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02-20-2022, 07:13 PM #1
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Bathroom Explosion!!!
Add me to the wall of shame... We had to move the 5th wheel to do some work on the site so close everything up and pull out, do the work and pulling back in. Easy peasy right?
The work took longer than expected and apparently I was getting tired. I couldn't back the thing up to save my life. It took forever to get parked again.... Hook the sewer hose, electrical and water back up just like I've done a thousand times. I went off to do something else and a little while later, DW comes out screaming. "Something didn't sound right so I stepped on the toilet pedal and I got a face full of...!!!
Some of you already know what I did, but for those still wondering, I connected the water hose to the tank flush instead of the city water connection. Amazingly, DW caught it just in the nick of time. Other than the initial explosion (which was mostly air), there was no leak or spill whatsoever.
After cleaning everything up and using all the hot water in the shower, my amazing wife had a few words for me that I shall not repeat here. I deserved every bit of it. 😳
The moral of the story:
We all get overconfident (I prefer the word Cocky, but...). We're pretty careful of distractions and we check and double check when we hook and unhook the truck and other critical tasks, but it can also be the mundane tasks that hurt pretty bad when we screw them up.
All ended well, but it got my attention for sure.Roger, Stacy and the Sophie the fur kid
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02-20-2022, 07:38 PM #2
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Sadly, we know just what you went through. Circumstance was a bit different and it was not directly self inflicted. But the end results we just as tty, if not a bit more because we were parked longer.
Certainly not a fun clean up but our bathroom was as clean as the day we got the trailer by the time we were done. Sounds like we both learned lessons from explosive events like this.Marcy & Gary
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02-21-2022, 06:29 AM #3
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I'd be checking the roof vent, there should not have been a pressure buildup in the tank.
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02-21-2022, 07:21 AM #4
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WOW, Thanks for the warning. Good on your wife being a real trooper at that moment, and sorry to hear you'll never kiss her again. LOL
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02-21-2022, 07:56 AM #5
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We have all been there. I did something stupid when servicing our thetford toilet. The foot pedal was a little sticky so I took the foot pedal off and was using some plumbers grease on the ball valve arm and the water valve. When putting the foot pedal back on I got the ball valve drive arm out of position and the first use snapped off the peg on the drive arm. The ball valve will not open or close. The water valve is pretty much available but the ball valve drive arm is just about unobtainable, online or at any RV parts store. Wife was not happy we couldn't use the toilet until fixed.
I couldn't believe my luck when I found one in stock at Camping World San Antonio, after a long drive and $15, I had the toilet fixed. Wife was happy!Steve & Tami Cass - Escapee's, FMCA Members, Texas Fulltimers Since July 2020
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02-21-2022, 08:47 AM #6
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02-21-2022, 10:03 AM #7
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I thought this was going to be a Taco Bell thread from the title.
Thanks for the warning. This newbie needs all the stories like this he can read.Matt, Irene, and Ruby (our Golden Retriever)
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02-21-2022, 10:29 AM #8
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There's some lessons that we will remember for ever. This one I think will be one of them for you. Lol glad it all worked out in the end.
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02-21-2022, 03:25 PM #9
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I thought about that too, but I've checked it before and all was well. Just for fun I looked up a water pressure table and it turns out that the top of the vent pipe 8ft above the toilet is about 26 psi. That's enough to make things interesting.
And that also says something about the timing and DW's.quick response. I think a few more seconds or a minute and it would have been running out of the vent.
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02-21-2022, 04:42 PM #10
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Once upon a time, I was working at an RV resort i Idaho and was cleaning toilets. I like toilets to be sterile and cleaner than at a hospital. I used some harsh chems and this time I blew the base out from the toilet. I got to replace it.
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