I have a mess and need help please
Long story short, got screwed over by not one, but two contractors. First one installed my living quarters. The second was hired to fix the first one's mistakes. They both checked out but didn't stop ...
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NinerBikes wrote:
A boyfriend with some strong hands and handyman skills could save you a lot of headaches with your rig... don't cowboys, ranchers or farm hands twist pipe wrenches anymore, for a few good home cooked meals?
LOL people don't really work like that much anymore and most horse people these days are women. I have met some very knowledgeable women around a campfire, or maybe they were telling campfire stories, who knows. I'm a smart cookie and can do most anything with the proper guidance and tools. So thank you to all because I'm new to figuring out RV plumbing and certainly didn't think I'd be working on my own trailer since I paid two asshats to do it already.
So, I have a husband who could do the plumbing work for me, but currently, he can't walk because he was hit head on in a motor vehicle accident in January and changed our lives forever. He's going through therapy to learn how to walk again.
We moved out to IA going on 4 years now and if we were back in MI, where we're from, I know a handful of great electricians. I'm driving somewhat blind out here in IA and we live very rural. We're an hour from Cedar Rapids.
NinerBikes wrote:
Replace all the o ring rubber seals in those butterfly connections, and make them snug, do not over tighten... that whole system needs to be able to move around and have a little give under there while you go bouncing down the road. If you drive dirt roads, and washboard, you're flat out just going to have more wear and tear on everything in your trailer, including all the plumbing and all the electrical, with is designed for stationary use.
I went to Menards today and took the leaky assembly with me. Turns out those colored tubes are a PEX-like system BUT those wing screw thingys are missing the o-rings. I bought new brass connectors and am about to go out and re-do that section of the plumbing. I'm going to secure and pad the pipe that vibrates against the back of the bench from the pump vibration as suggested previously. It seems to be one of the longest stretches of plumbing in there and will really take the brunt of the movement of the trailer.
