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Old 09-19-2020, 08:27 AM   #1
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Home Sewage Disposal

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Our house is FINALLY beginning construction, so I'll soon be able to park the camper at home.

Unfortunately, due to terrain, I can only park the camper on the side of the house opposite to where the septic will be. So I won't be able to add a dump port to the septic.

I always dump before we leave the CG, just to not have to tow extra weight. But I would like to be able to do a fill and enzyme treatment at the end of every season.

What would be the best option to dump the trailer after that?

I'm thinking macerator.

I don't know if there will be any plumbing cleanouts on that side, but I really doubt there would be. But I don't know for sure.

Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.
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If you are just filling the black tank just to clean, The emaciator may be overkill, going to be just liquid?
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Mostly, I assume. But you need the pump action with it, right?
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Ahhhhhh yes pump! If it's only a couple gallons ,There is always to good old bucket [emoji1785]
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Ahhhhhh yes pump! If it's only a couple gallons ,There is always to good old bucket [emoji1785]
Or down the street drain.

Sh!tt3r’s full!
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Since the house is under construction can you have a cleanout installed where you want it? Now would be the time.
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Wasn’t a builder option, otherwise I would have
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I could probably just drive across the yard and dump directly. I’ll have to wait and see how far down the slope it will be.
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new construction? for my 2bits I would install a sewer dump on that side of the house....
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Old 09-19-2020, 09:22 AM   #10
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Before we go down the repetitive “build an access now” route, I have to figure out an idea that doesn’t include that option.

Thanks.
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Before we go down the repetitive “build an access now” route, I have to figure out an idea that doesn’t include that option.

Thanks.

No dump stations near the house? Mr google can help.
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Or down the street drain.

Sh!tt3r’s full!
Bad Idea !!!!!!!!! If you get caught doing that stiff fines.

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Being a plumber, I would just install a pump crock/pit wherever I was going to keep my RV. I would install a sewage ejector pump in the pit and dig a ditch from there to the closest place I could connect a 2” drain/pump discharge line to the sewer system, whether that connection is inside or outside of the house would make no difference to me.

There are so many other simple solutions.

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I have a similar situation where my TT's pad is at the opposite end of the house from sewer access. A Flowjet macerator pump solved my problem. I can easily reach the cleanout from my TT with 3/4" hose.

Makes it really nice if the dump stations are lined up with others on their way home. I can dump at home and take all the time I want

The pump also comes in real handy when I'm boondocking. If my tanks fill and I'm not ready to leave yet I just pump contents into a Rhino 28 gal tote I keep in my pickup bed. Then off to a dump station without having to move my TT. Also no lifting of a full tote as I merely fill it and empty it while sitting in the truck.
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Where we are the cows have to be fenced off the river so they do not poop in it. So dumping human waste on the ground it a serious issue.
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Since you can't put a septic drain or clean out on the other side of the house where you need it, can you have them put a clean out close enough to the street on the septic side so you can reach it with 30' of hose or so?
On a side note, be sure and mark on a map or an aerial photo where septic and leach lines are now, before you forget in a few years
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Since you can't put a septic drain or clean out on the other side of the house where you need it, can you have them put a clean out close enough to the street on the septic side so you can reach it with 30' of hose or so?
On a side note, be sure and mark on a map or an aerial photo where septic and leach lines are now, before you forget in a few years
I’m asking the builder when I can. But I think a pump is probably the answer.
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I’m asking the builder when I can. But I think a pump is probably the answer.
Yep, a macerator pump is a good solution for you.
The only thing I didn't like about them was you don't get that 'whoosh' that helps carry solids out of the tank. I had to fill and drain many more times to get it as clean as my anal habits told me it had to be
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Yep, a macerator pump is a good solution for you.
The only thing I didn't like about them was you don't get that 'whoosh' that helps carry solids out of the tank. I had to fill and drain many more times to get it as clean as my anal habits told me it had to be
If the black tank has a flush device installed that handles the lack of "whoosh".

As for gray tank, no reason why a flush device couldn't be installed on that tank too although I've never had an issue with that tank on any of my TT's.
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