The word “installation” appeared in the Russian language relatively recently. It is borrowed from English vocabulary and has whole line values.
Installation art
IN fine arts this is the name for a modernist work that uses ready-made parts or objects. For example, plastic bottles, buttons, old magazines.
They are combined in a special way and placed in space. As a result, familiar things take on new meaning.
Installation is also called an artistic technique of composition. When an exhibit or a combination of them is placed in a hall, creating a certain structure, similar to a stage one.
Installation should not be confused with environment. Installation - only technical point in creating an exhibition composition. And the environment is modern look art.
This is one of the most “advanced” art practices. In which a team of artists, architects, and engineers creates a holistic, non-utilitarian art space.
Term for programmers
Those who use a computer are also familiar with the word “installation”. This is the name for the time during which installation occurs software on computer. The installation starts using special program, recorded, for example, on a CD.
The installation process is automatic. The user only makes a choice of some settings and computer disk, on which the program will be stored. Installation includes the placement and creation of files necessary for the normal operation of the program.
Installation and service
The word “installation” is also used by those involved in the installation and maintenance of equipment. It can be different: medical, drilling, refrigeration.
When the equipment is complex, it must not only be delivered and installed, but also brought to working condition. Make adjustments and adjustments. The specialist must be well versed in the equipment itself and have extensive knowledge in the field of its application.
Installation for a “white friend”
This technical term takes on a slightly different meaning when we're talking about about plumbing equipment. In particular, about toilets.
Recently, toilets that are attached not to the floor, but to the wall, have been in great demand. They are more practical to use, take up little space, and are hygienic. Mounts for wall-mounted toilets are also called installations.
They are constantly improving. Designs have appeared that allow you to adjust the height of the toilet.
There can be completely different approaches to planning the space in the bathroom and in the restroom. Fortunately, the further you go, the more options there are for the location of plumbing fixtures. Modern systems installations allow you to economically place all devices so that each square millimeter was on the bill. Those times when 40% of the bathroom area was occupied by His Majesty the toilet are already over. Today we will look at a scheme for overthrowing the dictatorship of the toilet; it is called by the intelligent term “installation”.
What is a toilet installation
At very small areas bathroom, and especially in combined bathrooms, the installation of plumbing allows you to save a lot of space without limiting the functionality of the devices, and often, on the contrary, increasing it. Can't this be? How could it? Look at the photo and everything will become clear.
Plumbing installation is a device installation system that allows you to place plumbing fixtures anywhere. All communication connections and connections are hidden by a false panel. We see only the device itself and a neat flush button.
Types of installations
Some of them have height adjustment within a meter. According to the layout of the installation system, there can be the following types:
- double-sided systems that allow you to hang equipment on both sides of the partition, and the flush button is installed on the upper end of the partition;
- corner installation systems, they allow you to place all or almost all equipment in a corner, if necessary;
- linear installation systems are the most popular systems that combine an unlimited number of devices into one linear unit.
There are several more criteria by which the need for certain advantages that a toilet installation has is assessed. We will figure out how to choose and how to install it after we consider the types of fastening structures. By and large, they are all suspended, but there are two nuances
Elements of the installation system
Everything is simple here. The installation, as such, is metal structure, to which the entire plumbing communication system is attached. Also, brackets, studs, brackets, fasteners for earthenware and a toilet tank are fixed to the structure. It is of key importance in the reliability of the design, so it is cast from durable plastic, all gaskets are made of expensive silicone material, and the noise level complies with the standards for toilets in the EU, it turns out that there are such.
The toilet itself is nothing special and with the installation you can install both floor and hanging option. The drain button is selected separately from the communication system, which is hidden behind the false panel, and it can be either the simplest with a mechanical drive or with remote control and pneumatic drive. The button can also have additional functions: stop flush, dual-mode flush buttons, as well as infrared contactless buttons.
Installation installation
The entire installation system must be installed perfectly correctly, because later it will be buried under the false panel and getting to it will be somewhat problematic. That is why installation manufacturers take responsibility for each coupling and each gasket. Hence the corresponding cost of the system.
And then the bathroom, even in the cramped Khrushchev building, will become spacious, comfortable and extremely aesthetic.
Where is everyone? How is he holding up? Can he stand me? What if it breaks? We constantly receive such a waterfall of questions from clients who for the first time see a wall-hung toilet or a large washbasin, which is mounted on a seemingly flimsy false wall or plasterboard partition. Plumbing installation- an installation system that allows you to install a sink, toilet, bidet and urinal almost anywhere in the bathroom, regardless of the type of walls. The term “installation” comes from the English installation, which means “built-in, installed inside.” This engineering solution for the bathroom allows you to hide pipes, connections, wiring and other “technical stuff” behind a false wall. Only a neat space will be visible, for example, with a toilet and a flush button. Bathroom installations provide big choice solutions in installing sanitaryware, saving space in small apartments. It is not surprising that such systems are becoming more common, because they have so many advantages!
Aesthetic, hygienic, practical
Modular installations provide more options for plumbing installation. For example, the toilet can be located in any part of the bathroom, regardless of the exit. And there’s no need to worry about the mandatory slope frame structure implies individual adjustment in height.
