Easy DIY Fix For RV Drawer Bottoms
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 เม.ย. 2023
- In this TH-cam video, we show you how we reinforced the drawer bottoms in our RV kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and living room. So if you were wondering how to fix a drawer bottom that falls out, our DIY drawer bottom fix is easy and simple to complete.
As you know, we tour many RVs and we find that the drawer bottom plywood in most RVs is too thin, weak, and flimsy to hold any weight in them. So when we bought our RV, one of the first things we did was to come up with a DIY solution to strengthen and reinforce all of the drawers in our camper.
We show you the materials we used to reinforce and support our droopy drawer bottoms, the tools we needed for our easy DIY repair, how we removed the drawer guides, and how we made our saggy drawer bottoms much stronger.
We also used our Air Compressor and a Nail Gun to make the drawer bottom repairs. Here are the links to these two products that we highly recommend you keep on board your RV too!
❇️ Air Compressor - VIAIR 450P-RVS (Class A Motorhome)
The Air Compressor is not cheap but we also use it to inflate our RV tires.
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❇️ Nail Gun - RIGID 18 Guage
goto.rvblogger.com/RIGID-Nail...
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Hi Everyone,
We hope you enjoyed our video! For the record, we love our motorhome. Yes the drawers weren't the constructed the best way possible and required a little DIY mods but that's ok. No RV is perfect and we expect to make many minor repairs along the way. Please say hello by leaving a comment below!
Also, please feel free to ask any questions or just tell us about yourselves. We want to get to know you and share our RV experiences.
Wow! That was a lot of work for something that would have been simple for the manufacturer to do correctly from the beginning. Very informative video! Thank you!
A lot of work for sure! You’re right shouldn’t even have been a problem! Thanks Raven for your support!
😂 thumb nail pic of ankles is hilarious 👍🏼, nice to see how someone else would do it! 🍻
😂 Thank you...to both!
I'm glad you have the know-how and ability to fix the drawers, and molding, and whatever else... but eegads, that's a brand new rv, that sucks. Thanks for sharing the info, guess on your tours, you'll have to pull the drawers out and inspect them, lol Take care, be well
That's a great idea Gigi! I'm so glad I can do minor repairs...probably have to start learning major repairs next! Thanks for your support!
As much as I like your tours of the RV’s butTonights Vlog was AWESOME!! Everyone has this problem!!! Thanks
Wow Kevin!!! Thank you so much for your support! ❤️
Keeping in mind an RV on the highway is a rolling 4.0 earthquake, we bought our Grand Design trailer new in 2019 and immediately put short wood screws and washers on a bunch of the panels and drawer bottoms that are known to eventually come loose. That included the wheel skirts. So far so good 4 years later. Thanks for the great subject. Cheers from Utah
Great job! We knew our RV would need some TLC after heavy travel! Thanks MrSparks54!
I have made hundreds of drawers and cabinet doors, this is just not acceptable. I fully understand the cost pressure, that every manufacturer faces, but it literally takes another 30 seconds to rip another groove in the back and completely eliminate this issue. Your solution is relatively effective but you still have your fasteners under tension and the solution is always better under shear. Very good video explaining to every RV'er that solutions are available for all issues, just get creative.
Thanks Ty! We’re hoping this solves our problem.
Well done Mike
Thank you! It took some work but they are very sturdy now! We appreciate you watching our RV drawer video and commenting!
Great tips and great job Mike.
Thank you so much Chuck!
Great video
Thank you so much!! And thank you for watching and commenting!
Clever solution! 😀
Thank you! We are blessed with Mike's knowledge of home building. You have to be handy when you own an RV. Thank you for watching our DIY drawer bottom video and commenting!
Great video Mike and Susan!
Thank you Tuvia!
Great music and info, thanx.
Thanks Philip! I don't get to add music often during our tours so I geek out during other videos! 😂 Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video and I have learned what to do for the drawers thanks Mike and Susan
Thank you Mildred! We're so glad we can help!
Enjoy your vacation,
Wouldn't be Sunday without you! 😊
Thank you BH! We love and appreciate your support!
Glad you got your drawers in order! - LOL - Cheers!
Thanks Garry! 🤣
Great job. I have a Viair also. Didn't imagine I could use a trim gun with it. Thanks for that tip too.
