wyleyrabbit
Well-known member
Hi Everyone,
This is a follow-up to this old thread, but I suppose this is more of a modification now.
In the year that we've had it, we had three leaks in our Bighorn: one very minor and two big enough that our basement floor was literally covered in water and everything in the basement soaked. All of the leaks were a result of failures in the black plastic fittings, and I know this because I could see the water coming out of the fitting. Aside from the hassle of having to deal with mopping up after a leak and doing my own repairs (we were camping in a town that had no RV dealers), I lost an entire day of my vacation and the kids lost a day at the beach.
As a preventative maneuver, I spent part of this past weekend upgrading the plumbing behind our universal docking center. With the exception of the lines to and from the water pump (Jim B's recommendation...thanks Jim), and to the freshwater tank, I changed out all of the plumbing lines to PEX, and all of the brittle plastic fittings back there to brass. The brass fittings should outlast not only the trailer, but also outlast me. My hope is that this upgrade will result in years upon years of no water leaks.
It's a very different look now, as the spaghetti is gone and is now replaced with straight runs of PEX.
I forgot to take the camera with me, so I will take and post pictures shortly.
Cheers,
Chris
This is a follow-up to this old thread, but I suppose this is more of a modification now.
In the year that we've had it, we had three leaks in our Bighorn: one very minor and two big enough that our basement floor was literally covered in water and everything in the basement soaked. All of the leaks were a result of failures in the black plastic fittings, and I know this because I could see the water coming out of the fitting. Aside from the hassle of having to deal with mopping up after a leak and doing my own repairs (we were camping in a town that had no RV dealers), I lost an entire day of my vacation and the kids lost a day at the beach.
As a preventative maneuver, I spent part of this past weekend upgrading the plumbing behind our universal docking center. With the exception of the lines to and from the water pump (Jim B's recommendation...thanks Jim), and to the freshwater tank, I changed out all of the plumbing lines to PEX, and all of the brittle plastic fittings back there to brass. The brass fittings should outlast not only the trailer, but also outlast me. My hope is that this upgrade will result in years upon years of no water leaks.
It's a very different look now, as the spaghetti is gone and is now replaced with straight runs of PEX.
I forgot to take the camera with me, so I will take and post pictures shortly.
Cheers,
Chris