Pass through bath

[elsique]

Any opinions about TT's with pass through bath design? My DH wont even entertain the thought but I have an open mind on the subject. Traveling as a couple not so bad but sometimes we have tag along guests for longer trips. Any positive or negative about this layout from those who have owned one?

[rbpru]

If the DH does not like it, forget it. Expecting the other person to change their mind is a lost cause. It will always be a sore spot.

Personally I world never have a bath where the sink was across the hall from the rest of the bathroom. However others just love it.

[goducks10]

rhagfo wrote:

BB_TX wrote:
Our 5er has the open bath in the bedroom and works great for us. BUT. Modesty has never been an issue for us. And we never have overnight guest except maybe younger grandkids and closing the bedroom door solves that. Pros: really opens up the bedroom area rather than bedroom feeling like a closet, toilet being in separate room allows private use of that while other person is showering, brushing teeth, etc. Cons: privacy issue.

Sometimes I have a hard time with how others view issues, and the pass through bath being one.
I guess we have have had two, the first was in our 86 King of the Road, had doors on both sides to be a separate room. Only the Master bedroom beyond, never saw a privacy issue with this as the toilet had a door on both sides, so if we had a guest they could close the door to the bedroom. This would really only be at night.

The current is what I refer to as a Master Suite, bed on slide-out, shower in corner and toilet across in a closet for lack of a better term. It came with an accordion wall between bed area and shower area which was clunky. DW replaced with a room darkening two panel curtain which is easier close and easier to exit.
Toilet is separate, and curtains keep light out of bed area if used by guest. Shower time, the whole forward area is available to the one showering.

This is the floor plan of the 1986 King of the Road, very nice older unit.



This is the 2005 Copper Canyon, we love this layout.

We have the same exact bathroom layout as the 293 and love it. It was one of the main reasons we got our 5er. Our previous TT had an all in one bathroom with just one door and was cramped. We like the fact that the toilet is accessible while someone else can use the sink.

[elsique]

Thanks for all the feedback.

[valhalla360]

If you travel with folks you aren't on familiar terms with, it's a minor issue (we really don't spend of lot of time in the bedroom outside of sleeping).

For a couple or family where you've all seen each other, it's just not an issue.

What I really don't like are the pass thru baths with a separate corridor to go around them. The end result is a smaller bath and a lot of wasted space.

[rhagfo]

BB_TX wrote:
Our 5er has the open bath in the bedroom and works great for us. BUT. Modesty has never been an issue for us. And we never have overnight guest except maybe younger grandkids and closing the bedroom door solves that. Pros: really opens up the bedroom area rather than bedroom feeling like a closet, toilet being in separate room allows private use of that while other person is showering, brushing teeth, etc. Cons: privacy issue.

Sometimes I have a hard time with how others view issues, and the pass through bath being one.
I guess we have have had two, the first was in our 86 King of the Road, had doors on both sides to be a separate room. Only the Master bedroom beyond, never saw a privacy issue with this as the toilet had a door on both sides, so if we had a guest they could close the door to the bedroom. This would really only be at night.

The current is what I refer to as a Master Suite, bed on slide-out, shower in corner and toilet across in a closet for lack of a better term. It came with an accordion wall between bed area and shower area which was clunky. DW replaced with a room darkening two panel curtain which is easier close and easier to exit.
Toilet is separate, and curtains keep light out of bed area if used by guest. Shower time, the whole forward area is available to the one showering.

This is the floor plan of the 1986 King of the Road, very nice older unit.



This is the 2005 Copper Canyon, we love this layout.

[ScottG]

We have one in our Arctic Fox 32A and never gave it a second thought. It really takes no effort to close the other door if needed.
We could not be happier with the floor plan.

[NanciL]

We like it.
On our last TT the bunk room was in the front and our queen bed room in the rear and it made it nice if anyone needed to go in the middle of the night.
They never had to bother the other people.
Our newer TT will have a Queen at both ends with the bath room in the middle, so it will be the same.

Jack L

[BB_TX]

Our 5er has the open bath in the bedroom and works great for us. BUT. Modesty has never been an issue for us. And we never have overnight guest except maybe younger grandkids and closing the bedroom door solves that. Pros: really opens up the bedroom area rather than bedroom feeling like a closet, toilet being in separate room allows private use of that while other person is showering, brushing teeth, etc. Cons: privacy issue.

[Huntindog]

I have one. Very roomy. Yes there are times when it really not a good setup.
Fortunantly our TT has two bathrooms. The one in the rear is smaller, but perfectly serviceable.

As an aside, we love having two bathrooms, and will never consider any RV with only one bath again.

[Gdetrailer]

elsique wrote:
Any opinions about TT's with pass through bath design? My DH wont even entertain the thought but I have an open mind on the subject. Traveling as a couple not so bad but sometimes we have tag along guests for longer trips. Any positive or negative about this layout from those who have owned one?

My Dad had one in his 5ver..

I was never impressed with the idea that a person would be "stuck" on the wrong end of the trailer while someone else is in the bath.

In my Dad's case, the bath was in between the master bedroom and the rest of the trailer.. So, one could possibly get stuck in the master bedroom.. Since it did not have a outside door and the master was over top the hitch and jumping out a window at that height for some reason doesn't sound like a great idea..

So, yeah, to me unless that trailer has an exit to the outside world on each side of the bath no way I would ever consider that.

Food for thought.

[LIKE2BUILD]

elsique wrote:
Any opinions about TT's with pass through bath design? Any positive or negative about this layout from those who have owned one?

Our previous TT had a walk through bath. The tub/shower was on the right and the toilet/lavatory was behind a door on the left. At first I wasn't too sold on the design but the rest of the floor plan fit our needs. Over the years I came to love it when my boys were little because the hallway made it easy to kneel beside the tub to give the kids a bath. We're well beyond those days now and we've moved to a different RV, but the design did have it's purpose.

KJ

[old_guy]

they are OK IF you are on good terms with the person taking the bath. But I'm with you DH, no worth the money to buy a TT with a pass through bath.

[Bumpyroad]

I think the standard walk thru bath sucks. my chieftain had the best layout I could find. large 42 inch tub/shower on one side of hall, separate room on other side of aisle with vanity/stool. but for the 20 minutes a day that you used the shower, the bedroom door and the bath room door could close shutting off the aisle but giving you a large dressing/etc. area that was private.
I would not want one where the stool/vanity were open for public viewing.
bumpy