How in the bathroom to hide the pipes?

Water and sewer pipes, of whichso much in the bathroom, are a spectacle, frankly, unattractive. Being on a general review, they are able to spoil any, even the most refined design of this room. Therefore, it is quite logical to hide them from extraneous views. Let's talk about how it can be done.

How to hide pipes in the bathroom

There are several ways to do this. The choice of any of them depends not only on the material possibilities, but also on the technical features of the structure of the house and on the location of the pipes themselves.

The first way - built-in furniture

The easiest and most affordable way is to hide pipesin built-in furniture. Its main advantage is cheapness and speed of execution. In addition to these undeniable advantages, this method is also good because it allows you to hide pipes without conducting any repair work. In order to hide the pipes in this way, you do not have to change them, shift and break the lining of the walls and floor. You just need to buy lockers of suitable sizes, take off their back wall, make in the sides the cuts for pipes and set the furniture in the right place. The drawbacks of this method include the fact that not all pipes can be hidden in this way. In addition, furniture of low quality can damp because of the pipes passing behind it and become moldy.

The second method is a gypsum board

A gypsum board box is a great way to closepipes in the bathroom, which has already been repaired. To build such a box over the pipes, a frame is constructed from the building profile, to which self-cut sheets are fastened with moisture-resistant gypsum board. Next, the box is tiled with tiles in accordance with the overall design of the bathroom.

The only drawback of this method is that the protruding box "steals" part of the space and is not always appropriate where it has to be installed.

The third method is a drywall wall

With this method, all sewage andWater pipes are hidden behind an additional partition, erected from sheets of plasterboard. This method is good because it allows you to beautifully disguise not only water pipes, but also sewer pipes at low costs. As a result of its use, they will all be hidden behind a flat fake wall made of plasterboard, and there will not be any unnecessary protruding parts in the bathroom, which makes it possible to use any design techniques in it later. A significant drawback of this method is the loss of a dozen precious centimeters of the area, which is often lacking in the bathroom. Therefore, it is not suitable for small apartments and old "Khrushchev".

The fourth way is to wall pipes and walls

This is the most aesthetic, high-quality, but at the same timetime is the most time consuming and expensive way to hide pipes in the bathroom. To its drawbacks can be attributed the fact that it is possible to hide the pipes in this way only during major overhaul, because in order to hide the horizontal pipes in the floor, it must be laid with a cement screed, and to wall up the vertical pipes of the wall, it is necessary to shroud (carve in them) grooves for pipes). This, unfortunately, is not

it is always possible: Thin walls and plaster walls can not be shrouded in accordance with building codes. In addition, this method can not remove all types of pipes, but only copper or polypropylene pipes that do not have threaded connections - they must be either welded or welded. Another significant disadvantage of this method is that in case of a possible leakage it will be necessary to break the floor or the wall in order to reach the damaged section of the pipe.

Not all water and sewagepipes can be hidden, as they say, "tightly". In those places where there are water meters and water filters, as well as in locations of sewage siphons, this is strictly prohibited - they should be provided with constant easy access. Such areas are usually covered with plastic roller shutters or decorative sliding screens.