Every year, utility bills are growing more and more, and heating bills are breaking all records. At the same time, the quality of services provided by housing facilities leaves much to be desired. Poorly insulated heating mains, old and rusty pipes, the annual rise in the cost of the coolant - all these factors suggest that it is not so troublesome to make autonomous heating in an apartment.
Transition to autonomy: reasons
The popularity of individual heating is growing every day. There are several reasons for this growth:
- Autonomous heating in the apartment makes it possible for residents not to depend on the "outside temperature" and sanitary standards - there is no need to wait until, according to the Housing Office, it becomes cold enough outside. You're cold - that's reason enough to start the heating season.
- It's the same with hot water, no need to heat water with saucepans anymore - you will always have it, even in summer.
- Installation of autonomous heating in the apartment allows you toadjust the room temperature by yourself.
- If your house has the wrong distribution of heating systems, then in winter the apartment will always be too cold or, on the contrary, hot. Complaints to various authorities are unlikely to give a tangible result - no one will redo the heating system of the entire house or entrance.
- Significant savings - after all, having individual heating in the house, you will pay only for the heat that you used, without paying for losses in the heating main.
How to get permission
To install autonomous heating in an apartment, permission must be obtained in several places at the same time. Moreover, in Russia and Ukraine, this process is approximately the same. To begin with, it is worth noting that if you live above the tenth floor, then you can forget about autonomous gas heating in the apartment, you will never get permission for it.
In all other cases, you need to obtain permission from the local executive authorities. This is the stage where the biggest problems usually occur. For some reason, it is believed that if one or more apartments in the house switch to individual heating, then the owners of the remaining residential premises will suffer - the hydraulic regime will go wrong, the heat balance will be disturbed and, as a result, the temperature of neighboring rooms will decrease. Therefore, you simply will not be allowed to refuse centralized heating. There are 2 ways out of this situation:
First is to demand from local authorities that yourthe application was considered by a special interdepartmental commission, it should be created at each executive committee and hold its meetings at least once a month. Members of the commission will conduct an inspection, study all the risks of disconnecting your apartment from the heating network and make a decision within 30 days.
Second - with the help of a sanitary and epidemiological station or employees of the heat communal energy itself, to fix the discrepancy between the quality of heating network services and sanitary standards. On the basis of this act, it is necessary to demand in court the termination of the contract with the company servicing the heating network, motivating your claim with the low quality of the service provided. After receiving a court decision and terminating the contract, you can safely stop paying your bills. You can not be afraid of growing debts, since you did not conclude a contract and did not order a service, so if the heat supply company goes to court to recover the debt, most likely it will be refused. In this case, the public utilities will have two options - to continue to supply you with the service for free, or to disconnect your apartment from central heating. And that's all you need.
After the cherished permission is received. you need to contact the design company, where the technical conditions and the design of the new heating system will be developed.
Apartment heating: features
The installation of autonomous heating in an apartment differs from the heating system of a private house, primarily in that it will not be possible to equip a full-fledged boiler room. Therefore, it is worth thinking carefully about howway it will be carried out.
Autonomous heating in an apartment can be implemented using gas, electricity and, in rare cases, solar energy. Each of these systems has its own characteristics.
Autonomous heating geyser
Autonomous gas heating in an apartment is the most common option, since gas is connected to the vast majority of houses.
Gas boilers take up little space, have a closed combustion chamber, operate quietly and do not require constant maintenance. It is enough to carry out prophylaxis once a year. It is most advantageous to buy a double-circuit boiler, as it provides not only heating, but also water heating. Such boilers are quite safe - a sophisticated automation system provides sufficient control, in any critical situation the boiler will simply go out.
The installation must be entrusted to professionals, as the alterations will be significant - you will need to completely mount a new heating system. Almost the only drawback of gas boilers may be their price.
Individual electric heating
If there is no gas, but you still want to equip autonomous heating in the apartment, you can purchase an electric boiler. This type of equipment has obvious advantages:
- small size - equipment can be mounted even in a small room;
- the system is highly efficient, easily adjustable and requires a minimum of constant attention;
- absolute environmental friendliness - withthis type of heating has no emissions, so no chimney is needed;
- complete noiselessness in operation;
- if you use wall-mounted electric heaters or underfloor heating, you won't need coolant either, so you won't have pipes in your house.
However, for all its merits, such a system also has its downsides. For example, possible power outages or old and weak wiring in the house. And the main disadvantage can be considered high cost - after all, electricity is much more expensive than gas.
Using sunlight
If you decide to install autonomous heating in the apartment not only you, but also all your neighbors in the porch or house, then, having received all the necessary permits and cooperating, you can install a solar panel system on the roof.
Such heating systems are not only completely environmentally friendly, but also quite effective, especially in cases where high-quality thermal insulation of the premises is provided. Unfortunately, due to the high cost of the solar panels themselves and installation work, installing such heating for one apartment is quite expensive.
Autonomous heating in the apartment: issue price
As you already understood, the transition to individual heating is quite expensive, but it is not possible to name the exact amount. First of all, you need to decide on the type of alternative heating and the necessary equipment. Calculation of the power of both gas andand an electric boiler should be carried out based on the area of \u200b\u200bthe heated room and the lowest possible temperature outside. In addition, add the cost of project development, consumables and installation work, as well as the amount of any state duties and fees when issuing permits.
Thus, the cost of autonomous heating can vary between 60 - 160 thousand rubles, depending on the above factors.
Personal heating in an apartment: profitable or not
If it seems to you that organizing autonomous heating in an apartment is too expensive, then remember how many times a month you had to turn on the fireplace, and how much money you took to the pharmacy when you treated cough and runny nose earned in a cold apartment. Of course, in order to install autonomous heating in an apartment, it is very difficult to obtain permission, but all the high cost and time spent will pay off in just 5–6 years, and you will enjoy this benefit much longer. So feel free to discard all doubts and go collect the necessary documents.
