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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Every Campers Nightmare - overflowing toilet

I suppose we have been very fortunate to have made it this far without any major plumbing disasters.  We have been filling up our water tank, but about a week ago we bought a longer fresh water hose so that it could reach a spigot and we could keep the water on all the time.  We have gotten used to hearing the pump run every time the water runs.  That's why I didn't even know that the toilet was running.  It ran and ran until the waste tank was full and then it kept running all over the floor. 


Fortunately, Chad came back in and immediately saw that the floor was wet when he walked in.  It wasn't too bad yet.  And, it was mostly clean water, so that is good.  We used pine sol disinfectant and borrowed a shop vac to get the water out of the carpet.  We are also running the dehumidifier to dry everything out.  I can just imagine how much worse it could have been though!  You don't want that!  We aren't even sure why the toilet was running, unless the pedal got stuck.  But, it didn't seem stuck.  This is another thing to watch out for - make sure the toilet isn't running before we leave the RV unattended.

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3 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 20, 2015 at 3:09 AM

    Glad it wasn't too bad.
    In WPB we came home to find water running out of our neighbors trailer. All that we could do was turn the water off, open the storage compartment and remove his stuff.
    When he came home a few days later, was he in for a surprise !

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  2. UnknownApril 20, 2015 at 3:09 AM

    Glad it wasn't too bad.
    In WPB we came home to find water running out of our neighbors trailer. All that we could do was turn the water off, open the storage compartment and remove his stuff.
    When he came home a few days later, was he in for a surprise !

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  3. UnknownApril 20, 2015 at 3:15 PM

    Glad you hadn't gone too far before you realized what was happening and that it wasn't dirty water! That would have been horrible!!!

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