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There you go, Mike, write up your experiences and publish it!
Laney

Mike Lewis wrote:
> Thank you, David.  Good information--I've been looking into this, myself.
>
> I certainly wish that LQ "kits" were available.  It just isn't worth
> $10,000+ to have someone else install living quarters, when all it would
> really take is a "how-to" guide, lots of patience, some time, and very
> little else.  If I could install LQ that were on par with what the "pros"
> install, parts-wise, for about half the cost, I'd order today!!  I think
> it could be done if someone had startup money, an entrepreneurial spirit,
> and time.
>
> Mike
> --- David Bennett <endure161@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Mike - What I did is to use a shower/toilet pan that came with a flat
> > blackwater 
> > tank mounted beneath the toilet.  It raises the toilet off of the floor
> > level about 
> > 6 inches but that doesn't matter because access to it is in the shower. 
> > That 
> > let me drill a hole through the floor for the outlet (3-1/2" ???) . 
> > Then it just sat 
> > on top of the floor.  Hardest part was arranging a vent pipe.  My sink
> > also goes 
> > into the blackwater tank.  I've not had a problem with lack of capacity.
> >   The 
> > shower drain goes to a separate outlet into the greywater tank.   The
> > whole 
> > thing fit in the corner that was otherwise not very usable because of
> > the angle 
> > of the slant wall.  It would have been a real pain to have to cut under
> > the bottom 
> > skin to mount a blackwater tank.  Oh, I also bought one of those blue
> > tanks 
> > with wheels to use for extra storage and transfer to the dump station
> > when needed....
> >
> > The whole point of that is to minimize stuff hanging under the trailer. 
> >  It is bad 
> > enough just having an outlet with a valve.   There were a couple of
> > camping/riding 
> > places where I went this year that would have caused me to rip an
> > under-floor tank 
> > right off the trailer..
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> > > > I have an '02 Silver Star and was wondering how I'd install the black
> > water tank.  I'm wondering even more, now.
> > The bottom of the trailer, beneath all the flooring, doesn't have
> > crossmembers in the traditional sense.  Silver Star used some other
> > method
> > of bracing the floor.  Not sure how to describe it, but I see no
> > possible
> > way to mount a black water tank under the trailer between frame
> > supports.
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