Pumping out - DIY

Bigplumbs said:
So I am thinking that this might be the answer for the occasional use. Mind you one of the reviews talks about facial splatter perhaps Henry would enlighten us in that regard

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DARTMOOR-L...pY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1
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That will do although limited capacity. The 'Bucket' is four gallons and the flush tank holds two gallons but it all depends on how much flushing, human output and how frequently you are prepared to do the 'Elsan disposable dash'.
 
Bigplumbs said:
Nice Subject this but someone gotta do it :)

On our Sealine on the Norfolk Broads (which has a holding tank and switch over valve) it is not good to pump your poo into the river as many do at sea (and many on the broads for that matter!) We don't use our boat that much on the broads so it only needs a pump out once in a very long while. It is also a 2 hour plod in the boat to the easiest pump out station that is I think £20. Also it is an issue not really knowing how full your tank is. I know you can fit a gauge which ours has but it don't work. I was wondering if in these circumstances you are actually better off with a cassette bog rather like in our Motor home and Caravan. Then I thought DIY.

So here is the question. Does anyone know of a DIY Solution with perhaps a 10 gallon can and a pump that would fit the deck fitting. This way you can pump out the tank yourself responsibly ever say 3 uses of the boat. Take it home and either sell it on ebay :) or some other better method of disposal ?
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why not do your engines a favour at same time discharging tank , go out at Yarmouth and back in at Lowestoft nice short run down coast , if you do not wish to discharge out at sea I would think that Orton broads has pump out facilities.
 
harvey38 said:
That will do although limited capacity. The 'Bucket' is four gallons and the flush tank holds two gallons but it all depends on how much flushing, human output and how frequently you are prepared to do the 'Elsan disposable dash'.
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Well there is only me and her indoors and her indoors seems to operate an internal compacting store it up for a few days system and wait till she gets home (I think it is a woman thing). so that would be plenty capacity. Not worried about the cassette poo dash as we have to do this in our camper van and Caravan
 
Bigplumbs said:
All useful information of course but some of it flawed:

1) Good stuff would be disposed of down our manhole at home as is sometimes done with Cassette from motor home.
2) Pump would not be fitted in boat.
3) I am not a wuss who sits back paying people to do stuff for them or indeed think I am special so not afraid to get stuck in
4) Not got a Nissan Almera and have a can with a good sealed top.
5) Pump pressure could be turned down via voltage adjustment I suspect.
6) Aint got no Children as her indoors could not have Children. Many people don't think before they gob off. Yup you win the prize for that one
7) I look forward to your video of anything you have done interesting or otherwise.

I look forward to your watershed moment
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Oh dear Mr Plumbs, were you off sick when they taught humour and creative writing at school?

Just to try and dislodge that chip upon your shoulder superglued on by the misguided belief that everyone willing to buy new must somehow live in a sanitary bubble breathing rarified air allow me to enlighten you…..

I knew I was going to marry my first wife when I saw this little smurf walking up the towpath. It transpires the open toilet bucket, Fiat 127 suspension, sudden braking and Elsan Blue are not a happy cocktail. We laugh about it now but at the time the fact my 1960’s ferro cement floating student home didn’t really have a working shower put something of a downer on the rest of the weekend.

Then there was that time in Cowes when a guest decided to dispose of a tampon in the khazi despite my pleading for her not to. The internet wasn’t around in them days so it was buckets of piss, a few lumps of poo and work your way along the pipeline until the culprit could be found and removed. After that I just had to get rid of the smell from the Fairline Targa’s aft cabin.

The gorgeous full beam bathroom on a 70 foot narrow boat I built featured what was at the time cutting edge vacuum toilet technology. When smurf woman got a tummy bug she managed to upset the poo / water / paper ratio Resulting in a compacted vacuum pump. It was like chiselling out brown concrete.

Living on a remote farm as I do we don’t have the benefit of mains sewerage. Instead we have an extensive 1920’s built cavern into which everything flows and digests. Ask me how I know the design of the entry port with it’s hidden lower opening only discoverable by hand. Rodding alone could not solve the problem.

