How to install and connect the gas column yourself?

The geyser is that is necessary for the simple person in household use. Most of the men in order to save, begin to engage in the installation of equipment on their own.

Before you install the column, it is worth noting that it is impossible to completely carry out the procedure yourself. First you need to invite the gas service, which will be able to design and install the equipment, because only she has the full right and license to conduct this range of services. Connect the column to the gas stream host housing just can not, but all subsequent procedures can be done independently.First of all, it is necessary to draw up project documentation for the installation of a gas water heater in the house. Yes, this procedure will take some time, but it is a mandatory item to perform. It is necessary to understand for what reasons it may be necessary to install such equipment.

They may be as follows:

• transfer from one place to another - perhaps from a bath to the kitchen or, conversely, due to the fact that the equipment was previously installed according to one standard, but now others are in force;
• if the column is obsolete and equipment replacement is required;
• and the latest version, when the owner simply decided to install a gas column in the house, despite other supplies of hot water.

Before proceeding to the choice of the column, it is necessary to decide and figure out where there is a desire to install it: in a private house or apartment. If for some reason there is no chimney built into the wall in the living room, the installation is prohibited. But there is a way out of any situation, so you can purchase a column in which there is a closed combustion chamber. Then the pipe will go out through the wall and the person who will carry out this work plan must necessarily notify and request a dwelling structure for an accurate determination of the favorable area.

One of the important questions is to choose the place where the future geyser will be installed. You should familiarize yourself with some rules that everyone who wants to acquire new equipment in their house should know. The best place will be the kitchen, but no bath, as many think, unfortunately, in this room to install such equipment is unacceptable. You can use any other room where no one lives to release all the smoke due to combustion. It should go through the chimney built into the wall. The pipe should consist of stainless steel.

After installing the unit in the house there are many advantages. One of the most obvious advantages is the presence of hot water in large volumes and at any time of the day. This equipment is compact, and its power will not exceed what is in the gas lines.Hot water can be obtained immediately after switching on the heating column. However, in addition to the advantages, there are always disadvantages in the use of such an aggregate. The downside is a high fire hazard. To do this, install a good ventilation pipe or it will be necessary to build a chimney into the wall that will cope with its task perfectly well.

Before you do the maintenance and installation of new equipment with your own hands, you must disassemble the old device. But if you have not previously used this kind of unit, then you should follow the above installation instructions.

It is worth getting acquainted with the main stages of eliminating old equipment

• First of all, shut off the gas supply: to do this, turn the valve that is directly responsible for this. Then you need to find the valve or hose that is responsible for the gas supply to the column, and remove the nut from it. The process can be protracted, because when repairing it is usually painted over with paint. To remove it, you should use a solvent for quick action and dissolution.
• The next step is to cut off the water if the adapter was installed near the future gas column. If the adapter is not, then the water must be blocked in the whole house or apartment. For further use, the installation of two more taps, which will regulate the water supply, will be the best option; the first one should be placed at the entrance to the column, the second - at the exit.
• And the last step is to remove the pipe connecting the column and the chimney, and also to remove all the fixings.

It should be familiar with the principles of installation of the column and how to prepare it before putting into operation. Before you begin to install the equipment, you should find a suitable place. It is necessary to prepare the wall itself to accommodate the new gas column: wash it, check the evenness with a level and draw a pipe from the chimney about 110–120 mm.

To install the device you will need the following tools:

• perforator;
• mounts, such as hooks, screws; they should be selected taking into account the model of the gas column;
• level to monitor the installation of equipment.

The installation procedure itself is relatively simple. You must carefully look at the markup on the back of the column and move it to the wall where the unit will be placed. Then you should check the level of all marks, then use a drill and drill holes for installing anchors. Most modern speakers have a special plate on which the entire column is fastened. It is enough to simply attach it to the wall and make notes where it will be necessary to screw the fasteners.

After the installation of fasteners is to proceed to the mounting gas column. As a chimney, experts advise using a corrugated pipe with a diameter of about 100–120 mm, which should be attached to the outlet of the column and go to the exit of the chimney. It is necessary to ensure that everything fits snugly. If there can be any kind of flaws, then you should use a metal clamp. If the device has a closed chamber for smoke extraction, then you just need to determine the direction where all the combustion will go, and you can continue the chimney to the wall that is closest to the street.