Installations allow you to hide all pipes and valves behind a false wall, so the room looks visually more spacious, and the plumbing itself looks lighter and more harmonious in the interior. Many of our customers choose hanging sanitaryware for installation in installations. In practice, this solution makes cleaning the bathroom easier and faster because... the floor remains free and much easier to clean. Besides floor tiles is placed without breaks, the integrity of the ornament is not compromised, as happens when installing a floor-standing toilet. The installation simplifies the installation of plumbing fixtures and makes it possible to lay heated floors over the entire bathroom area without cutting and adjusting the thermal elements.
If you are annoyed by a noisy toilet or the sound of water filling, the installation and hidden installation provides an almost silent flush, because in this case the tank is hidden behind the wall. And sewer and water pipes can be covered with additional insulating materials, and this will not spoil the design of the bathroom because all the pipes are hidden.
The more technical elements we hide from view, the more opportunities we will have to bring them into the interior. original solutions. In this sense, wall-hung sinks, toilets, and bidets help realize the designer’s plans for working with space. Agree, no one complains about the “limitation” of imagination due to the fact that they got rid of open water pipes and sewers in modern houses and apartments. Although interiors in such an industrial spirit are possible. Of course, built-in plumbing has more benefits than the traditional one.
Main types of installations
Most apartments and private houses have a regular toilet that is placed on the floor.
There is a cistern nearby. This arrangement is found in many apartments, including those where the bathroom is quite cramped.
The installation allows you not only to save space, but also to locate all plumbing units hidden.
Installations can be supplied in full finished form, and be able to customize.
A fully finished installation includes a frame with all fasteners, a toilet bowl, and a cistern with a push-button flush.
The tank has normal thickness, the entire installation kit is about 15 cm thick and will require plasterboard cladding to hide the installation of this thickness.
Of course, it is unlikely that it will be possible to describe all the possibilities and designs. A more informative answer to the question, what is installation for, photos on the websites of installation manufacturers, stores that sell them, catalogs of companies that offer installation services.
The toilet installation has many advantages compared to a conventional floor-standing toilet:
- The installation allows you to place all plumbing pipes hidden behind the plasterboard lining.
- The cladding is usually made with sound insulation - it muffles the noise of water flowing through the pipes, the noise of water from the filling tank.
- On plasterboard cladding you can install almost all types of finishes suitable for the toilet - tiles, washable wallpaper, paint it with various paints, etc.
- The toilet has no support on the floor. It is very convenient to wash the floor under it, which will always be clean. Cleaning the floors behind a floor-mounted toilet is quite problematic.
- The same can be said about cistern– since it is hidden inside the wall, there is no need to wash the wall behind the tank; you just need to wash the tiles above the toilet. In general, the installation is much more hygienic than a regular one.
- These two points are especially important for public toilets, where a lot of dirt will accumulate behind the floor-standing toilet and cistern. Installation allows you to clean faster and save money work time those who do it.
- During installation, you can adjust the height of the toilet as you wish. The floor-mounted toilet has a non-adjustable design.
- The installation for the sink is more durable and reliable design than mounting the sink to the wall using brackets.
The installation also has several disadvantages:
- Hidden installation of plumbing will cause difficulties during repairs.
- Required thorough check of the entire installation for leaks and pressure testing of pipes to check the reliability of the installation. The pressure testing procedure will make the installation of plumbing more expensive.
- The cost of installation is many times higher than the price of a conventional one with a tank.
- It is not always possible to install the system that the buyer wanted.
- There are restrictions on height adjustment.
- The lining covering the pipes takes up space in the room. By the way, installation regular toilet with a regular tank it won’t take away less space, if you compare the installation of the installation and a regular toilet near a short wall.
- Additional Finishing work when installing hidden plumbing.
- It is necessary to consider the location sanitary cabinet where pipes and meters will be located.
- Making any changes to hidden plumbing is problematic.
- It is advisable to order installation installation from a company rather than do it yourself. If the plumbing leaks and floods the neighbors, the installing organization will be responsible. Ordering from a company is always an additional expense, but you will have a service agreement in hand, for which the organization will then be responsible. It is advisable to check that the company has an SRO license - otherwise they may simply go bankrupt and start another company so as not to pay for the damage.
In general, all the disadvantages of the installation relate not to the installation itself, but to the hidden installation of plumbing.
Installation carried out by qualified specialists according to the rules is quite reliable and rarely fails.
The service life of the installation is more than 10 years, during which time people usually have time to change the decoration of the room and make any changes to the plumbing that they want.
It is very rare that any repairs are made precisely because the installation fails.
Installations from some manufacturers
- Grohe. The installations of this company are supplied in various versions, which are produced here. Most of the products sold in the company’s catalog are presented in the form of prefabricated structures, the configuration of which can be selected individually. There is a wide selection of any components.
- Geberit. The company offers a large selection of plumbing products. If you are interested in the question of what an installation is, the price of various products of this type, the easiest way is to pay attention to the products of Geberit. She sells ready-made installations in finished form, the price for a complete set is immediately visible. By the way, the price is quite affordable among all companies that produce installations.
- Roca. Under this brand in the territory former USSR products of the internationally known company Duplo are sold. The company has been producing plumbing fixtures for decades and has great experience work. The products here are presented in finished form, which can be completed additional accessories– mainly related to the control of water drainage and washing. The products are of high quality, but the price for them is slightly higher than for similar installations from Geberit.
The video shows how to install a toilet with your own hands: