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The middle of last week, I had one problem create a larger one that resulted in a trip to urgent care that morphed into two nights in the hospital with broken ribs and wacky labs. Kelly didn't notice that the door side basement door wasn't latched and the evening after I was admitted we had a round of severe storms roll thru. After I got home and had rested some along with the muscle relaxer and pain meds working well together, I found the door ajar and when I opened it, I was astonished at the amount of water in the floor. What was astonishing was that the door was on the leeward side of the trailer from the storm path, and it is partially protected by the carport. I pulled everything out and set it out to dry, then began breaking out the towels. Then I got to the bottom of the plumbing and electrical area and found way more water than I expected. Then I found the real problem. The connection where one of the soft lines connected to a Pex T was leaking. I grabbed an 11X14 plastic tote and put it under. I then had the conversation with SWMBO of "you remember that tool you asked if it could wait, well not any more". In 16 hours the leak amounted to over 3 inches of water in the tote.
After the tool arrived and a trip to Homeless Depot, I lit into it on Friday. We are now down to only one soft line and that is the second hose to the black tank flush. That is the last one on the list as it is the least important. I also rerouted a few lines up and out of the way along with adding cut off valves underneath to the kitchen and washing machine, along with one behind the toilet. In the midst of this, I also moved the cut off for the icemaker to above the cabinet floor under the sink. As far as plumbing, I need to add a few support clamps and redo one union that is weeping (into a 5 gallon bucket). Then I moved to address another issue since the black tank flush isn't really that effective. I removed the 45 elbow of the vent tube and replaced it with a "sanitary tee" with a screw cap that will allow me to directly access the tank and interject a spray wand and nozzle to at least help clean around the drain opening. Since I was there anyway, I also added a battery operated high water alarm and placed the probe wires in the vent line just above the 45. Once I test it and make sure it does as intended then it will let me know when it is time to pull the handle for tank flushing.
After the tool arrived and a trip to Homeless Depot, I lit into it on Friday. We are now down to only one soft line and that is the second hose to the black tank flush. That is the last one on the list as it is the least important. I also rerouted a few lines up and out of the way along with adding cut off valves underneath to the kitchen and washing machine, along with one behind the toilet. In the midst of this, I also moved the cut off for the icemaker to above the cabinet floor under the sink. As far as plumbing, I need to add a few support clamps and redo one union that is weeping (into a 5 gallon bucket). Then I moved to address another issue since the black tank flush isn't really that effective. I removed the 45 elbow of the vent tube and replaced it with a "sanitary tee" with a screw cap that will allow me to directly access the tank and interject a spray wand and nozzle to at least help clean around the drain opening. Since I was there anyway, I also added a battery operated high water alarm and placed the probe wires in the vent line just above the 45. Once I test it and make sure it does as intended then it will let me know when it is time to pull the handle for tank flushing.
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? I power this valve from the electric water heater feed. Whenever the electric water heater is on, the valve is open. When we leave the trailer, it is reasonably easy to remember to shut off the water heater switch in the panel by the door. This shuts off the city water pressure/flow. This relatively inexpensive valve has been doing its job with no problems for a couple of years now.
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