How to equip the plumbing in the house with your own hands?

You can increase the level of comfort not only in country cottages, but also in small village houses simply by running water. We will not assure you that this is easy, especially if the house is old. However, almost all work on the installation of plumbing in the house can be done by hand, without seeking help from specialists.

It is necessary to start work with drawing up a water supply scheme. This will help you not only not to miss anything in your work, but will also allow you to most accurately calculate the number of pipes.

According to the connection method, the circuit is divided into two types: serial and parallel.
Serial connection is suitable for the device of the system in a private house, which has a small area and few consumers. In this case, the water supply goes first from the source (well), then, for example, to the toilet room, from the room to and so on. That is, to each consumer in turn.

Therefore, when two or three consumers are turned on at the same time, the pressure on the one located farthest will be very low, unable to satisfy the needs. A water supply system according to this scheme is quite simple to arrange. We start the water supply from the source (well) to the first consumer. We put a tee on the pipe, and we get two outputs and one input to this consumer, and to all other consumers.
The parallel circuit assumes another inclusion of consumers. Here we already include a collector in the circuit. From the collector we lay water supply to each consumer. Choosing such a wiring system, you need to take into account that the cost will be higher, mainly due to the increase in the number of pipes, but this will justify itself in the future.

It is possible to connect water supply systems according to both schemes both from a well and from a central water supply system.

The plumbing scheme of the house consists of:

Plumbing scheme

1. source (, well or central water supply);
2. or a pump (it is necessary if the source is a well or a well);
3. hydraulic accumulator (for water accumulation);
4. filter for water purification;
5. tee, for future separation of hot and cold water supply;
6. collector with shut-off valves at each outlet for cold water;
7. boiler or;
8. collector for hot water.

Well or well

Where is the best place to get water from a well or well? The depth of the well is not more than 10 meters, while the well reaches up to 30. The water in the well is more polluted, so the water supply system will have to be equipped with several filters. For a well, you will need to purchase an expensive one.
In this case, the plumbing will look like:

• If the length does not exceed 30 meters, then 25 mm of internal diameter is sufficient.
• If more than 30 meters, then 32 mm will be optimal.
• If the length of the pipeline is less than 10 meters, then a diameter of 16 or 20 mm can be dispensed with.

Let's not forget that there is still a pipe for the collector, on which it depends whether the water supply system can provide water to all consumers. One tap passes about 5 liters of liquid within a minute.

Now we count the number of consumers and compare with the following data:

1. a diameter of 25 mm passes 30 liters per minute;
2. diameter 32 mm - about 50 liters per minute;
3. diameter 38 mm - 75 liters per minute.

If more than three people live in a private house, you need to add 40%, because all consumers can be used at the same time.

The choice of material for pipes in the house

Today the market offers us pipes from the following materials:

Metal-plastic is not afraid of corrosion, sunlight, but temperatures above 95 degrees are excluded for such systems. Therefore, such pipes are suitable for cold water supply from a well or well.

Steel products are strong, durable and relatively inexpensive. But they are highly susceptible to corrosion. Also, when installing the plumbing system, you will have to independently cut the threads on each element.
Polypropylene products on the market recently, but are very popular. They are not subject to corrosion, do not oxidize, are durable. Their use allows the plumbing device to be made simply and quickly. But they connect. Probably, this is a disadvantage.

Parallel piping

We start the installation of water pipes from the source. If we take water from a well, we install a submersible pump, if from a well, then a surface pump. We attach the pipe to the pump on the clamp. Sometimes a threaded adapter is used, it is also taken when attached to the central system. Then we lay pipes to a private house, to a hydraulic accumulator.

A hydraulic accumulator is needed in case of frequent interruptions in the water supply, and also if the water pressure in the system does not provide all people with a sufficient amount of liquid.

After the accumulator, we put a tee with shutoff valves. One outlet is used for laying to the water heater, and the other to the cold water supply manifold.
If you install filters, then they must be installed before the heater and before the cold water supply collector. We continue to lay the water supply from the boiler to the hot water collector.
From each circuit on two collectors we conduct wiring to consumers.

The pressure gauge and meter install the appropriate services at the entrance to the house. For wiring pipes inside the house, a tee, diameter adapters, and corners are used.

In carrying out such work, we adhere to the following rules:

1. Through the wall of the pipe we carry out in a special glass;
2. To facilitate the repair, we carry out all the elements at a certain distance from the walls.

On this, the installation of water supply to the house can be considered completed.

Now we see that organizing a plumbing system in a private house with our own hands, having certain skills in performing plumbing work, is not particularly difficult.