Is this the strangest waste water question yet? (1 Viewer)

[Mags52]

Today when we emptied our waste water into a bucket a piece of paper came out about the size of a large parcel label. There is no way this could get down any of our drains inside the van. After this the waste water was thick and gloopy for a while. We put several watering cans down all the plug holes and now the waste looks normal. Weird eh?

 

[maison]

Perhaps a label from the tank interior?

 

[Riverbankannie]

Gosh, how long have you been using the system? Was the paper intact, if so cannot have been in there very long. Could someone have shoved it up the pipe from outside?

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[old-mo]

Bar code label come unstuck....

 

[olley]

Someone pooed in the shower?

 

[Mags52]

Perhaps a label from the tank interior?

This seems the most sensible possibility.

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[Mags52]

Gosh, how long have you been using the system? Was the paper intact, if so cannot have been in there very long. Could someone have shoved it up the pipe from outside?

We've had the van for 18 months. The paper was pretty ragged but there is a little boy on the pitch next door. Mmmmm ... could be

 

[Just smiffy]

That's where my bl**dy parcel went then.....

 

[PeteH]

Some (not all) waste tanks have a cover, which is sited on the top, Allowing access for Screwed fittings to be attached after which they are sealed up, The label would likely be a "Stock" label and has eventually detached, partly blocked the drain, and when it eventually got to the exit has the effect of removing the dam and allowing the Crud behind it to come free?

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[Mags52]

Bar code label come unstuck....

Bigger than the usual barcode label.

 

[Mags52]

Some (not all) waste tanks have a cover, which is sited on the top, Allowing access for Screwed fittings to be attached after which they are sealed up, The label would likely be a "Stock" label and has eventually detached, partly blocked the drain, and when it eventually got to the exit has the effect of removing the dam and allowing the Crud behind it to come free?

That makes a lot of sense. Maybe our waste water won't smell so bad now.

 

[maison]

@Mags52
Are you parked anywhere near Sherlock or Morse?

Sounds like a job for them!

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[lorger]

are you sure it wasn't just some waste paper

 

[Mags52]

are you sure it wasn't just some waste paper

It would have to be stuffed right up the waste pipe. It definitely came out with the water.

 

[Just smiffy]

That makes a lot of sense. Maybe our waste water won't smell so bad now.

The waste does have a distinctive smell doesn't it.... I've smelled it from many vans.....

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[TheBig1]

@Mags52
Are you parked anywhere near Sherlock or Morse?

Sounds like a job for them!

but sherlock specialises in toilet blockages.......as in no shit sherlock

 

[Spriddler]

The paper was pretty ragged but there is a little boy on the pitch next door.

Good heavens! How did he get in there? He's so lucky you didn't empty it down a drain.

 

[Kingham]

....We put several watering cans down all the plug holes and now the waste looks normal. Weird eh?

Just you wait until the all those watering cans make their way through your system.... You thought the piece of paper was bad !

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[Tootles]

Was it in a bottle?? You might have a shipwrecked mariner marooned in your grey water tank.

 

[Sidney]

The distinctive smell doesn't occur if you leave the grey waste tap open...

 

[Neckender]

That's where my bl**dy parcel went then.....

I've heard about the problems with Herme's delivery service before, this is just the ticket.

John.

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[Vanderek]

I've heard about the problems with Herme's delivery service before, this is just the ticket.

John.

The Police have been round and there's now a Message in a Bottle

 

[buttons]

Gosh, how long have you been using the system? Was the paper intact, if so cannot have been in there very long. Could someone have shoved it up the pipe from outside?

Sounds feasible, I cant see how it could have come from the tank...

 

[Mags52]

Sounds feasible, I cant see how it could have come from the tank...

We've got a wide bore exit (no rude analogies please )with a right angle bend in it. I guess someone could have fed a bit of paper up there - why they would do that is anyone's guess. It's the thin wallpaper paste consistency of the water that followed it out that confused me. Seriously strange.

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[SIFTA SAM]

Was it definitely paper ?
Over a period of time/use if ALL liquid waste is poured down the sinks, then a brownish deposit will form on the bottom of the waste tank. This deposit will form into a thin skin, and can exit the tank looking like thin wet pieces of paper.

 

[Just smiffy]

It's the thin wallpaper paste consistency of the water that followed it out that confused me. Seriously strange.

@PeteH 's explanation, that's what I'd put money on.....


Although I do like a good conspiracy theory.....

 

[Minxy]

I'd say it was a label originally attached to the underside of the inspection cap which has come unstuck and found it's way out through the pipes eventually ...

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[pappajohn]

We've had the van for 18 months. The paper was pretty ragged but there is a little boy on the pitch next door. Mmmmm ... could be

So, little tarquin knew to open the waste valve, with the possibility of getting soaked in stinking grey water, then using some kind of probe to push the label right inside the pipe... ?

It's a stock/part number label which became detached or was accidentally or intentionally dropped in the tank by the fitter on installation

 

[Mags52]

Yes, I'm sure it was the label but I've enjoyed all the ideas. Thanks folks.

 

[Minxy]

... just a thought ... you know how when a dog consumes a piece of tissue you hope it comes out the other end 'wrapping' up the rest of the contents ... you haven't been trying that have you ....????

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