I'm In Deep DoDo
Long story short, the maintenance man in the campground did some work on the water faucets in my site. When he completed the work he had left the water valve off. When I returned from my run to the market, the wife commented the water was off. I went outside and saw that the quarter turn valve was in the off position and turned it on. I went to the office to see what was going on. I was there a few minutes and my wife arrived saying there was water flowing out from under the trailer and coming up in the toilet. I ran back to the trailer, pulled the black water drain and went to figure out what had happened.
The maintenance man had installed an anti-siphon connector on the black tank flush hose and had left the spigot turned on! Water, black water, was flowing from under the fifth wheel from front to back. All the insulation is saturated. They could not find a mobile RV repair person to come out to look at it. A handy man was called and he removed the bolts holding the bottom sheet from the belly, I raised the front of the unit, and the water was drained onto the ground. I brought the unit home the next morning. Now they have a haz-mat problem to deal with and I have a saturated fifth wheel sitting in my pasture.
My question is, can this be salvaged or is mold and bacteria from this a great problem? What about damage to the flooring from water underneath? The manager of the park said their insurance company would contact me next week. Any advice from those who have bad their black tank overflow into the insulated belly of their RV.
The maintenance man had installed an anti-siphon connector on the black tank flush hose and had left the spigot turned on! Water, black water, was flowing from under the fifth wheel from front to back. All the insulation is saturated. They could not find a mobile RV repair person to come out to look at it. A handy man was called and he removed the bolts holding the bottom sheet from the belly, I raised the front of the unit, and the water was drained onto the ground. I brought the unit home the next morning. Now they have a haz-mat problem to deal with and I have a saturated fifth wheel sitting in my pasture.
My question is, can this be salvaged or is mold and bacteria from this a great problem? What about damage to the flooring from water underneath? The manager of the park said their insurance company would contact me next week. Any advice from those who have bad their black tank overflow into the insulated belly of their RV.
