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CLOC-AdminToilet didn’t shut off last night! I figure it’s the spring valve.
Advents leading up to discovery: So got up went tinkled.
Got up again later water on the floor and toilet full.
When I was draining toilet it was belching, so it must have been full also.
Had to go out at 3am to drain black tank.
I dumped it on Thursday and it flooded on Friday night so black tank couldn’t been full.
So do I need to get another valve for toilet it’s a 2011.
So do you think this is what it is…I know here I go again..
Posted: 12:53 PM – Oct 06, 2013Don
Here is a link to a lengthly thread on this forum about the Thetford toilet over flowing in our 2011.
Chip
thetford-toilet-problems-t166.htmlPosted: 12:57 PM – Oct 06, 2013One of the things we learned from that thread was to install a shut off at the toilet in case it happen we could still have water until we got it fixed.Sorry it’s broke, hope it’s something simple to fix.
Posted: 1:04 PM – Oct 06, 2013There’s is shut off valves at ever place, sinks kitchen, bathroom, even toilet!
I always wonder if that was Carriage or the individual who owned it.
I kind of think it did this before. Reason for new carpet, at least it seems it is.
Also kind of musty smell in main basement, some water did get into there.
Should I take wall off and search there?Thanks for your help.
BIG THUMBS UP!!!Posted: 1:09 PM – Oct 06, 2013Tumble Weed wrote:There’s is shut off valves at ever place, sinks kitchen, bathroom, even toilet!
I always wonder if that was Carriage or the individual who owned it.
I kind of think it did this before. Reason for new carpet, at least it seems it is.
Also kind of musty smell in main basement, some water did get into there.
Should I take wall off and search there?Thanks for your help.
BIG THUMBS UP!!!Might not be a bad idea to remove the basement wall and check if it got wet then dry it out real good.
Posted: 1:20 PM – Oct 06, 2013Wanted to show you my model..
Forgive me about not doing more search I tend to just respond at/most time..Posted: 3:58 PM – Oct 06, 2013On ours, the spray head in the bowl gets calcified and at times won’t shut off. Had to shut off water, unscrew the head, and soak in vinegar to remove.Posted: 8:07 PM – Oct 06, 2013With the Theford toilet problems I got rid of ours. Replaced it with a SeaLand. Works great, doesn’t run at odd times and has a rim like a regular toilet.Posted: 8:14 PM – Oct 06, 2013I didn’t know there was a spray head in the toilet.Nice truck your driving..
Posted: 8:24 PM – Oct 06, 2013Yours too! Same color, just different step bars.In the back of the toilet bowl, there’s a plastic devise that sticks out about 1/4 inch with holes facing the bowl (not towards ya so it doesn’t spray back at ya LOL). Our rig is 5 years old and it’s starting to act up again and needs to be de/uncalcified. Not sure how the back pressure (or lack of) allows the water to continue to flow, but it does. Not long enough to allow for overflowing, but it kinda “dribbles” for a while after flushing.
Based on the pics, it looks like you have the same model as we do.
Posted: 8:44 PM – Oct 06, 2013Of course my step bars are nicer right…lolPosted: 8:53 AM – Oct 07, 2013Jpcovert1 wrote:With the Theford toilet problems I got rid of ours. Replaced it with a SeaLand. Works great, doesn’t run at odd times and has a rim like a regular toilet.We did too. Wish Carriage would of used these in building the trailer, 100% better.
Posted: 9:15 PM – Oct 09, 2013Ours flooded too. The the Thetford unit is not for us. We replaced the valve and it still flooded. Had to replace the insulation and dry everything out. The good news in our case was this led us to find a transfer switch that was about to catch on fire, so we replaced that also. We purchased the Dometic 320 and installed it.Posted: 10:52 AM – Oct 10, 2013rvinsant wrote:Jpcovert1 wrote:With the Theford toilet problems I got rid of ours. Replaced it with a SeaLand. Works great, doesn’t run at odd times and has a rim like a regular toilet.We did too. Wish Carriage would of used these in building the trailer, 100% better.
I wonder if one of the improvements Lifestyle did was using a Sealand toilet rather than Thetford ?
Posted: 7:10 AM – Oct 11, 2013We have a Thetford in our 2013 Lifestyle.Posted: 2:57 PM – Nov 04, 2013Okay got new toilet last week! Read material in box it says get a new flange!
Do I need a new flange?Posted: 3:09 PM – Nov 04, 2013I just used the existing flange. Carriage did a great job securing it to the floor and it still looked new. No problems. Here is an after pic of the new toilet, supply line and shut off valve that I used.Chip
Posted: 3:17 PM – Nov 04, 2013Hey Tumbleweed.Be careful when you remove the old toilet. The base on mine was full of some nasty water!!!!! it had a leak around the seal where the bowl meets the base.
ChipPosted: 4:11 PM – Nov 04, 2013You show me yours I show you mine..lolI’M going to have to change fittings.
I guess this is some type of crimp fittings/plumbing.
Have seen it but never worked with it.
Yeah Im going to google it..Plumbing won’t line up.
Blue Hawk Pex Compression Fitting, has any one used this type?
I putting old toilet back and figure what I got to do Tuesday.Posted: 4:29 PM – Nov 04, 2013You can use sharkbite fittings on the pex pipe and wont need the special tool for the bands. They are available at Lowes and Home Depot. They just push on and work great.
Chipone more whats size of tubing 3/8!
I saw those on a u tube video and though wow that looks easy and should have spares.Thanks Chip.
Posted: 5:09 PM – Nov 04, 2013My toilet supply line is 1/2″ pexRick
Posted: 5:10 PM – Nov 04, 2013Thanks didn’t look that big.Posted: 12:28 PM – Nov 05, 2013We have a Thetford Aqua-Magic Style Plus Pedal Flush; Model 34060. We had the same thing happen to us. Luckily my wife came back into the RV just as the toilet was overflowing. Ours has a front pedal and after lubricating everywhere we could in the mechanism. In looking at how it works I decided the best thing to do is to release our foot from the pedal suddenly. This seems to help the water valve shut off properly. I also now watch when it is putting water back into the bowl to make sure it stops before I leave the area.Posted: 4:09 PM – Nov 05, 2013Our Thetford started filling all by it’s self one night when the water pressure dropped off in a park we were staying in. I was lucky I caught it! Until I changed it out I never left for more than an hour without shutting the water off to the coach.
ChipPosted: 4:27 PM – Nov 05, 2013My problem was the rubber seat and spring would hang up inside the valve body and not shut off completely. The rubber it was made of seemed of poor quality and would loose it’s elasticity or softness I guess you could say. You can see it in the pic below on the end of a screw driver.The only thing that did help with the old valve was to coat all the internal rubber parts in the valve body with silicone plumbers grease but that would only last about a week or two. After reading on other forums about flooding and the same issues others were having I decided to just replace the toilet. I could only find one similar issue related to the Dometic. I just couldn’t waste any more time with it. If it was a matter of a once a year maintenance issue that would be fine but the potential of a damaging overflow was just not worth it.
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