Rolling over onto the cold aluminum bed frame of my 8.1 in the middle of night to use the facility can lead to screams or at least the thought of them. I solved the problem by doubling up a bath towel, tucking it under the bed and leaving it hang over the edge.
My wife was very happy for this "modification"
Good idea. Wearing a straight jacket to bed is another option. ;)
Livinlite engineers put that cold metal there to wake you. This prevents you from rolling out and hitting the floor in the middle of the night. This also allows you to judge how cold it is out side.
Smart people
My small but mighty Camplite 11FDB has aluminum for the interior wall finish instead of azdel. Just as you can get that rude awakening by rolling over onto the frosty aluminum bed frame, in bed I can get that excitement just buy moving my arms over my head or stretching out my toes. I'm a little over six-feet of he-man so it is a nightly experience to be flash frozen by the aluminum walls. Funny thing is I'm glad I have those aluminum walls. 8-)
[font face="arial"]Thats a great idea, I have an old ratty beach towel I'll keep under the mattress and pull out for that use.
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We have a similar issue in our 21BHS. We do not have the bare aluminum floor but it is covered with the rubberized tile. It is still pretty cold and we have rugs down to help this problem (not cold enough however to put the foam blocks down as many have done). I actually foam insulated the bottom of the trailer trying to cut down on the cold penetrating the floor. The verdict is still out on the cost/benefit of this mod but recently in FL on a 40-degree morning, I got a similar scream at the dinette table. I did not remove the wheel well covers and insulate inside there so when my bride put her feet on the diamond plate frame along the floor under the table, we were shocked at how cold this material was and how much cold was still penetrating the trailer. We used a blanket to put over the aluminum frame for the rest of that trip. Solving this problem is now on the list before our next trip. I may use the foam tiles from the inside or see how to get at this from underneath the trailer but really do not want to take the wheels off to get to the source. Based on how cold the metal was there is no way there is any insulation of any type in the wheel wells on either side of the trailer.