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