Utility services are no longer an order! Gas boiler in the apartment - now it's warm all year round

The desire to have autonomous heating arises both among owners of private homes and among residents of apartment buildings.

If when installing a gas boiler in a private house you can use any type of boiler equipment, the choice of which depends on its capacity, then for an apartment it is important compact dimensions of the unit.

For heating a private home, floor models are most often used, with a separate section for them separate room, which has a natural air flow through a hole in the wall or a grille in the door. Floor-standing equipment is considered reliable and durable, but its installation requires a lot of free space. Interior decoration the boiler room is being carried out made of non-combustible materials.

Pros and cons of using individual heating

The obvious advantage of installing autonomous heating in an apartment is the improvement of the comfort of housing. The consumer becomes independent from the heat supply organization.

When the outside temperature drops, it receives heat regardless of the central heating connection schedule.

Owner of an apartment with his own boiler do not concern hot water shutdown, associated with the annual scheduled repair of water supply pipes. The costs of purchasing and installing equipment quickly pay off, since operating costs are much lower than the cost set by suppliers of central heating and hot water supply services.

The main negative point — the difficulty of obtaining permission to install a gas boiler in an apartment. To obtain permits, you need a project that specifies not only the location of the unit, but also the method of removing gas combustion products.

Since the boiler plant uses equipment that uses electricity, it requires grounding. The grounding circuit cannot be either the neutral wire of the electrical network or the water pipes.

How to choose the right gas boiler for your apartment

To choose the right boiler installation, it is necessary to take into account the main parameters that ensure its comfortable operation:

• power — calculated with a standard ceiling height of 250 cm, so that for every 10 square meters of the room area there should be not less than 1 kW;
• to provide hot water supply is selected dual circuit model, power not less than 20 kW;
• It is better to choose the combustion chamber design closed, because it is safer to operate;
• control is either manual or automatic, however, the second option is more convenient during operation.

Photo 1. Gas boiler installed in the kitchen of an apartment. The device is hidden in a special cabinet.

The ideal choice would be a unit, equipped with all necessary degrees of protection:

• from excess gas pressure;
• from power surges.

No less important Possibility of regulating the burner power. All modern boiler units are equipped with basic functions, including flame control, chimney draft, coolant pressure and temperature.

The procedure for installing a wall-mounted gas boiler

After receiving permission to install a wall-mounted gas boiler, you can begin installing the necessary equipment. It is better to entrust this work to specialists, but if you have the necessary skills, you can do it yourself, and call gas service representatives only at the stage of connecting the device to the main line.

Before starting work, you need to make sure you have all the necessary tools:

• electric drill and hammer drill;
• welding machine;
• metal shears;
• building level;
• keys and screwdrivers;
• marker;
• tow and paint;
• construction foam.

Before placing the unit on the wall, a sheet of heat-resistant material is attached. A suitable protection option is a metal sheet with a width of not less than 2 mm.

After this, the locations for attaching the brackets are marked. Then the work is carried out in the following order:

• holes are drilled in the wall and brackets are mounted;
• the boiler is attached to the fixed brackets;
• a hole for the chimney is drilled using a hammer drill;
• the chimney, previously connected to the boiler with a coupling, is led outside;
• All cracks in the wall are carefully filled with mounting foam. When making a hole for the chimney in the ceiling, waterproofing material is used to seal the cracks.

Connection to the heating system

If the apartment owner installed the heating system himself, then connecting the boiler will not cause him any difficulties. To protect against debris, it is advisable to install a cleaning filter. The pipes leading to the heating system are equipped with shut-off valves. This will allow you to perform preventive maintenance on the system at any time, as well as bleed air from it.

Since pipes come in different diameters, it is necessary to take care of purchasing them in advance. pipes of suitable diameterTo connect to the water, you also need to install a cleaning filter and a shut-off valve.

To stabilize the cold water supply pressure, it is necessary pressure reducer insertion. A shut-off valve is also installed on the pipe through which the hot coolant exits.

Connection to the gas pipe

The final stage of work is connecting the gas. It is performed by specialists with permission to perform this type of work. The gas pipe is connected to the boiler only by a threaded connection with carefully performed sealing. For sealing is used paint and tow.

When connecting gas, gas service technicians install a filter that prevents microparticles and debris from entering the nozzle. First launch boiler installation is carried out only in the presence of gas workers.

Useful video

Watch the video, which talks about the features of using a gas boiler in an apartment.

The best manufacturers of boiler equipment

Boiler equipment on the Russian market is represented by models from many manufacturers. Products manufactured by German companies are popular Buderus, Viessmann and Vaillant.

Photo 2. Wall-mounted gas boiler from the manufacturer Viessmann. The device has an electronic display.

Italian brands are also no less popular - Ariston, Baxi and Ferroli. Growing demand for Russian equipment noted — Neva Lux and OasisDevelopments by Korean and Czech manufacturers are still in demand.

Products foreign companies are distinguished by their attractive design and functionality. Russian products attracts consumers with lower prices. There are practically no complaints about the quality of the products.