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Remodel sleeping area?

gadget_girl
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Last fall, we bought a pre-owned 1989 26' Fleetwood Prowler TT (sleeps 4) which is in very good condition (no leaks, all maintenance records, all mechanicals work fine). The only problem is that the bedroom is set up with twin beds on either side of a center aisle, with a rear bathroom door that extends into the bedroom between the beds. Kitchen and bathroom are on opposite ends of the trailer. Bathroom access is through bedroom or an outside door. Jackknife sofa in the living room is miserable. We would like to be able to sleep in the same bed without one of us having a bar down the middle of our back. Any visitors can deal with the jackknife sofa. We want a functional bedroom.

Under one of the beds in the bedroom are some mechanicals (HVAC and plumbing), but under the other bed is nothing but storage with outside access.

The trailer is in its forever home. (We're boondocking except for electricity.) We don't necessarily have to worry about construction that will withstand road miles, nor are we concerned with additional weight to tow. It doesn't even have to look pretty. It just has to be functional.

Any suggestions? We thought of removing both beds and installing a futon over the side with the mechanicals, but that still leaves the issue of middle of the night bathroom access - which is one of the main reason we upgraded to a trailer after being die hard tent campers for all of our (and our children's) lives.
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BurbMan
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Explorer II
Sounds like you could put a double bed over the side with the mechanicls, then make a hallway down the other side of the TT for bathroom access. Doesn't sound like it would be easy though....other option would be to switch the bedroom and bath, put the bedroom at the back of the trailer and the bath in the middle, but that may not be doable based on plumbing.

PM member "myrvplans" here on the forum, she knows everything about trailer design and construction.

the_bear_II
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Explorer
If you remove the bed on the side with just the storage. I'm guessing there are cabinets above it. Which means you would need to remove the cabinets as well to provide a walkway around a wider bed on the side with the HVAC/Plumbing under it.

Our first TT had twin couches at the front. There was a sliding extension under the seating area of each couch. You slid the two extension together to form a larger than king size bed. The couch cushions became the mattress for the bed. The sliding extension was basically a Plywood platform with a wall on one end to provide support when extended.

You could use the sliding extension idea to make the remaining twin bed wider and then use a futon mattress or Aerobed mattress

mthockeydad
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Explorer
Option 1: Can you move the bathroom door so it's in the location of the "empty-based" bed?
"hallway" moves to that side and the bed shifts fully to the other side?

Option 2: What is ahead of your beds? Closet? Any room to move the beds forward in the chassis so you have room at the back of the beds for the door to open?

Option 3:
Can you move the bathroom location?