Garden faucet: classification according to the material of
What are the taps designed for installation in the garden or at the cottage? What materials can a conventional and decorative garden crane be made of? Are these products non-freezing? Let's try to answer these questions.
What it is
Garden taps for water where it is more often possible to meet in stores under a different, more familiar name - water tap.
Fields of application of a simple sanitary appliance are predictable:
- In country washstands. Installing a full faucet there is not the slightest sense due to the lack of hot water.
- As irrigation taps.
Useful: devices designed for irrigation are completed with nozzles, fittings, stationary or removable (on the thread).
In addition, water catchers remain in demand in private and apartment buildings due to its simplicity, low cost and versatility.
They can be found as:
- air vents on heating appliances;
- sluts on the risers of heating and water supply;
- flushing taps (in this role, for obvious reasons, devices with hose fittings are used).
Finally, in many houses of the old stock, water catchers continue to be used for their intended purpose - for separately supplying hot and cold water to the sink.
Curiously: what is considered inconvenient in our country has been raised to the rank of tradition in Britain. Most island sinks are still equipped with separate taps; for washing used warm water from the sink.
Classification
What are the signs to classify garden taps?
Body material
In most cases, chrome-plated brass plays this role. It has sufficient strength, is not subject to corrosion and does not form electroplating pairs with any metals used in the construction of water pipes. A thin layer of chromium protects the brass from oxidizing, leading to darkening of the surface.
Less often it is possible to meet products from bronze. It is harder than brass, it is more durable, but is in demand mainly because of its decorative qualities: a greenish patina gives a bronze product a look of an old one.
More utilitarian material - stainless steel. It combines a virtually unlimited service life with durability and resistance to any chemical attack; stainless steel plumbing is often used as an anti-vandal one.
Plastic water tank - the exact opposite of steel. Durability and wear resistance are such that they rarely allow the device to survive more than two seasons. Its only advantage is the minimum price.
Valves
At least not less important criterion of choice - the type of valve locking device. What options are possible?
| Valve Type | Special features |
| Screw kranbuksa | The water is opened by turning the lamb a few turns. Buxa needs periodic maintenance (replacement of gaskets, rubber stock seal, stuffing box stuffing box). Service life rarely exceeds 3 - 4 seasons. The main advantage - screw box can work with highly polluted water. |
| Ceramic Cranbooks | The water is opened by turning the lamb 180 degrees. Wear during normal operation is practically absent; ceramics does not require maintenance in principle. The resource is unlimited; However, ceramic valves are sensitive to water quality and require the installation of coarse filters. |
| Ball valve | Opened by turning the lever 90 degrees. Service life - at least 10 years or 2,000 operations; successfully performs its functions in highly polluted water. However, the crane device does not allow precise adjustment of the head. |
So which faucet is better for outdoor water?
- If it is possible to filter water, ceramic Kranbuksa will be the best choice.
- For watering with the use of hoses (optional - with a spray) perfect ball valve.
- For all its imperfections, the spiral Kranbuksa has no alternatives when using water with a large amount of impurities for washing.
Exotic
Decorative and non-freezing garden taps fall into this category.
With decorative execution, everything is simple: it implies stylization (often rather awkward) with antiquing and refinement. There are no real advantages for decorative water receivers; In addition, in case of failure of valves, the problem of color and texture matching of a new crane with a crane body often rises to its full height.
Non-freezing faucet differs from the usual only two features:
- He is recessed as much as possible into the wall; only a short nose and a part of a long stem come out.
- In the upper part of the body, the faucet has an air inlet that prevents the water from hanging inside the product.
It is curious: it is easy to guess that such a faucet will be non-freezing only when installed on a main wall, in common with a heated room.
Installation
How to install an ordinary water tank or garden decorative faucet with your own hands?
The instruction is no different from that for any other plumbing fixture with socket joints.
- The thread of the valve is wound with a polymer sealing thread or sanitary flax with a small amount of paint applied to it. FUM tape is better not to use: it gives a leak with a minimum return stroke.
- Coupling or corner, which is planned to attach the crane, inspected for the condition of the thread. In the presence of rust or knocked thread thread is driven by a tap of the appropriate size (usually 1/2 inch, or DN 15).
- The crane is wrapped by hand, without the use of tools, until it stops. Then he turns to the vertical position of the rod with an adjustable or gas key with a dense rag or thin rubber (for example, from a car chamber), which is planted under his sponge.
Conclusion
We will consider our acquaintance with a simple and very popular device held. The video in this article will offer the reader some amount of additional information on the topics we are discussing. Successes!