frozen sewer hose and water line

Travlingman wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:

I haven't had water all day because my line must have froze and so after lugging jugs of water back and forth in order to do dishes I notice my sewer hose is now frozen. Any advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated.

WHY are you leaving your black tank sewer blade OPEN?

Whether you are just RV'ing or 'living' in your RV you leave the black tank closed. Let it fill to 3/4 and then dump.

The reason your sewer hose is frozen is because there is waste just sitting it in, now frozen.

Waste needs WATER to move. That also means there is most likely a mountain of poop in your black tank also.

Leave black tank closed when 3/4 fill dump. That water takes all of it out and completely down the sewer hookup. NOTHING should be in your sewer lines.

Frozen water line:
In freezing temps you need to:

Disconnect water hose from spigot and your RV.
then Drain the water hose.

That way come morning when the temps rise you just reconnect the hose and you are back in business.

Where did the op say the black tank valve is open?

OP, is it your hose that is froze up, water spiqot or is it froze inside the camper. If in camper, you can turn furnace up or put a heater in basement to help it warm up faster.

As far as the sewer hose, make sure you have a good drop angle from camper to sewer outlet. To unthaw, put hot water down hose to thaw out.

The OP stated that his sewer hose is now froze.. The assumption was made that the black valve was left open.,. I think if I were camping in this cold , I would assure that my sewer tube had proper pitch to drain... The ONLY ways his sewer tube froze would be that a valve was left open ,AND-OR improper drainage on the sewer tube..
I would get the heaters and or hair dryer out.. I too would be concerned to move it too much while froze.....

I never read anything about him leaving both dump valves open. If the dump valves are not enclosed within an enclosed area they will freeze. Some of the summer only RVs have a couple feet of dump valve and pipe not enclosed. That portion of pipe will freeze.

rockhillmanor wrote:

I haven't had water all day because my line must have froze and so after lugging jugs of water back and forth in order to do dishes I notice my sewer hose is now frozen. Any advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated.

WHY are you leaving your black tank sewer blade OPEN?

Whether you are just RV'ing or 'living' in your RV you leave the black tank closed. Let it fill to 3/4 and then dump.

The reason your sewer hose is frozen is because there is waste just sitting it in, now frozen.

Waste needs WATER to move. That also means there is most likely a mountain of poop in your black tank also.

Leave black tank closed when 3/4 fill dump. That water takes all of it out and completely down the sewer hookup. NOTHING should be in your sewer lines.

Frozen water line:
In freezing temps you need to:

Disconnect water hose from spigot and your RV.
then Drain the water hose.

That way come morning when the temps rise you just reconnect the hose and you are back in business.

THIS ^^^ is the correct advice!

rockhillmanor wrote:

I haven't had water all day because my line must have froze and so after lugging jugs of water back and forth in order to do dishes I notice my sewer hose is now frozen. Any advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated.

WHY are you leaving your black tank sewer blade OPEN?

Whether you are just RV'ing or 'living' in your RV you leave the black tank closed. Let it fill to 3/4 and then dump.

The reason your sewer hose is frozen is because there is waste just sitting it in, now frozen.

Waste needs WATER to move. That also means there is most likely a mountain of poop in your black tank also.

Leave black tank closed when 3/4 fill dump. That water takes all of it out and completely down the sewer hookup. NOTHING should be in your sewer lines.

Frozen water line:
In freezing temps you need to:

Disconnect water hose from spigot and your RV.
then Drain the water hose.

That way come morning when the temps rise you just reconnect the hose and you are back in business.

Where did the op say the black tank valve is open?

OP, is it your hose that is froze up, water spiqot or is it froze inside the camper. If in camper, you can turn furnace up or put a heater in basement to help it warm up faster.

As far as the sewer hose, make sure you have a good drop angle from camper to sewer outlet. To unthaw, put hot water down hose to thaw out.

Use DW hair dryer to thaw water conn.
The sewer hose will crack and leak if moved to much while frozen .

SDcampowneroperator wrote:
.............Your waste hose wil freeze into a 3 " popsicle

You meant to say "poopsicle." Hehe, I said "poop."

I haven't had water all day because my line must have froze and so after lugging jugs of water back and forth in order to do dishes I notice my sewer hose is now frozen. Any advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated.

WHY are you leaving your black tank sewer blade OPEN?

Whether you are just RV'ing or 'living' in your RV you leave the black tank closed. Let it fill to 3/4 and then dump.

The reason your sewer hose is frozen is because there is waste just sitting it in, now frozen.

Waste needs WATER to move. That also means there is most likely a mountain of poop in your black tank also.

Leave black tank closed when 3/4 fill dump. That water takes all of it out and completely down the sewer hookup. NOTHING should be in your sewer lines.

Frozen water line:
In freezing temps you need to:

Disconnect water hose from spigot and your RV.
then Drain the water hose.

That way come morning when the temps rise you just reconnect the hose and you are back in business.

What you do really depends on where you are. Is it getting above freezing during the day? If not you may have to wait until temp goes above freezing. How low did the temp drop? A few years ago while going across county in the winter my TT froze up. A dealer took it into the warm shop, waited until it thawed, and winterized it for me.

I would wrap my sewer hose with a heat tape and as for my water supply hose I would by one with the heat tape already built into it.

Your waste hose wil freeze into a 3 " popsicle, ultimately filling your tanks to overflow 'if' you trickle water to keep your hose or pipes from freezing, 'if ' it has a hump that allows it to remain full
When in sub freezing weather, be proactive for your own good. Fill your on board fresh water tank,use your pump for water, Disconnect your drain hose and dump your tanks when they near full.