Replacing a geyser in an apartment: documenting the replacement + basic norms and requirements

Liability for unauthorized connection

To ensure the safe operation of gas equipment, Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 410 dated May 14, 2013 was issued, updated as of January 1, 2019. Providing for measures to ensure the safe use of gas equipment in residential buildings and apartments. The same document determines that only authorized organizations are entitled to manipulate gas appliances. Employees of gas services have the right to check the compliance of installed gas appliances with the list in the gas supply agreement. with which a maintenance contract is concluded.

If during the check a device is detected that is not specified in the contract, then this is considered an unauthorized connection. For this, a fine is provided, the obligation to compensate for losses, administrative and even criminal liability.

The amount of penalties

For an independent start-up of gas, a fine of 10 to 15 thousand rubles is imposed on the owner of the housing. Provided that the gas networks are technically properly connected. But there is no permission to connect. If this action is committed by an economic entity, then the penalties are determined by the court. Their possible size is from one hundred to two hundred thousand.

But if unauthorized connection caused serious consequences, then criminal liability is also provided. List of consequences classified as serious:

• if as a result of unauthorized connection there was a leakage or theft of "blue fuel" in a significant amount;

• if networks, gas pipelines and related technological facilities are damaged or brought into disrepair;

• there was a threat to the life and health of residents, employees of gas services.

If any of these consequences occur, the punishment may be in the form of imprisonment. Up to 2 years.

In addition to the above liability, the person who committed the violation is obliged to compensate for the damage. Which was caused to the gas supply organization by illegal actions.

What threatens unauthorized transfer or installation of a geyser

During the initial installation or transfer of a gas water heater, only employees of a specialized organization have the right to connect to networks. But at the same time, all the necessary papers must be completed:

• act of the fire service on serviceable ventilation system and chimney;

• gas use project and connection permit;

• passport of the installed water heater;

• application of the owner of the housing for gas installation work.

In the event of unauthorized reinstallation or installation of the column, the violator faces a fine of 10-15 thousand rubles. But criminal liability is also possible. In accordance with Article 38 of the Federal Law No. 69 “On Fire Safety”, it is possible to bring to criminal liability under Art. 165 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The article provides:

• a fine of up to 80.0 thousand rubles;
• imprisonment up to 2 years;
• corrected works for the same period;
• arrest up to a year.

Responsibility for moving the column in case of property damage or if people die

If, as a result of self-transfer of the column, property was damaged or people were injured, then the responsibility is much more serious:

• the fine can be up to half a million rubles;
• arrest up to 6 years;
• forced labor up to 60 months.

Learn how to install a gas water heater, not harm yourself or your neighbors, and not get fined, find out from the video.

Gas appliances make our life immeasurably more comfortable

But during their installation and operation, it is extremely important to comply with all rules and regulations. And then you do not have to bear the punishment and suffer remorse

Stages of installation of a geyser

You need to hang the column at a high enough height so that children do not reach out. However, you don’t need to “lift” too much, because you will need to regulate the temperature of the water heating.

You can find more information about installing a chimney here:

• Mark on the wall with a pencil the places where the device will be attached to the wall. Next, use a drill to drill holes in them and drive the dowels there. Now, using self-tapping screws, you can securely fix the equipment.
• The column is securely fixed.Now we take the corrugation and connect it with one end to the outlet of the unit, and with the other - into the chimney opening. Now the products of combustion will be removed to the outside.
• This is one of the most crucial moments - gas supply. It is worth noting again - only employees of the gas service should carry out the gas supply
  ! They will cut the tee into the gas supply pipe. After that, a gas valve must be connected to the tee.
• Now we dance from this crane. Follow from it all the way of "following" up to the supply to the column. So you will know exactly the required footage of pipes, as well as the exact number of valves (fittings). Drill holes along the future path of its installation (every 1 meter) and install fixing clips there, into which then enclose the gas pipe. It must be connected to the water heater using a fitting and a union nut. All. From now on, the column is connected to gas.
• Now you need to connect the water. Inspect the water pipes in the apartment and find a place where it is better to insert a tee. To do this, you will need a pipe cutter and a soldering iron for metal-plastic pipes. If the pipe is made of metal, then you will need a compression fitting.
• Install a water faucet.
• Next, follow the same steps for marking the path of the water pipes. This will also help determine the correct length of pipes and the required number of fittings. Also drill holes at a distance of a meter from each other and insert clips to hold the pipe. By soldering, connect the pipes into a single pipeline going to the column. Install a filter at the entrance to it.
• Mount the Mayevsky crane - it will help increase the operating time of your water heater. It is also connected to the water supply using a fitting and a union nut.
• The last step is to connect the column to the hot water supply system.
• Check all hose connections for gas leaks!
  It is quite simple to do this - open the gas valve and turn on the column. Apply soapy water to all gas pipe connections. If bubbles form, then the connection is loose and needs to be finalized.

Now you know all the most important nuances - from the documents that will be required for the installation of a gas water heater, to its phased installation. We hope this article will help you mount the equipment correctly.

