More in the ongoing toilet smell saga...
In another thread here I documented the beginning of our stinky woes. I had the trailer here for a few days and thoroughly cleaned the black tank and let it sit to see if it began to smell again. It didn't seem to but then again it was pretty spiffy clean and full of Dawn and water with some added Borax.
Went out Sunday and within three or four times of peeing in it, (we tend to use the State Park facilities for pooping and just use the toilet for pee), the bathroom started to smell like the stairwell of a multi-storey car park. We turned on the fan, made sure we used plenty of water but the smell would not go. The seal is good and holds water indefinitely so my next guess was the vent pipe. Up on the roof I went and removed the cap and wasn't surprised to find I couldn't smell the nasty smell... Bingo, thinks I, problem solved. My makeshift snake was 2 three quarter ounce fishing weights clipped to the end of a line and dropped down the vent pipe. Strangely they went straight down, unimpeded, until I clearly heard them hit the bottom of the black tank. Conformation that it was the black tank was the few little bits of paper clinging to the line when I retrieved the weights.
So, I have a good seal at the ball and a clear vent stack so my best guess is the seal under the commode itself isn't "sealed". It clearly allows the waste to go down without leaking out but I'm guessing that it isn't "sealed" and is letting out the smell before it can go up the stack. This being my first trailer I'm inexperienced in the amount of wobble a toilet has but mine does seem to move a bit when my old carcass hits it.
So, before I rip the toilet out to try to fix or replace the seal I turn to the collective knowledge of RV.Net and ask, is there something less strenuous I should try first?
Went out Sunday and within three or four times of peeing in it, (we tend to use the State Park facilities for pooping and just use the toilet for pee), the bathroom started to smell like the stairwell of a multi-storey car park. We turned on the fan, made sure we used plenty of water but the smell would not go. The seal is good and holds water indefinitely so my next guess was the vent pipe. Up on the roof I went and removed the cap and wasn't surprised to find I couldn't smell the nasty smell... Bingo, thinks I, problem solved. My makeshift snake was 2 three quarter ounce fishing weights clipped to the end of a line and dropped down the vent pipe. Strangely they went straight down, unimpeded, until I clearly heard them hit the bottom of the black tank. Conformation that it was the black tank was the few little bits of paper clinging to the line when I retrieved the weights.
So, I have a good seal at the ball and a clear vent stack so my best guess is the seal under the commode itself isn't "sealed". It clearly allows the waste to go down without leaking out but I'm guessing that it isn't "sealed" and is letting out the smell before it can go up the stack. This being my first trailer I'm inexperienced in the amount of wobble a toilet has but mine does seem to move a bit when my old carcass hits it.
So, before I rip the toilet out to try to fix or replace the seal I turn to the collective knowledge of RV.Net and ask, is there something less strenuous I should try first?
