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I am hoping someone will have some idea why one of my toilets stinks, I have a princess 420 which is now 14 years old, she has been very well looked after and the guest toilet was hardly used in fact it may never have been used, my problem is the main toilet stinks when flushed, it makes no difference where it is flushed but when the water starts to enter the bowl it 'honks' yet the other doesn't, the toilets are jabsco macerator type that either discarge straight over board or to a holding tank. Thanks in advance for any ideas.
 
I had the similar problem on a 12 yrs old Broom ,it turned out to be the waste pipes themselves,,once I changed them the smell disapeared. What was interesting was my Broom was made to go to Holland and they had used a lower grade plastic waste pipe for the european market ,than they used for boats staying in Britain.
I changed inlet pipes and outlet and it cured.
 
I have a similar(ish) issue and was recommended to flush / soak everything through with white vinegar for the same reason as above.. nasties growing in the pipework
 
oGaryo said:
I have a similar(ish) issue and was recommended to flush / soak everything through with white vinegar for the same reason as above.. nasties growing in the pipework
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Willing to give it a try but how do I introduce it to the inlet pipe without sending the missus under the boat with a bottle of the stuff, disconnect the pipe I suppose?
It only happens when water is introduces in to the bowl from flushing it!
 
OAF said:
I am hoping someone will have some idea why one of my toilets stinks, I have a princess 420 which is now 14 years old, she has been very well looked after and the guest toilet was hardly used in fact it may never have been used, my problem is the main toilet stinks when flushed, it makes no difference where it is flushed but when the water starts to enter the bowl it 'honks' yet the other doesn't, the toilets are jabsco macerator type that either discarge straight over board or to a holding tank. Thanks in advance for any ideas.
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The water in the pipes contain micro organisms that die when there is no sunlight so flushing through with tap water when you are not using the boat will help,at least with the outlet side.If the pipes are old there gets a build up of 'crud' lining them, anyone that has had them off will testify, the smell is unbelievable so a change of pipes will cure it.
 
If it smells just after the first time you use the heads, after leaving it for a while.

It will be the sea water inlet pipe with dead bugs in it. Not much you can do about it except open a window and give it a good flushing, after that it should be ok till next time.

If thats not the problem, get some pet deorderant and spray it round the pipes in the bilge.

Still no joy? Change the pipes.
 
Trapped water will go off between uses in the intake pipe. This is normal.

Flushing liberally with fresh water will clear the entire outlet pipe.

Flush with 1 liter white vinegar, pump until all fluid is in the exhaust side :D, then close the sea cock trapping the liquid in the pipe: wait a few hours then flush again. should be sweet smelling for a while.

GL
 
I wish it was just down to a curry! Lol that would be an easy cure.

The problem is down to the water in the inlet pipe, it does help if you flush with an extended flush, I suspect that I might have to change the inlet pipe, I will try removing the pipe from the sea cock first and adding a vinegar solution first to see if that helps, thanks for your advice.
 
OAF said:
I wish it was just down to a curry! Lol that would be an easy cure.

The problem is down to the water in the inlet pipe, it does help if you flush with an extended flush, I suspect that I might have to change the inlet pipe, I will try removing the pipe from the sea cock first and adding a vinegar solution first to see if that helps, thanks for your advice.
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Hi, sorry for not replying earlier. I've yet to give it a go to be honest, this is the thread that gave me the advice but I'll be checking the exact source of the smell on our boat first and then working out how to get vinegar in the inlet side of the system if needbe... good luck with yours hope you have sweet smelling air soon;)

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=283701
 
OAF said:
I wish it was just down to a curry! Lol that would be an easy cure.

The problem is down to the water in the inlet pipe, it does help if you flush with an extended flush, I suspect that I might have to change the inlet pipe, I will try removing the pipe from the sea cock first and adding a vinegar solution first to see if that helps, thanks for your advice.
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You would be wasting your time. The problem would be back again by the next time you visit the boat. The bugs are in the sea, they die when they get up the pipe in the dark.
 
OAF said:
If that was the case Hayden then surely replacing the pipe won't solve it either?
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Like I said, if the problem is when you first flush the toilet. It's bugs in the inlet pipe.

So first job, is to close the bog door and open a window, then flush the bog a few times. All should now be ok.

Some times the problem is in the outlet pipes and it could be worth changing them.
 
gsturgeon said:
We resolved this problem completely when we fitted a toilet that flushes with fresh water from the tank.
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+1 sorts the problem once and for all. Tried all sorts of other fixes using Seawater but they are all temporary and pong returns. As Haydn says the smell is waiting to happen from the bugs in the Seawater.
 
anyone implemented or thinking of implementing a gray water solution?
Shower water (and possibly sink water from the heads that is not the galley) led to a tank with some enzymes that "kill" the water that can afterwards be used for flushing the bog, water the plants and even wash the clothes (in a house setup).
Pretty sure quantities are in favour, and if this tank is full, overflows to the sea, no harm done.

House solutions are a tad expensive but we are talking 1ton tank min. Setting up a 100-150lt tank with the enzymes should be quite easy.

V.
 
Another option is to allow the smell and fit an extractor fan (bilge blower) at the back of the bog.

Apart from taking the dead sea smell away it also takes away the previous nights curry and egg sandwich lunch .

If its a shared shower cubical it also keeps steam away.

A good fan makes the head / shower usable.
 
My boat has a sea water inlet and if I use this to flush the toilet it leaves a vile raw smell so I counter this by flushing the loo only using fresh water from the shower head which has a long hose.

I also use a squirt of Starbrite toilet cleaner.
 
Thanks for all of your very useful replies, I already have fans in the shower rooms/heads so no need for any more, My s### don't smell that bad! I reckon that flushing with fresh water is the answer and it shouldn't be a massive job on my boat, plus it will negate opening the sea cocks for the inlets so I can cap those off!

I don't fancy using a grey water recycling system, good idea and if the boat was much bigger then it would probably be worth doing.

Cheers
 
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