Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
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Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
My Broadway EB (End Bathroom) model is very slow draining waste water from the kitchen sink. This is much worse when the front of the van is lower than the rear as the water has to flow up hill to the rear mounted waste tank. The pipe immediatly below the sink has an almost horizontal run.
Any suggestios for a cure please?
Any suggestios for a cure please?
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
Er .... park the other way round?
Ian
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
Thanks Ian!
I had thought of that! However, it is not always possible or desirable. Some people have suggested to remove the small "bottle trap" fitted under the sink. Has anyone found this helps?
I had thought of that! However, it is not always possible or desirable. Some people have suggested to remove the small "bottle trap" fitted under the sink. Has anyone found this helps?
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
They all do it. If you spin your finger to start a little whirlpool in the plug hole it will drain a lot faster.
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
I find using the palm of my hand over the hole and doing a plunger action causes a vortex and helps drain quicker, a tip given to me by Frank of Cotswold Motorhomes at handover.
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
Hi PaulPaulmold wrote:I find using the palm of my hand over the hole and doing a plunger action causes a vortex and helps drain quicker, a tip given to me by Frank of Cotswold Motorhomes at handover.
I had the same tip from Frank - but he's a mean old skinflint!
We dug deep into the wallet and bought a tiny little sink plunger from the Pound Shop. When the flow slows down, a couple of enthusiastic pumps of the plunger works wonders.
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
I cut out the horizontal pipe work and bought some 28mm flexible pipe off ebay and I fitted a shorter piece of flexible in with a bend and jubilee clipped both ends. My sink now empties a lot quicker, beware of sink plunger as this is what I first used and it blew the sink waste seal and flooded out under the sink.
John.
Ps if you remove the bottle trap you will get smells coming back from the waste tank.
John.
Ps if you remove the bottle trap you will get smells coming back from the waste tank.
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
Hi John
I agree it is best to leave the trap to prevent smells. Any tips on doing this? It seems on looking at the existing pipe work that this is solid plastic and I assume glued into the trap, right angle bend and sink outlet. Did you have to replace the trap and sink outlet fiting?
I agree it is best to leave the trap to prevent smells. Any tips on doing this? It seems on looking at the existing pipe work that this is solid plastic and I assume glued into the trap, right angle bend and sink outlet. Did you have to replace the trap and sink outlet fiting?
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
To Rowleygreen from John Green.
There was no trap fitted to mine at all, and all the pipework was push fit, I fitted a trap myself and left a short piece of pipe attached. I cut the other pipe work back in the cupboard under the sink and I fitted the 28 mm flexible between the trap and where I'd cut back.
Before I fitted the jubilee clips I put a smear of silicone on the inside of the flexible and then tightend the jubilee clips up, this prevented any leaks from the flexible pipe.
John.
Ps I'm a recently retired plumber heating engineer.
John.
There was no trap fitted to mine at all, and all the pipework was push fit, I fitted a trap myself and left a short piece of pipe attached. I cut the other pipe work back in the cupboard under the sink and I fitted the 28 mm flexible between the trap and where I'd cut back.
Before I fitted the jubilee clips I put a smear of silicone on the inside of the flexible and then tightend the jubilee clips up, this prevented any leaks from the flexible pipe.
John.
Ps I'm a recently retired plumber heating engineer.
John.
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
It sounds like you know what you are doing. Have you thought of offering your part time services to AS! Then maybe the rest of us wouldn't need to sort out these problems!Ps I'm a recently retired plumber heating engineer.
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
Masai Warrior wrote:It sounds like you know what you are doing. Have you thought of offering your part time services to AS! Then maybe the rest of us wouldn't need to sort out these problems!Ps I'm a recently retired plumber heating engineer.
Pete
Hi Pete, Pat would divorce me if I started work again even part time work.
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Re: Broadway EB kitchen sink draining
Hi John, It will interest you, please see other topic regarding checking overhead cab light.
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