Sundance 241BH - Black water tank fell out
Hey Folks, Got a new 2018 Sundance 241BH. We picked it up a few weeks ago and just finished up our first trip. We drove from the Toronto area down to Cape Canaveral Fl. In total 5050km including so...
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Hey Doug...
Your experience means you bring a lot of insight, talking about my honesty does not much help things. Regardless of my honesty the obvious problem I have fixed with my own time and money. It was a cheap fix, about $20 for a 2x4 for cribbing while I installed, plumbers putty and some spray foam to seal things up around the drain.
It's not the obvious problem I am now trying to fix. Its the root cause.
1) The tank is not properly vented. I reconnected the 1.5" ABS pipe to the rubber boot when I was installing the tank. The pipe 45's just above the tank and enters a wall and goes to the roof. Is there an obstruction in the pipe preventing air flow or a complete obstruction. I will test this myself by running some water down the vent to see what happens. There is not reason the water should not flow freely from the vent to the tank
2) The tank was not installed properly and it fell out under its own weight as it filled. I will also test this by filling the tank to the rim and seeing what happens.
In your mind and experience Doug, am I missing anything? You have seen similar things before, should I have any concerns about the tank? Whats the best way to wet test the tank to be sure it is water tight?
One more question... When I sealed the large drain pipe to the tank I tried to follow what I saw. The pipe is attached with a pipe clamp and copious amounts of plumbers putty. I used some new plumbers putty around the flange of the tank before I slid the pipe on top. Then tightened up the pipe clamp. There was black spray foam in around the tank and pipe. I used some standard large void spray foam from home depot to mirror this.
Did I miss anything?
Cheers and thanks!
Mike
Your experience means you bring a lot of insight, talking about my honesty does not much help things. Regardless of my honesty the obvious problem I have fixed with my own time and money. It was a cheap fix, about $20 for a 2x4 for cribbing while I installed, plumbers putty and some spray foam to seal things up around the drain.
It's not the obvious problem I am now trying to fix. Its the root cause.
1) The tank is not properly vented. I reconnected the 1.5" ABS pipe to the rubber boot when I was installing the tank. The pipe 45's just above the tank and enters a wall and goes to the roof. Is there an obstruction in the pipe preventing air flow or a complete obstruction. I will test this myself by running some water down the vent to see what happens. There is not reason the water should not flow freely from the vent to the tank
2) The tank was not installed properly and it fell out under its own weight as it filled. I will also test this by filling the tank to the rim and seeing what happens.
In your mind and experience Doug, am I missing anything? You have seen similar things before, should I have any concerns about the tank? Whats the best way to wet test the tank to be sure it is water tight?
One more question... When I sealed the large drain pipe to the tank I tried to follow what I saw. The pipe is attached with a pipe clamp and copious amounts of plumbers putty. I used some new plumbers putty around the flange of the tank before I slid the pipe on top. Then tightened up the pipe clamp. There was black spray foam in around the tank and pipe. I used some standard large void spray foam from home depot to mirror this.
Did I miss anything?
Cheers and thanks!
Mike
