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Rich_Panganiban
Nov 28, 2011Explorer
braeworth wrote:
Our black tank had been draining more and more slowly and less and less completely and finally two days ago it couldn't be drained at all: pulling the outside handle accomplished nothing. And to my horror, the same was true of the grey tank. Nothing drained and even with both handles open the sewer hose stayed empty!
We use tons of water and very little paper (really thin 1-ply), plus all the correct tank tablets, so I couldn't understand this.
Finally yesterday I spent over two hours repeatedly shoving a garden hose further and further up the black tank pipe ... and I don't have to say what came out! :E And that was just the first stuff!! Kept encountering bigger and bigger clumps and finally, guess what popped out?
a thin, round plastic disc!!
Apparently when they'd drilled installation holes in the tank they didn't bother to remove the round scrap and over time it just worked its little way to total blockage.
Wonder how many other MH are out there with total constipation but a shake or bump away?! :h
braeworth
You're BRAVE!
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