Price accessibility of plasterboard is able to work wonders in the skillful hands of home masters. Masking properties of the boxes and false panels are familiar to almost everyone. These are assembled and installed partitions and all kinds of boxes. Therefore, there is no problem to close the plasterboard with a radiator. Only, will such construction activities always be justified?
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Heating radiators: design and installation
Designing, installation and installation of heating systems in the form of radiators are made in accordance with the current normative documents SNiP 2.04.05.91 and SNIP 3.05.01.85, according to which the radiators are located and assembled in the room.
But the owners of apartments and houses with batteries installed earlier from this is not easier. On the contrary, the awkward ribs of the radiators cause a single desire - to hide and close them with something. A completely different kind of batteries, covered with plasterboard.
A neat box or gypsum cardboard niche perfectly fits into the interior of an apartment or a private house. How should the design of the box or recess be reconciled when installed with the heat sink method?
If you intend to close the battery with plasterboard
Recall that according to the method of convection or radiation, the heating devices are divided into such structures:
• radiators, cast iron section
• Bimetallic and steel
• aluminum
• coils.
Close any type of heating device is possible. The only question that will arise in this case: "How and what to close the heating battery in the room."
Before you begin to engage in the planking of radiators, it will not hurt to know the methods and rules.
There are certain methods for plating radiators with plasterboard. The methodology includes specific conditions and peculiarities of the location of the radiators in the room. In addition, the consumption of materials required for the installation of the box and additional devices are taken into account.
What rules should be followed, intending to build a protective box of plasterboard on radiators?
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An improperly installed radiator and its skin with a distance of less than 120 mm from the floor to the bottom of the radiator significantly reduces the efficiency of heat exchange. A radiator installed close to the wall or a clearance of less than 25 mm, worsens heat transfer and increases heat loss.
A sufficiently high position of the radiator, installed above 150 mm from the floor level, increases the temperature gradient with respect to air temperature and room height.
What kind of decorating radiators is preferable?
Sew a heating battery in a room or in a private house in two ways: by using a box and into a niche. It is preferable to build a box and a niche from a moisture-resistant wall gypsum board, and mount it on a metal profile using self-tapping screws.
we design a protective box
Less costly material designs are a protective box with a minimum distance of about 10 cm from the surface of the radiator to the inner surface of the walls. The design of the gypsum board must begin with a sketch. Measure the heating radiator in the width, height and the edge of the wall.
It is known that some radiators emit heat in the infrared range, so it is necessary to exclude a blind partition. From gypsum cardboard it will be necessary to create a basic plane, and before the radiator of heating make a cutout of a rectangular shape along the width of the battery.
installation and installation of a box
The most solid and stable construction will be a box mounted on the floor. You can buy a decorative box factory production or build a box with your own hands. The gypsum boardboard is assembled from the front panel, two side parts and the top cover.
The technology of installation of gipsokartonnogo box will consist of the stages:
• marking of walls and floor near the battery with drawing lines
• installation of guide profiles along the drawn line
• securing the guide profile
• installation of corner posts
• installation of a bundle (jumper) between profiles
• fitting and final fixing of metal profiles
• installation of gypsum board parts and their fixing on profiles.
Before the construction of the gypsum board box, it is necessary to carry out restorative work to improve the radiator coating. In this case, it is desirable to remove visible wall defects and repair cracks and crevices.
If it is planned to close riser pipes, then the marking for installation is also made on the ceiling.
The supporting skeleton of the lining is assembled from the galvanized steel profiles, having the configuration of the letter "P", which are connected with each other by screws. Vertical profiles are fixed on the walls using dowels. For the bending of profiles, incisions are made on the shelves with special scissors for metal.
Equally labor-intensive is the method of sewing radiators into the niche and behind the wall. In this case, besides the sewing of the radiators, it will be necessary to hide the pipes. The technology of installing heating radiators in a niche or behind a false panel is no different from the erection of a box.
Fastening of the facade structure is carried out on horizontal bridges, which are located in 40 cm increments. We will suggest that the jumpers are fastened with self-tapping screws for metal. The walls of the lintel are fixed using dowels. In addition, in the niche it is necessary to provide access to the shut-off and connecting fittings.
More information is available here in this video.
The above methods of masking the batteries have a significant drawback - significant heat loss from the heating device.
If you still do not know how to mask radiators without using the traditional construction of a box or a gypsum board recess, this video will suggest a fresh idea.
The novelty of the solution makes it possible to reduce the level of distortion of heat transfer from the battery. In addition, the originality of such a simple design in the near future will find new fans.
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