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07-26-2021, 05:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Salem, Oregon
Trailer: 2022 Escape 21C; 2018 Escape 19 (sold in 2022)
Posts: 402
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Removal of Bathroom Medicine Cabinet
Hi,
We have an Escape 19 and in 2018 (or so) Escape started installing a medicine cabinet in the bathroom behind the toilet. We pretty much have learned to hate this think over the past two years and would like to remove it.
Has anyone tried to remove one of these, and if so, what is behind it?
Just tired of hitting my head against something that everything spills out of when you open the door, so I really want to remove this if at all possible without ruining anything.
Thanks!
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07-26-2021, 07:40 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
Trailer: 2018 Escape 19
Posts: 2,714
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4 screws and it removes leaving a hole.
Someone on Facebook removed the cabinet and put in a recessed shelf on the other side.
Not interested in that so I did not take note of what they did with the big hole in the shower.
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07-26-2021, 08:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Port Angeles, Washington
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19
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As Eggscape says, four screws and it comes out leaving a large hole. I have pulled mine several times for access behind the walls with various mods and projects.
Ours came such that the door opened away from the shower curtain leaving it in the middle of the bath. I turned it over (top to bottom, it's symmetrical) so the door opens against the curtain. Also added a 3/4" lip to the bottom of each shelf using 1/2 x 3/4 angle aluminum from our local hardware store and VHB tape, and bungee cord stretched across each shelf to hold things in place. (Not too tight.) We still make sure the toilet lid is down when we open it but have almost no items falling out when we get into it.
There are a number of posts in the Forum on how other folks have treated the medicine cabinet. I'd encourage you to search around and see if you can fine a simple mod that makes it useable for you.
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07-26-2021, 08:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Greeneville, Tennessee
Trailer: 2017 5.0TA
Posts: 225
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Where did you find bungees small enough?
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07-26-2021, 08:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Port Angeles, Washington
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19
Posts: 195
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom&Joan
Where did you find bungees small enough?
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Our local general everything / hardware store sells bungee cord on spools by the foot. I used 3/16 just because the 1/8 looked too skinny... Drill a hole for it to go through, put a knot on the back side, and with just a little tension on the cord it keeps things in place without deforming the plastic over time. Many stores (hardware, marine, REI, etc.) that have rope on spools include bungee cord on spools. I ran one continuous cord through across all of the shelves and up the back side of the cabinet between shelves. This allowed me to equalize the tension over all the shelves.
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07-26-2021, 09:31 PM
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#6
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Greeneville, Tennessee
Trailer: 2017 5.0TA
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Thanks! On spools in a hardware store is a new one on me!
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07-27-2021, 12:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: North of Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2018 -21-picked up in May 2019 / 2018 F 150 5.0
Posts: 254
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DT6
Hi,
We have an Escape 19 and in 2018 (or so) Escape started installing a medicine cabinet in the bathroom behind the toilet. We pretty much have learned to hate this think over the past two years and would like to remove it.
Has anyone tried to remove one of these, and if so, what is behind it?
Just tired of hitting my head against something that everything spills out of when you open the door, so I really want to remove this if at all possible without ruining anything.
Thanks!
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If you decide to keep it, we had cut some plexiglass strips about 1.5" and attached them with double sided tape to block off the bottom of the shelves. Left a small gap so water could escape if needed. Works good, nothing falls out but leave toilet lid down just in case.
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07-27-2021, 07:59 AM
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#9
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oswego, New York
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21C, 2018 Ford F150
Posts: 5,362
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One more solution - clear 1" corner protector strips (designed to protect outside sheetrock corners). I used pop rivets to attach them, but VHB tape would have been a better idea.
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07-27-2021, 08:02 AM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Lanesboro, MN, between Whalan and Fountain, Minnesota
Trailer: 2016 Bigfoot 25RQ - (2018 Escape 5.0 sold)
Posts: 2,141
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug & Betty
Ours came such that the door opened away from the shower curtain leaving it in the middle of the bath. I turned it over (top to bottom, it's symmetrical) so the door opens against the curtain.
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I've been waiting to hear of someone who has flipped this cabinet over. It opens the wrong direction.
