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11-19-2016, 09:25 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, Texas
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21, 2017 Toyota Tundra 5.7L 4x4
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Curtain around bed of Escape 21
Has anyone installed a curtain around the foot of the bed in an Escape 21? Picture number 31 (bottom left photo under the Photo Gallery tab) at this link shows a curtain installation around the foot of the bed of a Bigfoot trailer? We would like details on how it is installed and pictures if possible.
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11-19-2016, 09:34 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: York, Pennsylvania
Trailer: 2019 2ndG Escape 21'LE DejaView pulled by 2014 Ram Hemi/8sp
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Richard,
In both the Escape 21 and 19, the bed area underneath is enclosed to use for storage. There are access doors but no area for a curtain.
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11-19-2016, 11:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2013 19 Escape
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richardr
Has anyone installed a curtain around the foot of the bed in an Escape 21? Picture number 31 (bottom left photo under the Photo Gallery tab) at this link shows a curtain installation around the foot of the bed of a Bigfoot trailer? We would like details on how it is installed and pictures if possible.
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Hi Richard you could enclose the bed area without enclosing under bed . We have a 19 and used a tension rod for our bed area . We have storage under bed as well . Later I could post you some pictures if you would like . Pat
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11-19-2016, 12:21 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Notasulga, Alabama
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We are contemplating the same thing. My wife usually calls it a night first and likes the sleeping area very dark. I stay awake later to read or watch the local news on TV then perhaps a late show. So how to block my lit-up dinette area from her dark bed area. We are planning to initially try a couple command hooks on opposite cabinets with a tension cord stretched across the aisle supporting a dark shear curtain. Then I can just quietly drop one end of the cord when I go to bed. We'll see if that works once we get the 21'. I'm sure it will be a work in progress, but that's part of the fun....
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11-19-2016, 12:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ventura County, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richardr
Has anyone installed a curtain around the foot of the bed in an Escape 21? Picture number 31 (bottom left photo under the Photo Gallery tab) at this link shows a curtain installation around the foot of the bed of a Bigfoot trailer? We would like details on how it is installed and pictures if possible.
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had a few minutes so took a few pictures to give you the idea . Curtain is a shower curtain , cut down and hemmed ,with shower curtain hangers . We made a tie back and installed snaps . It is installed on a tension rod . Pat
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11-19-2016, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Tucson, AZ, Arizona
Trailer: gone, 19 and 21 & now we have 17B
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21 curtain
I hate to see pictures on their side, all I can do.
That is a curtain rod from B,B, and B screwed to bath wall.
Jack
I fixed them Jack. Donna
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11-19-2016, 01:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Tucson, AZ, Arizona
Trailer: gone, 19 and 21 & now we have 17B
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21 curtain
I asked Reace about a track from the bath across the ceiling to the far wall, he said that sounded like something I could do, I took that as a no. He did say there is wood around the vent hole for me to consider.
Jack
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11-19-2016, 02:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: los angeles, California
Trailer: 2017-21' Escape born Dec 28, 2016, Casita 17' (sold)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by War Eagle
We are contemplating the same thing. My wife usually calls it a night first and likes the sleeping area very dark. I stay awake later to read or watch the local news on TV then perhaps a late show. So how to block my lit-up dinette area from her dark bed area. We are planning to initially try a couple command hooks on opposite cabinets with a tension cord stretched across the aisle supporting a dark shear curtain. Then I can just quietly drop one end of the cord when I go to bed. We'll see if that works once we get the 21'. I'm sure it will be a work in progress, but that's part of the fun....
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Your command hook idea i think is a great starting point
You might be interested to know that we just bought a couple of these "blackout" curtains that let basically no light thru...
they have big grommets across them - if you could find a suitable size (I dont know if they sell a wide enough size to do the job with one curtain) you could forgo the tension cord, and just use the built in grommets onto the command hooks.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N70FM7Q
they seem decently made, and are made of a nice soft material.
or you could use them with a tension cord.
we will use them, with a shower curtain tension rod, across the dinette, when it is a bed for our child to sleep in, and not be bothered by our light from ipads etc.
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11-19-2016, 02:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2013 19 Escape
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Patandlinda
had a few minutes so took a few pictures to give you the idea . Curtain is a shower curtain , cut down and hemmed ,with shower curtain hangers . We made a tie back and installed snaps . It is installed on a tension rod . Pat
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Also have same idea at door . That one we lined . It blocks the light from door , but most important keeps trailer much warmer .there is a lot of heat lost from the door . Pat
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11-19-2016, 04:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, Texas
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21, 2017 Toyota Tundra 5.7L 4x4
Posts: 428
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Quote:
Originally Posted by azjack
That is a curtain rod from B,B, and B screwed to bath wall.
Jack
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Jack,
I like your idea of a rod from the bathroom wall to the vent. Do you have another rod from the vent to the far wall?
Richard
Here are a couple of my thoughts:
If there are places with reinforcement wood in the roof (such as around the vent fan), could a track get screwed into these pieces of wood? Is there a way to find out where all the reinforcement is in the roof and how thick the wood is?
Another idea, which is used a lot in the Casitas is to drill holes through the roof and attach the track with either pop rivets and plastic caps outside or stainless steel bolts with finish washers. Any thoughts?
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