HI - I have a 19' international (new to RV'ing) and have set-up a nice pad beside my house with 30amp elec, connection to my satellite dish on the roof, fresh h20 and the last item is to create a sewer connection. I was thinking about getting one of these (Portable RV Waste Pump > Toilet Waste Pumps > RV/Caravan > Flojet - ITT) which I've seen advertised (it macerates and send the effluent out a standard garden hose) then asking my plumber to run a Y off one of the existing waste stack pipes in my basement (conveniently close to the exterior wall where I'm parking the RV) with 2" pipe up and out the side of my house near the RV with a screw cap on the cover. Then, when I want to dump, I can connect the macerating pump to the RV, put the other end into the 2" pipe coming out of the house and "let 'er rip". The pipe into the house will be higher than my waste outlet on the RV (by about 36 inches) but the flotjet pump is advertised to be able to pump up to 25 feet away and up some height. This solution sounds like it will work but I'm not certain. Has anybody done this? Did it work? Other suggestiosn?
We dump at home using my Sewer Solution with 40' of Sewer solution flex hose and 30' of 1" pvc. We run it right to our sewer clean-out .
You should have a sewer clean-out somewhere outside the house.
Brian
Sewer Solution is what we use at our house. I have had up to 3 trailers there at one time and the clean out is uphill from where they are parked. We would just schedule the fun for one morning a week
Aaron
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I am contemplating the same idea. I presently have a 2 or 2 1/4" pipe that comes up from the washing machine drain. I can tee of that pipe at a slight angle to get the new inlet where it would be closer to the RV drain. The unit advertises that it macerates the waste and can send it in a standard size garden hose several feet to the new drain. If any one has experince with this setup or suggestions, I would surely appreciate your response.
thanks,
Barry
I would not put my black tank down my washer drain. If you experienced any clog in that line, it could be a major problem.
You should have a plumbing clean-out somewhere out in your yard along the line to the sewer in the street. It should be a capped 4" pvc line at ground level.
Brian
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I would not put my black tank down my washer drain. If you experienced any clog in that line, it could be a major problem.
You should have a plumbing clean-out somewhere out in your yard along the line to the sewer in the street. It should be a capped 4" pvc line at ground level.
Brian
does everyone have this? how to start looking? should i start from the sewer stack in the house and walk out to the road, looking along that straight line? Our sewer stack is at the back and i am thinking it would go out to the side road but it's strange that I have never noticed it - been here ten years and have dug up a lot of "stuff" including the weeping tile etc. Would it go under the house to the front?
I do the same as Brian....I have a sewer line clean out "poke through" that give me access to my city sanitary sewer system, but the same could be held true for a septic system.
Simply attach your waste flex hose to the "poke through" and dump. Flush and you're good to go. If you don't have a poke through, add one. It's not difficult and you don't need any fancy tools or pieces of equipment to do it. My house is a 50s ranch that had none before I moved in. I now have one and it was simple to add (though if you don't like to dig, it could be a chore).
Shovel, PVC, and that is pretty much it.
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I would not put my black tank down my washer drain. If you experienced any clog in that line, it could be a major problem.
You should have a plumbing clean-out somewhere out in your yard along the line to the sewer in the street. It should be a capped 4" pvc line at ground level.
Brian
Hey Brian, I was thinking about doing this. My clean-out is right next to the side of the house where I park my Airstream, so I could easily get a slinky to it. But I wasn't sure how to remove the cap? The PVC cap has a very large, square knob on top. Much larger than any wrench I own. Is yours the same?
Hey Brian, I was thinking about doing this. My clean-out is right next to the side of the house where I park my Airstream, so I could easily get a slinky to it. But I wasn't sure how to remove the cap? The PVC cap has a very large, square knob on top. Much larger than any wrench I own. Is yours the same?
-Marcus
Marcus,
Do you mean something like this...
If it is you can get a pipe wrench to fit it and remove it. We have two four inch clean outs in out septic system and I only have them finger tight so I can remove them when I want to dump the black tanks.
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If it is you can get a pipe wrench to fit it and remove it. We have two four inch clean outs in out septic system and I only have them finger tight so I can remove them when I want to dump the black tanks.
Exactly what I'm talking about, thanks! Are those pipe wrenches available at box stores, or will I need to hit a plumbing specialty store? And good idea on the finger-tight and/or light grease to make it easier to use.
Also, for those who either don't have a clean-out, or can't find it, lately in my city, any time someone has a plumbing issue with their drain lines, the city sewer crews often come out and install a second clean-out closer to the street. And, the lines don't always run along your property. I know this because my neighbor had a drainage issue, and the city installed a giant clean-out right in the middle of my flower bed. The bed is right by the sidewalk, so the city does have right-of-way there, but it was an major eyesore. It is now surrounded by a "rock formation" which makes it less obtrusive, but I'm still hacked off about it.
I would not put my black tank down my washer drain. If you experienced any clog in that line, it could be a major problem.
You should have a plumbing clean-out somewhere out in your yard along the line to the sewer in the street. It should be a capped 4" pvc line at ground level.
Brian
Brian gave you good advice.
Three plumbers in my family. Basic rules for professional plumbers: "Hot's on the left, cold is on the right, the boss is an SOB, payday is on Friday and SH** doesn't run uphill" Just add it doesn't run uphill - except when there's a clog downstream!
The outside sewer cleanout is THE best place to drain it. You won't need to put in any additional plumbing or backflow protection. It will be a white PVC piece if your house has been built later than the 1970's. Older houses usually have a PVC cleanout. If you have one built prior to 1920 the cast Iron stops just outside of the foundation and you may have the dreaded terra cotta drains - which all collapse due to root invasion splitting them or else collapse because when you moved in you drove the moving van up over them to get the furniture to the front porch (ask me how I know That!). Most old houses have had the old terra cotta replaced... I know I replace mine - to the tune of $1400 in 1983 dollars.
Paula
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I grew up not far from Cleveland. Lived in a house that was built in the 1930's. It did have cast iron drain stacks in the basement and had the only cleanout there. I remember seeing it getting snaked out when I was a little girl - tree roots got into the drain which was probably also cast iron. When newer "slab" houses were built without basements, there were outside cleanouts. - The plumbers extended the "Y" for the cleanout plug by several feet by using a piece of PVC pipe and some threaded end pieces. The process of snaking drains remained the same. The cleanout pipe itself was full of air (or gas!). The main pipe was laid down at least 4 feet into the ground.
Interestingly my old house in Norfolk had a cleanout in the english basement (half underground half above) that was AT GRADE. There was also one just outside of the foundation line about 8 inches below grade, AND there was one at the edge of the street where the city became responsible for repairs... Naturally, my terra cotta line collapsed between the front of the house and the sidewalk.
Paula
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