Have you replaced the medicine cabinet ?

[hokeypokey]

Medicine cabinet would be nicer if it was longer and a bit wider in our travel trailer. DH is a handy guy but I thought I'd check here first before I ask him about replacing it. Your suggestions ?

[tenbear]

Some manufacturers put a metal sheet in the wall where cabinets, etc, are going to be attached. At least they did when mine was built. If that is the case with yours it should be easy to replace the cabinet.

If there are screw heads inside the cabinet, unscrew one and see what kind of screw was used. Should give you a clue as to the mounting.

[TxTwoSome]

Another trick for extra storage in the bath room.

Get a shoe holder that is made to fit over a door. Lots of extra pockets for conditioner, straightener, shampoo, ETC.

Lots of space for all kinds of bath room items and they never fall out going down the road. (at least not the roads we have traveled)

[colliehauler]

DutchmenSport wrote:
Might be more challenging than simply swapping it out. Most RV (all types) are built from the inside out, meaning the screw heads hold the cabinet up, were probably installed from outside the camper facing in (the screw heads are inside the wall).

If he is able to get the old one down without destroying the wall, the new cabinet will have to have locking doors, so they won't swing open when on the road moving. When re-attaching, he'll need to make sure he doesn't screw through the wall, to the outside (assuming the cabinet is on an outside wall, and not on an inside wall). Still, if on on inside wall, he'll need to make sure he doesn't go all the way through to the other side of the wall.

My opinion? Leave the cabinet, unless it is defective, falling apart, or simply not working. Replacing is not as easy as one inside a house.

The extra weight of a larger cabinet might not work so well on the wall bouncing down the road either. (just something to think about).

Mine unscrewed from the inside. The one I replaced it with was larger and lighter with a lot larger mirror.

The original was made with vynil covered OSB with only 2 shelves and a small mirror.

[Terryallan]

hokeypokey wrote:

Terryallan wrote:
My medicine cabinet was too high. None of us could use the mirror. Simply unscrewing it, and turning it upside down lowered the mirror. Used the same screw holes to mount it back.

You are brilliant !! I like that idea.

Can't take the credit. A friend with the same TT told me about it. Works great. Lose no storage. the open part is just at the top now.

[navegator]

We have a good sized cabinet above the sink and some storage below, this of course was not enough for the wife, found decent wood bread boxes at Bed Bath & Beyond and reinforced them with wood screws, installed the little spring holder and a latch then hung them up side down in the bathroom, more space for cotton swabs, q-tips, soaps, etc.

navegator

[hokeypokey]

Terryallan wrote:
My medicine cabinet was too high. None of us could use the mirror. Simply unscrewing it, and turning it upside down lowered the mirror. Used the same screw holes to mount it back.

You are brilliant !! I like that idea.

[Terryallan]

My medicine cabinet was too high. None of us could use the mirror. Simply unscrewing it, and turning it upside down lowered the mirror. Used the same screw holes to mount it back.

[colliehauler]

I replaced the medicine cabinet in my Forest River along with the vanity and towel cabinet. The factory cabinet was heavy and useless not to mention ugly.

[DutchmenSport]

Might be more challenging than simply swapping it out. Most RV (all types) are built from the inside out, meaning the screw heads hold the cabinet up, were probably installed from outside the camper facing in (the screw heads are inside the wall).

If he is able to get the old one down without destroying the wall, the new cabinet will have to have locking doors, so they won't swing open when on the road moving. When re-attaching, he'll need to make sure he doesn't screw through the wall, to the outside (assuming the cabinet is on an outside wall, and not on an inside wall). Still, if on on inside wall, he'll need to make sure he doesn't go all the way through to the other side of the wall.

My opinion? Leave the cabinet, unless it is defective, falling apart, or simply not working. Replacing is not as easy as one inside a house.

The extra weight of a larger cabinet might not work so well on the wall bouncing down the road either. (just something to think about).

[Dutch_12078]

Our current coach only had a mirror over the bathroom sink, and a cabinet mounted on a sidewall over the toilet. I found a close match in a mirror door wood medicine cabinet at Home Depot and replaced the mirror with it. That gave us a lot more storage space for bathroom supplies.