what size water and wast water tanks are people using? do most have them in cupboard or have you come up with any other solutions?
We now carry 2, having removed the built in Westy one. One 25l one 10l Chip has an external pump point so when we arrive on a site the big one gets plugged in outside and then we use the smaller one to do the water point run to keep it topped up. When travelling we use the 10l one to fill the kettle for tea and water stops and use bottled water to keep it topped up. They both sit side by side, strapped in just behind the walk through when moving. Works well enough and means tanks are easy to clean, easy to fill, easy to keep topped up. It's easy to go through 15 to 20l a day for drinking, washing and cooking for 2 when on the move. We are a bit odd though....
We have two 30ltr underslung tanks, one for fresh water, the other for grey. We must be a bit dirtier than theBusmonkey, 30ltr lasts us three days, just. The grey water tank has probably never been more than ½ full, but I leave the drain tap open unless we’re on a posh site with SS trained wardens.
Yeah, our sink outlet simply drops through the floor. The second washing up bowl gets pressed into action for some underneath collection duties if we have zealous wardens. If not, the main bowl-full just gets chucked into the hedge rather than sending stuff down the plug 'ole anyway
Mine's still carting around its (fairly) original Devon interior, so maybe has less storage options than some. We tend to use the camper mostly as a day van now, with the odd few days or potentially a week on a campsite - if we're lucky this year. As such, we easily make do with just a 12 litre Reimo fresh water tank, which I carry in the spare wheel well. I made a nifty little cover out of scraps of wood and it suits our needs well. Waste is either dumped straight down the plug 'ole onto the ground, or into a dedicated container if we're on a nice site. One of the advantages of a small fresh water tank is that it's light enough to tramp back from the campsite standpipe if necessary without causing a hernia! PS, save for the odd teacup, we always use the campsite facilities for washing up, so our water needs are maybe less than others.
55lt fixed water tank underneath from cat tanks and one of those black waste containers for the sink waste that comes out through the floor.
I do the same, straight into the hedge. I also use a 10 liter water tank, for the water run, as it's easier to keep clean. I did think about removing the Westy one under my sink, but my interior is pretty intact and it would be a shame to loose that originality.
Same here, we still use our Westy one, although it does take up valuable real estate. Time to disinfect the tank again coming up soon
Ours had an unrepairable leak sadly. But now having portable tanks means we've repurposed the cupboard space and have the option just to take the smaller container if we're just out for the day. The portable shower pump also fits inside the neck of both, so again that gives us options on which 12v socket to plug in to, front or rear...
Shower pump, ooh, do you..... save water Seriously, can you send a picture, this sounds like a useful gizmo to have
This was dual hair wash day when we had Mel's mate Jess join us in Italy for a week. We used the a larger container that we had for laundry at the time, topped up with hot from the kettle. The shower was about 15 quid from eBay and we've had it for about 8 years. Replaced the pump in Spain a few years ago, but the standard Whale caravan pump fits the pipework and splices into the 12v cable A few weeks earlier when Josh joined us in France. This time it was submerged in one of the washing up bowls but you can see the cable running into the rear of the bus where there's a socket. That socket is handy coz you can plug the compressor in, inverter for hair clippers etc..
@LDM68 You’ve gone very quiet, are you baffled? The answer is somewhere between 55ltr and 12ltr for fresh water, either inside the bus, under it or attached underneath the floor. And for the waste, nothing at all or a washing up bowl or a proper waste water container or a tank underneath the floor. What could be simpler?
Thanks for the answers - sorry was looking into various options, we do most of our washing up using site facilities and to be honest neither tap or waste are currently connected. I dont think under the bus is really an option as the belly pans are currently welded in place, inside the cupboard would be fine other than reducing the useable space in them. I suspect we might start with something like 10-12l and look at locating them either under rear seat / bed or possibly between bulkhead and drivers seat as it looks like i may be able to fit a small tank there that would be reasonably easy to access? I never seem to take the simple route!
A couple of 5 litre water bottles and a hedgerow https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui...sburys-caledonian-still-water-5l-6731645-p-44 Oh, and a collapsible bowl
Do this Mine was hiding MOT structural failures and 40yrs of neglect. The rest was undersealed and looked better than the family car. I’m on my 3rd week of cleaning it up before a welder can even do his job. www.transmission610.com
