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LarryJM
Aug 26, 2016Explorer II
ford-willy wrote:
Finishing up a bunch of maintenance on the 8 year old 5ver. Last thing was to get it washed. While up on the roof washing noticed all 3 plumbing vent caps broken and really deteriorated bad. Just the caps are rotted, bases seem OK. Went right on to Amazon and ordered a 3 pack of the Camco replace all plumbing vent kit. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IOXKA3W/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I'm just going to use the caps and keep the base in case I ever need to replace the whole vent.
Question ---- It will take up to 10 days to get them delivered and we have the possibility of some thunder showers coming in. If a substantial amount of rain goes into the now open pipe does it all just go into the gray or black holding tank or is there something else I don't know about that could cause damage?
I checked mine today and like yours mine were toast after 8 years outside so I replaced them with metal ones that were in stock from my local HD made by Danco for mobile homes that cost just under $8 each and will last until they rust away so no more plastic to self destruct. HD also had replacement plastic ones for mobile homes also and were reasonably priced IIRC. There were a perfect fit as a replacement for the original plastic ones. You could even fancy them up by coating them with either black or white spray on plastic-dip or even paint them.
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