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Remove Folding Door in Mid-Bath

March 14, 2019, 12:24:17 pm

My wife wants me to remove the folding door in our 2017 MB. She doesn't like it even though we had one in our 2002 MB for 15 years. I pointed this out to her and she gave me the stink eye look. So, has anyone removed one before? It looks like just a matter of removing some screws from the ceiling track.

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Reply #1 – March 14, 2019, 12:28:11 pm

We have never used ours. I can't see that removing it would add a darn thing and produce no increase in space. If she is adamant, give her a screwdriver along with some stink eye.

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Reply #2 – March 14, 2019, 01:05:46 pm

Tell her you checked on the forum and were told to leave it alone since there's no advantage to removing it and the next owner would appreciate having it in place. Frank

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Reply #3 – March 14, 2019, 01:42:53 pm

I'm curious as to why she wants to take the accordion door out? As others said, removing it would provide virtually no increase in space, it's unobtrusive, and doesn't rattle (at least, mine doesn't), and removing it would not only leave screw holes to patch, but you'd have to find a place to store the door. Also, as Frank pointed out, if you sell one day, the buyer will likely want the door in place.

YMMV, of course.

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Reply #4 – March 14, 2019, 02:05:14 pm

Quote from: Glenn Lambert - March 14, 2019, 12:24:17 pm

My wife wants me to remove the folding door in our 2017 MB.

Usually that’s enough reason for me. But then, what do I know. 😇

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Reply #5 – March 14, 2019, 04:11:31 pm

Oh man, I’m in a hard spot. We keep the bed out in the back. She constantly bumps into the closed accordion door that sticks out and her arm skin scrapes easily. I’m sure “ We Can Work it Out ......”

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Reply #6 – March 14, 2019, 04:18:14 pm

Quote from: Glenn Lambert - March 14, 2019, 04:11:31 pm

Oh man, I’m in a hard spot. We keep the bed out in the back. She constantly bumps into the closed accordion door that sticks out and her arm skin scrapes easily. I’m sure “ We Can Work it Out ......”

I agree then, remove it. Perhaps a call to the factory will answer your question on how to do so?

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Reply #7 – March 14, 2019, 04:55:24 pm

In my 1988 MB, there is a set of screws holding it to the wall and a set holding the track to the ceiling"rafter."
Easy to remove. Harder to put back, as the track likes to slide off.

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Reply #8 – March 14, 2019, 05:07:24 pm

Your wife is right, no matter how wrong she is.
Removing it will take five minutes.
Store it until you sell it .
Peace will be yours.

Larry

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Reply #9 – March 14, 2019, 05:16:44 pm

"Your wife is right, no matter how wrong she is."
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Reply #10 – March 14, 2019, 10:58:30 pm

Timing! We removed ours yesterday in our 2000 MB. With the couch made into a bed the entry/exit was tight. We have a couch on the starboard side with 2 barrel chairs on the port side. About 15 screws to remove. Very easy. The small holes remaining are not objectionable to us. Ours is now wrapped up and in the attic and will be easily re-installed if we were to sell. We were impressed by the quality of the curtain and installation by LD.

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Reply #11 – March 15, 2019, 12:16:36 am

The door can be flipped and mounted the opposite side. This is sometimes done when a pantry is installed.

Larry

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Reply #12 – March 15, 2019, 01:07:05 pm

We flipped the door to the other side since we modified the curb side couch to be deeper to allow the storage under it to be wider to accommodate our table and chairs. We also pull out the modified curbside couch to make a queen size bed with room to walk down one side which would be hampered by that door in it's original place so we flipped to the other side. That whole process took about 1 - 1//2 hr to do and about 1/2 hr to remove originally.

Karen~Liam
98 ~ MB
SirenA

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Reply #13 – March 15, 2019, 11:12:07 pm

Karen~Liam,

I am trying to visualize what you did with your mid bath couches.

You "modified the curb sidecouch to be deeper" - eg it sticks out further into the LD when set up as. Couch?

You " also pull out the modified curbside couch to make a queen size bed with room to walk down one side" so your deeper curbside couch when modified now pulls out into a queen bed?

So does that mean you took out your driver side couch entirely - so that room to walk down the side of the queen bed is next the large window (and wall) on the drivers side of the lounge area?

Jane

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Reply #14 – March 16, 2019, 05:53:59 pm

Jane, I thought I posted this a couple of years ago but can't find it. We made modifications to both Couches and storage below in the rear lounge of our 98 ~ MB. I extended the storage on the driver side under the couch and extended it to run under the shower so that it could accommodate our long AT snow skies. There is space under the shower so I built a box that slipped under protecting the shower from the possible ski movement. This project required me to dissemble the couch to access storage from above, I put that couch back as it was.

On the passenger side couch and under storage we need 32" width to fit our folding table and chairs. I dissembled the couch and expanded the space box under the couch about 3" to 4" into the lounge. The couch cussions fit on the new box but the box sticks out an additional 3" so the bottom cussion must be pulled out a little more and the back cussion is sloped a little more now. We added a piece of 4" x 6" x 72" foam so when we make the bed we now have a hotel Queen width which is 58" We use a topper to tie it all together. We also have 8" of space between the bed and the driver side couch. The folding door we moved to the passenger side so that hides the fact that that couch sticks out another 3" and gives Karen more space to slip down along the bed and couch to sleep or for either of us to access stuff in the rear lounge. Generally when we make the bed on the first night of our trip we leave the bed made effectively giving us a rear bedroom with those great windows!

If I can find the photos I took I will post them here later.

Karen~Liam
98 ~ MB
NinA

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Reply #15 – March 16, 2019, 06:15:28 pm

Thanks - that makes it clear for me. Jane

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Reply #16 – April 10, 2019, 02:32:29 pm

Quote from: pwgfalcon - March 14, 2019, 10:58:30 pm

Timing! We removed ours yesterday in our 2000 MB. With the couch made into a bed the entry/exit was tight. We have a couch on the starboard side with 2 barrel chairs on the port side. About 15 screws to remove. Very easy. The small holes remaining are not objectionable to us. Ours is now wrapped up and in the attic and will be easily re-installed if we were to sell. We were impressed by the quality of the curtain and installation by LD.

Well, I had a "timing" experience as well. I removed the folding door and installed it in our basement. It fit perfectly. Now the wife is double happy,

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Reply #17 – April 10, 2019, 03:01:45 pm

I actually had that done when I had a carpenter build my pantry in Mexico. Easy peasy!

Quote from: Larry W - March 15, 2019, 12:16:36 am

The door can be flipped and mounted the opposite side. This is sometimes done when a pantry is installed.

Larry

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Reply #18 – April 10, 2019, 04:43:15 pm

After 40 years of marriage (and 47 years in total together) my response would be, "That's a great idea....let me check with the folks that are a lot smarter than I am on the Forum and get on it. Oh, by the way is there something I can do for the scrapes on your arm? Do we have the appropriate medical supplies?"

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