How to hide the pipes - consider the available options

21-08-2018
Miscellanea

Hardly anyone likes repairs, but this cannot be avoided if you moved into a new apartment, built a country house, or decided to renovate the interior in your old home. Particularly painful is the decorative decoration of the bathroom and the bathroom, where the main problem is plumbing and sewage system. We will try to help you with how to hide the pipes in the toilet with your own hands without the extra cost of hired workers.

Old pipes will spoil the appearance of the bathroom, even if the room has been well renovated.

Choosing the right material

Modern products for laying the pipeline are small and quite bearable in appearance, which is not the case with old cast-iron sewers. After all, you must agree how many of them are not beautiful, they will not become more attractive from this. That is precisely why we raise and reveal the urgent problem of decorating the pipeline.

To begin with, let's look at what qualities the materials used for the above process should have:

  • First, since we spend a considerable part of our time in the bathroom, and we try to wash off all sorts of bacteria from ourselves - all materials used must be environmentally friendly.. This means that even sudden changes in temperature should not affect the release of harmful substances.
  • Secondly, the materials used must have increased resistance to abundant moisture, rust and corrosion.
  • Thirdly, the lighter the material, the simpler and less space will be occupied by the constructed structure, because the bathrooms usually do not have a large number of free squares..

Note! At the same time, such an indicator as price is not decisive, because you can purchase more affordable, but no less high-quality and reliable materials.

Plastic panels for the bathroom

There are hardly any people who have never heard of plastic finishing panels, which are used not only for covering building facades, but also for interior work.

First, consider the advantages of this material:

  • Convenience and ease of installation, which anyone can do without any problems, having only a screwdriver, a drill and a hammer in the tool.

Note! It is worth adding that as it is easy to install plastic panels, it is also easy to remove them, with the possibility of reuse.

  • The panels are lightweight, easy to transport.
  • The material used is environmentally friendly, is not deformed due to temperature fluctuations and is not afraid of high humidity.
  • There are several dozens of colors - you can easily choose the right option for your interior.
  • Plastic panels are durable and at the same time do not require additional costs during operation.

Necessary tools

  • Drill or hammer drill.
  • Screwdriver or screwdriver.
  • Building level.
  • Roulette.
  • Profile for the construction of the frame.
  • Plastic panels.
  • Fastening materials.
  • Hacksaw.

The working process

And now let's look at the workflow, how to hide the pipes in the bathroom using plastic panels.

  • First you need to cut the profile to install the frame.
  • Drill holes in the profiles and make a marker markings on the walls.
For the construction of the frame and suitable wooden bar, only it is better to handle a moisture resistant agent

Note! The most suitable step for the location of fasteners is not more than 40 cm.

  • Using a screwdriver or screwdriver, fasten the frame on the walls so that all pipes are hidden.
  • When the frame is fully installed, we fix the panels to the joint using self-tapping screws so that the screw caps cannot be seen.

Mark in advance and designate the location of meters and cranes, access to which must be left.

In the photo - the finished version of the bathroom finishing plastic panels

Drywall Box

Another affordable and practical solution to the aesthetic issue in the bathroom is to use drywall.

The advantages of this material should also pay attention to:

  • Drywall can be finished with almost any material: ceramic tile, paint, wallpaper, plaster.
  • The possibility of giving a more complex shape, for example, to build an arch or make a wavy wall.
  • It has high noise insulation - the sound of sewage water will be muffled.

It should be noted that the workflow will be more time consuming and costly, in more detail from the next section.

Installation tools

  • Drill or hammer drill.
  • Stationery knife.
  • Hacksaw.
  • Metallic profile.
  • Fasteners.
  • Sheets of drywall.

Note! Since the box is planned in a room with high humidity, you should choose moisture-resistant types of sheet material, which are slightly more expensive, but also more reliable for operation in such conditions. And before you hide the pipe, make sure all connections are tight.

The working process

Installation instructions for gypsum panels:

  • As in the case of plastic panels, profiles are cut.
  • The marking of the surfaces to which the frame will be attached is carried out.
Since the construction of the frame eats usable area indoors, try to position the profile as close as possible to the pipes.
  • Holes are drilled in the wall, floor and ceiling.
  • With the help of screws, the profile is fixed and a strong frame is created.
  • Produced cutting plasterboard sheets with a stationery knife.
  • Screws drywall fastened to the profiles so that the caps of the screws were drowned by 1-2 mm.
The quality of the box does not depend on how many parts a sheet of drywall will be cut

It now remains to decorate the structure, carefully carefully sealing up all the joints of the sheets and the place of fastener with leveling plaster. This will allow the finished surface to paint or cover with decorative plaster.

Creative approach to finishing

There are other options, not only how to hide a gas pipe in the corridor, but also suitable for bathrooms:

  • Tape the pipeline tiles mosaic, combining several colors. Suitable for connoisseurs of bright interiors.
  • Apply moisture-resistant paint, observing the conceived idea of ​​the interior (for example, to support the marine theme).
  • Use plywood or other wood material.
Another unusual option - to close the pipeline roller shutter

Actually, you should not limit yourself to something, because it is you who need to be in a settled living room and it is for you to watch your own beauty every day.

Conclusion

The above-described methods of decoration are not only available, but in many respects the most practical for solving the question posed at the beginning of the article. They will help find the answer to another equally exciting question - how to hide the pipes in the room? The main thing is that you choose the most suitable option for you and realize your plans.

In the presented video in this article you will find additional information on this topic.