Is it possible to plumb a thetford toilet direct

Tropdoug · Member

Is it possible to plumb a thetford toilet direct

wasn_me · Guru

I've a 12 lt. Does me 7-14 days. Plenty of crappers & trees around the countryside. Cheers pete

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I see no reason why not. There are 5th wheelers around with black water tanks. You would need to rig up a hose with a pump and empty into a dump point when needed. Just keep in mind the extra weight you would be carrying around until empty.

KFT · Guru

You could also consider carrying a spare cassette which maintains a toilet facility until you can empty the full one.

moamajohn · Guru

Hi Doug.Yes you could, however it would be a custom design waste from the bowl on. I have fitted a number of setups direct to a storage tank that has a large valve fitted to it and I would supply them with a piece of 75ml flex hose so they could pull up at a dump point . In saying that all of these units were those vacuum systems. The only other one was a normal domestic wc suite with a small flush . As a plumber ,if I came to your unit and quoted this project I would say 3 things.1,yes it can be done . 2 I would have to fit something to open and close a slide to keep the bowl and tank sealed from oneanother. 3 I suspect that aside from a hole in the floor that I would make perhaps you may need to replace the whole suite should you wish to go back to a normal system . Cheers John

aussietraveller · Guru

I think the much more realistic option would be a second cassette as it means you are carrying a lot less weight and as was me said there are lots of public toilets and dump points around.

banjo · Senior Member

Possible but highly impractical IMO.

We carry an extra cassette but never needed it so far, a friend with a big US 5'er finds emptying his large black tank very awkward so uses a smaller tank, like a big cassette with wheels, not sure of the size but he decants the big tank into the smaller one and wheels it to the dump point.

Just googled see here :-

www.ebay.com.au/itm/Portable-Wheel-Water-Tank-40L-Camping-Motorhome-Caravan-Storage-Waste-Transport-/281316927088

They do 80 lt ones too.

Tropdoug · Member

Well for better or worse I decided to buy a macerating toilet (marine) and a 100Ltr black water tank. So I now have a brand new Thetford toilet that I will be putting on gumtree I guess. Thanks for the replies. Actually the decision was also helped by design space and having to cut through a double skin with 45mm gap between and thinking of how to seal that properly. The easier route is straight into a tank at the back of the bus.