Lesson Learned!!
Well not long ago there was a post on here about turning off the water when leaving the trailer for any period of time more than hour or so. I responded that we don't as treat much like our Sticks & B...
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Middle of night a $0.50 fitting on backside of water heater busted (cracked from factory installed?).......city water ran for HOURS
2" wadding pool in kitchen/living room........flowed out under slide outs flooding our site plus 2 others
$6000 in damages/costs....new carpet/new linoleum, complete new subfloor in large slide out, motel costs etc.
Since then......no city water ---run on fresh water tank and pump exclusively
Easy to just turn pump OFF when we step outside, go to bed, leave for the day, go for a walk etc.
Best to check floor under carpet in slide outs.
We thought we had gotten all the water up but missed a corner in slide....then I moved chair at dinette and found soft spot.....slide out had to be removed, turned on its side.....subfloor removed (swollen/crumbing from water saturation)
New subfloor installed , slide out reinstalled then new carpet.
All this while FTng.
YEP....no city water PUMP ONLY for us!
Lesson Learned
2" wadding pool in kitchen/living room........flowed out under slide outs flooding our site plus 2 others
$6000 in damages/costs....new carpet/new linoleum, complete new subfloor in large slide out, motel costs etc.
Since then......no city water ---run on fresh water tank and pump exclusively
Easy to just turn pump OFF when we step outside, go to bed, leave for the day, go for a walk etc.
Best to check floor under carpet in slide outs.
We thought we had gotten all the water up but missed a corner in slide....then I moved chair at dinette and found soft spot.....slide out had to be removed, turned on its side.....subfloor removed (swollen/crumbing from water saturation)
New subfloor installed , slide out reinstalled then new carpet.
All this while FTng.
YEP....no city water PUMP ONLY for us!
Lesson Learned
