In the kitchen, a gas water heater is indispensable for everyday life. The need to install such equipment causes more negative emotions. Many owners are sure that a gas boiler will ruin the overall interior of the room. However, this is a deep misconception! A well-planned kitchen design with a gas boiler will be stylish, unusual, and quite attractive. The most important thing is to integrate the equipment organically and think through every detail of the kitchen interior. In that article we will look at several solutions for decorating and masking a gas water heater.
A gas water heater in the kitchen is indispensable for everyday life.
Kitchen design with a gas boiler can be made beautiful and attractive
The most important thing is to fit this technique into the interior beautifully and harmoniously
Advantages of a parapet boiler
The chimney can be called the grandson of the stove, and the parapet will probably be its great-grandson - it is so modernized and even equipped with electronic programming.
But its main advantage is not super-efficiency, but a coaxial chimney system that supplies air to the boiler not from the room, but from the street, while simultaneously removing exhaust gases.
Features of kitchen design with a column
Gas heating is a convenient, relatively inexpensive way to heat your home. Modern technology for these purposes is not very aesthetically pleasing. Often it needs special design. When creating a kitchen design plan with a gas boiler, consider the following aspects.
- Own financial capabilities. If you have a high budget, you can afford to purchase a unit with an attractive design. Then there will be no special problems in the kitchen interior.
- Location of the device. This criterion should be selected solely on the basis of installation rules and ease of use.
- Stylistic direction of the room. The method of decorating the device will depend only on it.
Gas heating is a convenient, relatively inexpensive way to heat your home.
When thinking about the design of a kitchen with a gas heater, take into account all the nuances and features of the room
Decor options
Often there is a desire to hide equipment so that it does not stand out as a stain in the overall environment. Look at sites with the topic - kitchen design with a boiler - there are a lot of suggestions on how to do this. Choose the most suitable option.
If you are planning to change the situation, and it is already in use, this makes the task much easier. When designing an order, the designer will take yours into account and offer the possibility of decoration, taking into account the possibility of installing exhaust and heating communications.
It’s more difficult when you need to install it into already installed furniture. This also has advantages - you may want to think about how best to install a gas boiler so that it looks harmonious among the furniture.
This is usually solved by installing a false cabinet without a back wall. Make it yourself, or if you don’t want it, order it from a workshop.
Do not forget that you are dealing with gas equipment: there must be access for its operation and repair if necessary.
Location Features
When developing a kitchen design, you should seriously consider how a new heating device will fit into it.
It is quite possible to choose a unit that matches the color of the kitchen set or household appliances. In this case, the gas boiler will organically fit into the overall style. It can be installed between kitchen cabinets. This technique is allowed not only by heating device manufacturers, but also by gas and fire services. Installation diagram of a parapet type gas boiler.
When installing an appliance in this way, you should think not only about how it will fit into the kitchen design, but also about the standards provided for installation. According to the standards, in order to ensure adequate ventilation, there must be at least 3 cm of free space on each side of the boiler. In addition, to protect cabinets located nearby, their side walls will need to be covered with non-combustible materials.
If you are not yet planning to purchase new heating devices, then it is quite possible to update the old ones and give them a more modern look. The front panel of the device must be thoroughly cleaned and sanded. Then the surface is coated with a metal primer. After it has dried, the boiler can be painted with heat-resistant enamel for metal surfaces. The color of the enamel should match the color of the kitchen furniture. If you want to get something exclusive and not like an ordinary household appliance, then using special stencils you can paint a gas boiler with a variety of patterns.
Redevelopment
Typically, kitchens occupy a small area with maximum load. Placing additional furniture is not always possible. Installing equipment with its communications clearly will not add comfort.
Try to arrange the furniture to hide it as much as possible. This is not possible - use existing wall cabinets and convert them to accommodate its installation. You can easily complete this task yourself.
Placement of gas equipment
Depending on the overall stylistic direction of the room, one of the types of equipment design in the kitchen interior can be chosen.
Open
The open method of designing a gas boiler in the kitchen interior involves highlighting it as an original element. To do this, experienced designers recommend using the following simple techniques:
- Decoupage. This type of design involves covering the outer surface of the boiler with stickers that match the style and then opening it with heat-resistant varnish. If the boiler is located on the floor, the idea of creating an imitation of a fireplace may be interesting. This option is extremely simple and effective: correctly selected stylistic drawings, photographs, and image outlines will help emphasize the features of the interior and become its individual feature. The following photos will help you get inspired.
- Painting. For those who are good at the art of drawing, there is an original way to highlight a cauldron - to depict stylistic drawings on its surface. This option is good for rural kitchen design.
- Decorating the boiler with a fancy forged grate. This technique is especially suitable for rural and classic interior styles, and will also create additional protection from small children. Such a grille will hide modern technology that is inappropriate in such an interior.
The decorative painting of the gas boiler will organically fit it into the interior of the kitchen in the Provence style.
Closed
- Placing equipment in a special wall or floor cabinet. The main requirements for this option are compliance with fire safety regulations and ensuring sufficient air in the cabinet. To do this, you need to ensure sufficient ventilation and prevent fire by lining the inside of the cabinet with foil or similar materials. Such a box should be harmoniously combined with the design elements of the kitchen unit and complement it. If the boiler is installed on the floor, then a floor cabinet will be an original way to disguise it, which does not contradict the main stylistic direction of the kitchen. In addition to its attractive appearance, the pencil case will protect children from accessing dangerous equipment.
- Masking a gas boiler using textile curtains. This technique is especially suitable for French Provence or American country. Cute cotton or textile decorative elements can enhance the impression of the chosen design direction, as the following photos convince.
