Thetford Toilet - Emptying at home - YUK!!! (1 Viewer)

[Larby]

Strange how poo gets lots of interest.
May I suggest a way?

Leave blade open, open door on outside and pull out the drain neck on the cassette, unscrew the cap and drain into bucket, the level has now dropped below the blade. Screw cap back on. Close blade and then remove cassette.

Slide into dustbin liner and take to toilet.

There aint no escape, you made it, you empty it !

Good luck and no pictures required.

Now go and get them Marigolds..................and peg !

 

[sdc77]

Pinkie
Feel for ya.. But when you do get it out and emptied.. Take the opportunity to stripit as bbest you can (c heck manual) .. Thorough clean.. With brush and detergent.. And wipe a little olive oil on cleaned rubber seals. Clean Bay before putting back

 

[pinkie]

Strange how poo gets lots of interest.
May I suggest a way?

Leave blade open, open door on outside and pull out the drain neck on the cassette, unscrew the cap and drain into bucket, the level has now dropped below the blade. Screw cap back on. Close blade and then remove cassette.

Slide into dustbin liner and take to toilet.

There aint no escape, you made it, you empty it !

Good luck and no pictures required.

Now go and get them Marigolds..................and peg !

Yes, everyone loves someone else being in the shit!!!!

Thanks for the tip, I will probably go with that, preferable to soaking up brown water with kitchen towels.

I am SO going to buy a gas mask!

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[simsy56]

Yes, do not go lifting the manholes in the street. Local authorities will be on you in a jiffy, and so will the neighbours.
You must have a manhole somewhere around your home.
Where the toilet is inside, there should be a manhole the other side of the wall, on the outside. Usually the toilet will go to the outside in the shortest distance, i.e. straight through the wall. to a manhole, then turn towards the main sewer.
If the toilet is at the back of the house, it will come to a manhole outside on the path, and turn left or right, to the corner of the house, then turn again with an inspection cover over it, and head for the sewer, usually in the road.
A sewer has to have a manhole/inspection chamber at every turn, so any rodding is done in a straight line from and to, any covers.

Craig

 

[Mousy]

Pinkie, I feel your pain, but you can do this, dreading it all night is not gonna change the outcome. So enjoy that wine tonight.
Tomorrow, pop a smear of Vic's on your top lip (this helps with the smell) definitely use rubber gloves (and be prepared to sling them away after) ditto old clothes if it really gets dramatic. Have everything ready and close to hand, kitchen rolls or copious amounts of loo roll, toilet brush, wet wipes, bin bags, bucket etc. don't use bleach on your MH loo it affects the plastic but by god spread it every where else....have the garden hose ready to clean the cassette or watering can of water.
If you have no option to use your loo upstairs, spread newspaper on the floor and move towels etc out of the way in case of splash back.
Good luck and remember some things you dread doing actually aren't that bad once you've done it...for everything else there's fabreeze:thumb:

 

[Stephen & Jeannie]

Shit happens !!!

28 people watching this post (including me !) why are we so interested in defecation and it's problems ! ????????????????oh:oh:oh:

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[PaulyP]

28 people watching this post (including me !) why are we so interested in defecation and it's problems ! ????????????????oh:oh:oh:

Shit happens - and its marginally better than whats on tv.

Until sky sports 1 at 7.45

 

[pinkie]

Pinkie, I feel your pain, but you can do this, dreading it all night is not gonna change the outcome.

Ha ha Mousey,

Not dreading it any more, i'm on my third glass and feeling happily relaxed!

I will update you all with the outcome tomorrow. If I can tackle it AT IT'S WORST, a daily emptying will be nothing for me!

I would like to be one of this people that never do number 2's in their van and use public toilets, but I probably would rather do it in my knickers than a public toilet. No 1's in a public toilet is a problem, but needs must! When my daughter went in the bus station on the way to Istanbul one night, and the stench reached you half a mile away.......................I wasn't going to go in, I would rather piss my pants to be honest, but in I went, simply because she insisted, and tried the fine balancing act of pulling trousers down, without getting the ends near the pissy floor (impossible!) and hovering over the Turkish toilet, trying to not inhale anything, not slip in anything and not piss over myself!

Suffice to say, I didn't arrive in Istanbul smelling of roses!

So Thetford toilet may be a love it or hate it relationship in Morocco, but I am going to need it!

Still, let's not discuss it anymore - raise a glass to Italy - and their fine Prosecco and all will be resolved in the morning! :thumb:

 

[Chris]

You could try syphoning it out into a bucket.

Get a length of pipe and place one end in the cassette and the other in your mouth.

Then just suck.

Timing is then everything

Ps. Any "solids" would need to be scooped separately.

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[tonka]

Ha ha Mousey,

Not dreading it any more, i'm on my third glass and feeling happily relaxed!

I will update you all with the outcome tomorrow. If I can tackle it AT IT'S WORST, a daily emptying will be nothing for me!