Awesome! So glad we could provide that information for you. Thanks for watching and commenting FGW!
Good job on fixing the draw bottoms. I had to do something similar when we owned are Monaco Vista. All the kitchen draw bottoms fell out including the ones with just the lite weight towels, knives, and forks. Thanks for sharing!! Herbie & Mary!!
Thanks Herbie & Mary! Such a shame we have to do these types of repairs. I mean we know we'll fix some things along the way...but this!😂😝 We always appreciate your support
Same thing happened to us in our brand new Thor Magnitude. Crazy that we pay all that money and have to rebuild the cabinet draws ourselves 😕
💯 %! Best of luck with your Thor. Thanks for watching and commenting Jean!
@@RVBlogger Oh we only had that unit for a few months. Realized we wanted something bigger. Moved to a Fleetwood Discovery. It is amazing how much better the quality it. Love your channel. Thanks for what you do. I have learned a lot and taken advantage of many of your discounts.
Thank you Jean! Glad you are loving your Fleetwood!
great fix, it's sad that they don't do a better job from the factory
Thanks Scott & Joy! It is sad. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great tip, also really love pointing out that you're always missing something so if you can do your repair in the Home Depot parking lot, you'll save some headache and travel time.
Thanks Primal Perry! Any time we can help someone get the job done quicker we want to share. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Sorry... but you would think RV manufacturers would know that draw bottoms needed to be a little beefier, knowing pots and pans are going to be stored in them!
Agree! Thanks for watching and commenting Grumpy's Travels!
Gee mike! Bob vila would be proud of you!😂😂😂 Good idea staying at the big box hardware store, I never!😂
😂 Thanks Rick! I learned pretty quick that we could take our "house" right the repair shop!
I fully understand what you are saying about the catches. We presently have a 2021 Sunseeker Classic 2860 and it has the same latches in them that you showed. However, I have had three fifth wheels and the middle one, a Coachmen Northridge had the stapled drawers. The only way I could fix the bottom droop was to glue and fasten a piece of 1/4 round molding on the inside of the drawer along the back edge. Yes, that drawere rear panel is cut to sit on top of the bottom, as the bottom is the last piece to be slid in before finishing the assembly! The manufacturers, except for the high end units, are all made fast and with simple butt joint and staple fastening. Pretty darn flimsy, but you don't see this behind the fancy fronts unless you know what to look for! Anyway, fastening the 1/4 round to the inside bottom gives the opportunity to use some flat head wood screws, which hold better than staples, or pin nails and they won't interfere with the door catches now being used. Just given as an alternative to all the work shown in the video. Nice job though.
We do appreciate you offering alternatives to fixing drawer bottoms. Your advice might very well help someone else with the same problem but needing a different approach. Thank you Bill!
I'd get a cordless nailer and not have to deal with the air hose. Cordless are very reasonable today and work well.
That's definitely an option. Thanks for adding that information. And thanks for watching and commenting Russ!
That’s great information. In my 400 all the drawers are dovetails connected. One less thing to worry about. Are you going to post your travel plans? Thanks
Completely agree about the T@B. They are quality construction. We don't your do lifestyle videos but we sometimes share that information on other social media. Thanks as always Scott!
Great video, and timely. We just had a couple drawers fail. What size nails did you use?
Hi Art,
I used 18 gauge 1 1/4 inch brad nails but the nail length really depends on the thickness of the wood you use to reinforce the drawer bottoms.
Hope that helps!
Mike
Glad I have an older Monaco . Their drawers are built correctly not like an ikea showroom.
True! Definitely don't make them like they used to. Thanks for watching and commenting Gregg!
I have had this happen to several different RV's and it is a shame we pay so much for such poor quality. I am fortunate that i taught woods for 30 years and have the tools I need to rebuild the whole box. I know most of you would not be able to do this, but I would make dovetailed boxes with the grooves on all four sides. Also, replacing the bottom veneered panels with 1/4" real plywood. What was done here certainly is acceptable for a DIY fix and should last for a while.
Those are all great ideas. Wouldn’t be possible to replace the bottom with thicker wood without replacing the entire drawer system. We’re hoping this works. Thanks Bill!
Can you do a list of all the class C motorhomes with no slide outs? I see you did the small ones, but I would like to see the larger ones. Please!
