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Stoddard valve appears to be ok under sink. Puzzling

Our 2014 3570RS has grey water smell coming up from the utility cabinet area. Especially after doing dishes a couple times. Every time. I dropped the insulation cover on the bottom and there are no signs of leaks. Just strong fumes coming in. Once tank is drained, no more smells until I do...

Could the use of cissor chocks (between the tires) cause alignment issues? I snug 'em up pretty good, not only for chocking, but to minimize fore/aft movement.

We have the Correct Track Alignment System and was wondering if anyone has needed to adjust them. I've got about 10K miles on our OM tires (Chinese bombs - Towmax) and detect wear on the outside tires. Noticable. Not to mention 3 blowouts in one year. I'm replacing these tires with G-Rated tires...

It was padding laid down on OSB particleboard.

thanks for the compliments. It's sheet vinyl. The bullnose is plastic that was pliable enough to wrap along the leading edge. I spent a lot of time carefully triming along the walls, but well worth it as a finished product. When I got to the bedroom. I remove the carpet and padding and found...

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You nailed it! I Checked temp at thermostat and it registered 70. However, the actual temp in living area on the couch is 65. So the thermostat was not coming on until it was very chilly. so to test it, I sat the thermostat to 69 and when thermostat temp read 68, it fired up. Thanks. Now I just...

Yes, that is my thermostat. I don't cycle the thermostat with on/off mode. But I did remove the duct from the bedroom floor vent and left it in the basement area behind the removable wall where all the utilities are so it would add more heat to the belly to prevent freezing. Is it potable that...

My furnace works fine, but here recently, it only kicks on if you move the digital read out up beyond room temperature, then it kicks on. For example, if you set the thermostat to say......62 and the inside temp falls below 62, even if it gets down to low 50's or 40's inside (overnight), it will...

Update: I decided to remove the carpet in the living area and leave carpet on slide. We pulled up the living area carpet and pad. We have a small pet, and it's housebroke, so we knew she was not peing on the carpet, when i removed the carpet i looked at the underside and there were no signs of...

with that in mind, i'm considering ripping up the carpet in the living area first (about 5'x5' section) (not including the slide) and go back down with either self-adhesive or glue down type carpet squares. If that goes well, i'll venture onto the slide. the slide poses a problem i haven't...

Looks great! We have vinyl on the floor at entry and around the kitchen Island. It transitions to carpet in the living area. I'm concerned about the color/pattern match to existing vinyl. Maybe the best bet would be to pull it all up and start over with the new product. Not sure how to match up...

Our 5'er is fairly new, we've been living in it in the Houston area for 6 months while we locate a home to buy. The carpet has picked up an oder and need to do something about it. We did the carpet cleaner routine with the machine, didn't help. I realize the humidity in Houston brings out the...

Will do, I'm going in there late this weekend.

Yesterday, I decided to do what some suggested. For water availability during freeze out emergencies, I filled the fresh water tank. I've never put water in the fresh water tank because we've always had city water. So I turned the dail on the water control to "fill tank". Everything was working...

Danemayer, thanks for the idea. This is what I want to do, but don't want to run the risk of burning my water hose. Can you please explain how you installed it?

We have a new Bighorn, we live in it about 5 days a week (work camp). We live in central GA where winters are not harsh, but there are those days/nights it can get down in the low 20's, but day time temps usually, creep back up above freezing. I'm not so concerned about the underbelly stuff as...

OK, thanks for the advice.

I've done lubbing on Dexter Hubs on a previous tongue pull. Does anyone know if the 2014 Bighorn 3570RS has the same type of hub. I haven't crawled around looking for make/model of mine yet. The Dexter hub was fairly easy to re-lub, just pull the drum, and bearings, replace bearings and packing...

Sorry, I may not have been clear. I want to install 4 electric ground control level up jacks. 2 in the rear and 2 just in front of the wheels - midway. I will have the hydraulic landing gear up front also. So, if I lower the landing gear to unhook from TV, pull the truck away, then hit the auto...

