Re: [SilverStreak] New to list/plumbing-leak

[Marian & Hounds <vistadel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

These aren't in order, but all I had found and saved from the sslist.
Hope one of these is helpful.

marian


                         
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Check the hot water heater which is in the closet for leaks around the  
bottom
as this is common on an older one unless it has been replaced.  Check  
the
toilet valve behind the toilet to see if it needs to be tightened and  
then check
in the lavatory area for water under the drawers.  The shower lines also
connect in the wall behind the lavatory.  Another culprit would be the  
sprayer that
is attached on the wall behind the toilet.  These will sometimes leak.   
Note
that you should have a shut off valve on the floor near the back left  
for this
line if it is at fault.
                           
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If you can only hear water when you turn on your sink faucet under the  
floor,
I would think you may have a leak under the faucet valve in the  
cabinet.  If
this is the case, that water would be spraying out all the time under  
the
floor and more so when the faucet is off.

You may want to see if the drain lines are ok.  If there is a damaged  
line,
it could be pouring in the underbelly.   My sink drain line makes a  
turn under
the back twin bed and slopes downward along the fresh water tank until  
it
angles straight down through the floor into the gray water tank.
77 SS Luxury Liner
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You may be right about your plumbing running under the floor.  If I  
remember
   correctly, the earlier Silver Streaks had heating duct work under the  
floor
   with vents in the middle of the walk way in the bedroom.  It this it  
true
for your trailer, the pipes were probably installed in the basement  
under the
floor along the route of the heat duct vents.  If this is the case, I  
would either
   pull the access panels off of the bottom to see the lines and repair  
or
simply splice into the existing lines and run the new plastic piping  
above the
flood  in concealed areas.  I had a 1970 Holiday Rambler  at one time  
that this was
   the case. I was able to connect the front pipes that came from the  
basement
   area to the sink to the rear supply by feeding  the newer tubing  
through the
sub floor from the outside. It was easier than I thought it would be.  
If your
leak is under the floor, this is about the only options I would know of.

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