Adria 670 SLT - bathroom door problem

[MisterB]

This thread is probably only relevant to 670 SLT owners, or other Adrias that have the bathroom across the whole back of the motorhome, with the door in the middle.

we have been having a problem closing the door into the frame and tried lots of things, always thinking its a levelling problem. Since having rear air however i have been able to ensure the motorhome is perfectly level and the door still wont shut, without a bit of 'force', so i discovered its not a levelling issue.

i decided to take some measurements of the door frame and both the top and the bottom have a width of 50cm, however a measurement of the middle shows 49.5cm - a difference of 5mm, which although small does indicate an 'issue'.

i have checked the outer walls and they are pretty much flat with no bulges or indentations and if there were it wouldnt just push one part of the internal wall in the middle, so i am thinking that either the frame has swollen in the cold weather and will return to normal or that the frame has bowed for some reason. The top of the frame isnt attached to the internal ceiling and so the top is fine and not bowing, so its not a roof issue! perhaps the frame fixing to the bathroom wall has worked its way loose

The frame itself is actually solid timber, so i could potentially 'remove' some of the frame and make all measurements equal down each side.

so i DO have solutions, but wont rush into any of them, but was wondering if anyone else had had a similar issue and how they resolved it .......?? Its not an emergency and we can live with it, but would rather fix it than leave it.

 

[Andy Norfolk]

We had an Adria with the bathroom as you have. I had the same problem over winter. Come the summer all ok. I used to take the door off when we ended our season and kept it in the house. Not ideal but I couldn't find another solution. I did try sealing the top and bottom of the door to try and stop moisture getting in but it didn't really help.

 

[MisterB]

We had an Adria with the bathroom as you have. I had the same problem over winter. Come the summer all ok. I used to take the door off when we ended our season and kept it in the house. Not ideal but I couldn't find another solution. I did try sealing the top and bottom of the door to try and stop moisture getting in but it didn't really help.

Thanks for the response, in our case its not the door its the frame, although perhaps i should also check the door itself!!! however i suspect its the same cause, ie swelling. As the frame is solid wood i suspect its liable to swelling, but will hopefully return to normal, which is why i am not rushing to plane down the frame return.

It is annoying though LOL, but i will def go and recheck the door itself as it might be part of the problem.