How to install a water heater

First you need to choose a place, based on the dimensions of the purchased boiler. Also, it is necessary to measure the attachments behind the water heater, which can be either two or four, and calculate tags, where there will be holes under the anchors in the wall. In the event that the place where you want to install a water heater, is tiled, we recommend to buy special drill bitsimilar to a spear designed fordrilling of such surfaces. Convenience of its use is that such a drill helps to keep the whole tile, and also to avoid undesirable chipping and cracks. During the purchase of fasteners (anchors), be sure to determine the weight they are designed for, taking into account the mass of the water-filled boiler.

After you hang the water heater on the wall, you need to Provide cold water supply, and output hot. Immediately after the water meter you need to installA special tee that corresponds to the diameter of the pipe. A pipe will be connected to it, which sends cold water to the boiler. On the water heater itself, it must be connected to the blue input, which is most often located to the right. In turn, it is necessary beforehand wind a special patch. First, it is wound on the safety relief valve, and then on the tap with the union nut. Then, to the very tap of the boiler, you can connect the pipe, which leads to the tee.

There is one important point that is mandatoryyou need to consider to install a water heater. If you do not have a check valve after the tap or counter, and hot water will be turned off in the whole house, and the tap of its supply to the apartment will be opened, all heated Water will flow through the pipes to neighbors. However, the tap can be simply closed, do not open it and use the water heater constantly.

In addition, the safety relief valve has a small discharge pipe, which is necessary to put on a transparent straw, remotely resembling a medical dropper,and the second end, if possible, is connected to the sewer. This can be done in two ways: to drill a small hole on top of the horizontal sewer and put the tube there, then to work the place with silicone, or simply to hold this pipe along the wall, fixing it with an adhesive tape, and then to bring it to the upper drain hole of the bath.

To summarize, it should be said that in order toinstall a water heater, you need a puncher, a tile drill, a drill, a wrench, a tape measure with a pencil, a drill for concrete, scissors and a calibrator for metal-plastic pipes, and a plumbing pipe. Also, two tees, special couplings for pipe connections, two valves, a safety relief valve, nipples and an elastic tube will be needed. However, remember, if you feel a certain lack of confidence in your own abilities regarding the self-installation of the water heater, we recommend that you seek help from specialists. Installation will require additional cash, however many firms provide a guarantee for installation. This indicates that the boiler will work correctly and for a long time.