Waste Hose on Blakes Seacock in a Westerly Storm

[flyingscampi]

My mission for Sunday which I chose to accept was to swap the waste hose on my toilet to remove whatever blockage was making it hard to flush.

The seacock is located in a position that is very difficult to get at, even when you've removed the toilet. I reckon they dangled the ruddy thing on a piece of string from the shed roof and constructed the rest of the boat around it.

Anyway, after a couple of hours twisted into the head compartment trying to get the new hose onto the seacock and after taking the skin off my palm and swearing enough to make a builder blush, I gave up to think about it over a cuppa.

I noticed my freshly polished valve plug from the seacock sitting there and cam up with an idea.

I smeared some vaseline in the end of the hose, heated the end with a heat gun and then jammed the valve plug into the hose twisting it by the handle.

Whilst the hose was still warm I then stuck it on the seacock first go /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

The blockage was caused by about half a pound of deposits inside the old hose.

 

[cpedw]

Congratulations! On my second day of trying to achieve a similar feat, though in a Falcon not a Storm, I used a tapered wooden bung where you chose a valve plug, and I substuituted hot water for the heat gun but otherwise our solutions are identical. Similar outcome too. I'm still feeling smug about my achievement 4 months later.
Derek

 

[asj1]

Yes a £12 heat gun is one of the toold I use most during winter refits!

 

[flyingscampi]

It's amazing wot a good cuppa and a moment of contemplation can achieve! It's nice to go home on the bounce.