Thetford casette on Duetto

The toilet casette overflowed this morning so a grim start to the day. Now sorted and casette emptied but the area beneath the casette is full of sewage and it’s not obvious how to drain it. Anyone know?

Hi,
Not a pleasant experience.
I'm not sure that the area beneath will drain, it is a sealed unit. You do not want it escaping into the area between van floor and wooden floor.
I fear it will be a case of rubber gloves, sponge and bleach.
Good luck
Jollywalker

Not an overflow, but when my cassette locker developed a bit of a pong after a hot spell I just stood a distance away and directed a hosepipe into the empty locker for several minutes. Then used a sponge to remove the residual water.
Al.

The infil between door and unit is carpet covered wood, and not watertight on the Duetto. Spraying a hose risks water entering the inside of the arches and rear quarter.
Duetto's suffer serious rust in this area, so keeping it dry is important.
Oh to have a Duetto that is rust free....... I can but dream!
Jollywalker

Bit of a design flaw that. Going to be hard to get the area clean again then!
Al.

As a couple of people have said, it’s a design flaw. So in the end I flushed the entire cavity out with a hose. For sure not good for the arches but I’m in hot sunny Portugal so things should dry out quickly. The guy I bought it from must have known the gauge was faulty, what a nasty fellow.

I agree he should have let you know the gauge was faulty, if he was aware, however he is like me and never lets the cassette get full enough to illuminate the 'full' warning, he may not have been aware.

Mine gets emptied when I can see through the hole that it's getting close.

Wargenwolf wrote:Mine gets emptied when I can see through the hole that it's getting close.

The obvious way to keep a check on it Wolf , and even sooner than that for me.

Every other day whenever possible, then the cassette is not too heavy, much easier to empty, and the vile viffs (after Herr Flick of the Gestapo  ) have not had time to become too vicious.

Snap, never let mine get too full, don't actually know how accurate the gauge is.

It may be hot in Portugal, but if water has got where it shouldn't it may be storing up trouble for the future. Mk5 transits just love to rust 

Jollywalker

I have a "wet-and-dry" vacuum cleaner, the upright cylinder on wheels type, with a long flexible hose. It serves as a multi purpose workshop vac.
It will pick up liquids very fast and very thoroughly.  In your situation I would pick up and dispose of the overflow and then repeat with several flushes of clean soapy water. Finally reverse the airflow and blow air into the damp area to dry.
A bit late for your problem since you have solved it. I don't think the flexi tube would have reached Penzance anyway !     Keith

Agreed the seller might not have known about the cassette gauge. Now the episode seems really funny, pointless to be annoyed. And how lucky to be next to a friend's house with hose pipe and buckets available. Hey ho for the open road.

Don't use a hose.  The water will get into the wooden floor.  Takes a year to dry out.
PeteJ