Materials and tools

To replace the geyser, you will need a hammer drill with a concrete drill. You should also prepare a set of open-end wrenches for 27/30 and 32/36, gas pipe wrench, sealant, FUM tape.

To connect to the gas line, you will need a gas hose. It must be of sufficient length and threaded for connection to the gas appliance. It is worth making sure that the thread on the hose is like the one on the column. To connect the latter to the chimney, they buy a galvanized pipe with a wall thickness of at least one millimeter. Such requirements are due to high gas temperatures. Thin-walled pipes burn out quickly.

Rules for installing a geyser

As you probably understand, in order to install any gas appliance, you must comply with the relevant rules and regulations. If you neglect at least one of them, you risk not only getting into trouble with the law, but also causing the death of people close to you.

If you already have an old speaker, then you can easily replace it with a new device yourself.However, do-it-yourself installation of the device from “a” to “z” is prohibited.

Before proceeding with the connection of the geyser, you should carefully read the rules for its installation.

If you decide to connect a gas water heater yourself, or entrust only part of the work to special services, then you need to familiarize yourself with the basic rules of SNiP for such installation. They are applicable both in the apartment and in a private house.

SNiP standards:

• Installation of a gas type column is possible only in a room with a volume of at least 7 cubic meters. meters;
• The wall you plan to hang your speaker on should be made of a non-combustible material such as brick or concrete.
• In the room where the gas water heater will be installed, there must be a window and a good ventilation system;
• In an apartment with a column, the ceilings must have a height of at least 2 meters;
• In order to install a column, you need to find a chimney in the room;
• For normal operation of the column, the water pressure in the system must be at least 1 atm.
• You can not install a column in the bathroom and toilet, and the gas unit must be at least 10 cm from the stove. At the same time, a column cannot be hung above the stove.

These are the new norms of SNiP regarding the installation of a geyser. The old norms were somewhat different, so if your old column is installed in the bathroom, you can put a new unit in its place, and this will not be a violation of the law.

Water connection

Now a pipe with cold water is brought to the column, and hot water is distributed throughout the house. It is better to connect to the water heater with an American connection with a movable union nut.

For cold and hot water on the lines, be sure to install shut-off valves - ball valves.

If there is no cleaning filter at the main entrance to the apartment or house, then a coarse filter of 80-100 microns is installed in front of the column. It is also advisable to install a fine filter at 10-20 microns.

The cleaner the water, the longer the heat exchanger will work without blockages and scale.

Pipes are supplied by one of the following options:

• Pipe connection at a distance of less than 30 cm to the column and connection with a flexible hose or copper / brass tube;
• Direct connection of metal-plastic, polypropylene or steel pipes, depending on the material used for the main wiring.

A tee is required for tapping into a cold water pipe. The simplest option is a tie-in in a metal-layer using clamp fittings. All you need is an adjustable wrench, a pipe cutter and a rolling tool. Of the fittings, you will need a tee, an American and a shut-off valve.

Water connection diagram

Having previously cut the pipe in the right place so that the supply to the column is as even as possible and without additional elbows, American fittings are inserted into the cut, and a tee is screwed to them. Next, a column is connected with a pipe segment.

For steel pipes, you will need a welding machine and welding skills. Instead, a special tee clamp is used. It is fixed on the pipe and then a hole is drilled through the outlet in the cold water pipe. Next, a pipe segment is connected to the column.

For polypropylene pipes, you can not do without a soldering iron.It is easy to rent, but the amount of work will be less than with steel pipes.

Next, the DHW pipes are laid out, if they are not already there. A pipe with a shut-off valve is diverted from the column, and then to each mixer in the house.

If only the column is being replaced, it is still advisable to re-lay the pipes to avoid the accumulation of adapters and elbows in front of the gas column. This will protect the equipment from unnecessary turbulent flows in the pipes, which can affect the operation of the hydrothermal control unit.

The cost of an apartment and a private house

Even when choosing a column and a store where it will be purchased, pay attention to the availability of installation services. Even if it is paid, its cost may be lower than the market value.

In many large supermarkets and specialized stores, installation is included in the price of the equipment and will cost even less. Often it is positioned as free.

Another option is to contact the service center, where a contract for the maintenance of gas equipment will be concluded, and order installation. In this case, the least thing you have to worry about is the quality of work, because the service does not want to spoil the relationship with the customer, with whom they still have to cooperate throughout the entire life of the dispenser.

The table shows the approximate starting prices of service centers for a number of installation and connection of a gas instantaneous water heater.

Geysers are an invariable attribute of Soviet kitchens in many cities. If there is no hot centralized water supply, they are the ability to quickly warm a large amount of water. Today, they have mostly been replaced by gas boilers, but the requirements for installation, necessary documents, and inspection authorities have remained the same.

Solution of the problem

He will contact the housing office with a request to provide certified photocopies of the project of your apartment in terms of gas supply, smoke ventilation, water supply, installation location and parameters of the gas column.

This means you are replacing the speaker at the same place and in the same room. The parameters of a new geyser in terms of gas consumption should not exceed those of a standing one.

