Height of the washbasin installation from the floor

In the modern market, you can find many options for plumbing of different shapes and sizes. Despite all this variety of choice, plumbing fixtures can be strictly divided by functionality and the way of attachment to the pipes. This article will describe how the height of the washbasin installation from the clean floor is selected so that its use is convenient and safe for all family members.

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Basic rules for installing sanitary ware

It is necessary to install internal sanitary systems in compliance with the requirements of SNiP 3.05.01-85.

Before proceeding with the installation of internal plumbing fixtures, proceed as follows:

1. Lay the pipeline.
2. Install the air duct.
3. Install embedded parts in the structure of the structure in order to mount the equipment - it is necessary to comply with the requirements of the working documentation.
4. Enable the inclusion of electrical tools and electric welding machines - the distance should be no more than 500 centimeters from each other).
5. Glazed window openings in external fences.
6. Thoroughly warm them.

For the subsequent installation of children's washbasins and other sanitary ware will have to stock up with strength and patience. Plumbing, general construction and other works in the bathroom should be performed in the following order:

1. Plaster the walls.
2. Arrange beacons for further installation of the ladders.
3. Install the fastening means for the pipelines.
4. Lay pipelines.
5. Test their properties.
6. Waterproof the ceiling.
7. Priming the walls.
8. Arrange clean floors.
9. Install the bathtub.
10. Place the brackets under the sinks.
11. Install the parts of the flushing cisterns.
12. Painting walls and ceiling first.
13. To wall tiles.
14. Set the washbasin. If necessary, install a children's washbasin.
15. Install the flushing cisterns.
16. Secondarily paint the walls and ceiling.
17. Install the water tap.

Important! When installing plumbing systems and other construction works, it is important that there is no damage to the work that was done before:

• Earthenware should be installed only after the installation of pipelines before secondary painting of surfaces.
• At the time when you install a sink and a sink, you need to apply siphons-revisions, and during the installation of such plumbing fixtures as a washbasin and a bathtub, it is better - floor and bottle. The described devices should be placed horizontally or by a plumb line.
• The body of the bathtub bowl and steel water pipes must be connected together using special metal conductors - this is necessary to equalize the electrical potentials.

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Sink

To the standard sink height of 85 cm from the clean floor, the following dimensions of the plumbing installation are generally used.

For seaworthy rods:

• In case the manufacturer of the locker gives the required data or is completely unknown, the algae are placed at a width of 8 cm with a center along the drain axis and a height of 62 cm from the finishing floor.
• If this cabinet is quite spacious, then the worms can be installed at a width of 10 cm with the same center along the drain axis, as described above.

For draining:

• The discharge axis is mounted at a height of 55 cm.
• The drainage height is calculated from the need to install a pipe or bottle siphon and install a bottom valve with a stem included in the mixer set.

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Bath

The dimensions of the sanitary ware in the bathroom are quite different from each other. But what dimensions should be, if you consider the bath as a sanitary-technical device?

• A mixer having a short spout must be installed separately for the bath itself. The mixer should be higher by 80 cm of the finishing floor.
• If the mixer intended for the bath and the washbasin is combined, the structure must not be higher or lower than 110 cm.
• The drain pipe axis must be positioned so that it is above the floor finish level by 90 mm, provided that the calculationis made from the fact that the hole in the bathroom is at a height of 13 cm

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Kitchen sink

The data given below is calculated for the dimensions of the countertop, which height is 86 cm.

Calculation of the rods:

• Mounting of the leads is made at heights53 cm with an error of 2 cm.
• conclusions should be positioned generally horizontally in a row.
• The distance between the centers should be considered approximately 7-5 cm.

Draining:

• 38 cm is a universal drain pipe of a pipe siphon.
• 42 cm is a horizontal drain pipe of a pipe siphon.

Important! Drain the dishwasher is better to put at the same height as the seaweed. The same applies to the washing machine.

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Hygienic shower

The following dimensions of the sanitary ware are available:

• The hygienic shower must be mounted approximately 70-75 cm above the floor finish level. Here you can focus on the design of the bathroom.
• The height of the algae remains the same.
• In case the holder was connected to the water supply, the algae should be placed 5-10 cm below the mixer. The exact figure depends on the mixer and shower.
• The distance between these devices is 15 cm.
• The height of the shower mixer is better than 120 cm.
• The drain intended for the shower tray should be located near the floor( 60 cm to the pipe axis).

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WC

The dimensions of the sanitary installation for sewage should be observed:

• Installation is approximately 23 cm from the plane of the finishing floor.
• The floor toilet is 18 cm from the floor to the axis of the pipe.

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Washing machine:

• The sewing machine, if present in this machine model, should be placed at a height of 50-85 cm from the finishing floor to the pipe axis.
• It is necessary that the seaweed is above the clean floor by 77 cm.
• Draining the washing machines, which stand separately, it is better to place them at a height of 50 cm on a single vertical axis.

From this article you learned about the standard sizes of the sanitary ware installation, which are often consulted by the craftsmen, and now you can make repairs without doubting the correctness of your calculations.