I was thinking about installing electric ground control level up jacks on my 2014 Bighorn 3570. 2 points just in front of wheels and two near the rear, but was wandering, would I have a problem with set up? The process of set up as I understand it: while still hooked up to TV, let the 4 point...

Heartland/Dealer was good enough to send me a new light strip to replace mine. The existing one has some bulbs going bad. So, does anyone have any 'how-to' tips on removing and installing the new strip? Looks like you just snip the wires on the end and slide it out and slide the new one in. But...

My grey water hold tanks hold 90 gal. Split between kitchen and shower. Anyone know capacity of the kitchen tank?

Hummm didn't think about that one. You're right!!!

There's got to be a 2 vent stacks on one of the tanks. I've got 3 tanks and 4 vents. Think I'll call Heartland before I expend a bunch of time exploring.

My 2014 BH 3570 has (4) roof vents. My main concern is an odor under the kitchen sink that is a 'real' problem. I've determined its the Vent Check valve under the sink. I believe, when the wind is just right, (and the wind was blowing pretty hard the last couple days), the valve somehow gets...

I was able to find a slip-on connector to replace the existing one. The problem was............I bought a clear 90 deg. elbow to put between the hose and hard pipe, but when connected to the hard pipe, the elbow was either point down at a 45 deg angle or up at a 45 deg angle. After cutting the...

Hi, I'm away from my 5er and need to buy a replacement end of pipe connector that has the lugs. Anyone know the outside diameter of that pipe. The piece I need to replace will just slip on ton the end and glued.

I called my dealer yesterday and they said just take picture of light strip, and provide awning brand and they'd ship me a new set. I'd be pretty disappointed if the lifespan on these lights are 10 months. That's how old my 5'er is.

I just took the check valve off. Looks good. Looks new. I cleaned the rim and tried to pull a vacuum on it by sucking air try it. The valve opened and let air in. I created a seal with my lips and blew on it, it quickly shut and didn't let any air out. So I'm convinced the valve is working...

Dang! I've spent a lot of labor investigating this. Thanks for the advice.

Ok, I took the bottom liner down on the under-belly, inspected everything, no leaks. That's not the source of the odor. So I sealed up all openings/penetrations that go down thru the sink island/cabinet and floor. Waited an hour......still smells like grey water sewer gas. So I determined the...

I've got to take down a portion of the plastic liner on the bottom of frame to do an inspection for a minor water leak under mid-section. So i'll be dropping it near wheels. I'm sure that means 3/4's of the liner will have to be dropped. Has anyone done this, any precautions, suggestions...

Thanks all! going shopping. I'll be looking for one that has a longer reach on spout, one that I can get more than my index finger under :)

Not sure why Heartland puts such an inaccessible faucet in the bathroom sink. Has anyone changed it out for one with a spout you can get a hand under? If so, what type/brand? Not looking to spend a lot of money.

Our 5er is less than a year old. First 7 months, we camped a half dozen long weekends, but have been living in it full time for the past 3 months. A month ago, I started noticing a foul oder when I opened the cabinet door on the island, next to the kitchen sink to discard trash in a bin/can. At...

I put strong arms on my 5'er and it help a lot, however, we still felt movement (mostly bounce throughout). That drove me nuts, so yesterday I place scissor jacks under the frame on each side near the rear wheel. Lifted the frame by 1/4" and it's now rock solid.

These are not hydraulic. They are the RV style scissor jack the kind you screw to lift. Evidently, Hydraulic jacks leak back over a few days.

I'm using 1 1/2 ton scissor jacks on the frame near the wheels to stop bounce and movement. They work great!!! However, a bit of a pain to set 'em up each time we move. Was wondering if I could have just one set of hydraulic jacks installed mid section (tied into my front hydraulic landing...