Now it's going to bug me until ours gets flipped!
Enjoy,
Perry
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07-27-2021, 11:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2019 Escape 19 "Lily"
Posts: 467
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We drilled two small holes on each side of each shelf and inserted some small aluminum rods to keep things in place. Works well for us
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07-27-2021, 08:39 PM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug & Betty
I turned it over (top to bottom, it's symmetrical) so the door opens against the curtain.
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Curiosity has me wondering why you wanted it opened backwards. They are always mounted with hinges away from access direction. Just like any door.
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07-27-2021, 08:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: East of Austin, Texas
Trailer: 2021 Escape 5.0 / 2022 F150 SuperCab
Posts: 2,849
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
Curiosity has me wondering why you wanted it opened backwards. They are always mounted with hinges away from access direction. Just like any door.
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Backward or forward, several folks here have expressed a different preference for how the med cabinet door 'interacts' with the shower curtain and swapping the hinge-side (simple inversion of the cabinet) seems to yield satisfaction for them - YMMV and/or no worries!
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07-27-2021, 09:14 PM
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#14
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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I'd just glue the door shut and hang my stuff in a mesh bag from a Command hook. Just grab and go, if using the camp shower. Can hang it so the shower curtain keeps it from getting wet.
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07-28-2021, 07:48 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Lanesboro, MN, between Whalan and Fountain, Minnesota
Trailer: 2016 Bigfoot 25RQ - (2018 Escape 5.0 sold)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
Curiosity has me wondering why you wanted it opened backwards. They are always mounted with hinges away from access direction. Just like any door.
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Tired of fighting with the curtain every time we close the door. Besides what's backwards to you is correct to others.
Enjoy,
Perry
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07-28-2021, 08:16 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Perryb67
Tired of fighting with the curtain every time we close the door. Besides what's backwards to you is correct to others.
Enjoy,
Perry
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Our shower curtain tied back when not in use has no effect at all on the medicine cabinet door.
You seem to want to blame what I think as not being the normal standard, yet I have installed many hundreds, even thousands, of doors and cabinet doors and am quite aware of what design standards are. I have heard nothing of complaint from customers.
Nothing wrong with changing this if you wish, I was just curious as to why.
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07-28-2021, 08:22 AM
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#17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Venice, Florida
Trailer: 2020 Escape 19
Posts: 1,265
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DT6
Just tired of hitting my head against something that everything spills out of when you open the door, so I really want to remove this if at all possible without ruining anything.
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You could just remove the door and caulk any opening and use it as an open shelf.
We used aluminum angle to keep things from falling out of ours.
The aluminum angle goes under the top two shelves to add some additional support. The attachment screws for the cabinet are under the white buttons. We just removed the buttons and loosened the screws. The aluminum angle has a slot cut in it that went over the screw. Tightened the screw down and put the plastic buttons back on.
The bottom aluminum angle is attached with VHB tape.
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08-04-2021, 12:04 PM
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#18
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Woodbury, Vermont
Trailer: Escape RV 2010
Posts: 21
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I find it strange that Escape doesn't put in something better than this? Casita has molded shelves right in the bath and a huge storage compartment. This is my one biggest con with the Escape vs Casita. The bathroom is not as nice. At the very least they need to put in a cabinet that we don't need to mod so things stay in place. I'm not sure why they aren't addressing this
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08-04-2021, 12:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
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Because you'd have nothing to complain about.
I'm perfectly happy with no cupboard in my bath.
And, your profile, what is a 2010 Escape RV?
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08-04-2021, 12:57 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,023
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vtskiguy
I find it strange that Escape doesn't put in something better than this? Casita has molded shelves right in the bath and a huge storage compartment. This is my one biggest con with the Escape vs Casita. The bathroom is not as nice. At the very least they need to put in a cabinet that we don't need to mod so things stay in place. I'm not sure why they aren't addressing this
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There is a LOT of people who dislike the molded-in Casita one piece sink/cupboard. I've seen hack jobs to remove most of it. It's in the way for a number of people sitting on the throne and the cabinet is not waterproof. Guess it depends on how one defines "nice."
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