Hello and welcome to my rant,My wife and I live full time in our 5th wheel and are very comfortable with the accommodations and deal wit the RV systems quite well.We have 600 gallons of fresh water storage and a 300 gallon waste tank at out "home spot" to keep us from having to haul water too often.Last summer we had visitors. After they left I was running my macerator pump to transfer from the 5er tanks to my big tank and the pump took a dump. Bad noises then stopped. All full of poo and I have to take it apart and fix it.. Yay!!!What I found was a 9mm shell casing that someone had put down the toilet.Today we had guests again. We decided to go to the beach and a guest used the toilet before we left. We came home to a flood. Somehow the guest had managed to flush but not allow the toilet valve to close completely. The water continued to run, filled the black tank and then dumped 100+ gallons of water on the bathroom floor.I tried several times to duplicate the "stuck valve" and could not. It was stuck when we got home and I barely touched it and it snapped closed. I eased, twisted and pressed every which way and I cannot duplicate the failure.Now I have a completely full waste tank and about 20 gallons of fresh water to face my Monday with.I am generally mean and ornery enough to keep visitors away but given the story above I obviously need to work on my personality because they keep coming.Thank you for tuning in. :)S.

So if 'issues' had occurred when guests where visiting while living in a S&B you would go on a rant starting with the title....... "Visitors should pee outside!"STUFF happens...you deal with it and move on.When we FTd had a fitting blow off line on backside of water heater.....have no idea how much water ran but it ran for several hours as we slept.Enough that our CG site and 2 others were completely flooded and over 2" of running water was in kitchen/living room when we woke up.$6000 damage.And I didn't even have a guest to blame it on.Things break....mistakes get made......STUFF Happens.

We had a visitor at home try to clear a toilet by flushing again with the bowl full. Not the best idea. Flooded the upstairs bathroom, and got into the floor under the toilet. I found out about it when I saw water running out of the ceiling fan in the kitchen!I was not a happy camper...

Yup, things were easier when we had outhouses. Not necessarily that warm in the Winter but definitely easier on the plumbing.

I cannot help with the visitors, but might be able to with the toilet valve problem. We had the same stuck valve issue. I removed the toilet and determined the push flush valve was traveling too far probably because of too much force used when flushing. I put a piece of firm rubbery type foam under the pedal which prevents over extension of the pedal. Contacting the foam gives a feedback to the user that the pedal is open far enough. Solved our problem.

westend wrote:Yup, things were easier when we had outhouses. Not necessarily that warm in the Winter but definitely easier on the plumbing.We recently had an outdoor privy that we used with in winter because we had no plumbing - only spring water. Winter is definitely hard on the user's personal plumbing!

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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Jun 06, 2016
So if 'issues' had occurred when guests where visiting while living in a S&B you would go on a rant starting with the title....... "Visitors should pee outside!"

STUFF happens...you deal with it and move on.

When we FTd had a fitting blow off line on backside of water heater.....have no idea how much water ran but it ran for several hours as we slept.
Enough that our CG site and 2 others were completely flooded and over 2" of running water was in kitchen/living room when we woke up.
$6000 damage.
And I didn't even have a guest to blame it on.

Things break....mistakes get made......STUFF Happens.
W4MBG
Explorer
Jun 06, 2016
We had a visitor at home try to clear a toilet by flushing again with the bowl full. Not the best idea. Flooded the upstairs bathroom, and got into the floor under the toilet. I found out about it when I saw water running out of the ceiling fan in the kitchen!

I was not a happy camper...
westend
Explorer
Jun 06, 2016
Yup, things were easier when we had outhouses. Not necessarily that warm in the Winter but definitely easier on the plumbing.
georgelesley
Explorer
Jun 06, 2016
I cannot help with the visitors, but might be able to with the toilet valve problem. We had the same stuck valve issue. I removed the toilet and determined the push flush valve was traveling too far probably because of too much force used when flushing. I put a piece of firm rubbery type foam under the pedal which prevents over extension of the pedal. Contacting the foam gives a feedback to the user that the pedal is open far enough. Solved our problem.
ryegatevt
Explorer II
Jun 06, 2016
westend wrote:
Yup, things were easier when we had outhouses. Not necessarily that warm in the Winter but definitely easier on the plumbing.

We recently had an outdoor privy that we used with in winter because we had no plumbing - only spring water. Winter is definitely hard on the user's personal plumbing!
4X4Dodger
Explorer II
Jun 06, 2016
A good host, one who is noted for his/her manners and civility and hospitality takes the good and the bad with equanimity realizing that the value of the company of friends is far more precious than the work or trouble involved in a visit.
rexlion
Explorer
Jun 06, 2016
Yes, you definitely aren't being firm enough with those potential visitors. "NO, we do not welcome guests!"
2gypsies1
Explorer III
Jun 06, 2016
1. Go over the toilet/water rules with your guests beforehand. Explain how things work.

2. Post a small, perhaps comical sign in the toilet area on how to use it.

3. Don't invite guests in your RV.
Devocamper
Explorer
Jun 06, 2016
our visitors and guests us the campground facilities , we conserve the tank space for us, however we also use the campground facilities during the day .
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Jun 06, 2016
Rants make the most interesting subject matters! Gotta love it!

We do not invite freeloaders ... oops ... sorry ... I mean "guests." Simple. Problem solved. We have the camper for us, not for anyone else. It's "our time" together and alone. No one shares this with us. Sorry. we're selfish there. Need a bathroom .... go to the bathhouse or find a tree!

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