Poo Pipes Positioned . . .

I said I wasn't going to screw it all down but I was carried away with enthusiasm and the nice solid feel of walking on screwed down ply and not falling into the bin bays so it all got done.

I may well have to take some of it up again but that's another story and that's why it was done that way I guess.
Bed elevated and seats in position.
There are a couple of areas under the near end part of the seat which are not accessed by the bin door from the outside.
In another vehicle I saw being done recently one of them was made into a shoe storage area so that shoes can be changed on the way in or out.
Seems like a pretty good idea actually . . . may do that.
The other one is for all the switches, dials and circuit breakers which will be recessed into the end of the seat (not to be kicked on the way past).























For reasons that now escape me I decided to start fitting the toilet system.
Until the shower floor is in position which lets me position the dividing wall I can't even cut the floor segments to length under the toilet so it will have to be removed and the floor cut later . . .
in the mean time the toilet has been positioned on its elevated floor area (which gives a more comfortable height for the seat and allows apace for the disposal system underneath) and the holes drilled etc. for mounting.



















The mounting for this system must be one of the more obtuse engineering efforts I have seen for something which is going to be mounted in a confined and often awkward space. . . caravans and motor homes not being noted for excess spare space.
As can be seen in the following picture of the back of the unit some of the screws are tucked in behind the corner and are impossible to get at for final installation.
My solution is to screw it to a "transfer" board and then arrange for a more convenient method of screwing that down.
At the same time the capacity gauge and 12Vdc power MUST be connected . . . there is no way to get to it once screwed down.























The unit is then turned around and put into position.















The "poo pipes" can then be connected.
In this case I have arranged them so they form a "U-bend" up behind the vacuum generation system and also a hinge to allow the entire unit to be moved and turned around, should maintenance be required, without disconnecting the pipes.
A task to be avoided where at all possible !!
A pipe clip can also just be seen which holds the weight of all the pipes in position when they get full . . .


















There is a small vent pipe from the toilet which must preferably be directed overboard and the gas bottle bin must also be vented which was causing a little consternation until in my wanders through the local hardware store I discovered this little gem designed for connecting pipes to tanks.























All of about $10 so one of them was procured,
a hole of the appropriate size drilled with a hole saw






















the fitting screwed in place (and looking very neat)

















and a small piece of pipe connected underneath as a test
















This also came out right alongside where the toilet vent pipe is to run (the end currently being tucked into the side of the base station) so a simple "T" joint will allow both areas to be evacuated through only one "hull penetration".
The fewer of those the better . . .























I also visited "Sich" to see what he was doing about filling tanks and water pipe sizes etc.
The standard input cover fits quite well into his bus where there is plenty of room in the sides but it seems to be a bit of overkill.















So my next mission is to find a nicer input connector . . .