Split water hose in bathroom

[skiman]

Originally Posted by gocamp

But war eagle, any escape owner who does not live near the factory are sent to those same dismal stickies dealers for our warranty work. Still lab rats with the stickie dealer awful one or two star ratings.

I had my Frig swapped at General RV in Ohio and board replaced in it a year later. They were troopers throughout working with Dometic. Not all are awful. I passed on Camping World due to lousy reviews.

[thoer]

Originally Posted by arniesea

Well said, Fred! Just curious, where are you two now? How far will Rease need to travel to meet up with you?

Hope you are well,

Reace is going to have to catch Fred with a lasso!

[Red Dog]

Originally Posted by arniesea

Well said, Fred! Just curious, where are you two now? How far will Rease need to travel to meet up with you?



Hope you are well,

We will be visiting The Maritimes for the next few weeks but will watch for ETI's schedule. We plan to meet up as they travel East.


Fred M.

[Dave Walter]

We have made a thousand kilometre drive to Coquitlam several times for repairs or warranty work on our Escape. To me, having the manufacturer work on the trailer was much preferred over some unknown local entity. In two of the three trips to the factory we combined the journey with other holiday plans and it became a trivial matter to stop in at ETI.

It is unfortunate that this issue with the 21' has arisen. But shi# happens sometimes and we need to accept it. My wife's Chevy Equinox has probably had 20 recall notices since we got it. I have not seen the guys from Chev knocking on my door wanting to fix things. Kudos to Reace for taking the initiative to do this fix himself.

[jennykatz]

I recieved the email asking for best way to get in touch but no schedule yet from ETI.
I think a lot of Floridians will be someplace else instead of Home

[Losangeles]

Originally Posted by jennykatz

I recieved the email asking for best way to get in touch but no schedule yet from ETI.
I think a lot of Floridians will be someplace else instead of Home

I wonder how long the actual mod takes?

I'm guessing wildly at.... 90 minutes?

Just curious....

[H46Driver]

Originally Posted by Red Dog

We will be visiting The Maritimes for the next few weeks but will watch for ETI's schedule. We plan to meet up as they travel East.


Fred M.

I think we'll be doing the same thing as we'll most likely not be in Texas as he passes through.

[H46Driver]

Originally Posted by Losangeles

I wonder how long the actual mod takes?

I'm guessing wildly at.... 90 minutes?

Just curious....

I've heard that the first time it was done it took about 4 hours. Guessing it will take less time as it is done more often.

[Losangeles]

Originally Posted by H46Driver

I've heard that the first time it was done it took about 4 hours. Guessing it will take less time as it is done more often.

I know the cubbies get removed...

I assume the other end - connection- is under the bed?

(By the water heater)

?

John

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by Losangeles

I know the cubbies get removed...

I assume the other end - connection- is under the bed?

(By the water heater)

?

John

A quick check underneath would tell. My guess is that the connection to PEX is in the cubbies, and the firmer PEX is run under the trailer. But, this is just a guess. If he has to replace the lines under foam, that would be a heck of a hassle.

[tdf-texas]

Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

A quick check underneath would tell. My guess is that the connection to PEX is in the cubbies, and the firmer PEX is run under the trailer. But, this is just a guess. If he has to replace the lines under foam, that would be a heck of a hassle.

The PEX runs under the step area as you enter the bathroom - it doesn't run under the trailer and the PEX to tubing transition is behind the bath wall next to the cubbies.

The route the water lines are run is what makes the repair take so long. When I first talked to Reese he said the connection was not accessable but after we took a good look at it, the current method of access came to light. It's a costly repair for Reese as the cubbies are destroyed during the repair and have to be replaced.

[cpaharley2008]

You will see some extra space once the cubbies are removed. I added an extra cubby at the bottom for shoes, just a matter of cutting another hole and finishing the edges.

[freespirit]

Don't claim to know anything about plumbing, but when researching trailers this camper looked for visibility and accessibility to all plumbing where splices and tubing angle transitions take place as this seemed like an obvious place for a break later on. One sticky website (as some like to call them) even made a point of saying that all of these points were easily accessible and they designed it that way. Upon looking at that trailer it certainly seemed like they paid close attention to this during its design, although they seem to have dropped the ball in some other important areas of trailer design....did find one other trailer that also made sure all plumbing fittings and tubing angle transitions/splices were easily accessible in their design, and in addition to the use of pex they used all metal plumbing splice/angle fittings/clamps and bypass valves.

[Marry]

Originally Posted by tdf-texas

It's a costly repair for Reese as the cubbies are destroyed during the repair and have to be replaced.

Reace has to pack cubbies in his suitcase?

[thoer]

Originally Posted by freespirit

Don't claim to know anything about plumbing, but when researching trailers this camper looked for visibility and accessibility to all plumbing where splices and tubing angle transitions take place as this seemed like an obvious place for a break later on. One sticky website (as some like to call them) even made a point of saying that all of these points were easily accessible and they designed it that way. Upon looking at that trailer it certainly seemed like they paid close attention to this during its design, although they seem to have dropped the ball in some other important areas of trailer design....did find one other trailer that also made sure all plumbing fittings and tubing angle transitions/splices were easily accessible in their design, and in addition to the use of pex they used all metal plumbing splice/angle fittings/clamps and bypass valves.

Sounds like one of those might be just what you are looking for!

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by tdf-texas

The PEX runs under the step area as you enter the bathroom - it doesn't run under the trailer and the PEX to tubing transition is behind the bath wall next to the cubbies.

The route the water lines are run is what makes the repair take so long. When I first talked to Reese he said the connection was not accessable but after we took a good look at it, the current method of access came to light. It's a costly repair for Reese as the cubbies are destroyed during the repair and have to be replaced.

That makes good sense, Tom. I was thinking of my trailer which has the gallery lines running underneath.

[thoer]

In our 21, it is PEX under the bed and becomes the flexible tubing right as it exits the underbed and enters the bathroom enclosure.

[Red Dog]

Originally Posted by thoer

In our 21, it is PEX under the bed and becomes the flexible tubing right as it exits the underbed and enters the bathroom enclosure.

Eric,
You got my attention. I checked our 21' and it appears that the tubing enters the bathroom enclosure as pex, but not sure how far before it becomes flexible tubing.




Fred M.

[thoer]

Originally Posted by Red Dog

Eric,
You got my attention. I checked our 21' and it appears that the tubing enters the bathroom enclosure as pex, but not sure how far before it becomes flexible tubing.



Fred M.

That's interesting Fred - wonder when the change was made?

[float5]

Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

I was thinking of my trailer which has the gallery lines running underneath.

"gallery lines": I always knew that you were an art -sy type guy.

And proved it with your new Escape mods.