Tambour Door in a Van | Why We Skipped the Nautilus Shower Door | S2:E25
MooseVan
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Most camper van bathrooms use a retractable shower door, and the Nautilus is one of the most common choices. But for our bathroom, it created two problems: it would take several inches out of the walkway, and the translucent material wouldn't provide the privacy we wanted.
So instead, we installed a solid tambour shower door designed to turn the corner and disappear alongside the bathroom wall. The concept solved our two biggest requirements, but fitting a tambour door into such a tight camper van bathroom created challenges we didn't anticipate.
The flexible track couldn't make the tight 90-degree turn our layout needed. That forced us to extend the track beyond the shower pan, modify the floor insert, and find a way to preserve as much of the walkway as possible. The geometry also created a privacy gap that required one final modification after the original installation.
This episode follows the complete tambour door installation, why we chose it instead of a Nautilus retractable shower door, the problems we encountered, and the changes that ultimately made this unconventional camper van bathroom door work.
Our installation is unusually constrained. If you have another four to six inches beside your bathroom opening for the door to slide into, you may be able to install a tambour shower door without many of the modifications required in our van.
Tambour Door affiliate link, we got the 2000mm x 800mm kit and cut it to size.
https://tamdour.myshopify.com?ref=moo...
Link to MooseVan tools / materials / parts list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Watch MooseVan from the beginning:
Season One – The Budget Build
Can two people and two dogs comfortably travel in a budget-built camper van? Follow the complete experiment from empty cargo van to our first real road trip.
MooseVan: Empty Van to Off-Grid DIY Camper
Season Two – The Purpose-Built Build
After proving van travel was the right fit, we started over. Follow the complete construction of our purpose-built 2024 Ram ProMaster Super High Roof camper van.
MooseVan: Season Two
Designed through experience. Built with purpose.
#CamperVan #VanBathroom #TambourDoor #vanbuild
0:00 Intro
0:07 Requirements
2:01 Tambour Door Size
4:14 Bottom Track Location
5:50 Removing extra slats
9:16 Cutting the door to fit
11:24 Installing bottom track
14:47 Test Fit
17:35 Top Track test fit
17:52 Bending the tracks
22:22 Installing top track
24:17 Initial Evaluation
25:45 Finished Reveal
28:33 Conclusion
29:30 Bonus Scenes
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Tambour Door in a Van | Why We Skipped the Nautilus Shower Door | S2:E25
MooseVan
7,488 views
Most camper van bathrooms use a retractable shower door, and the Nautilus is one of the most common choices. But for our bathroom, it created two problems: it would take several inches out of the walkway, and the translucent material wouldn't provide the privacy we wanted.
So instead, we installed a solid tambour shower door designed to turn the corner and disappear alongside the bathroom wall. The concept solved our two biggest requirements, but fitting a tambour door into such a tight camper van bathroom created challenges we didn't anticipate.
The flexible track couldn't make the tight 90-degree turn our layout needed. That forced us to extend the track beyond the shower pan, modify the floor insert, and find a way to preserve as much of the walkway as possible. The geometry also created a privacy gap that required one final modification after the original installation.
This episode follows the complete tambour door installation, why we chose it instead of a Nautilus retractable shower door, the problems we encountered, and the changes that ultimately made this unconventional camper van bathroom door work.
Our installation is unusually constrained. If you have another four to six inches beside your bathroom opening for the door to slide into, you may be able to install a tambour shower door without many of the modifications required in our van.
Tambour Door affiliate link, we got the 2000mm x 800mm kit and cut it to size.
https://tamdour.myshopify.com?ref=moo...
Link to MooseVan tools / materials / parts list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Watch MooseVan from the beginning:
Season One – The Budget Build
Can two people and two dogs comfortably travel in a budget-built camper van? Follow the complete experiment from empty cargo van to our first real road trip.
MooseVan: Empty Van to Off-Grid DIY Camper
Season Two – The Purpose-Built Build
After proving van travel was the right fit, we started over. Follow the complete construction of our purpose-built 2024 Ram ProMaster Super High Roof camper van.
MooseVan: Season Two
Designed through experience. Built with purpose.
#CamperVan #VanBathroom #TambourDoor #vanbuild
0:00 Intro
0:07 Requirements
2:01 Tambour Door Size
4:14 Bottom Track Location
5:50 Removing extra slats
9:16 Cutting the door to fit
11:24 Installing bottom track
14:47 Test Fit
17:35 Top Track test fit
17:52 Bending the tracks
22:22 Installing top track
24:17 Initial Evaluation
25:45 Finished Reveal
28:33 Conclusion
29:30 Bonus Scenes