A positive outcome remains to be seen. We'll be heartbroken if the coach was to be totaled. It was slightly used (a year old with only 4500 miles and in perfect condition, not to mention it being totally beautiful) so we saved huge dollars. The likelihood of being able to replace it with one of similar value isn't very high. Hopefully that won't be an issue.
Thanks for the well wishes. And, yes, we'll be heartbroken if we have to replace it as I told @redbaron.
I couldn't agree more. I'm sure, though, that those tasks are far beyond my skill level, and i don't know how to find anyone to assist other than an RV service facility. And even then, we'd have no idea if any mold issue had been totally remediated, unless a thorough mold test could be performed and came back clean.
This was definitely major stupid. I’ve been trying to convince my wife in your belief that it can happen to anyone. I think she’s coming around, mostly because I’ve managed to avoid any big mistakes up to now, although I’m already worrying about what kind of dumb thing I might do in the future. I’ll get over it … hopefully.
Interesting. I suppose the “real” mistake we both made was to leave the coach immediately after I connected to water. Ordinarily I’d have my wife open some faucets inside simply to get some local water running through the plumbing. Our haste caused by our quickly approaching dinner arrangements should have never upset that normal routine. That would have made the whole incident a non-incident. Hard lesson learned. Never leave the RV until every connection has been triple-checked. Like you, I’ve already taken steps to ensure that I can never make the same mistake again.
Totally agree. Taking it to the Newmar factory would pretty much be out of the question unless we had it transported, one way or another, due to family time constraints. Otherwise we’d probably take it North Trail RV in for Fort Myers, FL. Evidently they’re one of the largest Newmar dealers in the country with a highly rated service department.
Speaking from experience, that part fades over time. Things happen and you deal with it and learn from it, but you certainly aren’t lone on the list of folks who have made costly careless mistakes. I couldn’t even discuss mashing a baggage door at a fuel island for almost a year. I think there is a good chance that this will end well for you. And for this situation the best RV service facility would be in Nappanee. Maybe find a driver to take it there? Have you spoken to North Trail to see what they would do? if they have a plan for this?It's a worrisome situation and I can't stop beating myself up for being so careless, particularly because we're anything but newbies.
When we leave the coach, even for a short while, the water is turned off “just in case”.
Now that this thread has run it's course! I will make a suggestion, and the solution I have and still use. Understand that it is highly unlikely this could happen to me because:
