Because of the position of the bedroom door, I truly believe that Keystone designed that area of the Alpine 3640RL on April 1st! How else could you explain a door strategically positioned to goose your backside anytime you stand near the shower or lavatory? And just hit the timing correctly, and that door colliding with the shower door early in the morning is a definite wake-up call! I have to admit, I never thought about turning the door around, but then again you are correct, it would only be a matter of time before it would catch the slide somehow, or bang constantly against the slide as one traveled down the road. I also realize from different threads in this forum that there are several members who do not like accordion doors. However, a quality accordion door does work quite well and leaves one's derriere untouched.
We chose to replace the bathroom door with a custom accordion door ordered from Camping World. WARNING, the accordion door was not cheap! But it was ordered to custom fit the opening.
Getting the Keystone "surprise" door off along with the plastic door jamb was no problem – a couple of screwdrivers and a pair of lineman's pliers made quick work of that! But that left an unfinished opening – bare 2x4 white pine, paneling edges, brad holes . . . ugly! A quick visit to Home Depot yielded a sheet of quarter inch hardwood birch plywood which HD nicely cut three strips 2 3/8" wide at no extra charge! I measured the strips on the door frame, marked the lengths, then cut and beveled the edges. On the longer side strips, the bottom was left straight, but the top was beveled at 45 degrees. The top strip was beveled at 45 degrees on both sides. That way the three strips fit exactly together and gave a nice square jamb lining.
While at HD, I purchased some Minwax stain/poly finish – in way too dark of a stain color! I'm using color-blindness as a defense for this poor choice! I also purchased the cheap foam-core trim in Dark Oak which is too light for the too-dark birch plywood "jamb liner" and too light for the press-cardboard trim used by Keystone. Obviously I'm not going to "win" this remodel contest. However, the choice of accordion door color is a winner!
Once all was stained (and criticisms received), I easily attached the plywood to the inner door jamb with wire brads, cut the foam-core oak trim to fit, and installed it with wire brads. Following the instructions for the accordion door installation was a snap, and the door itself was installed in less than 10 minutes! The plus is that once the accordion door was installed, the dark stain on the plywood became less noticeable! (Yes!!!!!
) As the accordion door was custom ordered from CW, it fits exactly and is not too big when folded back. When the DW tested the door, she gave it high approval! Winner!!!!
So, now the only question to answer is, "Who was the rocket scientist at Keystone that thought that door design up?"
But we are very happy with the modification!
Alpine 3640RL Bedroom Door Mod
Linear Mode
