I'm working on the Mt. Airy home this morning, when I get a phone call from the camp ground that water was pouring out of my RV. Thankfully, someone saw it and turned the water line off. I grab my Shopvac and head to the campground expecting the worse. I unplug the power lines, and open the door, expecting the whole thing to be flooded. About a 1/4" of water under the kitchen sink, and a 3' x 8' area of carpet soaked. Everything else was bone dry. Upon investigation, I discover that the plastic screw cap that holds the hot water heater bypass valve had split in half, allowing the valve guts to pop out, shooting a 1/2" stream of pressurized water under the sink. I still don't know how the whole thing didn't flood. Sucked up as much water as I could with the Shopvac, and then turned on space heaters and fans to dry the rest.
I call the local camping store, and to my surprise, they don't have a parts department. The closest Camping World is an hour away in Statesville, and a quick parts search shows bypass values, but nothing close to mine. I start thinking that I'll have to go to Lowes, and try to rig something together using pipe clamps and such. Then I remember the Plumber's Epoxy I keep in the RV. The stuff is waterproof and turns rock hard in an hour. I fit the two pieces of the screw cap together and cover it with mixed epoxy. An hour latter, everything is back together and not a single drip. And folks say Rednecks can't come from Jersey, lol.
I guess it could have been far worse.
I call the local camping store, and to my surprise, they don't have a parts department. The closest Camping World is an hour away in Statesville, and a quick parts search shows bypass values, but nothing close to mine. I start thinking that I'll have to go to Lowes, and try to rig something together using pipe clamps and such. Then I remember the Plumber's Epoxy I keep in the RV. The stuff is waterproof and turns rock hard in an hour. I fit the two pieces of the screw cap together and cover it with mixed epoxy. An hour latter, everything is back together and not a single drip. And folks say Rednecks can't come from Jersey, lol.
I guess it could have been far worse.
