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Plumbing was the 7th of eight projects to renovate my Four Wheel Pop-Up Camper.
Project 7: Plumbing Water
Project 7: Plumbing Water
By the time the plumbing project came, I was both tired of working and spending money. I had been reasonably frugal, except with the propane plumbing. I had a water pump from a previous camper so I thought things would go cheaply. When I started thinking of a new water tank and researched it, I found the original 40 year-old tank to be immensely superior to anything I could replace it with. Really. It appeared to be rotationally molded, thicker and more durable than anything else I saw. And it was already the right shape with no leaks. Then I couldn't remember why I even had the thought of replacing it. So I didn't. Boy this was going to be cheap, I thought. But then I bought the pex, the fittings, a new inlet, and the filter and the spouts and still came out over $150. Geesh. I also made a serious structural mistake on this project, which I had to remedy. But in the end, I was and am still happy with the results.
The original water tank turned out to be a champ.
I found a water pump in my attic.
It wasn't too hard to include a filter in the line that goes to my outside spigot and my kitchen faucet.
A new inlet with a lock and new keys. I promptly lost the keys and now use a piece of gorilla tape to hold the flap closed.
I made a mistake in creating a hole for the outside spigot. It was one of those Saturday mornings that I just did something without thinking. I drilled a hole through the exterior and the bottom aluminum strut that supports the camper. See the bottom hole in the above photo. The top hole with the steel tie was the subsequent choice for spigot location.
After drilling the hole through the aluminum bar, I thought, "what in the hell did I just do?" It was no small hole either. It looked to me like I had jeopardized the strength of the camper in that location. I cut some aluminum angle and got out the JB Weld.
After sticking the epoxy on the angles and putting them on the outside of the aluminum bar, I drove a couple of screws into each angle. One of the angles buttresses up perfectly with the two vertical struts on either side. Hopefully the remedy works. I think it will.
The finished spigot in the new hole and the old hole covered with a patch of diamond plate. The spigot really works nicely.
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