RV Shower Upgrade | Nautilus Retractable Shower Door Install
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- Опубліковано 21 лют 2021
- We do an RV shower Upgrade on our Salem FSX 178BHSK. We show you how to install the Nautilus Retractable Shower Door. We are installing this to prevent water damage in our RV and ensure our toddler keeps the water inside the shower.
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You got my subscription just for the bloopers! Great idea..shows we are all human, lol.
Haha thanks for the support. I feel the same when I see others bloopers. I’ll definitely try to add more.
Thanks for the share! Nice quick project! I can see how that will help keep the water out! Love the bloopers.
Danny and Lynn
Very nice smart upgrade to do- Chasing RV Sunshine ☀️ Joel, Deb & 🐕 Maya
Love the video, I need this shower door. The bloopers were my favorite. 😂
Great job demonstrating the DIY shower door! Love that you added the bloopers…😂
Thank you
You are awesome Ricardo! I love this video and your bloopers. You and your wife must be quite a team. Thank you so much. Keep on doing the videos. You're a natural.
Thank you. They are certainly not easy but it’s rewarding when we get these messages.
Great video
One idea: why not run a bead of caulking below the bottom track as glue so you won’t kick it out when you step out of the shower? I think that would work as a sealant also!
Surprisingly enough we haven't kicked it this whole season. I did start to consider putting some caulk down there because we do get a little bit of water. If we are not too level, it drips out.
This is the exact method I chose to use in my installation. I had to caulk some other areas of my shower, so the extra was perfect to reinforce the shower door and insure I don't get any leaks.
Nice project!
Thank you
Years later, what would you have done different?
Nice how to vid
Make it look EASY
In a shower, the door to the shower NEEDS to be smaller in height then the actual opening so there is room for the steam from having a shower to escape. The door should never be the same full size as the opening to the shower. And yes you do have I noticed in this situation a fan in the shower but, what if it's too cold/blizzard out or just down pouring with rain, you probably don't want the fan door opened as weather permitting, what do you do then? When you close off all access to the shower while you're in a hot shower with steam not having a place to escape quickly you're definitely going to have a terrible time trying to breath! In this instance a good sized gap of 3" or more from the ceiling is what you would need for steam to be released.
We have a gap in our shower door. We also have the covers on our vents so rain getting in is not an issue.
Hi! thanks for all the great info. besides directly thru stoett where else can this be purchased? Also where did you get the bin/basket next to thermostat? thanks!
You can get them through amazon. The bin I believe we got at Walmart. Thanks for watching
My trailer came standard with this type of door I am looking to modify it somehow with a better handle inside and out. If you come up with an idea please share
You aren’t the first person I have heard this from recently. I’m going to need to come up with something lol.
Thanks for the video. Do you experience the Nautilus as water tight still, 9 months later?
Yes. We have not had any issues
If you caulk both the inside and outside of the bottom track, where does the water from the "curtain" go when it gets squeegeed?
Inside the tub still. The way it’s designed allows it to still make it in.
Great video! I wanted to know what are the dimensions through length and width in inches is the side with the retractable sliding door. Bc i am making my own bathroom in my van and want to know how big of a stud i need for the door opening. Thanks!
With this system you don’t need to drill into a stud. I will try to get the measurements later today when we pack up the camper.
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Thanks!! I really appreciate that new sub here.
2 1/8in wide x 2 1/4 in deep x 68 in tall
@@firesideweekenders solid brotha! Thank you!!
I'm thinking of putting the housing for the rolled up door on the side furthest from the shower head with the latch to close the door closest to the shower head. My thinking is, the part closest to the showerhead will be effected by more water so have that portion be the last to roll into the housing and be shed off the door. Thoughts, experiences with this would be appreciated.
I took a shower in it right after seeing this. I didn't see much water build up on that side closest to the shower head. It was actually the opposite. Either way, I think this door system does a great job squeegeeing the water out. We haven't seen any signs of mold build up.
@@firesideweekendershow has it held up? Would you change up how you had installed it to what the person above recommended ?
The way we have it works perfect for us. I would probably install it the same way. No issues
concerned with mildew -- can't roll it back in if it's wet!
It is designed to squeegee the water off as it rolls back in.
Excellent arrangement. Whether we can get this in India
Was literally going to order this for our 178 this weekend. Nice work. Had contemplated leaving the shower rod up for hanging options when the shower was not in use so was going to do 36" by 65". Did you guys do 67"? Also never thought about the clips for the surround making it an uneven surface, nice catch. You guys going to drill some holes right on the inside and pop them back in?
Thanks. We got the 68x36 right from the Stoett website. We were going to drill some holes but after installing it, I don’t think we need to. The top and bottom rails keep it pushed up on the wall. We will probably put in one or two that we can fit and the rest we will caulk.
@@firesideweekenders I saw a few other people putting in a small screw from the inside of the upper and lower cross bracket to stop the clips from popping off. Let me know what you decided to do. I also just got done with a Power Jack install, as well as converted over to dual propanes in the front a a Jack-It bike rack. Happy to share if you guys are tackling any of those projects but its all pretty straight forward. Keep up those projects!!
@@cdub140 We just ordered the tongue jack. Can’t wait to install it. I thought about the dual propane but I am going to see how much we use first and how much we weigh before doing that. I did see the screw fix, I wanted to look into it a little more. I did notice after recording that on one of them I didn’t have it fully clipped. It looked like it was but I had to reseat it. Only time will tell.
Why did you leave a space on the top?
For air flow since the fan is right there.
This is your WARNING! Do not spend your money on this! To much for TRASH!
It is pricey but ours does work pretty good.
DO NOT BUY - this crap keeps falling off the wall. worst product EVER for the RV!
I am assuming you either got a faulty product or installed it wrong. We have never had issues with ours and we use it all the time while camping.
@@firesideweekenderscouldn’t you put some flat head screws to the inside of the frame to fix the problem he stated about coming off ?
Pop rivet the tracks onto the enclosure.