Remove Wet Bath Sink
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Topic: Remove Wet Bath Sink
Posted By: Wood River Pod
Subject: Remove Wet Bath Sink
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2018 at 10:25am
Recently I saw a great picture of a pod head with a newly removed sink. I found a few ok pics searching the internet, but none that show a zoomed out picture of the spacious bath without the sink. For the life of me, I can't find it now. Want to show the Mrs. to get her thoughts. Any help is appreciated. While we are on the topic, if anyone has step by step instructions on the mod, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jeff
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Posted By: SteveA
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2018 at 3:10pm
Send me a pm with your cell and I'll text you pics of ours. We have a 171/2 179. I couldn't find a replacement panel so I simple removed the sink, cut and plugged the drain then trimmed a piece of the curved sink that when flat would cover the hole. I then placed that curved piece in the oven on a cookie sheet for 3 minutes at 200 degrees and like most all plastics it went flat. I believe I did it twice and the second time I compressed it completely flat with another sheet on top. When reinstalling I first lightly scuffed the back side of the patch with 320 grit and the wall (being very careful not to sand past where the patch would cover) then ran a bead of silicone around the perimeter. On a 1 to 10 it looks like a 8 1/2 but it only looked like an 8 1/2 when FR installed it in the first place. On a 1 to 10, I'm a very OCD critical 10 on how things look. So at 8 1/2, most don't even notice it's not perfect. LOL
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Posted By: geewizard
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2018 at 10:01am
Regarding the sink removal, I removed the sink then cut off the drain pipe back inside the wall (but
close to the coupling so I could put another one on if I ever wanted
to) with a "cable style" pvc cutter.
I bought a piece of Plaskolite
polystyrene (0.050" thickness, I think) sheet, cut it to size to cover
the hole, and painted it with a closely matching color of
plastic paint.
After cleaning both the wall plastic and the new Plaskolite with alcohol, I applied Locktite Plastics Bonding System glue to both
the wall plastic and the new plastic cover, positioned it carefully, and stuck it on.
I bought plastic rivets from Forest River in the right size and color to
match what was in the bathroom, drilled holes, and put them on. (I also used these rivets to fix the bathroom wall plastic near the door that was buckling up when the interior got hot. Several Podders have mentioned this issue previously.)
I filled
the remaining holes in the bathroom walls by smoothing them out and then filling them with clear 100% silicone
calking and the dabbed matching paint over the calking with a Q-Tip.
I
got everything to do the job at Home Depot.
I tried the method described by SteveA (heating and flattening the curved sink plastic) but my remnant was not big enough to fully cover the hole in the wall.
I can send pics of the finished project if you send me a PM.
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