Removing Black and gray water tanks
How hard is it to remove the tanks ? We are putting a Forest River trailer in a permanent site and I would like to hard plumb it directly to the sewer. Does any one know if the black tank has ...
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lawrosa wrote:
Should be straight forward IMO.. Im a plumber and the thing that I see with mine is the toiler piping..
My toilet flange is part of the tank. One the tank is removed I believe you will need to replace the flange with a resisdention one and pipe in 3" pvc..
You'll also have to find and disconnect the vent from this tank and plumb it accordingly.. Installing a residential toilet then would be best also IMO..
Then the gray tank would have the same issue kind of but easier. Again now you have another vent to deal with..
But if you pipe to local plumbibg could and pipe it right you can do away with one of the vents...
This is how it should look but ignore the stack vent on the right. This you will not have.
Youll only utilize the vent you have now going through the rv roof. That will be the vent stack / branch vent shown here. But it will go straight up ..
You WILL need to measure the clearances for the toilet BEFORE committing to this. Most RV toilets are installed very close to walls and or cabinets and RV toilets tend to be considerably smaller than a residential toilet.
You will need to measure the distance of the flange to the back wall/cabinet and the distance from flange to side wall/cabinet.
Then at your local home store you will need to find a toilet that has the trap outlet flange/mounting point in the correct position and the toilet won't set to far back.
Check the bowl size to make sure it will clear side walls and even door openings.
