keeping cabinet doors closed when traveling

Bought some new double roller latches, the new ones seem to be holding twice as well as the old ones. Was looking at the ones I took apart, there was rust in the coil spring. A drop of oil and it worked a lot better, not as good as a new one but noticably better. I tweaked it with a screwdriver to take up the slack between the rollers and got almost 75 percent the strength of a new one. Installed the removed ones to double up some of the cabinets that had only 1 roller latch. One door beside the fridge has a warped door, couldn't get both latches to grip so I installed twist and lock type handle to keep it closed.

Still no fix for the sliding windows. Might drill through the plexy and install a push pin.

Took the radio console off, going to install a toggle switch to remove all power from radio so I can leave the battery booked up without worrying about them getting drained.

We always have two doors that won't stay shut. It's likely a function of the door latch. I plan to replace the latches on these two doors because I don't think they are adjustable in any way. I have this issue whether I'm driving 30 miles to the local lake or 1000 moles to Arizona. It's always the same two doors and I only drive 65 mph or less.

I'd really like to have something like these but like anything good they are not cheap.

In the beginning, we had the upper kitchen cabinets and pantry door open during transit. Also had the stove grate jump off, items tossed out of the sink and even the plastic open/close rod on the mini blinds jump off the hook. We have a rear kitchen and these can suffer bounce issues more than other layouts. Stopped for groceries once on the way to the CG only to find the contents of the pantry all over the floor including ground coffee everywhere. Grrr.

The first thing we did is install shelf liner in the upper cabinets and that fixed that. We've still been using a baby lock through the handles just in case tho. We recently bought a heavy duty RV cabinet latch made by RV Designer for the pantry door, #H316 (10 lb holding capacity). If that works, will use them on the upper cabinets too. See pic below. You can always add a 2nd or 3rd catch if needed which might be good anyway on a tall door.

The roller catches that are often used on cabinets doors are pretty wimpy. Looked at magnetic ones but they seemed worse.

We've also installed shock absorbers which has greatly reduced the bounce in the trailer, esp. the tail end.

Some may have bounce issues and doors coming open during travel, but most won't. Depends on a number of factors and where the kitchen is located (over axles or at rear). If you have a trailer, I highly recommend shock absorbers.

We try to load all of our galley cabinets full. In other words you don't want big spaces which allow things to fly around inside cabinets, which could allow items to bang against the doors and force them open.

We also use a combination of Velcro ties and small bungies to secure all cabinet doors when traveling. We probably don't have to do this but with slides going in and out it is not a good thing if stuff does decide to fly out of cabinets and get stuck someplace.

Not sure about plastic sliding windows, where are those? As for a cabinet with toilet chemicals rolling around, I see that. Put that under you sink in the bathroom. Chances are the floor is six inches below the door so it can't hit it to open it. Can goods, we place in small plastic bin that keep them from moving around. We have never had an issue with doors opening.

Ours stay shut tightly. It takes quite a tug to open them. Check your fasteners to ensure that they're not stretched out.
You could also add strong magnets to keep them shut. (I saw it on an RV reno show), they used them to keep a vintage oven door closed. Worked like a charm.

rockhillmanor wrote:

How do you do it? Most of mine flip open, even the

sliding windows slide open

.

Windows CAN't slide open when latched properly.

There is a lever that needs to be pushed up to lock the windows in place when closed.

Its not an external window, there are 3 sets of plexy sliding doors in the kitchen area. I dont see any latches, may have to make one

We found some configuration of child-proof hardware that will work on every door.

Careful packing, restraining bars from CW and slowing down all help.

How do you do it? Most of mine flip open, even the

sliding windows slide open

.

Windows CAN't slide open when latched properly.

There is a lever that needs to be pushed up to lock the windows in place when closed.