| Bathroom and toilet officially speaking is a bathroom | | | | While connecting towel dryer "childish" error is the |
| unit. A space it takes makes only 6-8% of the general | | | | wrong supply of hot water. If sanitary technician says |
| flat area, but considering its importance it is out of | | | | that it is impossible to supply hot water to a towel |
| competition. It is possible to imagine an apartment | | | | dryer, trust him and set an electric towel dryer. |
| without any room or even without a kitchen (there is | | | | Sewage-pipes are mounted with a slope of about 5% |
| no kitchen as such in "studios", it is joined with the living | | | | and if possible avoid corners of 90°. I strongly |
| room), but it is quite impossible to imagine an apartment | | | | recommend buying all the pipes and sanitary |
| without a bathroom unit. Major repairs of a bathroom | | | | engineering armature only of the known producers and |
| unit is technically quite a difficult task, it is not a joke. | | | | preferably in the specialized shops. Revisory access |
| You should leave this work only for highly skilled | | | | holes for the maintenance of plumbing-sewage |
| specialists. | | | | system must not be too little, otherwise their purpose is |
| At first, if a quality of mounting and finishing works can | | | | lost and in case of some problems it will be necessary |
| be checked by anyone (for example, a wall is curved, | | | | to break the walls. All of these are basic moments of |
| a window or a door does not close, or tiles are put | | | | plumbing and sewage system mounting, and in general |
| roughly), then a quality of plumbing mounting, sewage | | | | all of this must be the business of your sanitary |
| and electrical systems you can't check. | | | | technicians. |
| And secondly, as a result of bad work your neighbours | | | | Let's discuss ventilation. |
| can be flooded, constantly clogged sewage system, | | | | It is obligatory to mount drawing ventilation. What |
| short circuit failure in the electric wiring due to the | | | | should be considered when buying a ventilator? First of |
| contact with water and other serious problems. | | | | all it is its power, it must correspond to the size of a |
| We have already written a lot about floors, ceilings and | | | | room, and second it is its noise (measured in decibels). |
| walls, therefore I will remind you briefly that all the | | | | Both descriptions are specified on a ventilator. |
| materials must be water proof, and there must be | | | | Sanitary engineering equipment. Here we will discuss |
| damp proofing on the floor. It is also very important to | | | | mixers, water heaters, ceramic bathroom fittings and |
| observe the geometry of your bathroom; otherwise it | | | | etc. |
| will be difficult to put tiles and to place sanitary | | | | For a shower and a bath pay attention to the models |
| equipment in a right way. | | | | with a thermostat. There are two regulators in them. |
| Electric wiring and electrical equipment. | | | | One regulates a temperature, and another regulates |
| A bathroom and a toilet impose the special | | | | water pressure. To my mind, it is exceptionally |
| requirements on everything that is related to electricity. | | | | convenient. |
| An electrical equipment, used in a damp room, must | | | | Pay attention to toilets flushing systems, which are wall |
| have grounding, wiring must be three-wire (phase, zero, | | | | mounted, and wall toilet sinks for them. |
| ground). Lamps, wall outlets, switches are used with | | | | Electric water heaters. They are divided into running |
| the degree of protection. | | | | and storage. Running water heaters are smaller, but |
| Water supply and sewage system. | | | | are more powerful, than storage ones. It can reach 16 |
| Steel, copper, metal-polymeric and polypropylene pipes | | | | kW. Having a lot of other electric devices in an |
| are used for hot and cold water supply. PVC pipes | | | | apartment can create heavy load on your electric |
| are used for the sewage system. Water is cut off by | | | | system. |
| ball stop valves. If plumbing specialist uses | | | | Whether to have a spa or not - I will not advise |
| screw-thread connections, it is important not to brick | | | | anything, because a good bath is a very expensive |
| them up in a wall to have an access to them. The | | | | thing and it's up to you to decide, whether to pay |
| welded connections of steel pipes must be grounded | | | | £1000-£3000 for it. I will only tell you, that |
| to avoid corrosion. It is necessary to put pre-filters on | | | | connection of a spa does not differ from ordinary bath |
| all water-pipes to avoid damages of expensive | | | | connection. I hope that these information will help you |
| sanitary equipment. It is better to set filters with | | | | during repair works, when buying materials and dealing |
| drainage, as it facilitates their service. | | | | with builders. |