RV Squid: That Kitchen Sink Drain!!

March 11, 2025

While at the kite building weekend in February, a couple of our blog readers mentioned that they really found Harold's repairs interesting. So this one is for you Mearl.

Back in January, we were stopped at a fuel station when I noticed this puddle of water on the floor by the theater seating. Was it from a slide out? It had been raining the day before our travel. Perhaps there was residual water.

Harold looked under the kitchen sink. Ah, there was the suspected culprit. A dark line was running down the kitchen drain hose. So no more use of the kitchen sink. When we got stopped for the day, Harold took a closer look. He finally found the tear. Then he found a second tear. He found some black electrical tape to band aid the hose until we could get a replacement ordered.

Yep, it's a special hose in specific length. The drain hose is in the slideout area. The hose has to be flexible since it moves every time the slideout is moved in or out. You can't have too much length or the hose will get caught in the slideout mechanism. You can't have too little length either.

The drain hose has two ends that twist the same way. So when you're tightening one end, you're loosening the other. In the factory, the hose is preconnected before integration into the coach. The process is a little more challenging when you're replacing the hose only.

So, we're done, right? Ha! Little over a month later, headed back to the Harrisonburg area, I washed my hands at the kitchen sink while we were stopped at a truck stop. Once again, a small river comes from under the theater seat toward the front of the coach. Argh!

This time the hard plastic adapter cracked. So the next morning Harold and my dad got to work. Several trips to the hardware store and many adjectives later, we think we have it fixed. We ran the slide in and out a couple of times and all seems to be well. Let's hope!

We now have a tickler in our calendar to replace the flexible drain hose every three years.