Habitation door hand rail exterior

[Snoopy]

I am thinking, looking at having a hand rail attached outside on the side of the hab door, as this will 1) assist me getting in and out of Mh, just searching me, not pulling on it going in the MH up or pushing down on it going out? 2) would be also used as additional security,

Any experience from yourselves on here, best models, ( more worried about attacking it, )

 

[Reallyretired]

We have one of the Fiamma ones, which can also be folded and locked over the hab door as extra security. There was one on our last MH too.
On second thoughts may not actually be made by Fiamma.

https://www.awardrv.com.au/assets/full/9302820006035.jpg

 

[Lenny HB]

Better to fit one inside the van those Fiamma ones are bad news. When in the locked position makes it obvious the van is unoccupied.
A friends van with one got broken into, stole £20 worth of CD's and did £3000 damage, the pulled the fixing through the body.

 

[Snoopy]

Better to fit one inside the van those Fiamma ones are bad news. When in the locked position makes it obvious the van is unoccupied.
A friends van with one got broken into, stole £20 worth of CD's and did £3000 damage, the pulled the fixing through the body.

Never thought of if that way, good point,
Will ask the hab man to look at doing it for me, he is such a nice chap, he will have the best idea where to place inside.

 

[Lenny HB]

You could just put a nice chrome one on the side of a cabinet inside the door, that's what our van has.

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[Snoopy]

Rich and I had discussed this, ( I'm the one with the partial knee ) but their is not too much room as we enter the van, rich mentioned grab rail that could maybe fold flat once in?
Will have to do some research.

 

[68c]

Agree with LennieHB, our van had one fitted. Both outer and inner skin of the van wall were cracked, pulling on the handrail made the wall flex I am convinced a good pull would tear it out completely as it gives a lot of leverage. If you do fit one make sure you use substantial doubler plates. Removed our one and did a fibreglass repair.

 

[Reallyretired]

We never lock ours across the door for the reasons above. When travelling its locked flat against the van wall . It makes a good hand rail, though there is one inside too. I also have dodgy knees.

 

[Shrimp]

We’ve often looked at vans and seen the handle across the door so it’s very obvious there is no one in. Not a good idea really apart from the fact you can damage the van wall!

 

[sonar]

We have one of the Fiamma ones, which can also be folded and locked over the hab door as extra security. There was one on our last MH too.
On second thoughts may not actually be made by Fiamma.View attachment 592735

https://www.awardrv.com.au/assets/full/9302820006035.jpg

OH No. it looks like I have mine fitted upside down.. well unless there is no right way .fitted mine as per the image I got with it in the fitting instructions. But either way works

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[Gellyneck]

OH No. it looks like I have mine fitted upside down.. well unless there is no right way .fitted mine as per the image I got with it in the fitting instructions. But either way works

Don't be silly! ReallyRetired's van is having a wee sleep on it's roof!

Ours is the other way up with the lock on the top anchor point.
Allegedly, that's the correct way up as water can ingress the "pull lock" and freeze inside \ around the lock barrel (or so I was told!) if it's the other way up.
Ours is a Fiamma though.

 

[sonar]

Don't be silly! ReallyRetired's van is having a wee sleep on it's roof!

Ours is the other way up with the lock on the top anchor point.
Allegedly, that's the correct way up as water can ingress the "pull lock" and freeze inside \ around the lock barrel (or so I was told!) if it's the other way up.
Ours is a Fiamma though.

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Phew I though it was in a bit of bother there and having to take it off and refit it but then noticed the Fiamma logo was the right way up..

 

[Reallyretired]

Don't be silly! ReallyRetired's van is having a wee sleep on it's roof!

Ours is the other way up with the lock on the top anchor point.
Allegedly, that's the correct way up as water can ingress the "pull lock" and freeze inside \ around the lock barrel (or so I was told!) if it's the other way up.
Ours is a Fiamma though.

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Afraid the photo was a googled one as my MH is in storage 18miles away. No idea which way up they should go but should have some sizeable steel plates on the inside to spread the load if a lot of weight is put on them.

 

[sonar]

Afraid the photo was a googled one as my MH is in storage 18miles away. No idea which way up they should go but should have some sizeable steel plates on the inside to spread the load if a lot of weight is put on them.

They do the plates are slightly larger then the square top and bottom you can see from the outside.