Bad plumbing starts breakdown Trifecta
I have to tell the whole story, but in the end I am looking for the advice of any plumbers (amatuer or professional) out there as too what went wrong.
We hit the breakdown Trifecta last night with three significant issues occuring in 45 minutes. First we discovered a significant leak in our kitchen sink, that was followed by the bottom hinge snapping off of the fridge door and finally the hot water tank went on the fritz. The fridge door has been temproarily fixed with super glue and duct tape, but it means 3 days into a 10 day trip, we can't store any items on the door. The water heater would have been a huge setback if not for this forum, having read the advice of many of you in the past I knew a reset switch existed. It took me some hunting but I found it, no thanks to Girard but lots to the friends on JOF.
The sink is a much bigger issue. We have waited all summer for a new counter top to be installed in our rig because the original was significantly warped and as a result out of level. Last Thursday we picked it up finally and the service manager took me out and proudly showed me my newly installed and level counter top. This particular counter contains the sink. It is a one peice fiberglass unit with the sink incorporated. Unfortunately I did not think to lift the sink covers and inspect the plumbing.
We packed up and started heading South on Friday. After arrival at our site and cooking the first meal we opened up the sink to do the dishes and discovered the butcher job they had done on our sinks plumbing install. Around each drain is a soft grey putty they have used as a sealant. The putty is glopped on with the same care shown when applying Lap sealant to a roof. It looks atrocious and is raised up enough that water and food does not completely drain from the sink. On day three we discovered that the putty has not sealed anything on the small sink and when we filled the sink water was pouring through from the drain and into our cupboards.
Underneath the sink there is a grey coupling. The coupling has an o-ring seal that appears to be completely useless as it is pressing up against the rough fiberglass surface under the counter. There were two layers to the seal, first the rubber ring and secondly a cardboard liner. The liner was destroyed by the water leaking through.
At this point we are down to one sink as I was not able to come up with a field repair and we are very nervous that the second sink will fail as well. That possibility makes us very nervous because the cuboard design on the ME has that drain in a closed off section of cupboard that we cannot access to get a pan under.
So to the plumbers out there... What the **** did my dealer do??? how should this install have been properly completed and what should I be looking for after the next round of repairs?
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2015 Greyhawk 29ME / Chevy Sonic
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