How to hide a gas pipe in the kitchen

Communications - water, gas, sewer pipes - usually try to hide. Elements are rarely attractive in appearance and do not participate in the formation of the interior. However, it is possible to mask pipes, especially gas pipes, only if a number of requirements are met.

Features of gas communications

There are many ways to hide pipes. However, the choice is severely limited purpose of communications... Plastic pipes with wiring are even allowed to be embedded in walls, since their damage will not lead to anything fatal, except for a temporary shutdown of the light. When it comes to a gas pipeline under pressure, the picture changes.

At the slightest damage to the hose or tube, natural gas begins to flow into the air in the room. When accumulating gas causes poisoning, choking and can lead to death. If the gas concentration in a room rises sharply, there is a high likelihood of fire and explosion.

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The gas pipeline and gas appliances in the house are located so that the maximum free access to them is provided. It is necessary to hide the gas pipe in the kitchen or in the corridor so that this requirement is fulfilled. This limits the choice of camouflage techniques.

Disguise options

The gas pipe can be turned into design element, can disguise using furniture or other fixtures, or hide under panels... There are a lot of options.

Dyeing

The easiest way - paint the gas line... The following are used tricks:

• Painting the color of the wall - choose a tone-on-tone paint. Visually, the gas line and the wall are perceived as one whole.
• Contrast coloring - in some styles, like kitsch, boho, avant-garde, communications are painted in bright colors that match the color of the kitchen set or curtains. In this case, the pipe acts as an additional decorative element. In a loft or high-tech kitchen, gas pipelines are painted metallic.
• Painting - a certain ornament is reproduced on the pipes - geometric, floral, ethnic. You can repeat the pattern on tablecloths or curtains. Sometimes the pipe is given a resemblance to the trunk of a birch, bamboo.

Instead of paint, special films or napkins are used.

For staining, use any interior paint: oil, acrylic, nitro enamel. The choice is made taking into account the operating conditions of the room. You can use a brush or roller for application, but DIYers advise using a spray can of paint.

Decorating

You can also close the gas pipe in the kitchen using the following materials:

• If the walls are papered in the kitchen wallpaper, their fragments can also be used for pasting pipes. Use regular glue.
• The gas pipeline is wrapped in thick ropesto play with the resemblance to a palm tree trunk. To make this finish more attractive, the "tree" is supplemented with artificial citrus fruits and flowers.
• Artificial curly plants, like a blooming liana, also serve as a good decoration.The vine is wrapped around the pipe and fixed with clamps.
• An unusual and rather laborious way - mosaic, stone or glass. This decor looks very impressive.

Employees of gas services are ambiguous about such methods of camouflage.

Railing systems

If the gas pipe runs through the apron, parallel to the working surfaces of the tables, it can be masked with a roof rail. You can't attach anything to the pipe itself, but you can hide behind the railinginstalled on the brackets. Ordinary hooks are placed on the railing and utensils and dishes are hung.

The railing system is mounted slightly below the gas pipeline... Choose a bright railing - chrome, imitating bronze or brass. The bright color attracts attention, the pipe looks like a part of the system.

Furniture facades

Gas pipes can be hidden behind the kitchen set... If the pipe is high enough, you can install a shelf under it at a short distance. When it is full of dishes and appliances, the gas pipeline will not be visible.

The gas pipeline can mount in a row of wall cabinets... To do this, a groove is made in the back and side parts and the lockers are fixed so that the pipe lies in its intended place. It is important that access to the pipe remained free, and air circulated in the closet somehow.

Vertically arranged fragments, together with counters, sensors and columns, are hidden in specially made for this false cabinets... They exactly repeat the design of working kitchen furniture and form a whole with it. In this case, the lower part of the cabinet remains free and can be used to accommodate equipment. The requirement is the same as when masking horizontal sections of the line: there must be free access to the pipes.

Decorative box

The most effective and suitable for any conditions way to decorate a gas pipe is to hide it in a plasterboard box. It is mounted in the usual way: a metal frame is attached to the wall and sheathed with plasterboard sheets. For the kitchen, you need to take waterproof drywall.

Installation runs 2 requirements:

• part of the box must be removable, since the gas pipeline remains freely accessible;
• set in the box gratings or areas with a perforated surfaceto prevent gas build-up in the event of a leak.

The advantage of this design is the ability to give it any configuration... If it is required to close the pipes and the meter, they build a semblance of a cabinet, sew up all the devices in a false cabinet, and seal the pipes into volumetric multi-level wall and ceiling structures.

There is also another solution. Instead of rather bulky drywall boxes, the gas line can be sewn up lighter panels from any suitable material:

• Profiled polycarbonate - along the pipe, wooden blocks are attached on both sides and a U-shaped panel is fixed on them. The material can be of any color, the sheathing can include solid and perforated sections.
• Cardboard sleeve - the pipe does not heat up, so that flammable materials such as decorative cardboard can be used for cladding.
• Wood materials - perforated plywood, lining, natural wood. Any material is suitable for covering the box. A very interesting option is when a bamboo trunk or its imitation is used. This solution is suitable for an eco-style kitchen.
• Panels from frosted or transparent plastic, frosted glass - the decor is very unusual and effective. But this is possible only in a loft, hi-tech, techno-style interior.

