Mikeyt89148
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Good afternoon everyone. Earlier this week, I brought my 2014 North Trail 33BKSS out of storage to prepare for a weekend fishing trip with the family. I parked the trailer in front of my residence, hooked up power (to cool down the refrigerator & run lights) and hooked up water hose to city water connection so that I could run the faucets/toilet and clean the trailer before our trip. After hooking up the water, I went into the trailer and ran all the faucets and flushed the toilet to get the air out of the lines (trailer was drained and tanks emptied before putting in storage after last trip). After doing that, I left the trailer and went into the house. After several hours, I came outside (on way to work) and water was pouring out of the trailer all along the right side. I first shut of the hose connection and then entered the trailer. The kitchen, bathroom and rear bedroom/bunk house was flooded all along the right side (luckily I didn't level trailer from side to side). For the life of me I could not find the leak. I then opened up the outdoor entertainment/kitchen center and water came pouring out of it. The outside sink was filled and water was all over the place. I then started pulling all the drawers and access panels throughout the trailer where I could see water. Everything on the right side of the trailer was flooded. The outside sink would not drain, so I hooked up my dump hose (have sewer dump in my front yard) and dumped my grey water tank. Very little fluid came out of it, maybe a few gallons at the most and the outside sink was still holding water (sink stopper was not in it). I then dumped my black tank (yes they are the right tanks and I use a clear hose, it was definitely the black tank) and it was full!! While the black tank was being dumped, I watched as the outdoor sink then emptied. I then opened every window and roof vent along with both doors. I brought in every portable fan I own along with space heaters to dry out the coach and spent the next few hours cleaning up the mess and drying out the trailer. Needless to say I was a few hours late for work. My question is, how could the black tank have filled and then backed up into the outdoor sink? Is the sink connected to the black tank? I didn't think they did that. I know this sink is on the opposite wall from my toilet and it is about a foot lower than my toilet so it would make sense if the black tank overflowed to the sink if the sink drained to the black tank. Also my concern is that the trailer was flooded with black tank water. I took the trailer to the dealer today to get an estimate for my insurance company and the tech told me the black tank shouldn't have been full and that the sink has to be connected to the grey tank. Anybody have any thoughts on this or experienced the same thing. Sorry for the long read but any info is appreciated.