concrete board is a good backer for the water heater; so it does not actually touch any wood. I use concrete board to weld or solder while indoors and the molten metal gets a lot hotter than any water heater.
Sweet setup. Where the Pex goes through the wall into the shower and 90’s upwards, you can save some coin by just gently bending/guiding the pex up rather than cutting and 90’ing up with shark bites. Pex is designed to loop around things. They even make little collars and guides to help loop it around things. Obviously the idea is the fewer connections the lower the probability of leaks.
I’m glad you said it’s for tank was for liquid waste only. My first thought was that’s not big enough to let out … debris haha. I would be really interested in seeing how those mounts hold up. I know you have extra straps, more than you probably need but maybe add in 2 screws on each side of the strap. In case one screw fails or who knows. Cheap insurance. But pretty cool build, I’ve seen a few builds where people don’t get hot water so that’s a great addition. A very simple system, but has everything it needs.. I stumbled on your channel and have been binging your vids. Great stuff
Very complex, I’m in the process and this gives me great ideas and I like that your power tools are every day tools unlike some videos with top of the line expensive tools that most people don’t own. Have fun camping
Could of used brass threaded ear 90 ells with mounting holes. Well on some. Good shower diverter has mounting holes. Ones I installed long ago. Maybe copper straps guess you know. Or plastic, don't know too much about house plumbing.
Read my mind. Usually there's a place to vent on the water inlet and you know you're full when water starts coming out. Some other things raised my eyebrows too. One thing is the PEX through the jagged metal. Some other stuff too.
I actually fixed this later on! I ran the hose out the floor Tim. And that pex is wrapped really well. It wont get cut. There is such a small space to work there, I did what I could.
Hi, can u give us a link to all where u got all the parts, fittings etc please as I'm struggling to get the quick connect for pex. Thanks love the project
I noticed on your cabinets and enclosures you used channels for the structure, we had the sort of same product at work called uni-strut, where did you purchase this material?
It's called 80/20 aluminum. Very versatile with all the different mounts you can get. Several pieces sell it online. More pricey than unistrut but lighter and more versatile
I like that you're a doctor and are grossed out about saying "urine" haha anyway How's the pump holding up. I almost bought this one based on your vid but changed my purchase based on the poor reviews of the longevity of these pumps. has yours lasted?
You wasted a lot of time and money by constantly going back and forth on plumbing fittings. It would be a lot simpler to just use Pex crimp fittings and mostly pex. You should have used a temperature controlled shower valve (Amazon $40) to eliminate the swings from that water heater and save space. You used the wrong kind of shower head mount. You are going to regret that fresh tank vent that’s inside your trailer if it ever overfills into the trailer.
