Properly equipped sewage in the bathroom

Zatevaya repair in an apartment or house, you will certainly be puzzled as to how the sewage system will be arranged in the bathroom. It depends on how well the work on laying the sewer system will be planned and executed, how long and how effectively it will serve.

Connecting baths without effort and cost

After you have purchased a bath, the question arises about its installation. Since this work does not require special knowledge and skills, you can cope with it on your own. Let's try to figure out how to connect the bath to the sewer and what should be guided in this matter.

Expert advice

• To connect to the sewer you need a device such as a siphon, which will ensure the tightness of the connection of the bath with a drain.
• It is advisable not to use corrugated pipes, they are often subject to accumulation of dirt, and it is very difficult to clean them.
• The outlet of the siphon should be placed at a higher level than the pipe itself. This will provide the best outflow of sewage, which will avoid stagnant water and blockages.
• Regularly clean the sewage system, do not isolate the siphon, it must be left to access.

We connect the bath to the sewer step by step

For any siphon attached instructions for installing it, collect it, as recommended by the manufacturer.

• Install the gasket elements.
• Connect plastic parts by hand without using tools. Special efforts can break the plastic thread.
• We connect the siphon at one end with a sewer pipe, the other - with a drain in the bath. We use hermetic gaskets in the joints. We connect the tube, which provides protection against over-filling the bath with water.
• You can optionally handle the joints with silicone sealant, as shown in the following photo.

Sewage clearance

In the modern design of bathrooms not the last question is how to close the sewer pipes in the bathroom, hide them from prying eyes.

Most often stop on one of two options:

• The construction of the box. This method is available if all pipes are close together. This design can act as a design element that can serve as a stand for different things. Design design can be completed with finishing materials.
• Mounting a fake wall. If the pipes are located on a large area of ​​one wall, it is advisable to close them by hiding behind an additional wall. At the same time, the sewage system in the bathroom wall does not take up much of the usable space of the room space and looks the most aesthetic.

Tip! In today's market of building and finishing materials there are many ready-made technical solutions for hiding sewer pipes. One of these products is considered a box for sewage in the bathroom. You can buy as a finished product, and order it by individual sizes.

The need to clean sewer systems

Mandatory procedure for maintenance of sewage is its regular cleaning. How often it is necessary to perform this procedure depends on many factors: the quality of the water, the material of the pipes, the proper operation of the plumbing and its installation.

And all the more not to avoid cleaning manipulations in case of blockages in the sewage system.

There are several ways to clean the drain in the bathroom:

• Abundant strait runoff pipes with hot water. With this method, you can remove small fatty contaminants, but no more.
• Chemical method using special means. Also, its use is important for the purpose of prophylaxis; a special liquid is capable of removing light and medium complexity contamination. The active substances of these solutions are alkali and hydrochloric acid.

Note! Various household chemicals not only actively remove blockages, but also fight against pathogens by cleaning the walls of the pipeline.

• With the help of a special cable mechanism. If you have this device at home, you can easily clean the sewage system with your own hands. The cable is gradually pushed into the pipe and rotated, the nozzle at the end of the device destroys the blockage and clears the pipe. Also at home use of a plunger is common.
• When all available methods have been tried, but the problem remains unresolved, professional cleaning should be resorted to. With the help of a special installation, which delivers the strongest water pressure into the pipe, almost any blockage in the sewage system can be eliminated.

Note! It is not uncommon for tenants to use plumbing incorrectly: throw large waste into the toilet, wash food waste and insoluble substances in the sink. The price of such mistakes is the most complicated blockages.

Be sure to set in the family rules for the use of devices, use special mesh filters for drains.

Conclusion

I would like to remind you that the sewer system is very sensitive and demanding during operation. We should not dump garbage that is equal to or slightly smaller in diameter, as we have said, into the drain hole. And in the case when there is difficulty in passing the effluent through the pipes, it is necessary to start cleaning the system.

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