I would like to be one of this people that never do number 2's in their van and use public toilets, but I probably would rather do it in my knickers than a public toilet. No 1's in a public toilet is a problem, but needs must! When my daughter went in the bus station on the way to Istanbul one night, and the stench reached you half a mile away.......................I wasn't going to go in, I would rather piss my pants to be honest, but in I went, simply because she insisted, and tried the fine balancing act of pulling trousers down, without getting the ends near the pissy floor (impossible!) and hovering over the Turkish toilet, trying to not inhale anything, not slip in anything and not piss over myself!

Suffice to say, I didn't arrive in Istanbul smelling of roses!

So Thetford toilet may be a love it or hate it relationship in Morocco, but I am going to need it!

Still, let's not discuss it anymore - raise a glass to Italy - and their fine Prosecco and all will be resolved in the morning! :thumb:

That is a great description of a lot of the toilets on Morocco campsites..
So you better start to love your Thetford.... :thumb:
Empty regular is the key..... and whenever there is an opportunity, so on your travels down through Spain make use of any facilites you find.

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

When you say it's been in there since Amsterdam. Is that since you went over and bought it ? Or have you been again since .
If so , it will be very smelly. even if there are only number ones in it.

Your house will stink. If you empty up in your bathroom.
You will wretch and gip , probably like the woman in the vid

Put some Vicks vapour rub under your nose , above your top lip. It will disguise the smell a bit.
If you can't find a manhole in your garden. I'd Ask a neighbour if you can tip it in theirs. That's what I'd do.
Well , I wouldn't , I've never emptied it , it's Ralph's job

 

[MHVirgins]

If the thought of emptying puts your off that much you could get a long piece of hose put one end in the cassette - make sure the other end is lower and suck hard before draining the liquid into a bucket to dispose of ........only joking.....just follow the vid and you'll be fine ...if you have a child it's nowhere near as bad as runny nappies..so I am told

:Blush: Sorry, but I have to disagree with that one.......give me the runny nappies any day:thumb: Emptying the cassette is a "man's job"! Bill doesn't mind doing it at all, and we're fortunate enough to be on a septic tank at home for that, although he usually sorts it all before we leave a site.
Runny nappies........no problem for me, but the strange thing is, Bill was never good at the "runny nappies" or any nappies to be honest

Margaret

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[Bailey58]

We too have a manhole in our back garden but in the absence of one for you there's only one solution, take it next door and ask your neighbour nicely if you can empty it down their loo!

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

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:Blush: Sorry, but I have to disagree with that one.......give me the runny nappies any day:thumb: Emptying the cassette is a "man's job"! Bill doesn't mind doing it at all, and we're fortunate enough to be on a septic tank at home for that, although he usually sorts it all before we leave a site.
Runny nappies........no problem for me, but the strange thing is, Bill was never good at the "runny nappies" or any nappies to be honest

Margaret

SNAP Margaret.:thumb:

 

[MHVirgins]

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SNAP Margaret.:thumb:

At least with the runny nappies it was all contained within one small area........there is no way the cassette would ever be allowed in the house, that goodness for the slab over the septic tank:thumb:

Margaret

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[Reallyretired]

I take every opportunity to empty the cassette, daily if possible. That way it's not too heavy and it never gets full and catches us out. (though we carry a spare but so far have never needed it)

As we use Bio washing liquid not the dreaded blue stuff there is no problem emptying at home if necessary, use downstairs cloakroom, though when we get home it will be nearly empty anyway.
The blue stuff stains everything it comes in contact with.

 

[MikeandCarolyn]

My old Hymer had that system, moved from green to red to show it was filling up.
The one we have now has a red light, only time i have seen it work was in the middle of the night, of course it was raining and had to be emptied early before using.

That's why we have a spare cassette It happened twice on our first two trips.

There really should be an access to sewer on your property-look for the down pipe from toilet and then look laterally on either side from that.
Ours is just outside kitchen door-phew lol.

Mike

 

[pinkie]

Okay guys,

I just can't believed how "poo" obsessed this forum is, next you will be asking me to do one on a glass table and submit the photo's, (Okay I'm sure there is a forum out there somewhere, but "honestly" I thought it was a myth!!!)

Clearly all the motorhomefunners are banned from the coffee table site for some reason or another!!!

Now I've managed to drink the WHOLE BOTTLE of Prosecco, i'm feeling rather merry and on black coffee, but I do know this...................

There is the soil pipe (where I have taken out the toilet downstairs (at the back of the house) did it all myself and capped off inside............I shall investigate where it goes outside, otherwise uncap it, because it is in the process of being turned into my larder but totally bare at the moment, the owners before me liked rough red brick indoors, so that is a possible solution.

Have multiple patio doors on my house so lots of air wafts available to blow the smell through.

Now back to the glass coffee table............................absolutely not!!!!

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[Caztur]

Am I the only person on here who checks the level in the holding tank by looking in it when I've used it?

I'd never rely on the "gauge thingy" to be accurate - in fact I can only recall one caravan I've had which had a gauge on the cassette toilet to show when it was full. The various porta-pottis I've had certainly don't have any exterior method of showing when they are replete.

