Our friend Geoff needed to fit a water trap to the shower waste on his his caravan. Could Robin come and help over the weekend? This was a “lying on the ground under the caravan” sort of job, so yesterday was out of the question. The rain would have made it most unpleasant. Today was a much better day, and the windy conditions would help dry the ground out.
We drove down to Otaki to find Geoff’s caravan towed out of it’s parking place, and all ready to get pulled up onto a pair of run-ups. With me carefully watching one set of wheels, and Robin watching the other side, we gave Geoff instructions as the car inched the caravan slowly up onto the ramps. “Stop!!” we called out in unison when the wheels reached the top. Robin then placed his pair of trolley jacks under the elevated caravan for added safety. There, the two blokes should be able to crawl underneath the van without it falling down on top of them.
The caravan safely jacked up
They both climbed underneath the caravan. Did they want me to stay outside to make sure they didn’t meet an untimely end? But they were happy with the safety measures in place and didn’t need me hovering around and getting in the way.
Now, let’s see what’s under here
It didn’t take too long to replace the original water trap which was a piece of flexible hose circled around and inserted into the waste line. With this removed a specifically manufactured one was installed. The new one can be dismantled and cleaned without removal of the complete unit from the van. Geoff did most of the work, and Robin was there to lend a helping hand, and give helpful advice when needed.
It took longer to get the van up on the ramps than to do the job. Once completed it was thoroughly tested by running the shower the make sure that the water in the shower tray drained correctly – there – job done, now it’s time to go inside for a cuppa!
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