The plus of such a cladding compared to a drywall box is a smaller area. The panel box is much smaller.

Building codes and safety

So that the masking of the gas pipeline does not conflict with the requirements of operation, it is necessary to perform the following rules:

• The gas pipeline must be Free accessso that in the event of an accident or leakage, the problem can be corrected.
• Do not close the line tightly - in a closed box when a leak occurs, gas will accumulate, which leads to the threat of an explosion. The cloaking structure must provide ventilation.
• Is prohibited on my own move a gas pipeline or crash into a riser.
• Pipes without fail colored - the coating protects them from rust.
• On the pipeline you can not fix anything, hang or otherwise exert additional stress.
• During work gas supply is shut off.

If any of the recommendations is violated, the gas service employees have the right to cut off the gas supply and impose a fine.

Redevelopment of gas distribution

Gas pipe relocation and redevelopment in progress only by representatives of Gorgaz... The decision is made by the relevant service after receiving the application from the tenants.

Reasons for transferring the pipe

Usually, in a city apartment, you need to change the wiring, and not change the layout of the gas pipeline. The reasons are as follows:

• replacement of outdated equipment - gas boiler, stove;
• major overhaul;
• changing the gas meter or moving it to another place;
• moving the gas stove;
• transfer of horizontal parts of the gas pipeline.

Often, a transfer is required in multi-storey new buildings, where, due to unsuccessful projects the stove is near the window, and the sink is in the opposite corner.

Getting permission

It is forbidden to carry risers, pipes and any gas equipment in apartments with your own hands. For such work, you need to get permission is official.

1. Apply to the local gas service in a standard form.
2. The service representative inspects the kitchen and bathroom, examines the transmitted schema and checks for compliance.
3. Approves the transfer scheme and draws up an estimate.
4. All the necessary documentation is drawn up by the organization providing gas pipeline maintenance services.

The resolution of the issue usually takes about a week. However, the permit does not only depend on the gas service. In a multi-storey building or in a private house made of aerated concrete walls do not hold fasteners well... To carry out any alterations here - to move pipes, shorten, compact - you need to find out if the walls can withstand the additional load.

Pipe transfer rules

In fact, there are only a few ways to change the gas distribution. In a city dwelling, most often it is necessary to lower the layering at the riser down - under the tabletop, less often to raise it up to mask it with a shelf. Even less often, it is necessary to transfer a vertical fragment to one side or the other.

When changing direction, perform the following recommendation:

• all elements covering the gas distribution must be removable or collapsible;
• it is forbidden to lay pipes through the ventilation hole, doors and windows;
• flexible hoses are allowed to be used only for connecting equipment, their length should be no more than 3 m;
• for cutting into a wall or ceiling, a sleeve is used.

For more complex work, for example, organizing a kitchen island with a stove, it is necessary to develop a special project.

Installation work

Gas pipe relocation includes several stages. They are carried out by employees of the gas service according to the established standard. The preparation is carried out by the owners of the apartment.

1. Cutting the gas pipe - performed when connecting new equipment or transferring the meter. Most often, a grinder or gas welding is used for trimming. Both processes are very dangerous, since the gas is prone to fire and explosive, so that work is done only by specialists... Gas welding is considered the safest way - the pipe is burned under a stream of oxygen at a high temperature. Before work, turn off the gas, and release the remains through the burners of the stove.
   
2. Gas valve replacement - after turning off the gas, the old locking mechanism is unscrewed or cut off with a grinder. A temporary plug is placed in its place. A thread is wound on the thread for sealing - in two directions, the plug is removed and a new valve is installed as quickly as possible.
   
3. Replacing the hose - better to use bellows hose... Rubber and rubber-fabric products are obsolete. The installation itself is simple: the external thread of the union is wrapped with a sealant and screwed into the faucet. At the last stage of the installation of the equipment, the flexible hose is connected to the manifold.
   

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Gas pipes in the kitchen need to be welded. Threaded connection is allowed only when installing the meter and shut-off valves. Welding is performed by an employee of the gas service. Welding and connection points look ugly. At the end of the work, they must be primed and painted.

Safe operation of gas equipment

The gas pipe in the kitchen, as well as gas equipment, are dangerous if not carried out operating rules... The list is small:

• Apartment residents are required at any time of the day provide gas service workers with access to the gas system.
• Do not install near gas equipment items made of flammable materials.
• The kitchen must be installed ventilation,its purity must be monitored independently.
• If you smell gas it is urgent to turn off the tap, open the windows and contact the gas service. Unauthorized repairs are prohibited.