Door in the back. Any reason not to?

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Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby mdk » Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:09 am

As the title says, is there any reason NOT to put your door in the back? With only so much floor space, I can see a way to make better use of it in my design by putting the door in the back. Any thoughts or important info appreciated.
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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby TJinPgh » Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:54 am

I came up with a couple of different designs with the door in the rear. I, personally, like the "reverse teardrop" profile.

The only reason NOT to do it, that I could come up with, was that you really have to do some re-thinking if you plan to have a galley. And, overall storage space may or may not be limited, depending on how you design it.

There are ways to do it, though, without losing any of that. Just depends on what you're looking for.

So, no, there's no reason I've found that can't be worked around. Like I said, just depends on what you have in mind.
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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby Lancie49 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:22 am

The obvious advantage would be no need for two doors for disturbing late night walkabouts.

I like the idea, and if you weren't too excited about a large kitchen area it could be accommodated in the 'crawl through' to the cabin, or a couple of smaller slide outs.

Yeah, why not ?
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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby angib » Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:16 am

David Byrum's Compact Clone from the hall of fame is a good example of using a rear door to its best advantage.

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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby bobhenry » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:57 am

None that I can think of.....

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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby schaney » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:56 am

That is the beauty of building your own, you can put the door where you want it. Here is a rear door example where the whole back opens like a hatch forming a nice awning.

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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby Martiangod » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:58 am

I went door on back, full use of your long walls that way
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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby S. Heisley » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:43 pm

If you go with just one single door on the back, it's best to have a second exit for emergencies. A window can work for that. Hopefully, you'll never need it; but, one never knows!
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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby bdosborn » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:59 am

S. Heisley wrote:If you go with just one single door on the back, it's best to have a second exit for emergencies. A window can work for that. Hopefully, you'll never need it; but, one never knows!


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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby Juneaudave » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:22 am

You need to go to this vintage caravan site and check out this unusual rear door design. I've kept it in my bookmark folder for quit a few years thinking this might have some ideas I could borrow sometime! In addition to a rear door, it has a "step in" galley!

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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby mdk » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:39 pm

Is there an issue with intrusion of dust... being more prevalent in a rear door than the side?
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Re: Door in the back. Any reason not to?

Postby TJinPgh » Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:31 am

Ultimately, it's going to depend on your design.

If you are doing a design where the entire back opens up like the pic schaney posted, then, yes, I guess it's possible that you could get more dust inside simply by virtue of the opening being larger.

Other than that, though? More often than not, trailers with a rear door have a vertical wall in the back. So, the process of building a door in that is no different than building one on the side.

It will need to be sealed the same way, no matter where you place it. So, there's no reason to think that dust or water or whatever would be a greater concern in one over the other.

At least, I can't see why it would be.

Those who have built them can feel free to correct me, though, if I'm wrong.

Do you have a profile you're thinking about?

If so, put up a pic and we can get a better idea of what you're thinking.
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