Installing the faucet in the bathroom: what conditions

Installing a faucet in the bathroom is an important process. Thus, you will be able to fully provide yourself with water of the required temperature for hygienic and household needs.

The quality of the water supply depends on the literacy of choosing the location of the device and the correctness of its installation. In addition, the absence of leaks, durability and ease of use of the device.

About the height of the mixer over the bathroom

According to SNiP, the standard installation height of the mixer over the bath (its side) is 20 cm. However, it is not necessary to strictly adhere to it. The main thing that the device was convenient to use. And it is advisable to buy it ahead of time and measure it in place.

How to determine the location of the device

1. Note that when installing the bath, you should always put it on the legs or put something under it. At the same time, the height of the bowl increases by 8/12 cm. This is necessary to create an optimal slope of sewer pipes, otherwise the water will not go well from the bowl.

If you measure the installation height of the mixer above the bathroom at 20 cm, located on the floor, and then you put it on the legs, the device will be at a height of 10 cm from the sides of the bowl. It will be inconvenient, besides this, many models of devices will not fit in this gap.

1. If the faucet will turn on the sink, his gander should easily pass over his side. Therefore, with the height of the shell as it is necessary to decide ahead of time. Keep in mind, however, that the height of washstands on the stem (tulips) or with a pedestal, varies from 82 to 85 cm. The height of the standard leg bath: 54/58 cm.

Add to this value the height of the mixer. Do not forget about the gap between the spout and washbasin mixer.

Note! Another point: if the mixer will serve both the bath and the sink, then the vertical axis of the device should be determined not along the axis of the bowl of the bath. Here you should move it closer to the sink.

1. Note that the installation height of the faucet in the bathroom can be strictly individual. For example, many homeowners prefer to put the device higher in order to wash their heads without interference, without getting into the bath bowl.

Some important points

1. It is desirable that the body of the mixer does not mate with a decorative border tile. So the coating will look more aesthetic. In addition, most of the tiled decor has a raised face, so the cups of the device will not be adjacent to it tightly.
2. The border is recommended to be placed above the sink and the faucet body. Thus, the minimum height of the mixing device will already be 1 meter from the floor level.
3. When the mixer is mounted not at the end, but at the side wall adjacent to the bath, then the best option is to place it not in the center of the bowl, but to shift it to the legs by one third. So it will be more convenient for you to lie in the bath while using the device.
4. The instruction says that the standard gap between the exits of cold and hot water should be 15 cm along their axes.
5. Hot water inlet should always be placed on the left, this position is a European standard, so all mixing devices have appropriate labeling. Exceptions are some models of thermostatic devices.

Note! Entrance corners on the pipe liner should be positioned so that they are flush with the wall facing. Otherwise you will not be able to screw decorative cups on the eccentrics.

Mixer installation

First of all, turn off the hot and cold water supply in the mine.

Preparatory actions

1. Unscrew the clamping nuts that fixed the mixer on the eccentrics with a wrench and remove it.
2. Old eccentrics can not be changed if they are in good condition, have thick walls and are made of brass.
3. However, if the old faucet was Soviet / Russian-made, and you will put the imported analog, these elements should be twisted in any case.
4. Clamp the eccentric with a gas wrench in the area of ​​the inner edge of the wide thread. Turn the part counterclockwise.
5. If it boils and does not unscrew, and the pipe is metal, heat it with a blowtorch or a powerful lighter.
6. After removing the eccentrics, clean the entrance corners of the old sealing winding.

After that, the installation of the mixer on an acrylic bath or a metal analog can be continued.

Device installation

1. Wind seal - flax tow / thread, fum-tape, on new eccentrics. This should be done clockwise, starting from the end of the thread to its beginning, tightly pulling the material.
2. Screw the prepared eccentrics into the threaded connections of the corners, now - in the clockwise direction. Elements should protrude along the length of the tube outlets symmetrically. To do this, you can first twist one part, counting the number of revolutions, then put the second element on the same number of threaded turns.

1. Do not forget that the center distance between eccentrics must be 15 cm, otherwise you will not be able to fasten the mixer.
2. To correctly set the mixer horizontally, you need to bait the body of the device without a gasket on one of the eccentrics and attach it to the second element. Next, you should evaluate the flatness of the horizontal plane of the device.
3. If the elements are crooked, they should be rotated in one direction or another and thus align their position.
4. Next, unscrew the body of the device and insert gaskets into it.
5. Then screw decorative cups on the eccentrics.
6. They must be screwed in until the end of the thread, so they will not interfere with the tightening of the fixing nuts of the mixer. The price of these elements is low, while they increase the aesthetics of the appearance of the device, masking the water connection points.

1. Screw the nuts first with your hands, then with an adjustable wrench. Do not over tighten.
2. Then screw the gander and the shower hose with a watering can to the body of the mixer.
3. Upon completion of these operations, you can begin testing the mixer.
4. Before this, unscrew the gusk spray filter, it can become clogged with dross.
5. Alternately open cold and hot water. If you see a leak, pull up the appropriate mates.

Conclusion

It does not matter how much the installation of the mixer in the bathroom. The main thing is to make it as convenient as possible to use. Another condition for its competent application - as long as possible the duration of service life.

The video in this article will help you by demonstrating competent information.