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    Posted: 30 Apr 2012 at 8:01am
The bathroom was one of the reasons I went with the R-Pod.  Nice mods though.
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We hear you about the bathroom.  Right now, it seems good for storage as we are travelling with a teenager.  In a few years, when he is tired of travelling with us, we will probably modify again to suit us!  We did keep this in mind with the mod as the only thing that was added were the two rails that hold up the shelves and baskets. That way, we can still have the bathroom to use inthe future!
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Love your backrest though.  Those blinds get on my nerves when I'm trying to sit up and read.  They bother me so much I finally just now got curtains instead - just for the bed area.  I'm going to put them up with a Spring tension rod.  (I may add some magnets to the hem of the curtains and to the wall under the window - I'll see if I need them first.)  I don't think building a back rest is within my scope of skills. Ouch
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What do you use to screw into the fiberglass walls?
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This is what we used in the walls and it worked really well.  We tried to find studs when we could, but these were good!  Got them at Home Depot.
 
 
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Several of us have used molly bolts.  Similar to what PodSquad posted but all metal.  I forget the size - look back on this thread for shelving installation, plus I think there is a separate thread about shelving installation.
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Put a bead of clear silica seal at the intersection of floor and walls.  That facilitate clean up and prevents rogue water from damaging the wood.
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I made these mods last year but haven't had a chance to post them until now. 

I made a custom cutting board to fit on top of the stove:





It's made from standard cutting board material (HDPE) that I ordered as a large sheet. Then I cut it to size, added a "gravy groove", and added dovetail sides with my CNC mill. We don't usually cut on it directly, but it greatly extends our counter space.

I also added some shelves above the bed:




I found the lattice pre-finished at Lowes for closet use, but it works perfectly in this situation also. We're able to store a weeks worth of clothes and cosmetics on them (one shelf for me and one for my wife). It also works great for hanging jackets and pants since it's high enough that it clears the bed still and the lattice has a lip that the hanger can stay on. It was tricky to get the angles just right, but it's easily the most useful mod we've made.
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Two great mods! Thanks for sharing the pictures. I especially like the shelves. Any trick to attaching the?
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The trickiest part is cutting the angles so that it meets flush with the ceiling (almost nothing is perfectly plumb or square in the pod). Usually I'm a "measure twice, cut once" kind of guy, but this time it was more of a "cut 30 times and test fit until you get it just right". Even so, they're still not perfectly aligned, but it works great and holds really solid. The screws on the curved ceiling side go up and into a stud, but the screws on the wall side go down and at an angle so the weight isn't trying to pull out the threads.
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