Water system lines

[Allizdog]

2024 Thor Chateau 24F
Does anyone know how to gain access to the water system lines? I’ve seen the schematics but nothing tells you how to get to them. Thanks.

[Paul_D]

I have a 2018 Freedom Elite 24 on a Sprinter chassis. Your model may be different

From the water pump just trace the lines back to the tank. Our water pump is mounted on the floor below the sink. Remove the kithchen drawers and you should see it

To access the plumbing in the bathroom - under the shower there is a small access panel. This should let you see the water lines and drain for the shower.
If you remove the shower faucet, there should be enough slack in the pipes to pull it out slightly.

On ours, behind the toilet, there is a ~9" x 6 " soffit on the floor. I pulled that apart ( just tiny staples) and the shower lines and toilet line were in there. I used screws to re-attached it.

Under the sink in the bathroom, you should see the lines towards the outside wall, on the floor.

On my unit all the lines run down the passenger side, on the floor, easily visible after removing the lower drawers.

I replaced my freshwater tank, added an accumulator, and added a diverter valve and return line for the shower. The diverter routes the hot water back to the fresh water tank, essential if have an on-demand heater and hate the cold water surprise everytime the water turns off.

[Allizdog]

Originally Posted by Paul_D

I have a 2018 Freedom Elite 24 on a Sprinter chassis. Your model may be different

From the water pump just trace the lines back to the tank. Our water pump is mounted on the floor below the sink. Remove the kithchen drawers and you should see it

To access the plumbing in the bathroom - under the shower there is a small access panel. This should let you see the water lines and drain for the shower.
If you remove the shower faucet, there should be enough slack in the pipes to pull it out slightly.

On ours, behind the toilet, there is a ~9" x 6 " soffit on the floor. I pulled that apart ( just tiny staples) and the shower lines and toilet line were in there. I used screws to re-attached it.

Under the sink in the bathroom, you should see the lines towards the outside wall, on the floor.

On my unit all the lines run down the passenger side, on the floor, easily visible after removing the lower drawers.

I replaced my freshwater tank, added an accumulator, and added a diverter valve and return line for the shower. The diverter routes the hot water back to the fresh water tank, essential if have an on-demand heater and hate the cold water surprise everytime the water turns off.

Thanks for the response and the info. I have been under my sink a few times and also at the back of the water heater (tankless) that is under a dinette seat. Here’s my issue:
I have one slide. When it is in and I use the fresh water tank and pump, I have both hot and cold water. If I switch to city water (slide still in), again I have hot and cold water. But, if I put the slide out and use freshwater tank and pump, I have cold water but no hot. By that I mean no water, spurts, air at anything comes out of the tap. Using city water with the slide out, the opposite is true: I have hot water but no cold (nothing at all comes out of the tap). So somehow a line is getting pinched/kinked when the slide is extended. So I think I have to access the line(s) that run under the floor but don’t know how to get to them.

[Paul_D]

Under the cafe seat opposite the side with the water heater, there are flex lines that connect the hot and cold to pex lines in the slide. They are inside a black cloth bag with a velcro closure. The City water is also a flex tubing. I added a piece of 1.25" split PVC where the lines go through the slide floor, to protect them. You shoudl be able to see the lines from the storage compartment below the slide.

I wonder what idiot thought mounting the hot water heater in the slide was a good idea. Three water lines, propane line and 12 vdc run through a slot in the floor of the slide. Also it's absolutely the furthest distant from the largest user of the hot water, the shower.