Time moves forward. It appears more and more new technologies, improving the old ones. Plumbing industry is also trying to keep pace with the times. Much becomes easier, convenient and quality. Even in such a familiar and ordinary things like the toilet, currently used materials and accessories, which in many ways makes life more convenient and easier. Yet quite recently at the thought of changing the toilet many men hair stood on end. After all, this would have to make havoc all half knot. But there was a flute, and everything became easier.
What are the corrugations and why they are needed
The content of the article
- What are the corrugations and why they are needed
- How to choose a corrugation toilet
- How to change the old to the new corrugation own hands
Picking up the corrugation, its quality should be evaluated carefully, and pay attention to what and where it was produced. It is not idle curiosity, this approach will help to choose the product that will be long enough, and will not leak.
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As a rule, the product of domestic production of quality worse than the imported ones. It sometimes happens that the Russian manufacturers of devices simply do not fit tightly to the wall of the sewer pipe. This causes leakage. And in the course of operation, they are more likely than imports, sag. Sagging causes leakage.
Best quality product delivered on the domestic market of manufacturers from the Czech Republic, Italy and England. Carefully study the packaging, and if you have questions, do not hesitate to ask their vendors. The range is huge, and opt for something decent is not always a simple task.
Attention. Another option that is worth paying attention to when buying - the thickness of the walls. You need to choose such corrugations whose thick walls - they will operate much longer. In addition, you need to look and how to make fastenings. Sealing gum should go to the end part in the "Christmas tree". In this case, the product more reliable and, consequently, is a long time. Except for the pipe, be sure to immediately buy and silicone sealant.
Made of plastic, non-pressure bellows is much simplifies the task of repair in the toilet. In Soviet times, all the toilet system is connected to the sewer by means of cast iron pipes. These were very heavy pieces and it was difficult to mount.
Now everything is much simpler and easier. In place of cast iron came plastic. Especially in our small apartment where every centimeter on the account, the corrugation toilet seems the only way of solving the problem by updating the plumbing device.
So what is a flute? This kind of adapter, whose task is to connect the toilet to the sewage system output. Pipe wide enough wall has a corrugated surface. The material used for the manufacture of plastic.
Closure of the pipe are in the form of the cuff. That is what makes it easy to interconnect the toilet and sewer pipe. The average device reaches thirty centimeters in length, the diameter of the cuff on the outer edge is 13.4 centimeters, and the internal - 7.5 centimeters. Diameter of inverted toward the sewer end tube is 11 centimeters.
In mounting the corrugated pipe is far superior in convenience and simplicity of cast iron pipes. This is due to ease of plastic, lower costs and a long operating life.
However, to use corrugation necessarily in all cases. The most common use of connecting elements of plastic pipe. This is due to its greater strength.
The use of corrugations justified:
- In case the displacement from the entrance toilet sewage pipe. The most common cause of this is the laying of tiles. Or when moving it to another location. In such cases, the exact connection is simply impossible to gain and can only use the corrugations. When installing a new toilet in the other place, the corrugations length should not be less than fifty centimeters.
- When the output is non-standard toilet. For example, when installing in the house with the old layout of the new plumbing.
How to choose a corrugation toilet
Depending on the technical characteristics and design features of the corrugation is divided into:
- Rigid and soft. Soft bellows made from thin plastic. This type is flexible, it can be put on any kind of toilet bowl irrespective of the issue. To put it easily, because it bends well. Hard corrugations less elastic type, since the thickness of the plastic is higher and wear but she is much lower.
- Unreinforced and reinforced. Reinforcement gives the product greater stiffness, strength, making resistant to wear. Thanks to the reinforcement of the service life is greatly increased. Reinforced corrugated thin wire, which is distributed in the plastic on the walls. Usually it belongs to reinforced it imported products. They are a lot more, but in this case is not worth saving.
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Long and short. The length of the corrugations is selected based on the distance between the toilet bowl and the sewer drain. It needs not much stretch - this reduces the duration of the operation and appearance of the product deteriorates. If the product is stretched, it will begin to proceed more quickly.
Reference. For the most unusual situations, you can find models, which is bent at an angle of forty-five or even ninety degrees.
In a small room to neatly install plumbing, you can purchase a corrugation with a special challenge, which is connected by a bath or sink drain.
How to change the old to the new corrugation own hands
The need to work with a flexi hose appears to us in two ways:
- It was purchased new plumbing;
- a leaky old pipe.
Installation of a new corrugated or her replacement are somewhat different in their technology. After all, to establish a new corrugation on the place of the old, you must first get rid of the damaged. Accordingly, it requires some preliminary preparation:
- Initially, you need to drain all water from the toilet, turn off all the structures and disconnect the tube.
- Clean off all the old cement.
- Remove sealant that remained.
- Clean and wash the sewer mouth.
All further steps are performed in sequence:
- Connection to the sewer pipe and the toilet handle with silicone sealant.
- We stretch the corrugation (Next to it was done uniformly over the entire length and without bias).
- Inserting one end of the corrugations opening in the sewer pipe, its other end set in the toilet bowl outlet.
- Fill the bowl with water.
- We examine the joints - where there are no traces of smudges of water.
- Remove the corrugated and marks the place where it will be fixed the toilet.
- We put all our design on the floor, fix it with screws (toilet should not be unsteady, correct installation check the level).
- We put the adapter and again, attach the corrugation.
- In order to avoid leaks, all the joints treated with a sealant.
- Fill screed and make the finish flooring.
We hope that our recommendations will help put the corrugation on the toilet independently.
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