plumbing

While trying to diagnose why the hot water heater stopped working I discovered, behind a panel under the kitchen counter, a problem that could have burned the trailer (2016 Heartland Prowler trailer) down. I am amazed that the trailer did not burn down and the only reason being that what caused...

Hi folks, have finally tracked down a leak I had in a grey water tank. Fitting was glued poorly and was leaking. Tank appears to be a composite and fitting appears to be tapered. 2 questions; do I try to find a tapered fitting? and do I glue said fitting with conventional pipe glue? Or has...

Hello all. My wife and I just bought a barely used 2009 North Trail 21FSB. This is our first camper, so technically a noob. I am interested in finding out as much as I can about it. Is there anywhere that I can download the as-build specs for this model? Until then, here are a couple of...

We've had our Mallard since June and living full time. This last weekend, we moved to a new site (300 miles away). On Friday night before the move, we had a heavy storm overnight. It had mostly passed by the morning when we packed up. Trip was dry and uneventful. On Saturday, some time after...

Hello again, As some of you know Im still getting to know my "new to me" Landmark. I decided to get on the roof again and do some looking around. Outside of it needing some rubber rolled on it I noticed i need to get new vents, redue the dicor and probably just get some roof tape as another...

...are you kidding??? Yes, I'll probable make some enemies with this post so whatever and probably get banned from here as well. We've had our Heartland Big Country since it was purchased brand new and little by little, I am reversing the shoddy workmanship that was done by those wonderful...

Hi I have a 2014 Cyclone. Noticed water coming out on left side of front steps. I disvovered 2 rubber hoses with no caps on them with water pouring out. I cannot figure out what they are and why they are behaving like this. Are they some kind of pressure relief? Also noticed that water had...

We are new full-timers who purchased a '17 LM Charleston (manufacture date 8/23/16) at the Hershey show in Sep 16, and have been traveling since the beginning of October. :cool: I had been diligent in draining the tanks regularly, sometimes getting the hint when the vanity sink or shower drain...

We have a 2017 Cyclone 3800 that we got new in September. We ordered it with the Canadian Artic Package and Dual Pane Widows. Twice now the plumbing has frozen to the kitchen faucet and back bathroom when the temperature got down to +18. The Yeti switch in the control panel and the mystery red...

We just purchased a 2009 Cyclone 3950. What size are the grey and black tanks?

My 2008 Cyclone 4012 has been sitting (stored) for three months. Yesterday I hooked up city water and no water is flowing out of any of the faucets or shower head. Prior to storing I had no problems with this. There is plenty of water pressure. Is there a water filter that is stopping the water...

Hi all, OK, I'm in the military, full-timing in the Bighorn in the Southeast, and am looking to go back home (without the RV) for the holidays. Here's the problem. I'll only be gone for 5-8 days at a time, the weather will get below freezing (at night, at least, for a few hours), and I am...

Initially the valve for the black tank was about as easy to pull open and push closed as the gray tank valves. It is getting harder and harder to open and close it. Is there a way to lubricate the connection between the pull handle cable and the actual valve on the black tank? Any other...

The end of our kitchen faucet (the bit at the front that is attached to the faucet tube with a little screw) has developed a split that occasionally shoots a small, but feisty, stream of water out sideways for quite a distance. As fun as it is to hear my husband suddenly yelp when it scores a...

Since dewinterizing (I do not recall the issue last season) I have found the smell of rotten eggs - hydrogen sulfide - from my gray water tanks. :p At first it was isolated to my kitchen sink (the previous couple of trips in March and April), but now I am having the same smell from the bathroom...

Does anyone have a diagram of plumbing for the 3210? We had a hard freeze here in Dallas that lasted a few days and I have what appears to be one small leak. I will have to repair it but want to get a ideal of the plumbing layout.

Like many others, I am quite disappointed in the quality of guidance provided in the owner's manual for my Bighorn. Using my 2009 Bighorn 3385RL as the basis for this discussion and crawling through the many posts addressing the need for a step-by-step plumbing winterization guide across the...

I'm going to be taking my 21FBS out for her maiden voyage next weekend. Temps should be in the mid 20's at night and 50's during the day. I will be boondocking and was hoping to have water. I realize this is right on the threshold of having freezing issues, even with the furnace running. My...

hi, we have a 3055. do i have to take out the 1/2 inch pipe on the output port of the hot water heater to repair/replace the check valve? thanks, tom

I need to know which wall to remove to repair the lines for the spritzer for the black tank. I think it is the small closet by the door..........but. Bob:confused:

where is the check valve for the hot water heater located? thanks, tom

hi, are there shutoff valves underneath for the cold and hot laundry outlets? thanks, tom

Hopefully this topic is in the right section. Haven't used our 2009 Sundance 2900mk that much yet so I am still not familiar with our unit as a whole. We used our unit for a few days this summer - so I had to de-winterize it. We are heading to Texas for the winter around the first week of...

Hi, I woke up this morning to find our basement floor covered in water and everything we had stored there soaked. We have a leak behind our universal docking center, and we are nowhere near any RV dealer. I took the wall off and one of the cheap plastic (why Heartland, WHY??? I would have...

Well, we took delivery of our brand new 3370RL Big Horn a couple of weeks ago and were finally able to take it out on a 200 mile round trip to work out the bugs. I spent the 3 days working on the plumbing systems. What a nightmare. :eek: Every threaded connection, shower head and taps, bathroom...

I have posted elsewhere about the shower in the M-22, but have a question or two... Why is the shower head plumbed from the sink faucet? Is it a cost reason, exterior wall plumbing freeze reason, or some other? Is there a potential future redesign for this shower plumbing? We are...

I just purchased a razor 2650 tt And found out the plumbing from the shower is going to the black water/holding tank.Is this normal or did I someone make a mistake at the factory.I thought gray water was shower sinks etc and back water/holding tank was toilet only.The problem is the holding tank...

A quick question....can anyone advise the size of the PEX plumbing lines in a Big Horn? I thought RV's usually used 3/8" ID -1/2" OD.... OR 1/2" ID - 5/8" OD. Also, do they use brass or stainless steel crimps? Thanks, Chuck

I have a question for anyone knowledgeable or a Heartland expert. I have a 2008 Sundance 2998RB with a bedroom & bathroom in the rear. We hear a very loud thump/thud whenever the toilet is flushed, and to some lesser extent when flushing the main/front toilet. I pulled the underneath...

I have seen the fix to this in the past but can't find it here. When filling the fresh water tank on our 2008 3055RL, water fills up the vent line so you can't fill the tank completely. I have been blowing the water back into the tank and that worked for a while but now that doesn't work. I...

I can nnot find the Factory website since it moved. I need to ask the factory if the plumbing to the washer/dryer location and to the vanity is ALL made up of that leaking compression plastic fittings. I have a leak in our 09 Bighorn 3055 that finds it's way out of a hole in the closed up bottom...

The Sundance is a great value, but the outside drains need to winterized. My dealer informed me my unit had the Polar package but i see a weak point in the system. I spent less than $100 to heat the outside piping. 1. Heat-On pipe tape 18' x 80 watts w/ auto thermostat on 38deg off 45deg 2...

We have all had the experiance of looking behind the wall in the basements of our trailers and finding a rat's nest of PEX tubing running to our fixtures. To say that Heartland's work behind there has a lot to be desired. So recently while at a regional RV show I had the chance to climb into the...

Howdy, I saw these at the depot, I do not need them, but would make repair / connections easy, no expensive tools necessary.......... http://www.sharkbiteplumbing.com/?gclid=CN3swb3doZQCFSD8iAod03kU0Q I almost can't wait for something to break, did I say that?