StandUpGuy wrote:Mybathroom is all framed out and ready to be plumbed. I have not planned for an internal tank and so there is not room for one to be installed. What I can do is plan for the portable tank and on the trailer toilet main drain put a clean out on one end so if it gets caked up I can still clean it easily. As shown in my very bad paint drawing.
By
justoneman at 2011-08-14
The toilet that you have drawn will not work. When you go, errr......doo doo, it will sit right where it lands. Trust me, it does not, as the old adage says, roll downhill unless you have the digestive system of a goat. It will take a great deal of water to flush everything towards the portable tank, something that an RV toilet cannot do. This is why, when you camp where there are hookups and you have a regular black water system, you do not leave the gate valve open. You open it when you're near full so the accumulated liquids will wash out the tank as it rushes out. If you just leave it open, all the poop will sit at the bottom of the tank, the liquids will trickle out and you will have a real mess to clean out later.