Using a full service pitch
Appelation Controlee
In a week's time we'll be staying for a week on a site where the only
availability for our size of caravan is a full service pitch.
I haven't used one of these pitches before, although I've observed (at
a distance) how one or two others have set themselves up.
Is there an off-the-peg kit available? Alternatively what do I need to
assemble kit-wise to be able to deal with most eventualities when I
come to hook up?
From what I've seen, it seems the norm to use the Aquaroll as a kind
of cistern, so I'll need an unknown length of hose, tap connector(s)
and something like a Torbeck valve adapted to fit the Aquaroll cap.
Typical drainage arrangements seem to use ordinary domestic waste
pipe, with nothing unusual involved.
Is it that simple, or are there any 'gotchas' I need to look out for?
Comments/advice welcomed and appreciated. :-)
bill lord
You have to decide if this is a one off or something you will be doing
regularly. For a one off use the pitch exactly as you would use a
pitch without services, if you are doing it a lot then you need some
kit. You need a kit to sit in the aquaroll have a look here
http://www.aquaroll.com/english/accessory.html
Ordinary domestic waste pipe will do the rest. You will find that the
30mm pipe fits neatly inside the 40mm pipe to allow you to regulate
the length of pipe you need .
Bill Lord
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Appelation Controlee
wrote:
Thanks Bill - it's one of those situations where I'm inclined to make
this the opportunity to upgrade the kit so that we can exploit it in
future.
hugh
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DieSea
"bill lord" <wally...@uku.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>
Didn't Harry (BYT) from Leeds do a "HOW TO" on the cheep about a kit for the Aqua
roll a year or two back
Perhaps Harry might chime in here
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DieSea
Appelation Controlee
>In message <ha1iu65iru1clh3ub...@4ax.com>, Appelation
>Controlee <m...@privacy.net> writes
>>
>>In a week's time we'll be staying for a week on a site where the only
>>availability for our size of caravan is a full service pitch.
>>
>>I haven't used one of these pitches before, although I've observed (at
>>a distance) how one or two others have set themselves up.
>>
>>Is there an off-the-peg kit available? Alternatively what do I need to
>>assemble kit-wise to be able to deal with most eventualities when I
>>come to hook up?
>>
>>From what I've seen, it seems the norm to use the Aquaroll as a kind
>>of cistern, so I'll need an unknown length of hose, tap connector(s)
>>and something like a Torbeck valve adapted to fit the Aquaroll cap.
>>
>>Typical drainage arrangements seem to use ordinary domestic waste
>>pipe, with nothing unusual involved.
>>
>>Is it that simple, or are there any 'gotchas' I need to look out for?
>>
>>Comments/advice welcomed and appreciated. :-)
>>
>Does it include TV aerial connection?
As it happens, yes the pitch does have TV connection..
David
"Appelation Controlee" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 22:27:37 +0100, hugh <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>
>>In message <ha1iu65iru1c>>>
>>Does it include TV aerial connection?
>
> As it happens, yes the pitch does have TV connection..
Wi-Fi?
regards
David
hugh
hugh
writes
Appelation Controlee
wrote:
Not sure off-hand, but I can always fall back on the Kindle 3G
connection if it becomes necessary.
David
"Appelation Controlee" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Caravanning as changed since I first started with all these features now
being required externally and of course we had nothing much inside, no
shower just a good wash in a bowl and an Elsan bucket as a toilet.
I can see soon there will be a caravan on these pitches waiting so no need
to tow one from home.
Wonder if all the fun is going?
Regards
David
Appelation Controlee
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>>>Does it include TV aerial connection?
>>
>>As it happens, yes the pitch does have TV connection..
>Then if you want to use it you will need a suitable connection cable.
Already have that (and have installed a connector so that the cable
connects adjacent to the mains power, and therefore doesn't have to
pass through an open window), but thanks for thinking of it.
Appelation Controlee
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>"Appelation Controlee" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 09:55:23 +0100, "David" <david...@tesco.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Appelation Controlee" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>news:7hqju6pgn1nph7d68...@4ax.com...
>>>> On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 22:27:37 +0100, hugh <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>In message <ha1iu65iru1c>>>
>>>>>Does it include TV aerial connection?
>>>>
>>>> As it happens, yes the pitch does have TV connection..
>>>
>>>Wi-Fi?
>>
>> Not sure off-hand, but I can always fall back on the Kindle 3G
>> connection if it becomes necessary.
>
>Caravanning as changed since I first started with all these features now
>being required externally and of course we had nothing much inside, no
>shower just a good wash in a bowl and an Elsan bucket as a toilet.
>I can see soon there will be a caravan on these pitches waiting so no need
>to tow one from home.
>Wonder if all the fun is going?
Ha! Well, that's a whole different thing, isn't it? The advantage of a
trailer caravan is that you can organise it, both aesthetically and
functionally, to suit your own preferences.
You also benefit from trivial, but important, stuff like decent
cutlery, cooking equipment, & so on.
At my age, if the experience is little different from being under
canvas, I think I would probably not bother. :-)
Appelation Controlee
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>Ordinary domestic waste pipe will do the rest. You will find that the
>30mm pipe fits neatly inside the 40mm pipe to allow you to regulate
>the length of pipe you need .
What a cracking suggestion, thank you! I already had enough spare
waste pipe & fittings in the garage to implement this. Sleeving one
inside the other wouldn't have occurred to me, but it works extremely
well.
bill lord
I got the idea from a Cl in Cheddar where he has very latge bore pipes
that he extends out to the caravan to take the waste water from the
caravan to his hedge.
Appelation Controlee
wrote:
>On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:48:31 +0100, Appelation Controlee
><m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:34:11 +0100, bill lord <wally...@uku.co.uk>
>>wrote:
>>
>>--------------------8><
>>>Ordinary domestic waste pipe will do the rest. You will find that the
>>>30mm pipe fits neatly inside the 40mm pipe to allow you to regulate
>>>the length of pipe you need .
>>
>>What a cracking suggestion, thank you! I already had enough spare
>>waste pipe & fittings in the garage to implement this. Sleeving one
>>inside the other wouldn't have occurred to me, but it works extremely
>>well.
>
>I got the idea from a Cl in Cheddar where he has very latge bore pipes
>that he extends out to the caravan to take the waste water from the
>caravan to his hedge.
Having returned from our trip, I can now report that this worked like
a dream.
To support the waste pipe I used second-hand fishing bank sticks (a
suggestion I read about elsewhere) arranged in pairs forming an 'X',
which allowed me to get a decent straight fall to the drain with no
droops.
Harry Bloomfield
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