How to hide batteries: various options for decorating pipes and radiators

All people sooner or later think about the issue of repairing their home. For some, this is an ordinary annual ritual, for some, the need caused by the time and dilapidation of the previous repair. Someone is not limited in means and ideas, but someone needs economical solutions to urgent problems. Some are ready for global changes in the interior, others are happy with everything, and they just want to refresh the room.

Fortunately, today in the building materials market there is a wide range of products for repairs of various categories of complexity and cost. Another question is whether the person who started the repair is ready for something global, or whether he wants the humorous phrase about repair not to come true: they started in hi-tech style, finished in hi-like style.

Each person who is capable of sensibly assessing the possibilities preplans the repair and all its nuances. And it so happens that batteries, pipes of the heating, plumbing and gas piping systems do not fit into these plans. And they do not fit into the plans, not because they forget about them, but because sometimes they do not look so aesthetically pleasing that, probably, if you could just take an eraser and erase them from the picture of your home, many would do just that.

Various communication decoration options

With current major repairs, all communications are laid in such a way that they are hidden in the walls or floor. But what if the overhaul does not have too much time and energy? Indeed, if cosmetic repairs can be done on their own and in a short time, then in order to hide the pipes you will need to ditch the walls, make bends on the pipes that will allow you to change their location and you just can not do without the help of qualified specialists.

This issue could become a global problem, if not for modern materials, with which you can change the situation without resorting to the large expenditures of time and effort.

First you need to decide:

with area of work;
with the room in which it is necessary to hide unnecessary elements;
with the material that is best suited for these purposes.

It’s easy to determine the area of work, you just have to ask yourself: is it necessary to see these pipes here, or should they be hidden? If you don’t need to hide anything, then the question is settled and you can safely proceed to redecorating without bothering with pipes. If the apartment has problem areas that need to be hidden, then go to the next item.

The room with pipes and batteries to be hidden can be a bathtub, kitchen and living rooms.

Material should be selected depending on which room will be repaired. So, for example, ordinary drywall is suitable for living rooms, but it is not recommended to use it in the bathroom and kitchen, since this material is sensitive to moisture and can be deformed with time. For rooms with high humidity, it is better to choose a moisture-proof drywall, PVC plastic panels or luxal.

How to hide pipes and batteries

In order to hide pipes and batteries, you need to build a structure from the above materials, a kind of box.

If we are talking about vertical pipes, you can build a structure in the form of a column that will successfully hide the problem areas. This, of course, will not be a column in its classical sense, but only a design resembling it in appearance.

In the case of horizontal pipes, the same construction can be built if the pipe occupies one of the sides of the room. Depending on how high such a structure will be from the floor, it can also be endowed with a functional load. For example, a horizontal structure under the ceiling or closer to it can become a place for additional point sources of light, if necessary. The design, located closer to the center of the wall or at the floor level, can be used as an additional shelf on which it will be possible to put frames with photos, not very heavy pots with indoor flowers and other decor items that do not have a lot of weight.

The batteries can be decorated under a fireplace or a stand. In order for the hidden battery not to lose its main function - heating the room, the front wall can be made of openwork plywood, through the holes of which heat will enter the room.

Creating a frame for the structure

The frame for the structure should be made of such a material on which it will be easier to mount the selected material. So for the construction of drywall, you can make the frame of a galvanized metal profile, specially designed for this purpose. For luxury or PVC panels, a rack frame can be prepared.

Before constructing the frame, it is necessary to mark the wall. So that the design is smooth and proportional. To do this is quite simple with roulette and level. After the marking is done, you need to prepare the material, dividing it into segments of the required length. In the case of a profile for drywall, you can use scissors for metal. A wooden frame will require a hacksaw.

When all parts of the frame are ready, you can begin to mount. To do this is quite simple with a punch and dowels. It is important that the distance between the dowels is not less than 60 cm, this will make the fastening of the structure durable.

PVC panels are fastened with a bracket to a wooden crate. They are interconnected using special grooves. To design corners of the structure, additional internal or external corners will be required. Drywall is mounted directly on the frame using self-tapping screws. The deluxe salon is mounted on special guides - combs pre-installed on the rack frame.

The type and size of the structure will depend on the imagination of the owners of the room. The main thing is that this method will allow you to decorate communications, so that a person who does not know about the existence of pipes and batteries behind the structure can take the structure for some kind of designer chip that will fit well into the interior.