Concealed shower taps - benefits, restrictions on use

Concealed batteries are gaining more and more popularity in our country. A lot of fears arise from their assembly. Completely unnecessary. See what to follow when buying and installing a concealed shower mixer.

Concealed batteries consist of two parts: surface and concealed, which only after the installation become the whole. These elements are most often purchased separately, although sometimes it happens that they constitute a set. The surface-mounted part means visible elements of the battery: a handle for regulating the temperature and power of the water stream (possibly 2 separately levers) and a spout. The other elements are invisible, placed in the wall, covered with glaze. This is a very practical solution, because it takes up little space, thanks to which the bathing surface is not limited. Concealed batteries can be single or double-handed - with a shower switch (allows to connect two elements of the installation, eg bathtub spout and shower handle) or without it (only one element can be connected, eg a shower handset). The installation of a concealed battery requires a greater amount of work than installing a surface-mounted battery, but this can not be counted as a disadvantage.

Benefits of installing a concealed installation

· Functionality - a large selection of components that can be used while building the installation allows for the original interior design of the bathroom. Individual elements, eg a shower head, shower set, nozzles or spout can be mounted according to our individual preferences.

· Space saving - the use of flush-mounted taps is an ideal solution in small-sized bathrooms. The whole battery is placed in the wall, saving space outside, where only the rosette masking together with the regulator lever of hot and cold water is visible. All pipes are placed in the walls and ceilings, and individual elements of the installation where they will be the most efficient, available and functional.

· Fashion - flush-mounted installations are particularly well-placed in today's fashionable minimalist projects, where simplicity of form, design and function is put on.

The quality of concealed installation

The installations themselves do not have negative features. However, their certain drawback is that it is, after all, a more expensive solution than the standard one and more labor-intensive. The use of a concealed installation in the bathroom requires the purchase of high quality components, with high durability and reliability. They must be perfectly matched and tight, so it's a good idea to choose items from one manufacturer when shopping. Placing the battery or other parts in the wall under the glaze or gypsum board should give a guarantee of reliable operation for many years, because each repair will be quite expensive.

Installation of concealed battery

The first thing to do before installing the concealed mixer is to check the thickness of the wall on which it will be found - the depth on which the flush-mounted modules are installed is 6-12 cm . It may happen that the wall will be too thin. In such a situation, a plasterboard wall should be built or a few blocks made of cellular concrete should be added to the existing wall.

The place where the battery should be installed should be water pipes - on the left side from heat and on the right side from the cold side. The supply of water for showering should be done rigidly (without the use of hoses in the braid) and equipped with shut-off valves that will enable the water to be shut off to the shower mixer without closing its flow in the entire building. The valves should be placed in an accessible place or behind the inspection door.

The nominal flow rate should be 15-20 l / min (unless the user is given a different value), the nominal working pressure of 0.2-0.4 MPa, and the temperature of hot water of about 40 ° C . The most common is the diameter of the DN15 water supply approach, and DN20 for the nozzle spray.

When installing a concealed installation, it is also necessary to forge a cavity of such size that a concealed element fits in it and to create furrows in which water supply pipes will be laid to the place where the spout, sprinkler or nozzles are installed. After the installation of the furrow, align and finish the wall surface.

The final stage of the installation of a concealed wall-mounted mixer in the bathroom is the fixing of its surface element and the screed, showerhead, shower handle or surface elements of the nozzles.