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Posted By: roaminaround on 08/08/12 08:57pm

We have been shopping for a new trailer for a while and are looking at some models with a walk-thru bathroom. It seems to be the best way to get a spacious bathroom. My question is why do the doors stop several inches short of the floor in this design? If we do buy one I will certainly change that feature. Is the a valid reason not to change the door length?

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Posted By: Poppy & Nana on 08/08/12 09:08pm

I'm not sure BUT I would think it would have something to do with letting the steam out of the bathroom..........

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Posted By: W4MBG on 08/08/12 09:11pm

its for ventilation. just imagine what would happen if you had the exhaust fan on high with the door(s) closed and you flushed...

also, if you leave the fan on the gap at the bottom will allow the bathroom to draw air from the rest of the rv to quickly get rid of the "evidence".

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Posted By: robsouth on 08/08/12 09:18pm

Air must be able to reach the "return", thus the vented bath door.

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Posted By: Sandia Man on 08/08/12 09:18pm

Allows for return ventilation for AC/furnace would be my guess. Our bathroom has a full length door but it is neither cooled or heated which can be troublesome during very cold or hot weather. If that is the case, you could possibly use a full length door that has a vent grill built-in. Here's hoping you find the perfect TT!!!

Posted By: Tom&Dale on 08/08/12 09:29pm

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It seems to be the best way to get a spacious bathroom. My question is why do the doors stop several inches short of the floor in this design? If we do buy one I will certainly change that feature. Is the a valid reason not to change the door length?

We have a Fantastic Fan for the toilet room, a generous description considering the size, and I was told the door gap was to allow airflow for the fan when the door is closed. My change might not apply to the floor plan you pick but I did this.
The original hollow core door had a 2" gap at the bottom and about 1.5" at the top. When fitting the new door I reduced that to .5" at both ends. With the plunger style door stop I can leave it partially open for the fan vent or fully open which really opens up the bed/bath room.
Good luck,
Tom

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Posted By: old guy on 08/08/12 11:23pm

my kids used to value their privacy so they used to put a bath town in the gap.

Posted By: Wes Tausend on 08/09/12 12:34am

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I'll go with the folks that mentioned air return path for the heating/cooling.

Since the walk-thru bath entirely blocks any semblence of "hallway", the large air opening allows proper air return for the furnace and A/C.

We have such a bath for the very reasons you have mentioned. The bottom door gap is about 6 inches. Privacy isn't really compromised since sound is mostly muffled anyway, and it is impossible for people, or even our tall standard poodle, to see past the low open portion. I suppose a cat or hamster could walk through though, but cats don't like closed doors anyway.

It might be possible to re-hang a new slider pocket door if one just can't live with the opening. An inserted grill can be utilized to pass return air.

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Posted By: TGarrett on 08/09/12 01:15am

The people saying the AC/Furnace return are correct at least for the ducted systems. If you look at old "Mobile Homes" and even some of the newer ones. You will always see a vent above the doors that is nothing but a pass through to the other side with another vent cover on it. It allows the temperature to equalize across the spaces to allow the ventilation system to work more efficiently so there are no dead spaces. If you had the doors shut and they sealed, the air would have no where to go and you would just dump all your air in the foward compartments(path of least resistance)

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Posted By: kakampers on 08/09/12 05:53am

In our case, even though our toilet room is fully heated and cooled, that is where the fan is located. In order for the fan to be able to draw moisture, etc., out of the rest of the bathroom,the door is open at the top and bottom...otherwise it would have to be left open when the fan is running...

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Posted By: amandasgramma on 08/09/12 08:24am

I'm not sure all those comments are right. [emoticon] We have a walk thru bathroom with a slider door. There is NOT gap at the bottom - it just skims the carpet. This is the first rig we've bought that has NO condensation issues! And the mirror is never steamed up after a shower. [emoticon] [emoticon] It may be done because someone THINKS it might cause a better air flow. [emoticon]

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Posted By: TGarrett on 08/09/12 02:51pm

amandasgramma wrote:

I'm not sure all those comments are right. [emoticon] We have a walk thru bathroom with a slider door. There is NOT gap at the bottom - it just skims the carpet. This is the first rig we've bought that has NO condensation issues! And the mirror is never steamed up after a shower. [emoticon] [emoticon] It may be done because someone THINKS it might cause a better air flow. [emoticon]


My slider door is the same but there is plenty of airflow through it already

Posted By: Artemus Gordon on 08/09/12 03:28pm

Our doors are flush to floor perhaps 1/2 to 3/4 of inch from bottom. We have both heat and cooling and a "fantastic fan" in restroom. One responder above speculated, what happens if fan gets turned on during flushing operation! Yes he is indeed correct, you need to get blasted only one time to learn your lesson! We have a short poignant discussion with "all visitors" before they use our restroom including operation of the head! Coming from boating background we have an orientation for all visitors less "life vests"!

Posted By: MitchF150 on 08/09/12 03:40pm

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