black tank overflow and smell in living space
I accidentally left the black tank clean out hose on and went away for a number of days. Black tank valve was closed so water filled black tank and with no other place to go went into kitchen sink and...
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Grit dog wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
Wow, that stinks! Literally and figuratively.
Don't be so quick to assume your rig is totaled? Seriously. Do they tear down a house if the water leaks.
floor shouldn't be particle board so it's not going to disintegrate. And presume you dried it out and it didn't sit wet for weeks or months.
Rip out the flooring/carpet, check for any rotting (not likely, but if cabinets are particle board they may have gotten soft on the bottom, whatever, not the end of the world and pretty easy to remedy. Paint the floor with Killz after cleaning it with TSP trisodium phospate. Put some new carpet and turn the TV on!
Or it's a good excuse to ditch the rig to the insurance company if that's more beneficial to you than fixing it.....if they even would total it.
This is not just a water leak. It's SH!T.
File a claim and report back.
I know you all here know it all, but do you know the OP, what type of Rv, what their financial situation is, whether they have insurance or anything other than the vague first post that they haven't followed up on?
He!!, you don't know if this happened this week or last year, they don't say. You don't know if they've been living with some smell that I suggested a means to mitigate.
Maybe it is totaled, maybe old bisqick had a cheap rv with particle board floors, or maybe the ops wasn't leveled properly and all the water ran right out the door causing little damage.
Until you geniuses know more, keep the absolute judgements to yourselves.
Doubtful it happened last year unless you mean December, They haven't cleaned the carpet yet, who would live with the smell for any length of time without cleaning the carpet?
Even if it wasn't completely level you would have to have a trough
down the middle of the RV with a spout out the door for it not to have run other places. Not sure what their financial situation has to do with water damage and mold. If you don't have insurance or can't afford to buy another RV it doesn't change the situation. I think your a little sensitive to being in the minority of opinions.