Hi Mrs. Kitty. We tend to focus on smaller RV options but I will add that to my list next time we are shooting video tours. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for showing us how to fix draw problems.
It looks like a simple way to reinforce weak draw bottoms.
Besides the draws you also have other trim related problems.
Have you talked to the manufacturer and the dealership where you bought this rig from?
Sorry, don’t mean to mix in, I’m just curious as to what happened.
Hi Robert! You are welcome. Our bathroom door came out of the track so Mike had to fix that. We did visit the manufacturer to get some warranty work done so it's been a process! 😂
Without going out to my Sunseeker, I can not say if the bottom sheet side and front grooves are cut to accept 1/4" or 5 mm wood. My guess, remembering from other RV's and how loose the drawer bottoms were, slightly thicker wood would work.
Another thought on reinforcing the back edge. You could glue a length of base shoe molding, or 1/4 round molding to the back inside of the drawer , tight to the inside bottom of the drawer panel. I would secure the bottom to that molding with small #6 flat head screws rather than nails, or staples. Screws would be less likely to pull out over time.
Hi Bill,
Most drawer bottoms in RVs these days have staples all along the front and back edge where the drawer bottom meets the drawer side so I don't think a thicker drawer bottom would not solve this problem.
On our drawers we could not attach anything to the width of the drawer bottom because it would interfere with the latch mechanism...so watch out for that. I completely agree about the screws!
Thanks very much for commenting!
Mike
Great repair to a disappointing problem. If they build the drawers with a dado in the front and back they wouldn't add much more weight and the drawer would be much stronger. Frustrating to see they cut corners on your new rig cabinet construction.
Thanks!!! You're right a simple redesign could fix the problem. Thanks for watching and commenting!
How did you remove the drawer to make the repair
There are 2 clips on each side at the bottom in the drawer glides. Have to push them in and the drawer will slide out. Thank you for watching our RV drawer video and commenting.
I don’t see how that holds to bottom any better. Did u nail in from the side panels ?
Yes, nailed the new board pieces to the sides as well as glue
Same here!! It's a mess! Our trailer is only almost 2 years old. So much stuff that you need to fix or replace! UGH!!!
Right! You really have to know how to do minor repairs when you own an RV. Thanks Jill!
Well there’s nothing worse than drawers that don’t stay put! Clever/creative fix. I was wondering how you’d tackle this. But big picture this doesn’t speak well for your manufacturer…..thanks for sharing.
Most every RV has some sort of design flaw. Hopefully by pointing these flaws out the manufacturers can do something to improve their product. Mike will even point out some during our RV tours. I guess no RV is perfect. Thanks for watching and commenting Doug!
p.s. wait til the cupboard doors start coming apart!
NOOOOOOO! 😂😂
Quality is another thing that will affect our decision when we get ready to buy our next motorhome
It's hard to balance quality and a great floor plan, but quality is most important. Thanks for watching and commenting Rick and Darci Adventures!
I am surprised that a fine manufacturer of RV's and has such a great reputation cheaps out on drawer bottoms. Travel on...
Definitely a bit disappointing! Thanks Tom!
GOOD CASE FOR BUILDING OUT RV YOURSELF. I WOULD NEVER BUY A FACTORY RV. I BUILD OUT MY OWN.
True however we don’t have the time or energy for all that. Thanks for watching and commenting Fair Rider!
Good for you.
@@billysprague6219 WHA THANK YA
You would think that when you pay for that fancy model of rv the quality would be such that you shouldn't have to make repairs.
Yes you would! Thanks for watching and commenting Teri!
I agree no RV is perfect but this is not a defect! This is a design defect where these drawers can’t possibly perform the function they are intended to do. A simple thicker bottom along with glue at the back would take care of this. Staples are only intended to hold the bottom in place while the glue dries! All of these units should be recalled as those drawers are junk!
Agree! They slap them together and push them off the assembly line. It's disgusting! Thank you for watching our DIY RV drawer video and commenting.
The drawer bottoms is my biggest 👎👎👎 in RV just so disappointing. It’s like cardboard in many of them
100% correct! Most are thin lauan boards that are worthless in an RV. Thank you for watching our RV drawer video and commenting. We appreciate your support!
Nothing worse than your "drawers" falling down!!😅
Amen! 🙈 Thank you for watching our RV drawer video and commenting!