Hope all goes well tomorrow Pinkie.

 

[Sandancers]

Okay guys,

I just can't believed how "poo" obsessed this forum is, next you will be asking me to do one on a glass table and submit the photo's, (Okay I'm sure there is a forum out there somewhere, but "honestly" I thought it was a myth!!!)

Clearly all the motorhomefunners are banned from the coffee table site for some reason or another!!!

Now I've managed to drink the WHOLE BOTTLE of Prosecco, i'm feeling rather merry and on black coffee, but I do know this...................

There is the soil pipe (where I have taken out the toilet downstairs (at the back of the house) did it all myself and capped off inside............I shall investigate where it goes outside, otherwise uncap it, because it is in the process of being turned into my larder but totally bare at the moment, the owners before me liked rough red brick indoors, so that is a possible solution.

Have multiple patio doors on my house so lots of air wafts available to blow the smell through.

Now back to the glass coffee table............................absolutely not!!!!

As regards the glass coffee table, Noddy Holder did do this in Hamburg for £25 for a German nightclub owner when Slade was starting out. True !!


When we get our motorhome there is going to be a BIG padlock securing the loo cover down !! Only in the event of a National Emergency will it be unlocked. Hey, we've been to India, public toilets in the UK and France hold no fears for us.


Meanwhile, I've found just the thing for you on Ebay. Less than £20.

 

[Xabia]

If you pop into Halfords, or any local car spares shop, you should be able to buy a fuel syphoning device very cheaply (a manual plastic jobby) which will enable you to syphon off the liquid into bucket loads which you can then carry much easier than the whole cassette. Leave some liquid in the cassette though so that what is left of the solids will come out easier when you drain the final bit.

Good luck!

Mike

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[tofo]

How am I supposed to do that? Scoop it out? Oh my god - it gets worse!!!!

Take an Empty fairy liquid type bottle
And a bucket

Turn bottle upside down squeeze air out

Insert into the liquid (toilet bowl) let bottle expand sucking liquid up

Hold bottle over bucket and squeeze gently ( think splash )

Repeat till at an acceptable level at least below level of cassette opening

It's a horrid job

but preferable too cleaning it up when the cassette is pulled out

And you view the flood inside your mobile palace:thumb:

:thumb::thumb::thumb:

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

ohouble post

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

Okay guys,

I just can't believed how "poo" obsessed this forum is, next you will be asking me to do one on a glass table and submit the photo's, (Okay I'm sure there is a forum out there somewhere, but "honestly" I thought it was a myth!!!)

Clearly all the motorhomefunners are banned from the coffee table site for some reason or another!!!

Now I've managed to drink the WHOLE BOTTLE of Prosecco, i'm feeling rather merry and on black coffee, but I do know this...................

There is the soil pipe (where I have taken out the toilet downstairs (at the back of the house) did it all myself and capped off inside............I shall investigate where it goes outside, otherwise uncap it, because it is in the process of being turned into my larder but totally bare at the moment, the owners before me liked rough red brick indoors, so that is a possible solution.

Have multiple patio doors on my house so lots of air wafts available to blow the smell through.

Now back to the glass coffee table............................absolutely not!!!!

Dirty girl

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[aba]

Strange how poo gets lots of interest.
May I suggest a way?

Leave blade open, open door on outside and pull out the drain neck on the cassette, unscrew the cap and drain into bucket, the level has now dropped below the blade. Screw cap back on. Close blade and then remove cassette.

Slide into dustbin liner and take to toilet.

There aint no escape, you made it, you empty it !

Good luck and no pictures required.

Now go and get them Marigolds..................and peg !

i would use this method but first drive the opposite side of the van to the thetford door up on levelling ramps to assist the flow but be careful removing the cap.

 

[2bob]

There really should be a manhole somewhere on your own land, do not go into the street it opens up all sorts of legal issues

as above
most house have a peoplehole

 

[pinkie]

If you pop into Halfords, or any local car spares shop, you should be able to buy a fuel syphoning device very cheaply (a manual plastic jobby) which will enable you to syphon off the liquid into bucket loads which you can then carry much easier than the whole cassette. Leave some liquid in the cassette though so that what is left of the solids will come out easier when you drain the final bit.

Good luck!

Mike

Mike,

Thanks for the advice, i'm sure it was meant well but you have just ruined my good mood at the thought of doing that!!!!

I can't even let the instructions go into my "blonde" brain, otherwise I shall be thinking about that for days!

I prefer the do-in-one thing with the previous suggestion of suit/mask ebay for under £20!!!!

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[pinkie]

Dirty girl

Oooh! Shut up you two!!! I never offered!

 

[Gizmouk]

No light came on - should it have? It just moves from green to red!

To use a festive analogy...
Red means - "No more room at the inn"

 

[simsy56]

May i ask, out of curiosity, how much does a cassette hold? I mean litres, not richard the thirds!

Craig

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