Ewwwwww…… you have to clean your own waste? Can’t I just hook up to the sewer system and keep the tanks open? Nope! Not unless you want a poop mountain! If you keep your tanks open then you are allowing the liquids to bypass the solids (aka poop) and your tank will have what’s known in the RV world as a “poop mountain”. It’s a mess to deal with. You have to keep your black tank closed until it’s full so the liquids drain out the solids when it’s time to dump. For this reason, you also have to close your grey tanks to chase down any “leftovers” from your black tanks. Gross…. I know but it’s a necessary detail you MUST know!

Following up with the tanks, it’s a good time to mention that most bathroom doors in RV’s have a gap at the bottom to help with air flow. You know what that means? It means that you can hear what the person on the other side of the door is doing! The only door that doesn’t have a gap for us is the toyhauler area. We’ve made the toyhauler our bedroom so that’s a perk (more sound proof… you know… for private conversations).

If the campers a rockin’, don’t come a knockin’! I believe this is self explanatory but a lot of people still ask about this in the facebook rv groups. If you have kiddos then this is a concern because the RV shakes A LOT! You get used to the normal shaking when people walk around but the first time we did laundry, we though there was an earthquake (true story!!!!).

Even worse than in a house, RV’s have more cracks for ants and animals to come inside! We love the terro liquid for ants. Luckily we only had mice once when we were staying with family, during winter, in the middle of a field. The mice were cold and we were warm! Close all holes and keep bait out 24/7 to keep those suckers at bay!

Your new home will get dirty much faster! The upside, it cleans up just as fast! Less space = less stuff. Less stuff = less to clean up!

Even when you don’t buy much at the store, you’ll notice that you accumulate a lot, quick! RVers are constantly purging stuff they don’t need. Sometimes a neighbor gives you something, you find something on sale at the store or you got a great deal online! We’ve never met a full time RVer that doesn’t battle with constant purging. It’s a new way of life.

These are just a few things that we have found to be a little “dirty”.

If any of this helped you, we’d love a cup of coffee to kick start our next blog!