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Livin Lite Forum => Camplite and Bearcat Modifications => Topic started by: PEIslander on July 27, 2015, 07:36:39 AM

Title: Grab Handle in the wet bath...
Post by: PEIslander on July 27, 2015, 07:36:39 AM
The wet bath in my small but mighty Camplite 11FDB is small. How small is it? It is so small that __________________. Add your own punchline. It is too small but I have to live with it. One thing I did to make it more manageable is add a small grab bar. It is actually a cabinet pull that I installed to the door frame. It is quite secure and grabbing it does not twist the door frame. It is handy when getting both on or off the toilet, or stepping out over the raised door sill. It has found another role as our toilet roll holder -- a job that it does fairly effectively. The pull is stainless steel and was bought at a home improvement store. The installation was easy. It is mounted just beside the shower door seal so it didn't interfere with the door's seal. If you want to do this yourself make sure before you buy the pull that the fastening screws will go in far enough. Most pulls are mounted to cabinet doors or drawer fronts so in their typical usage the fastener would be going through a 3/4" panel. The Camplite door frame is significantly less. I also note that it isn't necessarily as easy as just using a shorter fastener. The reason is the thread used on a lot of cabinet hardware isn't a common one so alternate fasteners might not be easy to source. A fastening specialty store might have the size needed but is unlikely a home improvement store like Home Depot will. So my advise is before you buy a pull check out how far the supplied fasteners can screw into the threaded holes on the pulls. The first style of pull I liked they wouldn't go in enough. My second choice worked fine.


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Title: Re: Grab Handle in the wet bath...
Post by: Paul on July 27, 2015, 08:06:26 AM
Wow good idea! Is it something you've done recently? I don't remind seeing that when we were at Fundy?
Title: Re: Grab Handle in the wet bath...
Post by: PEIslander on July 27, 2015, 12:26:20 PM
No it was there. I don't think I pointed it out to you. I think I did show you the cedar floor we added in the wet bath -- no?
Title: Re: Grab Handle in the wet bath...
Post by: Paul on July 27, 2015, 12:41:33 PM
Quote from: PEIslander on July 27, 2015, 12:26:20 PM
No it was there. I don't think I pointed it out to you. I think I did show you the cedar floor we added in the wet bath -- no?

Yes you did show me the floor  :)
Title: Re: Grab Handle in the wet bath...
Post by: PEIslander on July 28, 2015, 08:28:51 PM
Quote from: Paul on July 27, 2015, 12:41:33 PM
Quote from: PEIslander on July 27, 2015, 12:26:20 PM
No it was there. I don't think I pointed it out to you. I think I did show you the cedar floor we added in the wet bath -- no?

Yes you did show me the floor  :)

When you've just see a cedar floor deck you wouldn't want to overwhelm your senses by also seeing a handle. A person can only take in so many mods at one time. I only showed you the floor for your own protection.  I didn't want you to have a mod overdose. ::)
Title: Re: Grab Handle in the wet bath...
Post by: Paul on July 29, 2015, 07:38:20 AM
Quote from: PEIslander on July 28, 2015, 08:28:51 PM
Quote from: Paul on July 27, 2015, 12:41:33 PM
Quote from: PEIslander on July 27, 2015, 12:26:20 PM
No it was there. I don't think I pointed it out to you. I think I did show you the cedar floor we added in the wet bath -- no?

Yes you did show me the floor  :)

When you've just see a cedar floor deck you wouldn't want to overwhelm your senses by also seeing a handle. A person can only take in so many mods at one time. I only showed you the floor for your own protection.  I didn't want you to have a mod overdose. ::)

Haha! I was really close to an mod overwhelm then because you had a lot compared to me!!