Bounder: Water, Water, every Where

[DogHouse Jim]

2000 Bounder 39Z, hooked up to city water, Leaks everywhere. looking for a Plumbing diagram to minimize the mess as we open up the floor to remove old broken lines and replace with Pex.

[Thunderfoot]

I feel your pain as I just repaired a broken sink drain behind the slide . Does yours only leak while hooked to a city water supply?

[CLIFFTALL]

FW may have it. I got my 08 from them. 800-322-8216 . Have your FW ID # handy if you call.

[wa8yxm]

I had that problem first season when I de-winterized.. Connection below the sink came apart (I put it back together and it's been 8 years).

Thankfully the rig was soaked with bleach water. That does NOT cause mold (kills it in fact). but it was still a mess and took me a while to dry it out.

NOTE: If it is water pouring out from UNDER your RV or out the side where the water heater is, the problem may be simple

There are two Low Point Drains that may have been left open, and a heater drain as well.

[DogHouse Jim]

Haven't investigated the system off city water., I had water coming from under the sink, bathroom vanity. The underside of the rig was pouring water from the city intake to under the engine.

thankfully in was at the shop to fix the leveling jacks. For our labor day weekend trip. I said off hand, to check the LP, water, and batteries.
It would have been bad that after we arrived Friday night we found this while setting up.

Their going to fix it but I'll be his helper, to help keep cost down.

I e mailed FW asking if they had the plumbing layout too. No response yet.

[SarahW]

Originally Posted by DogHouse Jim

Haven't investigated the system off city water., I had water coming from under the sink, bathroom vanity. The underside of the rig was pouring water from the city intake to under the engine.

thankfully in was at the shop to fix the leveling jacks. For our labor day weekend trip. I said off hand, to check the LP, water, and batteries.
It would have been bad that after we arrived Friday night we found this while setting up.

Their going to fix it but I'll be his helper, to help keep cost down.

I e mailed FW asking if they had the plumbing layout too. No response yet.

What a bummer, Jim. Hope they get you fixed up. You probably won't hear from FW until Monday; they are not in the office on the weekend.

[CLIFFTALL]

Originally Posted by SarahW

What a bummer, Jim. Hope they get you fixed up. You probably won't hear from FW until Monday; they are not in the office on the weekend.

And a call to the # I gave you will get a faster response on Monday.

[moisheh]

I think your system is Pex already. The 02's used Pex

[DogHouse Jim]

no, unfortunately, it's a cheap PVC. Still trying to figure out what caused this total failure. I could understand one break at a time, but all lines.

I keep trying to figure out what I did, or failed to do that may have caused this.

[moisheh]

Jim: Is it that grey PVC? If so it is the water that kills that tubing. There was a huge class action suit. But I have never read of this being a huge problem in Fleetwoods. I would first try and find the source of the leaks. Are you sure it is inside the floor(s)? You might isolate parts of the water system and find the leak. Not fun. In later years they used Pex . I went through the PA plant and they had a fantastic system. All the water lines were preassembled and tested. All the workers who did that job had to be certified by the tubing mfr.

[pasdad1]

Originally Posted by DogHouse Jim

2000 Bounder 39Z, hooked up to city water, Leaks everywhere. looking for a Plumbing diagram to minimize the mess as we open up the floor to remove old broken lines and replace with Pex.

Have a water pressure regulator? If not, Maybe the city water pressure surged to 150 or more causing multiple connector failures at once?

[ahicks]

Sounds to me like it froze?

Just wanted to suggest you use air to check while trouble shooting any further. Much easier to clean up following an air leak rather than water....