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Head Aches: The INS and OUTS of a MARINE TOILET
Wednesday October 29, 2025
2000 - 2200 Eastern Daylight Time
Live Stream on Zoom
Cost $25.00 cdn
The bathroom is taken for granted in homes. More often than not, it works perfectly but if things go wrong, we call a plumber to do the dirty work. Everyone who joins Voyageur10.10 has a sense of urgency in their voice as they ask us to review the use of the head! The toilet on a vessel can be a mysterious piece of equipment AND a source of grief to many of us. When things go wrong, the crap literally hits the fan. HEAD ACHES is a light hearted look at what has and will go wrong with the head. Ken will offer solutions and preventative measures to keep your head working properly and smelling right.
Head Aches: The Ins and Outs of a Marine Toilet
OUTLINE
Typical Installations
Standard Pump Type Toilet (focus of this seminar)
Understanding How It Works
Graphics and video demonstrating what is happening inside the toilet
Basic Rules for use (sometimes hard to implement)
A look at the waste pipe system
Problems
Clogs, Calcification Build up, Odours (inside and out)
Solutions
Holding Tanks
Design, Size, Construction
Discharging tanks – Deck fittings, Discharge pumps
Systems, On Going Maintenance
Questions