How to sew pipes in the toilet - available options

02-06-2018
Miscellanea

How to sew the pipes in the toilet with plastic panels, plasterboard or other facing material almost all owners of sanitary facilities with open access to communications think of. It is natural, every sane person seeks to create coziness and comfort in his home and open pipe layouts in such a delicate place can be annoying.

Photo wiring in the toilet.

Important: when deciding to hide communications in the bathroom, please note that access to the ventilation window should be free. If we neglect this rule, the beauty in the toilet will not be able to compensate for the constant smell from it. Currently, there are lots of decorative ventilation grilles that can be used.

Where to start

When choosing how to sew up pipes in the bathroom or in the toilet, you should still begin with careful preparation. Not every material is suitable for this purpose. Pipe wiring, no matter how high-quality it is, in any case requires preventive repair work.

On this basis, it is desirable to provide free access to communications.

  • Need to start with the prevention of the entire system. If, for some reason, you still have a metal water supply or a cast-iron sewer riser, then it is desirable to completely replace the metal with plastic.
  • In high-rise buildings of Soviet construction it is far from always a package of pipes between floors is well sealed.. It is better to pay attention to this immediately, because you don’t like it when you are in your closet to hear what is being done at the neighbors below or above. Plus, such a precaution to some extent protects against the breakthrough of the neighboring pipe.
Factory version of the technological window.

Tip: if sealing of interfloor ceilings is required, and you want to fill this sector with concrete, then a rubber gasket should be installed between the pipe and the cement-sand filling, which will compensate for the thermal expansion of the communications.

  • Often in this place are water meters. Besides the fact that the data should be easy to read, it is advisable to immediately provide a free access option for the repair or replacement of these devices.
Structures with a complex configuration.

Variants of masking communications

From experience we can say that pipe stitching in the toilet should be made with materials that can be easily dismantled if necessary. Even if everything is perfect with you, you cannot be responsible for the neighbors who may have a leak.

We sew with plastic

Panel mounting screw.

Modern plastic is a universal, high-quality product. There are plenty of options for the decor of this material, from natural wood to tile. The average price of such lining is available for almost every budget.

Plus, an important point is the fact that plastic panels are easily assembled with your own hands. If you own a hacksaw, a screwdriver and a drill, then you can do it.

For the installation of any cladding needed foundation. Therefore, you should start with the design and assembly boxes. Professionals prefer to work with UD and CD metal profiles.

If you have already encountered this material and are confident in your abilities, then this would be an ideal option.

Cabinet with free access to communications.

But if you do not have experience in mounting metal profiles, then we would advise to stay on wooden planks. It is easy to work with wood, any self-tapping screw will firmly hold in wood and dismantling of wooden structures will not cause difficulties.

Fittings for plastic.

The best option when communications are near the far wall, behind the toilet. This layout allows you to sew up all the unsightly moments of the room with a solid false wall.

False wall, as a rule, is divided into several sectors. Along the perimeter, to the walls, the floor and the ceiling, a support bar is attached, on which stiffening ribs and transverse strips will be mounted.

Box for tuba.

Further, according to the drawings, the doors are mounted. As a rule, the doors are made of plywood or other sheet material. It happens that it is necessary to provide free access to the lower sector located directly behind the toilet.

In this case, it is advisable to mount the sector on the basis of sliding systems.

Sew up with plastic panels should be at the very end, when the skeleton of the structure is assembled and the doors are already on it. For installation using small screws "flea". First, along the sector perimeter, guides are installed.

After that, pre-cut slats are inserted into them and fixed with screws.

Use drywall

Plasterboard sheeting.

Drywall is used in cases where it is planned to tile the wall or plaster. The installation instructions for such false walls are the same as for the plastic version. The bathroom belongs to rooms with high humidity, therefore, drywall should be used moisture resistant.

The wall of plasterboard is strong enough, reliable and it will be convenient to revet it. But as mentioned earlier, in the bathrooms there is always the likelihood that the barrier will need to be urgently removed to ensure access to communications.

Therefore, it is necessary to decide how appropriate it is to install such barriers individually.

Hidden niche in the toilet.

Roleta in the toilet

This option, the speed of execution is the fastest and easiest. It is sufficiently strictly vertically, to plumb up the guides for blinds on the walls and to mount the finished box with blinds from above.

Such a sliding protection completely covers all the unsightly parts of the design, along with shelves. The only drawback, although not always, is the price.

Roleta in the toilet.

Utility cabinet in the toilet

Any good owner while planning a false wall will think that water meters, pipe junction and technological windows occupy only a small part of the total area. All the rest of the space is empty and it can be arranged for the benefit of themselves.

By experience we can say that in the upper part of the niche 2 - 3 convenient shelves will fit perfectly. How to make the doors we have already mentioned. Shelves themselves mount even easier.

It is enough to fix 2 guides with dowels from 2 sides on the walls, the most convenient option is wooden strips.

Laminated chipboard doors.

For the shelves themselves, you can use any lightweight and durable sheet material, chipboard or plywood is well suited. In the place where the package of pipes will pass, a niche is cut in an electric jigsaw in a shelf.

After that the sheet is laid on the guides, it is not necessary to firmly fasten the sheet; if necessary, it will be easier to disassemble. From the bottom of the sheet, perpendicular to the guides, you can attach 1 - 2 wooden planks, they will work as stiffeners.

The video in this article gives advice on the installation of partitions in the bathroom.

Conclusion

We mentioned only the most popular methods of masking the pipe layout in the bathrooms. There are plenty of different options. But in the pursuit of beauty, do not forget about the functionality and do not accidentally disrupt the system's performance (see also the article The Pipe for Heating of Pipes is the best means of freezing).

Shelves for toilet.