How best to fix this?

[happybooker1]

Last night I went out to the TT I just bought. Moved the shower curtain and found this:



The shower stall assembly is fastened to the TT walls with some kind of round plastic tab. The top of the bottom-most fastener was in the tub and the screw-like shank is still in the wall.

The wall cannot be pushed back into place without some modification. It needs to be shaved off the bottom about 1/8". I don't know how they had it in there to begin with, but it will NOT go flat against the wall.

Here's a couple more pics:





No water damage as we haven't even turned on the shower and from the "button" at the bottom of the tub it must've just happened.

My thoughts are to carefully trim off the bottom edge with w Dremel until the shower wall will go back flush against the trailer wall. Then fasten it back somehow, but how? I will also caulk the edge once I get it back flush.

I need ideas please.

[happybooker1]

Once I got the new front jack installed I cranked down the stabilizers and tried to get it as level as possible. That helped quite a bit so it must've been torqued pretty good. Once I pushed the wall back into place I screwed the heck out of it and then siliconed the screw heads. It's fixed. Thanks everyone!

[shutdown]

Ok. so i am a little late to the party here but (for some reason the pics just now loaded) anyhow, mine looks like this once in a while when the inside gets super hot. If i turn on the ac on the thing morphs back into shape.

[Nvr2loud]

danager wrote:
New (to you) trailer, just got it home...did you drop the stabilizer jacks? I have seen a door ripped off of the hinges due to cranking up the jacks too much. As mentioned, something caused this, does not get this bad overnight. Fix the actual cause and you will not be forever replacing the bandaid.

+1

If I crank the jacks on the back corners of my trailer too much I can make all sorts of things move out of joint inside the bathroom and the bunk area.

[2112]

Did you get this repaired? If so, what was the cause/solution?
Was it from being too far off level front to rear?

[sgrizzle]

I just repaired a very similar problem...I don't think there is a water problem. If you feel along the underside of the loose enclosure, you will probably feel double-sided tape. That appears to be the only thing, besides the plastic rivets, sticking to the wall. I tried to tear off as much of the tape as I could and injected Liquid Nails tub/surround adhesive. I crewed in 4 short, self-tapping screws and braced it with wood for about 24 hours. When I took the bracing off, everything seemed good as new. If you don't like the chrome looking screw heads, you could always paint them to match.

[happybooker1]

Shower is one piece. Stabs are down but maybe that's the cause. The front jack is bent & had to be removed so we jacked it up on the front stabs temporarily until the electric jack I ordered comes in & can be installed. So it's not level at the moment.

Or it could have been caused just by the travel from the dealers since it had been setting on their lot for awhile.

[danager]

New (to you) trailer, just got it home...did you drop the stabilizer jacks? I have seen a door ripped off of the hinges due to cranking up the jacks too much. As mentioned, something caused this, does not get this bad overnight. Fix the actual cause and you will not be forever replacing the bandaid.

[2112]

I agree 100% as well. My guess is you have swelling under the tub from water intrusion.

A new surround cost as little as $250. This one may never fit flush again. Why not remove the surround and tub, inspect for the root cause, correct as needed and install a new surround of your choice.

Good time for a bathroom upgrade.

Do it right, put it behind you and enjoy your TT.

[homedad]

Is it ever flat? Is this due to temperature fluctuations? Plastic moves a lot with temperature change. Most long pieces of plastic are attached with slots of some sort to handle the movement like with vinyl siding. I would think about adding fasteners with large heads, large holes, not tight but with an attractive cover over the head to prevent leakage and hide the ugly.

[Lovedays]

Huntindog wrote:
Something has moved somehow.
There may be a hidden leak, perhaps from the roof that got the wall material wet behind the plastic. That material is likely luan, a very thin plywood. If it got wet, it could swell, or move causing the problem. If you don't find the cause, it will rear it's ugly head at some point, and be much harder to fix. I would pull the entire plastic enclosure off of the wall for a inspection.

Another thought. Perhaps it is the tub that has moved. This could be from the subfloor getting wet and swelling, lifting the tub and causing the plastic panel to buckle.

One thing is for sure, if you are gonna keep this TT, you gotta fix this right. Not just a cosmetic fix.

I agree 100%, the OP said this just happened, the enclosure didn't suddenly get bigger and not fit on it's own. Either the ceiling dropped or the tub lifted. This is bigger than a cosmetic fix. I would take it back to the dealer.

[Huntindog]

Something has moved somehow.
There may be a hidden leak, perhaps from the roof that got the wall material wet behind the plastic. That material is likely luan, a very thin plywood. If it got wet, it could swell, or move causing the problem. If you don't find the cause, it will rear it's ugly head at some point, and be much harder to fix. I would pull the entire plastic enclosure off of the wall for a inspection.

Another thought. Perhaps it is the tub that has moved. This could be from the subfloor getting wet and swelling, lifting the tub and causing the plastic panel to buckle.

One thing is for sure, if you are gonna keep this TT, you gotta fix this right. Not just a cosmetic fix.

[Dog_Folks]

"The shower stall assembly is fastened to the TT walls with some kind of round plastic tab. The top of the bottom-most fastener was in the tub and the screw-like shank is still in the wall."

The fastener is normally called a "plastic rivet." Commonly available in Home Depot or Lowe's in white. Ask for them, they are not easy to find on your own.

If you need colored ones standard RV parts houses on line, like PPL, have them.

Hope this helps.

[AK49er]

What is on the other side of the wall? Could you use bolts instead of screws to fasten it? I know they make decorative Bolts (heads) that may not look too bad and would hold a lot better than screws. This would all take place after you got the surround back in place, however you decided to do it. Good-luck.

[westend]

I would suggest to remove the fasteners that hold the edge of the surround, try to reposition the edge and bottom of the surround panel so it fits. I would guess that age has pushed the tub and surround a bit out of square and that is your problem with the fitment. It may also be that the supporting floor material that supports the tub has had some water infiltration and has swelled. That would be enough to cause the small amount of bad fitment.
I would glue the surround panel to the wall and put new fasteners in the holes of the surround edge. The screws would basically serve as hole fillers and to hold the surround in place until the glue sets.