Zhek is the balance holder of your house and is required to have such documents. The administration of the zhek can safely refuse, citing privatization, change of ownership, lack of an archive, etc.

Then you have to agree to walking around the offices of Gorgaz.

How to install a geyser

Self-installation is prohibited by the law of the Russian Federation, but since representatives of the gas service often remain elusive, we recommend that you mount the device yourself. Specialists should only be invited to connect the hose to the gas pipe and check all connections for leaks.

What to bring with you

First of all, prepare all the necessary materials and tools. You will need:

• new geyser;
• PVC pipes for water supply and metal-plastic pipes for gas;
• fitting;
• taps - gas and water (it is better to use ball valves);
• salt and magnetic filters;
• corrugation or galvanized pipe (if it comes with a column);
• Mayevsky's crane;
• a ring to make an entrance to the chimney;
• gas hose (its length depends on the distance between the pipe and the column);
• water hoses (also select the length depending on the distance);
• dowels and screws;
• gas key;
• pipe cutter;
• set of wrenches;
• drill;
• level;
• sealant, FUM tape and tow;
• soldering station for pipes.

In the case of a private house, you may also need a metal (asbestos) pipe to remove smoke. Its diameter should not be less than 120 mm, and its height should be two meters or more.

We remove the old

This is an old geyser, the use of which is not safe. It is best to replace it with a modern analogue.

If you already had a water heater, then, first of all, you need to dismantle it. For this:

1. Close all gas valves.
2. Using a spanner, unscrew the fixing nut on the hose.
3. Then remove the hose from the column. In the event that the hose is new and has no damage, then it can be used further. Otherwise, buy a new one.
4. Now you can proceed to disconnect the device from the water supply. Turn off the water (if there is a faucet near the column, then it is enough to turn it off, otherwise you will have to block access to the water for the entire apartment).
5. Remove the connecting pipe located at the outlet of the column and pull it out of the chimney.
6. Dismantle the water heater by removing it from the mountings.

Direct installation

Installation of a gas water heater takes place in several stages. After choosing a place, you need to prepare all communications: plumbing, chimney and gas pipeline.All this should be in close proximity to the future column, so that after installing the latter, you only have to connect the hoses to the pipes.

To connect the gas to the geyser, be sure to call the specialists of the special service.

1. So, the first step is to mark the place for the water heater. I hang it on a special bar that comes with the device. This is where you will need a drill, dowels and self-tapping screws. It is better to mark up with a level.
2. We drill holes, drive in dowels, apply a bar and fasten it to the wall with self-tapping screws.
3. The next step is to connect the water heater to the chimney. This is done using a corrugation or a metal pipe. Installing the latter is easy. The pipe must be put on the pipe (and the sleeve must also be tightened with a clamp) of the column. The other end is inserted into the chimney and covered with cement (possibly with asbestos). But do not forget that the horizontal section of the pipe cannot exceed 6 m and you cannot make more than 3 corrugation bends.
4. Now you can proceed to connect the column to the water supply. As mentioned earlier, the installation of pipes and branching is best done in advance. In this case, it is not always a good option to tie into the nearest line (if the pressure in it is weak, cut directly into the main pipe going to the apartment). Be sure to install a tap on the new branch that goes to the water heater so that you can repair the column or replace it without turning off the water in the entire apartment or house. To carry out the pipeline, you will need metal-plastic pipes and a soldering iron, as well as a faucet, couplings.
5. After finishing work with the hot and cold line piping, you just have to connect the hoses to the appropriate outlet and inlet to the column and to the pipes.

It looks like a chimney made of corrugations. The ring has a purely aesthetic value.

This completes your work. Connection to the gas pipe is carried out by specialists of the relevant service. A ball valve is also placed at the column inlet, all connections are sealed and then checked for leaks.

3 How to install a column and who should do this work?

It is better to leave the connection of the column to the gas distribution system to the gas service, but the preliminary installation of the device (connection to the water supply and installation on the supporting surface) can be done with your own hands.

To do this, do the following:

• Drill a hole in the wall.
• Insert a coaxial chimney into it and fill the voids with non-combustible insulation (mineral wool).
• Line the wall under the hole with tiles.
• Fix the column on the lined area (over the tiles) using brackets on its body and dowels.
• Insert a tee into a cold water supply, screw a valve and a check valve onto the free end.
• Connect the non-return valve to the cold water inlet / connection on the dispenser body.
• Mark a collector with shut-off valves above the cold branch of the water supply - it will distribute the hot flow along the lines leading to the sources of consumption (faucets and mixers).
• Connect the manifold and the hot water connection/fitting on the dispenser body.
• Arrange lines from the manifold to taps and mixers.

After that, you can contact the gas service - the completion of work on connecting the column, which includes the first start-up of gas and water, is carried out by gas specialists.

Connection and first start-up of gas must be carried out by a gas specialist

Well, if you are not going to do something with your own hands, find a company with permission to install gas-consuming appliances and order the services of experienced specialists.