Getting rid of unpleasant odor after draining
If you want to prevent the occurrence of an unpleasant odor after draining the water from the water seal, then for this you can insert a ball chamber into the pipeline element, which will be filled with gas. It must be lowered until a tight air lock is formed. A more modern and at the same time complex option for eliminating odor is the installation of a check valve with a damper.
Some summer residents make the mistake of pre-filling the water seal with aromatic liquid or detergent. This contributes to the destruction of an autonomous sewer system or the evaporation of added substances throughout the year right in the toilet house.
Cutting holes in ceramic tiles with hand tools
As mentioned above, in the manufacture of tiles, rather soft materials are used that can be processed with most household tools. The process is greatly simplified if you hold the ceramic product for some time in water, you can work out wall ceramics with the following consumables and household tools.
Drills for metal. Holes are drilled in soft tiles with conventional drills for metal processing, the main thing at the same time is to use a drill or a puncher at very low speeds and cool the drill. In the process, its tip must be regularly sharpened - the blunting of the cutting edge of the blade, unlike Pobedite or diamond drills, will occur much faster.
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Pliers. Often a situation arises when a hole needs to be made on the edge. For these purposes, it is enough to use only pliers or special wire cutters, with the help of which small pieces are broken off from the edge until the desired cutout is obtained.
Diamond strings. When using strings for cutting, you will need a household hacksaw for metal into which the string is fixed, the cut occurs along the contour of the fragment being cut out through a drilled hole of small radius.
glass cutter A glass cutter can successfully make straight cuts when using wall tiles with water pipes located in them, in cases where the cut area is in the contour of the tile. To create a hole, cut the tile in the center of the cut out area, then use pliers to bite out the desired hole. If desired, you can make the cut from the glass cutter almost invisible - for this, the tiles are glued on the inside with ceramic glue, and after drying they are glued to the wall with tile glue.
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Tool for cutting tiles in a straight line
When carrying out tile work, ceramics are cut in a straight line using the following special tool.
glass cutter
The glass cutter is suitable for cutting wall tiles, it is quite difficult for them to cut hard floor porcelain tiles, work with a roller glass cutter is performed in the following sequence:
- Lay the product on a flat hard surface and draw a line along the ruler with slight pressure towards you.
- Break the tile on a sharp hard corner along the drawn line.
Manual tile cutter
A standard tile cutter is a frame with a rubberized surface, above which two guides are placed - a cutting element mounted on a handle moves along them. The slab is placed inside the device to the base, the cut is made by smooth movement of the cutting wheel over the surface with slight pressure. Upon completion of the passage, the handle is lowered and a special lever presses on the plate, breaking it along the cut line.
For convenience, each tile cutter is equipped with an angular ruler that allows you to cut pieces of the same size, high-quality expensive tile cutters have a floating bed and one solid guide that allows you to cut with high quality edges.
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Electric tile cutter
The main elements of the device are an electric motor, on the shaft of which a diamond-coated disc is installed, and a water pump immersed in a cuvette with water and supplying liquid to the working surface of the disc during cutting.
An electric tile cutter is a rather expensive device, it is used for high-quality cutting of tiles at right and sharp angles without dust, it can be used to cut narrow strips less than 10 mm wide, which is difficult on a conventional mechanical tile cutter.
Ideas for equipping a street bathroom in the country
You can always improve the design of a simple toilet house in the country by equipping it with a full-fledged toilet and washbasin. If you equip the room with plastic elements of the pipeline and a bathroom, you will be able to create a full-fledged summer room for taking bath procedures. For the winter, the structure is dismantled, the water is drained. A similar device is used to create a bath. In this case, problems with draining water from the water seal should not arise at all, because it is enough to direct the hose into the sewer pipe.
If you are afraid that expensive faience will crack, or you are simply not confident in your abilities when equipping an outdoor bathroom, then you can resort to other, simpler methods of building a toilet in the country. Improvised seats and durable structures will be similar in functionality to a simple toilet. Only the need to drill a hole will disappear, since all waste will be sent to the sewer pit.
The most requested options include:
- A toilet from a bench with a toilet seat, which is relevant only if you are just building on a summer cottage. The design feature is that the floor is covered by two-thirds with wooden boards. The remaining area serves as a reinforced foundation for the construction of the toilet. The open area of the floor is equipped with a metallized frame, which is sheathed with a suitable material. A hole is cut out from above, which is covered with a simple plastic toilet seat.
- A do-it-yourself toilet from an old chair, made quickly and easily. To do this, you need to prepare a durable chair, from which the seat is dismantled. Instead, a sheet of plywood is screwed to the chair, in which a hole is cut out. A plastic toilet seat is installed over the hole made. To level the appearance of the chair, its legs are sheathed with plastic, after which the chair is installed above the drain hole in the toilet house. To strengthen the structure, fixing corners for the legs are used.
- Installation of a plastic portable toilet bowl, which is also called a dry closet for a summer residence, resembling a simple bucket with a lid in design. Made of durable plastic, the design can easily withstand the weight of an adult. On top of such a toilet there is already a plastic toilet seat. It remains to install the dry closet in the floor hole corresponding to its size.
You just need to choose the best version of the toilet for your dacha and enjoy a comfortable stay, country work, which will be facilitated by a well-equipped toilet house.
Drilling a hole in the toilet to prevent water from freezing in winter
Drilling a hole in the bottom of the toilet bowl will help solve the problem of freezing water in the water seal in winter. This method is relevant for summer residents who spend every day on their site, so they need comfortable living conditions.In the lower part of the water seal, using a drill, you need to drill a small hole into which a transparent flexible tube or hose of small diameter is inserted. It is this impromptu pipeline element that will be responsible for removing the liquid.
When performing such work, it is necessary to act as carefully as possible, especially at the drilling stage, so that the toilet does not crack. For this, special drills are used, designed for drilling tiles, and a funnel for processing ceramics of a minimum diameter. Fragile faience requires slow work, so the drill should be used at minimum speed.
Once you have drilled a hole in the water seal, you can proceed to the following steps:
- Insert a fitting into the hole made, which will help to securely fix the tube or hose.
- Reinforce the fitting at the point of contact with the toilet bowl with two gaskets.
- Pull the hose or tube over the fitting and leave it in this state until frost sets in.
It is noteworthy that such a plumbing element will not interfere with the use of equipment in spring, autumn and summer. It is enough to pinch the hose with a rope and roll it up, placing it in a secluded corner of the street bathroom. As soon as the cold sets in, you can safely remove the overlap from the tube. An effective mechanism quickly copes with the descent of water from the water seal of the toilet bowl, it is enough to point the hose down so that the liquid comes out into the container reserved for it. The advantage of the method is that you do not have to get your hands dirty and make special efforts, and the water simply will not freeze, preventing the descent of waste. The main thing is to drain the water in time so that the toilet does not start to crack in the knee and bowl area.
