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Topic: mod 178 bath wall

Posted By: TEDDY
Subject: mod 178 bath wall
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2017 at 1:42pm

My 178 (2017) has a plastic-lined wet bath - great. However, my wife needs a handle to help her get up off the commode. The wall between the rear queen bed and bath is about 4-1/2" thick, and it's just two layers of luan - no support for a handle. The framing at the inner corner is not accessible to drill into for the handle.

Has anyone figured out how to affix a handle (or anything else) to that wall that might work for me?

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Teddy

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Posted By: TEDDY
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2018 at 6:01pm

What I finally did was purchase as set of potty rails (fold-up) from Amazon. It's actually about 1/2" too wide, but it does "fit." I wound up cutting off about 1 inch from the bottom of the extendable legs to make it more comfortable to use.

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Teddy

Posted By: geewizard
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2018 at 9:27am

Originally posted by TEDDY

My 178 (2017) has a plastic-lined wet bath - great. However, my wife needs a handle to help her get up off the commode. The wall between the rear queen bed and bath is about 4-1/2" thick, and it's just two layers of luan - no support for a handle. The framing at the inner corner is not accessible to drill into for the handle.

Has anyone figured out how to affix a handle (or anything else) to that wall that might work for me?

When I took my sink out, I saw wood "studs" in the wall between the bath and the bed area so it's not just two layers of luan. A studfinder found the studs in my Pod.

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2021 Winnebago Micro Minnie 1708FB
2017 R-Pod 177 (Blue) HRE SOLD
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Posted By: TEDDY
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2018 at 9:59am

Thanks .. I'll use my stud finder to look for them.

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Teddy

Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2018 at 10:06am

Teddy,

You should have an access panel on bed side of wall, if you remove, I think you can see those vertical studs.

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Mike Carter
2015 178
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