Hi folks, was reading through the C&CC mag, when I noticed this company https://www.greywaterdisposal.com. Has anyone used one of these. I hate the waste hog and try to book serviced where I can but this looks like a good alternative. Just wonder how it will work in reality and if sites allow their use?
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No, as I don't like the idea of draining waste water onto grass on the hard-standing.
I would rather use a Wastemaster.
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First thoughts, disposal of grey water into a hedge or drain means it is NOT soaking the pitch, and seem to recall some sites have 'rules' about overflowing tanks soaking the pitch! Potentially the pitch could become waterlogged, with subsequent users parking wheels/corner steadies on soft ground, so causing damage that would not be popular with the 'sinking camper' or site owner.
As a device, I'm sure it filters 'solids' well enough, but my grey tank needs a decent clean from time to time as it gets stinky, the contents are nutrient rich and encourage bacterial and algae/fungal growth, can't see any claims this device has anti-bacterial/algae/fungal properties, so likely to need frequent cleaning to avoid it becoming smelly AND discharging smelly effluent.
I use my onboard shower, is it always going to cope with the volume, or will the shower plughole back up! On my van the shower is fairly slow draining anyway from length of pipe run and shallow angle, without any additional restriction to flow from such a device!
Like the idea, as I'm fundamentally a lazy so and so and would like to avoid hauling the the heavy waste tank off to the drain, but not sure it's as sophisticated as maybe it needs to be, and can't see site owners in general appreciating having a series of campers soaking their pitches, it does have consequences! On sites accepting tents, would the tent campers appreciate pitching their tent on a soaked patch from previous caravan/MH?
Conclusion, maybe it's just too self indulgent, with little thought to longer term use of pitch and other users of pitch. With such proliferate watering, site owners may find the grass grows excessively on the watered patch and needs cutting more frequently than the general grass, or pitch users have a patch of excessively long grass to contend with. Even on a hardstanding, it's likely to encourage weed growth on the wet patch!
As a professional design engineer, mostly as head of design, I've spent a long career looking at pros and cons of design concepts, and this device screams amateur effort with insufficient thought to the overall problem and application! Harsh maybe, but professional designers are their own worst critics, whereas amateurs rarely look for faults in a concept.
Monty - these were my thoughts too. I emailed a raft of questions to the company. No reply as yet.
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As the device incorporates the use of a filter then this will obviously need replacing at some point so not totally maintenance free plus an unnecessary added expense. There's nothing mentioned in the description regarding a filter replacement either which they could turn out to be surprisingly expensive plus it could be a problem regarding the availability of obtaining them. Most caravan related products you can purchase from a caravan accessory shop but it's very doubtful that they would stock these filters anyway. However, once you have purchased a waste tank water as a one off payment there is no more added expense involved apart from from the fact that it needs cleaning it out occasionally for hygiene reasons and keeping any nasty smells at bay.
Here is the link below:
Follow the site rules regarding waste. Seven years ago we arrived at a site and were asked if we would mind draining our grey waste, due to recent dry weather, into the bottom of a hedge behind our 'van. I didn't mind in the slightest (saved me a job) but I did put a sock over the end of the waste pipe to filter out the lumps. I think this could be a replacement for my sock
Care and maintenance instructions here www.greywaterdisposal.com/shared/images/content/bus_55655/pdf/Greywater_Disposal_System.pdf
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I can see issues with this from the off. As the filter starts to clog,(or even before?), water is going to struggle to pass this contraption, and cause a back-up in the sink or shower. Not for me, im afraid.
On a not unrelated note; we managed 3 weeks on 4 sites recently, and the waste hog never left the front of the van where it travels. 1 x serviced pitch (by accident), and 3 x where you just needed a long hose to the boundary. These are my kind of campsites. Ironically, the serviced pitch was the worst, as the standing was downhill of the drain. Another brainless 'design flaw'!
Even though the MH has a waste tank that we can drain over a MH service point (if there is one), old habits die hard. We drain into a black cassette & I empty it every morning, while it’s light.
Comes back to my pet hate - MH folk who leave the grey waste tap open to drain the toothpaste foam / bacon bits onto the hardstand / grass / site road / main road / beauty spot car park. No excuse (though I’ve heard plenty).
This filter gadget would at least stop the scenario of bacon bits on the tarmac car park.
Friends of ours made their own!
3 foot length of drainage pipe with end caps and suitable holes for entry and drainage.
When in use the pipe is filled with straw which filters all the crap. When finished the straw gets put into hedgerows for the wildlife to use.
I think its better to use a wastemaster and ask the site owner where He prefers it emptying.
I'd hate to set up and find the site waterlogged with waste water, so I wouldn't want to do it to others.
Indecently they've been around for years and it just another one aimed at the the inconsiderate
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Topic: Grey waste disposal
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