Serviced pitches

If we are using site facilities that requires only one fill and empty. Seems rather an expensive for one fill and empty on a 5 might stay at almost £40. 

We must use more water than you Alan.    If we are on water hook up we would consider using the shower in the 'van too, whereas we wouldn't if we didn't have hook up.

David 

Usually, when I set up, I bring an aquaroll full of water plus a 10 litre container. When I bleed the air out of the system I use a kettle to catch the splutters and fill for the first brew. The 8 (?) litre hot water tank has also filled by then and I top up the aquaroll with the 10 litres which refills. This means that with the system fully primed I have a full 40 litres to use rather than 30 litres after priming the system. On a facility site when we move after 5 days I always pump the water out into the sink using the hot water system. When the sink is full I pull the plug and let the hot water flush through the drainage pipes into the wastemaster. Helps clear grease I feel. I can usually do this wice before the aquaroll is empty. Also, on the rare occasion when we are on grass when I drop the contents of the hot water tank the hot water has been rplaced by cold from the aquaroll and so does not kill grass

If we are using site facilities that requires only one fill and empty. Seems rather an expensive for one fill and empty on a 5 might stay at almost £40. 

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@ £3.90/ night extra for a serviced pitch, 5 nights costs £19.50 not £40.

Yep I spotted my mistake as well 

The concept of having a drain on the pitch seems very sensible. Some day, all pitches will be like that.

With the Caravan Club's love of rigid conformity and adherance to rules surely they must have defined where the drain is to be located in relation to the pitch marker? Seems daft having them in random spots and people who want to use them needing to carry all sorts of lengths and adaptors.  At least with a Wastemaster it is always just a couple of inches from the outlet.

Second point that needs standardising is the cover/connector on the waste point. A twee little lid to lift will be fine until it becomes a trip hazard - and we know there are members who won't put it back on leaving as they can't flush in a toilet cubicle when vacating that!

The of course all LV designers will have to put waste outlets in standard placesor it will then be as with the MVWP saga where sites will be expected to conform ,instead of having a sensible waste outlet system on the LV

There already is a "standard" place for towed units. That is adjacent to the wheels. Side does not matter as 'vans are pitched both ways round these days with movers. Can't have them on the end because they could be underground on sloping pitches!

I have seen on an Affiliated Site the waste drain right in the middle of the pitch. It was explained to me that this made it accessible from either side!

There already is a "standard" place for towed units. That is adjacent to the wheels. Side does not matter as 'vans are pitched both ways round these days with movers. Can't have them on the end because they could be underground on sloping pitches!

I have seen on an Affiliated Site the waste drain right in the middle of the pitch. It was explained to me that this made it accessible from either side!

.Are you sure?. look round some dealers

I didn't say that all manufacturers adhered to the standard!  But remember, caravans are not designed by people who use them so they fit things in useless places because it looks good (to them) of they save 40p on the build price.

My currrent 'van has an end washroom and the long pipe run underneath to an outlet beside the wheel is not efficient, but still better than the run from the kitchen over the axles. So I'm planning to bring both pipes out directly below the respective sink, but with a short length of flexible pipe to redirect the flow into the long pipe when pitched on the side of a hill.

There already is a "standard" place for towed units. That is adjacent to the wheels. Side does not matter as 'vans are pitched both ways round these days with movers. Can't have them on the end because they could be underground on sloping pitches!

I have seen on an Affiliated Site the waste drain right in the middle of the pitch. It was explained to me that this made it accessible from either side!

.Are you sure?. look round some dealers

Write your comments here... Our Eldiss had the outlets on the rear. Frankly who decided to put them there should have been shot at berth as getting the water to drain on a pitch where it sloped down was a nightmare. 

It was simply bad design as it had both a centre kitchen and toilet so they were using excess pipe to get it there. Eldiss certainly used rear outlets on many models and I have seen them on a few other makes but they are just wrong.

Too true ! There was also a fashion of fitting the cassette toilet access on the back end Lol ! Sometimes pitches have hedgerows at the back , which means armour plated clothing to gain access . Yes another idea from a non caravanner