Stair well cover

Wyatt53 · 06-17-2012, 05:43 PM

Have a Sightseer 35j any I looking for a stair well cover had one of my grandkids fall in it was not hurt but could have it has a mid rntry

KJD · 06-17-2012, 08:01 PM

Never heard of one for a mid entry. Might have to make one yourself. Some accidents just cannot be prevented to little ones though. What was the grand childing doing when they fell in the stair well??

daveshan · 06-17-2012, 08:17 PM

We have one for our Alpine 36' side door, it looks to be 3/4" ply or so with carpet on it. I don't know how it was supported when new, the PO took the mounts out when he re-carpeted. I'm just going to put some 1x3 strips on the stairwell spaced so it's even on top if I ever put it back in.

retmotor · 06-17-2012, 10:47 PM

If not a stairwell cover, perhaps something like a baby gate could be made to work?

Kazoo Tom · 06-18-2012, 05:46 AM

How 'bout something as simple as a piece of 3/4" plywood, covered with carpet and hinged to one side or the other. You would simply fold it back on the hinge to use the stairs, or lay it down to cover them.

clyon51 · 06-18-2012, 06:57 AM

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How 'bout something as simple as a piece of 3/4" plywood, covered with carpet and hinged to one side or the other. You would simply fold it back on the hinge to use the stairs, or lay it down to cover them.

That's what I 'm doing right now. Just replaced floor with vinyl laminate and replace the capt chairs and recliner. The old one was on a pedistal. The new one is on a round base which allows us to move it around. Just going to put L brackers in the stairwell, use 3/4 plywood and cover with laminate. Now I can move the recliner there while camped. Can see the TV better and DW has more room behind her seat while traveling to reclind it all the way back

MickBrennan · 06-18-2012, 07:15 AM

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The new one is on a round base which allows us to move it around.

Please do not drive around with an unattached seat.

clyon51 · 06-18-2012, 07:28 AM

I'm a bit crazy, just not stupid

kat_nda_sand · 06-18-2012, 08:36 AM

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Please do not drive around with an unattached seat.

We had 2 unattached captains chairs in the livingroom portion of our old motorhome. Never had a problem with the at all.

clyon51 · 06-18-2012, 09:35 AM

Hit a semi doing 50 mph, roll over or any other accident. What to you think will happen to those 2 unattached 100 lb chairs?

kat_nda_sand · 06-18-2012, 09:57 AM

I must be pretty strong if those are 100 lbs! Honestly though... what happens to a lot of the attached stuff inside our motorhomes in either of those situations.

We had a buddy that rolled his truck with camper shell... everything attached was no longer after that!

retmotor · 06-18-2012, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by clyon51

Hit a semi doing 50 mph, roll over or any other accident. What to you think will happen to those 2 unattached 100 lb chairs?

In a roll over at 50 MPH, the whole motorhome will like like a 200 foot long yard sale with a chassis laying around somewhere in the middle.

clyon51 · 06-18-2012, 01:24 PM

If you guys want projectiles the size of a chair in your MH, it's certainly ok with me. If it were just me and DW straped in the 2 capt seats facing forward, that may be a bit different, but that's not the way it is.

MickBrennan · 06-18-2012, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by clyon51

I'm a bit crazy, just not stupid

HA! Okay. How do you manage to lock it down for travel and move it while parked? Sounds like a handy device. It would be great to install one in our MH.

daveshan · 06-18-2012, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Wyatt53

Have a Sightseer 35j any I looking for a stair well cover had one of my grandkids fall in it was not hurt but could have it has a mid rntry

Don't know what any of the above comments has to do with the OP's question (quoted) but I'll say that none of our unsecured furniture (recliner and 2 dining room chairs) has ever shifted even a little bit. And that includes one panic stop when I had to keep a moron from being de-selected from the gene pool.

If I roll this thing or get hit by a semi I got a feeling I'll have bigger problems than being hit by flying chairs.

clyon51 · 06-18-2012, 03:55 PM

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HA! Okay. How do you manage to lock it down for travel and move it while parked? Sounds like a handy device. It would be great to install one in our MH.

Not finished yet, but the chair and the couch come with brackets that fit over the base frame, then it has a hole in each to bolt to the floor. You can loosen the bolts a bit to move the bracket off the frame.

I'm planning on just one bracket for the recliner while under way, then remove at destination. Basically we just go to Florida for the winter and stay in the same place. We just know it's going to be great having a recliner we can move where we want when we want. The step cover is going to give us 4-5 more feet to play with