18th Jan 2011
Last night was a night I would prefer to forget. Recently our toilet sprung a leak, only fresh water and only when the toilet was flushed, Dometic (German) importers are going to replace the complete unit and this will take place when we finally get the nod to have the awning repaired, note we can still use the toilet by tipping water down it when necessary. Well if that wasn’t bad enough, last night the hose connection to the toilet blew apart and full force mains pressure flooded into the caravan, we were watching TV and by the time we realised what was happening and turned off the water supply the caravan was flooded right through, under all the cupboards even under the bed, all the mats were soaked, bottom cupboard linings and under the bed sleeping bags, clothing, books and other items, I actually used a broom to sweep the bulk of water out the door and it took hours to mop up and dry inside the van, today we had stuff spread everywhere drying, at least there wasn’t any silt in this water.
Today I installed an extra clamp onto the hose fitting as security and hopefully there aren’t any long term effects that we are not aware of. Needless to say I wasn’t a happy chappy last night especially when considering the poor clip arrangement on the hose connection.