Toilet to black tank pipe?
Whats involved with removing the pipe from the toilet to the black tank? 3 times over the last 2 years I have had my toilet plug up due to too much stuff under the pipe and I have had to go find a sti...
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Holding tanks come in a lot of different dimensions and shapes and in some cases the problem can be due to the tank being very shallow compared to it's width and length. I would assume you have an enclosed underbelly so you can't see the tank without taking down the coroplast, which is no easy task. If you happened to have a tank something like in the photo, I have to guess that could be a problem for blockage and flushing. Expecting 15 days on a tank seems a bit optimistic, esp. if not using plenty of water initially and at each flush of p**.
I would take a wire coat hanger and bend a "J" shaped in the end of it with maybe a 3" +/- hook (rise) on it. Put it down the pipe and push the short "hook" off to one side and see how far vertically you can pull it back up. This way you should be able to tell how far the pipe goes into the tank. An in-pipe USB snake camera is another option - available on ebay for cheap.
Some tanks have a flange screwed into place but it seems most are glued. If the pipe does go down too far, maybe a Dremel tool with a cutoff blade could be used to trim some of the ABS away (after pulling toilet). You wouldn't want the piece(s) cut off to fall into the tank tho. I tried to get the flange & pipe out of a previous TT and it wouldn't budge.
If you need to do a deep cleaning to get back to factory fresh condition, liquid Drano can be used. Our owner's manual says to use it. Use the version that does not attack metal. Just don't dump it into an on-site septic system. Add some before you head home and let it all slosh around, them find a dump station or dump at home.
I would take a wire coat hanger and bend a "J" shaped in the end of it with maybe a 3" +/- hook (rise) on it. Put it down the pipe and push the short "hook" off to one side and see how far vertically you can pull it back up. This way you should be able to tell how far the pipe goes into the tank. An in-pipe USB snake camera is another option - available on ebay for cheap.
Some tanks have a flange screwed into place but it seems most are glued. If the pipe does go down too far, maybe a Dremel tool with a cutoff blade could be used to trim some of the ABS away (after pulling toilet). You wouldn't want the piece(s) cut off to fall into the tank tho. I tried to get the flange & pipe out of a previous TT and it wouldn't budge.
If you need to do a deep cleaning to get back to factory fresh condition, liquid Drano can be used. Our owner's manual says to use it. Use the version that does not attack metal. Just don't dump it into an on-site septic system. Add some before you head home and let it all slosh around, them find a dump station or dump at home.
