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Unit505
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Nov 17, 2014

Big Guy, Small Bathroom

Just returned from another great weekend in the new travel trailer. 4 weekends in a row! My only real complaint is the bathroom being so cramped. When it's just me and my wife, she'll gladly step outside and give me the pleasure of mounting the throne with the bathroom door opened as long as I run the vent fan. With our little girl, it's a little much to ask to run outside when it's cold out or at 2am when she could walk in on me......If I had 6" more, OMG! There's no other "nice" way to put it, you have to be a contortionist to wipe with the door closed!

Has anyone ever expanded their facilities? I have a buddy who is a professional contractor and carpenter. I'm thinking of having him check out the travel trailer bathroom and expanding the door frame 6" outward. That is all that I need. No moving walls or tearing out the tub/shower. Just having the frame "Deepened" about 6" would make all of the difference in the world. Add some trim to take up the excess door frame outside of the bathroom to give it somewhat of a finished look.......no more strained muscles!

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