Home renovation, in addition to learn to deal with leaks, it is important to do a good job of waterproofing, the bathroom as a large amount of water in a place, waterproofing is necessary to do. The following is a brief introduction to some of the waterproofing considerations and drainage acceptance standards for the bathroom, to give you a reference in the renovation.
Bathroom waterproofing: closed water test
Bathroom waterproofing practice details
One: ensure that the bathroom floor is relatively smooth.
If you need to replace the bathroom floor tiles, after the original floor tiles chiseled away, be sure to use cement mortar to level the ground first, and then do waterproofing treatment. This can avoid the waterproof coating due to uneven thickness and leakage.
Two: the joints should be painted in place.
The joints between the bathroom walls and floors, as well as the joints between the water pipes and the ground, are the most problematic places.
Three: wall treatment is also important.
In the general bathroom waterproofing treatment, the wall should also do about 30 cm high waterproof coating to prevent water blotting through the wall. But if the wall of the bathroom is a non-load-bearing light wall, you have to apply waterproofing paint all over the wall.
Four: waterproofing experiments must be done.
After the construction of the bathroom, the bathroom all the water blocked, and in the doorway to build a 25 cm high “can”, and then in the bathroom filled with 20 cm high water.
Five: keep the sewer pipe open.
All the downspouts in the bathroom, including floor drains, sanitary ware downspouts, etc., should be kept open.
Bathroom drainage: water supply and drainage acceptance
Drainage acceptance standards
1, the quality of water supply and drainage pipes and fittings must meet the standard requirements, drainage pipes should be used rigid PVC drainage pipe materials and pieces.
2, before construction, you need to check whether the original pipeline is smooth, and then construction, and then check whether the pipeline is smooth after construction. Concealed water supply pipeline should be checked by water, the newly installed water supply pipeline must be pressure tested in accordance with the relevant provisions, there should be no leakage, and only after passing the inspection can enter the next process of construction.
3, drainage pipes should be temporary sealing of the original pipeline before construction, to avoid debris into the pipeline.
4, pipe outside diameter in the 25mm below the installation of water pipes, pipes in the corner, water meter, faucet or corner valve and 100mm of the pipe terminal should be set up pipe card, pipe card installation must be solid. Pipeline using threaded connections in the connection should be exposed threads, installation should be completed in time to fix the pipe card, pipe and pipe fittings or valves shall not be loose between.
Bathroom decoration effects
5, the installation of a variety of valve location should meet the design requirements, easy to use and maintenance.
6, all joints, valves and pipeline connections should be tight, there shall be no leakage, the slope of the pipeline should meet the requirements.
7, various pipelines shall not change the original nature of the pipeline.
8, the pipe should be installed using special tools, in the installation of the joint at the mouth of the pipe must be beveled with a standard reamer on the aluminum-plastic pipe to prevent damage to the internal double layer of copper joints guard ring, there shall be no leakage.
Summary: The above is the introduction of the bathroom waterproofing, I hope it will help you.
