Have booked our first fully serviced pitch at Ross Park, Devon in August. As we are newbies it has only just dawned on us we need extra long length of waste pipe to get rid of the waste water and a special float thingy for the aquaroll to ensure water is topped up continually. Prices are pretty steep on fleabay ... can anyone recommend a company/website that is reasonable in price please? Thanks Lisa and John.
Fully serviced pitch - best prices for necessary equipment
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Hello Lisa
Have a read of this post that I have found from Ray S in 2009
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The torbek side connection valve will only fit the cap of the 40litre aquaroll. You will find the float fits on a sort of spiral plastic rod, and you need to cut the top of this off, leaving the float on the shortest possible arm.Make a hole centrally in the cap and fasten the valve with the backnot supplied getting it a tight as you can. Before doing this, put the cap on the roll,side connection of course, and do it up as tight as you can by hand. Then mark the "12 oclock" position on the cap. Ensure thay you fit the valve so that it moves vertically along the imaginary 12 oclock to 6 oclock line.Fit the end of the valve stem with a standard brass adapter to take plug-on hose fittings (Hozelock or the brass equivalent - better).You may have to introduce the float end of the valve into the aquaroll at an angle but once in, screw the cap up, making sure your 12 oclock mark comes back where it should.All this is far easier to do than to describe - I'm beginning to have some sympathy with those who write instruction leaflets.
If your OH is good at diy this would be quite a easy & cheap fix ...
But you will need a spare cap for your aquaroll for normall use
This is the side entry valve that you will require plus a hose & conectors
This has all of the parts shown
Grey waste pipe is available in various lengths, I have two & join them together when a longer length is needed
Have a read of this post that I have found from Ray S in 2009
The rest of the thread is here
The torbek side connection valve will only fit the cap of the 40litre aquaroll. You will find the float fits on a sort of spiral plastic rod, and you need to cut the top of this off, leaving the float on the shortest possible arm.Make a hole centrally in the cap and fasten the valve with the backnot supplied getting it a tight as you can. Before doing this, put the cap on the roll,side connection of course, and do it up as tight as you can by hand. Then mark the "12 oclock" position on the cap. Ensure thay you fit the valve so that it moves vertically along the imaginary 12 oclock to 6 oclock line.Fit the end of the valve stem with a standard brass adapter to take plug-on hose fittings (Hozelock or the brass equivalent - better).You may have to introduce the float end of the valve into the aquaroll at an angle but once in, screw the cap up, making sure your 12 oclock mark comes back where it should.All this is far easier to do than to describe - I'm beginning to have some sympathy with those who write instruction leaflets.
If your OH is good at diy this would be quite a easy & cheap fix ...
But you will need a spare cap for your aquaroll for normall use
This is the side entry valve that you will require plus a hose & conectors
This has all of the parts shown
Grey waste pipe is available in various lengths, I have two & join them together when a longer length is needed
Thanks Sproket, OH is very good at DIY and will probably want to save his hard earned pennies so I will show him this tonight, he managed to fit a heated towel rail very nicely in our end washroom with no trouble after getting advice from this forum. The two different lengths is a good idea depending on how far from your van your waste outlet is etc. Cheers Lisa.
For waste water pipes we use short length of grey hose then join to white plastic domestic type of the required diameter,I keep several different lengths and joiners and find that because it is rigid it drains better than the grey, and it is reasonably cheap at B&Q
Hello, all of the above taken into account, bought the Torbeck thingy from Wickes (sorry, not sure of correct terminology) and OH spent a happy hour drilling and messing around and has got it all working for the grand total of £10.00 odd. Now to buy the hose which he's seen at a What Store for a tenner for 10m - not blue but will run milton through it and this will be kept solely for use on serviced pitches. Will be purchasing the grey flexi hose from internet as it's cheapest he's seen. Many thanks chaps - saved us a few pounds
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For the waste water I do similar to woodsie boy i.e 32mm push fit domestic waste pipe and a selection of connectors from B & Q. I also use some short lengths of the grey fexible waste sold at caravan dealers to make up distance or accomodate turns. This waste pipe fits into the 32mm push fit connectors neatly. I think the domestic waste pipe comes in 2m lengths. I bought two lengths and cut each into unequal halves. This means I can fit them into either the frot locker or under a seat without problem and a combination of sizes has meant that so far I have always managed to get from caravan to waste point.
soldlisa04 said:
Just a couple of points on this type of water pipe. It is not designated as being of food quality and could allegedly leach out harmful chemicals into your fresh water supply. You might not drink water from your aquaroll and therefore might not be worried about that. The other point I have heard of, and read of at least one incident posted on a forum is that some of these water pipes are not reinforced. When connected up I have read of the water pressure building up in the pipe and one person reported he came back to his van and found his water supply pipe had burst, water and kept running and his pitch was sodden. Others do seem to use the non food quality pipe without problem, up to yourself.
Thanks Rob-T - valid point so called our dealer who said that it wouldn't be a problem, to be honest, this is the only time this year we'll be on a fully serviced pitch so the hosepipe will be only used few and far between, kept rolled up in the attic when not in use and flushed through with Milton after each use. We tend to use Caravan Club pitches and there aren't that many fully serviced pitches available on many sites! Shame ... when our son's not with us it's me that does the water collection!
No problem for him as he isn't the one using it! I bet he wouldn't put his 'advice' in writing. However as you rightly say you will not be using to any great extent so maybe it is a risk you are happy with.soldlisa04 said:
I bought food grade blue hose off fleabay a couple of years ago to use with my mains adaptor. The first time I used it (in Brittany) the sun heated the hose and water within with the result that the hose expanded to about 3 inches diameter before bursting. Fortunately I was nearby at the time to stop the cascade created. I've since bought the more expensive but correct reinforced hose and in temperatures of 40+ degrees in the last couple of weeks the hose has worked perfectly. Cheap is not always best.
Hmmmm this is interesting - but hubby assures me that the white plumbing type of pipe he has bought to fit the hose into to stop it from kinking up should hopefully stop any form of expansion due to the heat. Also, with our track record of pants weather ... it's more likely to be muddy water that would cause a problem! As ever, cheers for the replies.
I think you are getting confused
It is the one from the tap to the aquaroll as that holds mains water pressure right up to torbek valve, that expands and blows out of the couplings when the weather is very warm .....
You don't have any pressure in your outlet pipe........
It is the one from the tap to the aquaroll as that holds mains water pressure right up to torbek valve, that expands and blows out of the couplings when the weather is very warm .....
You don't have any pressure in your outlet pipe........
Oh no ... my blondeness is showing (and I am a brunette). Will hold up my hands and admit defeat and hand this over to OH to read this weekend! Tis beyond me - I shall stick to hanging things in the wardrobe and making sure my cushions are plumped correctly in the van lol.
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