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Residents of the private sector value autonomy. The main thing is to provide a comfortable life, which is impossible without hot water. Installing 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 the work yourself? We will figure out what permits you need to obtain and what documents to issue in order to legalize the installation of equipment.
Connection procedure and norms
Not all residents try to install the column according to the rules. After studying the opinions of users on the forums, we realized that many install equipment illegally. Nothing complicated: they called a familiar gasman, connected the equipment. If the gas service came for a check, you are not allowed into the house.
In such cases, people do not take into account the features of the room, whether it is possible to mount a column in it at all. As a result, emergencies and explosions occur, which lead to sad consequences. Not only will no one compensate you for your losses, you will also pay a fine for illegal installation.
If you live in a gasified private house, then you need:
- Contact the housing office for a gas and water supply scheme, as well as a chimney;
- Obtain an act on the technical condition of the chimney from the fire inspection;
- Go to the gas service, taking with you an application, a house plan from the BTI, documents of the owner of the building, a 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 geyser in accordance with all the rules.
Installation Rules
It is important to know the requirements and standards of SNiP.
- Fire safety standards prohibit the placement of a column in a wooden house or on a wooden wall;
- The wall for fastening is selected from non-combustible materials: brick or concrete. For protection, lining is made of basalt cardboard and galvanized sheet 1 mm thick;
- 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;
- Pressure in the pipeline – from 0,1 Atm;
- For safety reasons, installation in a bathroom or toilet is prohibited. High humidity contributes to the extinguishing of the wick and the rapid failure of the device.
Before hanging the speaker on the wall, consider the following parameters:
- The distance from the body to the plate is from 20 cm;
- At a distance of 60 cm from the front panel there should be no furniture and other foreign objects;
- There should be free space around the water heater: on the sides – 5 cm, from the bottom – from 15 cm.
Important! The shut-off valve for gas is installed before the installation of the equipment.
If you have taken into account all the recommendations of experts, then you can get 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 must fit your water and gas system. If you experience interruptions in pressure, and you buy powerful equipment, then you can not expect stable work;
- Self-assembly is carried out on the hardware that comes with the kit. If there are none, then 10 mm dowels are used;
- The connection to the gas is carried out last and carried out by specialists.
Your house is not gasified? Then you can put the balloon. In this case, for the normal start of the device, you will have to use a water pump.
Chimney organization
It is not difficult to install pipes for the removal of combustion products. If the house has a chimney with normal draft, follow these rules:
- From the heater nozzle to the chimney inlet, the pipe should not turn more than three times;
- It is impossible to connect two devices to one outlet (for example, branch pipes of a column and a turbocharged gas boiler);
- It is forbidden to block the chimney outlet with antennas, weather vanes;
- It is important to observe the sealing of pipes when building.
There are two ways to install without a chimney:
- Prepare a pipe made of steel or asbestos. 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.
- Choose a closed model. Due to the presence of a closed combustion chamber, they do not need a chimney. The horizontal pipe is led outside through a hole in the wall. This is called a coaxial chimney. Inside are a fan and two tubes. The fan pushes the combustion products through one pipe, and the combustion air enters through the other.
Progress
Documents are collected, the installation site is selected. Let’s start installation:
- Drill two holes for mounting, following the markings;
- Secure the column with dowels or fasteners that come with the kit;
- Connect the gas hose to the fitting on the housing. It differs from water nozzles in diameter;
- To organize the water supply from the collector, make a separate outlet to the column. So it will be possible to avoid pressure drops in the system, and the pressure of hot water will be stable. Flexible hoses no more than 2,5 meters long are supplied to the fittings;
- Use a corrugated or steel pipe – connect it to the body spigot and chimney. Isolate all cracks with sealant – you can use putty or asbestos.
It is better to entrust the connection to the gas main to a specialist. At the end of the work, you can check the serviceability of the equipment. Fromclose the gas valve, lubricate the connections with soapy water to prevent leakage. Open the faucet for hot water. If a hot stream has started, then the installation was successful.
We have given the order of work. Act on your own or contact the master – it’s up to you. In any case, do not forget about the current legislation and safety precautions.