room must be at least 15 m³;
- Ceiling height - from 2 meters;
- Placement height from the floor - from 1 meter;
- The presence of a window with a size of at least 0.5 m³;
- The presence of ventilation or exhaust;
- The pressure in the pipeline is from 0.1 Atm;
- According to safety precautions, installation in the bathroom or toilet is prohibited. High humidity contributes to the extinguishing of the wick and the rapid failure of the device.
Before you hang a column on a wall, consider the following options:
- The distance from the body to the stove is from 20 cm;
- At a distance of 60 cm from the front panel there should be no furniture or other foreign objects;
- Around the water heater there should be free space: on the sides - 5 cm, from below - from 15 cm.
Important! The gas shutoff valve is placed before the installation of the equipment.
If you have taken into account all the recommendations of specialists, then you can begin to work.
How to install a column
Before connecting the device, inspect the room. Objectively evaluate the possibility of installing gas equipment in the house.
- Check the compliance of the premises with the norms of SNiP (ceiling height, area, and so on);
- Choose the right column. It should be suitable for your water and gas piping system. If you experience pressure interruptions, and you buy powerful equipment, then you can not wait for stable operation;
- Self-assembly is carried out on the hardware that comes with the kit. If there are none, then dowels with a size of 10 mm are used;
- The connection to the gas is carried out last and carried out by specialists.
Is your house not gasified? Then you can put the cylinder. In this case, you will have to use a water pump to start the device normally.
Chimney organization
Installing pipes for the removal of combustion products is easy. If the house has a chimney with normal draft, adhere to the following rules:
- From the heater pipe to the entrance to the chimney, the pipe should not be rotated more than three times;
- Two devices cannot be connected to one branch (for example, pipes of a column and a turbocharged gas boiler);
- It is forbidden to block the outlet of the chimney with antennas, weathercocks;
- It is important to observe pipe sealing when building.
There are two ways to install without a chimney:
- Prepare a steel or asbestos pipe. Make a through hole at the outlet above the column. It is necessary to connect the pipe to the nozzle of the device and bring it out. The pipe should rise above the roof of the house by 50 cm, the total height is at least 5 meters.
- Select a closed model. Due to the presence of a closed combustion chamber, they do not need a chimney. A horizontal pipe is led outside through a hole in the wall. This is called a coaxial chimney. Inside are a fan and two tubes. A fan pushes combustion products through one pipe, and combustion air flows through another.
Working process
Documents collected, installation location selected. Proceed to installation:
- Drill two holes for mounting, following the marking;
- Fix the column with dowels or fasteners that come in the kit;
- Route the gas hose to the fitting on the body. It differs from water nozzles in diameter;
- To organize the water supply from the collector, make a separate tap to the column. Thus, it will be possible to avoid pressure drops in the system, and the pressure of hot water will be stable. Flexible hoses with a length of not more than 2.5 meters are supplied to the fittings;
- Use a corrugated or steel pipe - connect it to the body nozzle and the chimney. Insulate all cracks with sealant - you can use putty or asbestos.
Connection to the gas main is best entrusted to a specialist. At the end of the work, you can check the health of the equipment. Open the gas valve, anoint the connections with soap and water to prevent leakage. Open the mixer to supply hot water. If a hot stream started, then the installation was successful.
We have given the order of the work. Act independently or contact the master - you decide. In any case, do not forget about current legislation and safety precautions.