It is best to hide the gas boiler in the kitchen cabinet
Powder painting
Maybe the ideas on how to hide a boiler in the kitchen are too radical, spies say: in order to reliably hide it, you need to leave it in a visible place.
Consider the option of powder painting - this is a modern technology that allows you to obtain a coating in a wide range of colors, which is in no way inferior to enamel in terms of heat resistance, while being more resistant to mechanical stress.
The use of vacuum installations makes it possible to apply textured coatings of different colors and wood imitation. By decorating the cauldron in this way, you will make it not a burden, but a decoration; for this you will only need to paint the lid.
How to hide communications?
After installing the equipment, the pipes, hoses, and chimney are not at all pleasing to the eye. Many would be very happy to hide them in the wall. However, due to safety precautions this cannot be done. Elements must always be available. Today there are several safe ways to hide communications. One of them is the construction of a plasterboard box. Several profiles and moisture-resistant plasterboard are used for this.
According to the operating rules, it is impossible to hide pipes in the wall
You can hide communications in the kitchen set
Currently, you can purchase a speaker that fits perfectly into your kitchen design.
A well-designed kitchen set will also help hide communications. But there is one rule - cabinets, bedside tables, shelves should not put pressure on the pipes. Ideally, the distance between them should be about one centimeter. For such purposes, the kitchen set is made to order.
Communications can also be decorated in an inexpensive way. They can be painted to match the color of the walls, decorated with artificial flowers, or mosaics.
A well-designed kitchen set will also help hide communications.
Column pipes can be decorated. Paint it the same color as the walls or decorate it with mosaics
Design achievements in the field of camouflage
In all cases and camouflage options, it is necessary to observe technological indentations and ensure full ventilation of the boiler. This means that those who want to hide heating equipment need to consider options for the formation of convective flows that cool the body.
Standard cabinet furniture for installation in the kitchen is usually not designed to hide a floor-standing or wall-mounted boiler model in one of its cabinets. True, there are headsets with a module designed just for this task. However, we are interested in other cases.
Let's figure out whether it is possible to ideally hide a gas boiler in a homemade kitchen cabinet , and consider the best options that will tell you how to do this work better and more correctly.
How to hide a wall-mounted boiler?
What if you need to match a kitchen cabinet that is not designed to conceal a boiler? The simplest answer involves disassembling it and cutting out holes at the bottom for connecting communications, and at the top for the chimney outlet. However, these measures are usually not enough.
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Construction of a frame for a column
Installation on a furniture door frame
Assembling the base for the blinds
Attaching a homemade mesh door
Before upgrading a kitchen module, it is worth deciding whether it is generally suitable for housing a gas heating or water heating unit inside it. To do this, you should study and actually measure the overall dimensions.
There should be a minimum of 2 cm between all walls of the kitchen cabinet planned for remodeling and the wall-mounted gas appliance. If the unit will be hung on hooks close to a tiled or plastered wall, the back panel of the cabinet will need to be removed.
The best solution would be a frame made specifically for the gas apparatus, taking into account the necessary technological clearances and dimensions of the equipment. It is better to make this base welded metal, although it is easier and more accessible for the home craftsman to work with lumber.
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Frequent errors and problems during installation
Violation of the standard dimensions for the placement of the duct and smoke ducts in the ceiling opening, which leads to conflict situations with the fire service.
An umbrella that is too large and installed on the top can cause brown streaks on the roof. Condensation formed on its cold surfaces all winter. The area of the umbrella must be reduced.
The same situation can arise with a metal box on the roof that immediately covers the smoke and exhaust ducts. Expanded clay poured to the edges of the channels in this casing will help.
A wide gap between the pipe and the penetration - as a result, the laid fine expanded clay falls down.
Using penetration without backfilling with thermal insulation material. There is practically no protection.
Tips and tricks for choosing
The choice of duct is determined by the type and size of the chimney. The main selection criterion is the diameter for the passage of the pipe.
For the passage unit in the ceiling, a product is selected that consists of a stainless steel plate and a neck, the diameter of which is slightly larger than the chimney.
The design of the stainless steel platform is quite suitable for mounting on the ceiling of the house.
The photo shows the main configurations of manufactured boxes:
The roof box shown in the bottom photo can be purchased according to predetermined dimensions or ordered to be manufactured.
The cost of finished products varies from 550 to 1900 rubles and more.
Making and installing a box with your own hands
If you want to save money, you can make the casing yourself. At the preparatory stage, the location of its installation is determined, the required dimensions are taken, the material is purchased, and the tool is prepared.
Required tools and materials
You will need:
- metal scissors;
- riveter;
- hammer;
- pliers.
Materials you will need:
- galvanized sheets
- rivets.
The approximate price of materials will be about 500 rubles.
Drawings and diagrams
Box for ceiling cutting:
Scheme of the casing of the ceiling-passage device:
Installation of the box in the ceiling:
Exiting the chimney through a ceiling duct:
Ceiling trim installation diagram:
Passage to the roof:
Size calculation
The size of the box is determined by SNiP standards based on the cutting dimensions of 500 mm for wooden floors. When the floors are protected with a reinforced layer of plaster of 25 mm, or iron with an asbestos lining underneath of at least 8 mm thickness, the size is reduced to 380 mm.
Useful videos
These videos may be useful for your planning:
In conclusion, it is worth saying that with the right approach, hiding gas heating in the kitchen is quite easy. The main thing is to choose the most suitable decoration option for you, comply with fire safety standards, and do not forget about the requirements for installing the boiler.
The loft includes antique brickwork, trendy or antique furniture. It is distinguished by its simplicity in the design of the walls, ceilings and floors. For clarity, it can easily be equated with Provence. This style is diverse in its elements, it is contradictory in details and is widely used in practice.