It should be noted that after work with the puncher was made, the flue is inserted. Then it can be zeny or it can use a heater, for example, basalt wool. After the problem with the welding of the unit is solved, it is necessary to go directly to the water supply.

It is worth considering those places that are absolutely not suitable for the installation of equipment.

• The first, undesirable place is the bathroom. Most often there is no window. There are models of water heaters in which carbon monoxide escapes through the hole, and that, in turn, through ventilation.
• One of the common mistakes is to include the one in which the owners are trying to hide the device. The most commonly used wardrobe. If to make installation of a geyser in a case - it will attract to its malfunction.

Often, the wizard confused the connection pipes, which leads to the fact that water begins to fall into the pipe with gas and moves to its neighbors, after which the column simply fails.In this case, the gas services employees have the full right to turn off the gas supply and prevent this from happening, since this is a serious threat to the life of not only the residents of the apartment or house in which the geyser is installed, but also those around them.

After the installation of the new equipment, it is necessary to start the gas supply and start the column into operation. This item of work can only be performed by a gasman who has a certain permit for this. To do this, you will need to fill out and leave a special application and wait for the wizard. If you know exactly the model of the future column, then experts can hold the pipe directly to it. Only you should remember that the column was initially assembled, after which the gas pipe was installed. In the other case, it is worth stopping at half a meter from the installation site and using a hose. This method will help services significantly reduce work.

An important question in connecting the water to the column, because without it, it is simply impossible to fully use the equipment. To begin with, it is necessary to conduct cold water, after which it is necessary to make a wiring for hot water, which will go through the house and along the column.If there is a filter, then it will definitely facilitate the task. If it is not there, then it is worthwhile to install a special cleaner at 90–100 µm - this is a filter of the so-called coarse water purification. But you can also install and fine filter, but it will be at 10-20 microns. Installation of filters is necessary in order that work of a column passed without interruptions and did not litter pipes.

There are the following methods for leading pipes to a gas column:

• you can make a pipe connection for a short distance and use a special copper or brass hose;
• connect directly with a metal or plastic material, depending on the material from which the wiring was made.

The procedure itself is as follows:

• you should take a tee, a pipe and the so-called pipe cutter, but it will be suitable only for metal-plastic pipes;
• in places that seem most necessary, you need to make pipe cuts;
• using a fitting, you need to tighten the tee to the pipe through which cold water flows;
• the remaining pipe section must be connected to the column;
• in the presence of steel pipes will need a machine for welding and, of course, the ability to use it;
• it is necessary to use a clamp-tee, the principle is the same as in the first case: you need to make a hole, use a tee there and connect it with a gas column;
• a soldering iron is required if polypropylene pipes are installed;
• the presence of DHW pipes is required, but if they are not there, then it is necessary to carry one pipe from the column to each mixer in the house.

When everything is already installed and looks pretty decent, you can safely proceed to the launch of the gas column. First of all, you should check the connection for tightness - if there are no cracks anywhere, is there any water flowing, is there no smell of gas. It is quite easy to check this: it is necessary to take soapy water and wet the joints, and then start up the gas through the pipe. If there is no smell, it means that everything is sealed. The first launch should be carried out in the presence of a specialist and strictly follow the instructions in the box.

The first step is to determine the pressure of the gas supply, which is regulated by a bolt, and the air supply, which is regulated by the gate.It will be impossible to perform this procedure in the absence of a manometer, it will show the pressure when the column is turned on for maximum and minimum. What should be the maximum indicator of pressure can be found in the manufacturer's instructions. The best solution would be to set the burner gas to a normal level at which the flame will be constantly blue. By the way, it is also necessary to follow this repeatedly, because there should be no yellow glow in the burning.

As for the cost of not only the equipment itself, but also the installation, here the choice will depend directly on the owner. If you purchase goods on the market, then most often the installation goes by a separate check, unlike a specialty store, where you can see the full value of the goods and installation in one check or, more often, such shops offer to carry out work for free. And you can also use the services of the service center. Then the contract is concluded for the entire period of the services, which will be the guarantor of quality.

In the next video you will find instructions for connecting the gas column.