Discuss with me over Earl Grey and scones one afternoon the delights of American Motorhomes, their cheaply built black and grey holding tanks, the techniques used to empty and resolve issues and the supposed flush pipes with no holes in them.

Oh yes, I think I’ve earned my spurs when it comes to toilet humour.

As for videos I have a whole channel which proves how little I know about stuff and a load of other unrelated films covering various topics.

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henryf said:
Oh dear Mr Plumbs, were you off sick when they taught humour and creative writing at school?

Just to try and dislodge that chip upon your shoulder superglued on by the misguided belief that everyone willing to buy new must somehow live in a sanitary bubble breathing rarified air allow me to enlighten you…..

I knew I was going to marry my first wife when I saw this little smurf walking up the towpath. It transpires the open toilet bucket, Fiat 127 suspension, sudden braking and Elsan Blue are not a happy cocktail. We laugh about it now but at the time the fact my 1960’s ferro cement floating student home didn’t really have a working shower put something of a downer on the rest of the weekend.

Then there was that time in Cowes when a guest decided to dispose of a tampon in the khazi despite my pleading for her not to. The internet wasn’t around in them days so it was buckets of piss, a few lumps of poo and work your way along the pipeline until the culprit could be found and removed. After that I just had to get rid of the smell from the Fairline Targa’s aft cabin.

The gorgeous full beam bathroom on a 70 foot narrow boat I built featured what was at the time cutting edge vacuum toilet technology. When smurf woman got a tummy bug she managed to upset the poo / water / paper ratio Resulting in a compacted vacuum pump. It was like chiselling out brown concrete.

Living on a remote farm as I do we don’t have the benefit of mains sewerage. Instead we have an extensive 1920’s built cavern into which everything flows and digests. Ask me how I know the design of the entry port with it’s hidden lower opening only discoverable by hand. Rodding alone could not solve the problem.

Discuss with me over Earl Grey and scones one afternoon the delights of American Motorhomes, their cheaply built black and grey holding tanks, the techniques used to empty and resolve issues and the supposed flush pipes with no holes in them.

Oh yes, I think I’ve earned my spurs when it comes to toilet humour.

As for videos I have a whole channel which prove how little I know about stuff And a load of other unrelated films covering various topics.

?
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Cant be bothered to read all that nonsense.
 
Bigplumbs said:
Cant be bothered to read all that nonsense.
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If you are suggesting my reply was made up, embellished or somehow manipulated to suit the situation I can ensure you every word was factually correct and true. Indeed such was my admiration for that little Elsan Blue coloured first wife I’m still married to her 35 years later……

You can learn a lot about a man by how well he shovels sh1t.
 
dj43 said:
why not do your engines a favour at same time discharging tank , go out at Yarmouth and back in at Lowestoft nice short run down coast , if you do not wish to discharge out at sea I would think that Orton broads has pump out facilities.
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There are several pump out facilities on the Broads. I don't want to have to arrange where you go based on pump out facilitied
 
Farmer Piles said:
P.S.
Started my own thread "Aquador Waste Tank" before I saw this. lots to "chew over"!:unsure:
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What I am trying to sort out is how to best deal with very occasional use over a long period of time. So it simple terms say 6 in total No 2's over a period of perhaps 1 year. I think next time I need to measure my holding tank and calculate its approx capacity
 
Bigplumbs said:
What I am trying to sort out is how to best deal with very occasional use over a long period of time. So it simple terms say 6 in total No 2's over a period of perhaps 1 year. I think next time I need to measure my holding tank and calculate its approx capacity
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On the basis Mr Plumbs is ignoring my posts someone better tell him to be careful storing occasional number 2 s over a long period of time.

Having a bit of experience in the field as can be gleaned from my nonsense post what holding tanks like is plenty of fluid and regular agitation. Don’t do that and you end up with a solid lump of not very nice material which needs somehow encouraging out of the tank under pressure.

American Motorhomes usually have a spray rail for the purpose. Boats don’t
 
If water is close by , use biodegradable paper, fill the waste tank with lots of water , then pump into broads , not much shit . The fish need feeding . Ps try not to be rude.
 
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