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Post by spoma on Apr 22, 2017 17:43:45 GMT -8
I am picking up on a project that I started last year by redoing a 1969 Shasta. I am running all the water lines right now and I am struggling on how to get water from one side of the trailer to the other. My water heater, shower and toilet are on one side of the trailer. The kitchen sink is on the other side. I'm thinking of running the water lines (hot and cold) under the trailer. Any thoughts? Anyone do this?
If you have done this before did you put the water lines in protection. I am using all pex for the water lines and was debating putting the lines in a conduit to go under the trailer. Maybe ABS plumbing or Plastic Electrical conduit.
Any thoughts or information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Mark
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Post by vikx on Apr 22, 2017 20:07:34 GMT -8
Depends on how cold it gets where you are... freezing can ruin lines under the trailer. If you put low point drains in and blow the system, you should do OK with the lines underneath.
Where did they go originally? There might be a chase already there for them. Let us know what you find.
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Post by spoma on Apr 23, 2017 3:44:05 GMT -8
I'm up in MA, so it gets pretty cold. I figured for the winter I would be winterizing anyways. By the time I got my hands on this trailer it had been "gutted". Nothing was really left and there were no water lines, so I'm not sure where they originally went. Just trying to make it up as I go.
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Post by vikx on Apr 23, 2017 22:23:29 GMT -8
Be sure to install low point drains, then. Modern RVs have them. You might consider window shopping to see the location and materials.
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Post by spoma on Apr 24, 2017 6:29:02 GMT -8
Thanks for the info vikx. I did some work on this and found a route that keeps the pex tubes inside the trailer except for about 3.5 feet. This is a pressurized system so normally don't worry about low and high points, but i made sure to run it in such a way that water (in a non full / pressurized system) would not pool in the external area. My plan is to make sure to winterize the system each year so i don't think the freezing of it should be a problem.
Thanks again.
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Post by vikx on Apr 24, 2017 21:37:51 GMT -8
You're welcome. The purpose of the low point drains is so that you can "air blow" the system before winterizing. That way, there's no dilution of the RV antifreeze.
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