smelly loo

[oGaryo]

sorry, I know this has been done to death in the past but thought I'd post a question for a quick answer as most of the past threads relate to the smell from the holding tank rather than the problem we appear to have. We don't have a holding tank nor a macerator, just a Jabasco toilet with the add on electric pump and outlets underneath the boat via pipes connected to a small and large seacock. The loo doesn't smell when there's water in the basin but stinks when we've been for a run (no water in the bowl after) or when flushing the loo. Do I need to replace the piping or is there something I can use to clean the pipes?

many thanks

 

[rafiki_]

Do I need to replace the piping or is there something I can use to clean the pipes?

many thanks

Steve?

Grabs coat and exits rapidly.

 

[epervier]

I stopped flushing with sea water and only use fresh, it has never smelt sweeter(if that's possible).

as an aside to that, do you go to sea with the sea cocks open?

 

[oGaryo]

I stopped flushing with sea water and only use fresh, it has never smelt sweeter(if that's possible).

as an aside to that, do you go to sea with the sea cocks open?

yep, we do go to sea with them open but close both inlet and outlet on leaving the boat David.

Paul, ready yourself for lots of capital letters and exclamation marks when Steve sees this

 

[rafiki_]

yep, we do go to sea with them open but close both inlet and outlet on leaving the boat David.

Paul, ready yourself for lots of capital letters and exclamation marks when Steve sees this

Yep..................

 

[sealines28]

yep I had the same problem, stopped flushing with seawater 2 years ago and not had a smell since. Only use fresh water now.

 

[P4Paul]

I stopped flushing with sea water and only use fresh

Just considering changing to fresh water flushing as we notice a huge difference between using fresh and salt water.

 

[nigelmercier]

Despite what others will say, I have found that the smell comes from the inlet pipe; possibly why fresh water fixes it. I put a Jabsco filter in the inlet, and dissolve a Milton tablet in it at the start of every trip. No more smells.

 

[lisilou]

No idea but get it sorted before the Regatta or all bets are off!!!

 

[P4Paul]

we do go to sea with them open but close both inlet and outlet on leaving the boat

I am guessing MDL/Ocean Village don't have a holding tank policy, must admit I thought that being on the Itchen they would have.

 

[mad_boater]

Change the pipes it worked for us

 

[voyager35]

had the same problem and when new pipes only solved it for a few weeks came to the conclusion that it was leaving seawater in the inlet pipe allowing bacteria to grow in them. Rigged up a supply pipe and manual valve to allow me to flush fresh water through the system before leaving the boat but using seawater when on the boat and the smell has gone

 

[mad_boater]

Replace the pipes it worked for us

 

[nigelmercier]

had the same problem and when new pipes only solved it for a few weeks came to the conclusion that it was leaving seawater in the inlet pipe allowing bacteria to grow in them...

Exactly. However, Vyv Cox has experimented with this, and found that sea water does not cause bacteria to form. I suspect that the bacteria get there by other means and stick to the inside of the pipe, then are then promoted to grow by the sea water.

The filter is a useful thing to have, and mandatory if you have an electric pump, so dropping a Milton tablet into it is easy.

 

[LionsDen]

Gary if you omit the obligatory curry and asparagus then all should be smelling nice and rosy in the boys room - I will get my coat on the way out

 

[[2068]]

Despite what others will say, I have found that the smell comes from the inlet pipe; .

+1

It's the inlet pipe.

Close the small seacock (inlet).
Undo the inlet pipe clip at the loo end, pull off the pipe, and drain off some of the water into a container.
Fill up the pipe with Milton fluid, reattach the pipe, and leave it for a few hours.

Don't forget to open the small seacock again, else you'll hear howls of protest from the next person to use the loo

dave.

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[Robg71]

I swapped the pipework on the forward heads and smells sweet a year down the line. Mines see water flush, straight through. Am having the aft heads done as we speak, as they are still honkin.... Thirty year old pipes.

Leesan water treatment works too....

 

[mad_boater]

Replace the pipes it works

 

[oGaryo]

Thanks all. Will put replacing the pipes on the winter todo list. For now have flushed through sea water co tinuously for a few minutes and that seems to have sorted it for now

 

[STEVEDUNSTABLE]

Steve?

Grabs coat and exits rapidly.

Rafiki..... insults like that are charged at HUGE SLABS of cadburys delivered NOW !!!!!!!!