How to hang a water heater on a wall?

Attaching a boiler to a wall is not an easy process, requiring special knowledge and skills. You can not install a water heater on the wall to a person who does not have experience in such works. In this case, it is advisable to use the services of specialists. The article is offered to those who, having certain skills, want to learn how to hang a water heater on the wall. Here you will find all the rules and parameters that you can understand and install the equipment correctly, ensuring its safe operation.

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Preparatory work

Before you directly engage in installation, you need to decide on the choice of a suitable place. In this case, you need to know such nuances:

• The boiler needs to be located near the electricity and water communications.
• It is advisable to mount the boiler in a plumbing cabinet, which will allow more rational use of free space.
• Before you hang the water heater on the wall, consider that there is more free space in the kitchen. For this reason, for small rooms it is advisable to purchase a boiler that is compact in size.

Important! When installing a water-heating device in the bathroom, do not place it directly above the bowl, since there will be inconvenience during the operation of the device.

• Before installing the hot water device, you need to check the strength of the wall. Ideal option - if the wall is made of concrete block or brick.

Important! The device itself has a sufficiently large mass, and if water is poured into it, the mass increases even more. The wall must withstand this load.

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What tools will be required?

To complete the entire cycle of work related to mounting the boiler on the wall, you will need:

• Construction gun.
• Hammer drill.
• Electric drill.

And further:

• It is necessary to fix the water-heating device on hooks with a diameter of 1 cm and dowels, which is due to the size and weight of the entire structure.
• If there is no construction gun, holes are drilled with an electric drill or a perforator for special mounting screws.
• If the boiler is hung on a plastered wall, 10 cm screws can be used for fastening, with a plastic part of less than 8 cm.

Before fixing the water heater to a wooden wall, you need to take care of a non-combustible base for the device. This is required by fire safety rules.

Important! Do not use inexpensive flexible hoses to supply water to the boiler. They often fail and require replacement. Better to get better and more expensive materials. Pipe fittings should be made of copper.

In addition to tools, for work you will need:

• Hot water device.
• Hooks made of metal.
• Hammer or electric drill.
• High quality hoses.
• Dowels.
• Screws.
• Scheme and instructions for connecting the device.
• Network cable.
• Filter for rough water treatment.
• Set of special nozzles.
• Construction gun.
• Pencil.

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Mounting technology

The installation algorithm is as follows:

1. Choose a place suitable for your hot water boiler.
2. Prepare holes for dowels.
3. Insert plugs on epoxy resin or cement into the holes using wood or plastic liners.
4. Screw the screws into the inserts, leave the epoxy or cement to solidify completely.
5. Most often, the back of the boiler has a special mounting plate with curly holes. Insert dowel or screw heads into these holes and screw them into the wall.
6. To make the structure more reliable, screw an additional screw between two existing ones so that the lower part of the mounting plate rests on it. This will not allow her to bend.
7. Mount the water heater.
8. Decide on the reliability of the electrical wiring in the apartment, select the materials and thickness of the wires.
9. Ground. If all work is done correctly, the boiler will last you a long time.
10. In addition, the kit includes a protective check valve that prevents the outflow of water from the hot water device. Also screw a safety valve onto the water inlet pipe.

Important! It should be borne in mind that the pipe for hot water is located on top, and for cold water - below.

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The procedure for connecting the boiler to the mains

The procedure for connecting to the mains is as follows:

• Preparing a new network cable for connecting to the shield.
• Connect the device in accordance with the colors of the braid. The yellow wire is the ground, the blue is the working zero, the brown is the phase.

Important! Do not use to ground a gas or water pipe.

If the water in the apartment is of poor quality, it is advisable to use a rough filter. Otherwise, the device will quickly become unusable.

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These basic principles of work will allow you, in the presence of skills to perform similar work, to do everything efficiently. This means that the water-heating equipment will work efficiently and safely for a long time, and you will not experience discomfort due to the lack of hot water.