Essential Access Pod: Adult Change Room + Shower
A relocatable adult change room and shower with a ceiling hoist and powered adult change table, designed to the Changing Places Design Specifications 2020. For beaches, pools and sporting grounds.
Concept image. Final design may differ.
A shower where people need it most
Beaches, pools and sporting grounds are where people most need to rinse off and change. This pod adds an accessible shower with a folding seat and a hand-held head on a slide rail to the full adult change room, in the larger Changing Places Design 2 room size. Its 1100 mm automatic door is wide enough for a beach wheelchair, and the room is designed to be hosed down, with the shower draining to its own channel.
Inside the pod
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Key features
Everything in the Adult Change Room, plus:
- Room 3200 x 4360 mm, the Changing Places Design 2 room size
- Accessible shower with a folding seat
- Hand-held shower head on a slide rail, with a shower grab rail
- A shower channel beside the shower seat, with the rest of the room falling to a floor waste
- A longer unit, 3380 x 5240 mm outside, on the same skids and panel system
Size and site
| Room inside | 3200 x 4360 mm |
| Unit outside | 3380 x 5240 mm |
| Floor height above the pad | 316 mm |
| Access | Ramp at 1 in 14 with handrails both sides, and a landing with tactile indicators |
| Delivery | Tilt-tray truck onto a prepared, level pad; levelling feet, no wheels, no towing |
| Connections | Sewer as standard; mains water by hose; power from a single 15 amp, twin 15 amp or 32 amp outlet, chosen for your site. The hose and power lead connect inside the services cabinet. |
| Services | Three lockable external cabinet doors: water, gas hot water from two swap-size LPG cylinders in a sealed, vented locker, power, battery backup and controls |
| Relocation | Lifted back onto a tilt tray and moved; offered as a service, priced per move |
Measurements are from the design model and may change before production. Full site requirements come with your quote and in the council information pack.
Options for your site
Each pod is built to order. We ask what your site has and price these separately:
- Power supply: a single 15 amp inlet, twin 15 amp inlets or a 32 amp inlet, to suit what your site has
- Event kit for sites without sewer: a larger fresh water tank and a hose connection to an approved holding tank on site
- Your organisation’s acknowledgement on the Coastal wrap, or another finish quoted on request
- Relocation moves and a maintenance plan, shown as separate lines
Exterior finish
The pod arrives in a durable vinyl wrap in our Coastal finish: a soft limestone body with flowing bands in sand, sea glass, deep sea and Fortitude green, chosen to sit quietly in parks and suburban streets. The room name is printed beside the entry so people can find it. Your organisation’s acknowledgement can be added.
Ideal for
Beaches and foreshores, aquatic centres, sporting grounds and clubrooms, holiday parks and longer-stay sites.
Portable or fixed? Funding your pod
Councils and not-for-profits may be eligible for Accessible Australia funding of up to 100 per cent of the cost of a portable facility or up to 50 per cent of a fixed one. Which case applies turns on how the facility will be used rather than how it is built. We show both cases in your quote and help you document the planned locations.
Questions
Is the pod accredited?
Not yet, and no design can be. Changing Places accreditation is given by a Changing Places assessor to each facility once it is installed and ready to open. Our pods are designed to the Changing Places Design Specifications 2020 and target accreditation; we provide the drawings and product information your assessor needs and plan the assessment stages with you from the first conversation.
Have you built one yet?
Not yet. The design is complete in a full 3D model and we are taking expressions of interest and quote requests now. Each pod is built to order for its site, so nothing is built ahead and you are not paying for options you do not need. We can walk you through the design model and the layout now.
How does the shower pod cope with salt, sand and wet feet?
The room is designed to be hosed down: a slip-resistant vinyl floor coved 150 mm up the walls, a shower channel and floor waste, and wall skins that wipe clean. The 1100 mm automatic door is wide enough for a beach wheelchair.
What does the site need?
A level pad, a sewer connection point, a mains water tap and a power supply, plus room for the ramp and landing at the entry. Power can be a single 15 amp outlet, two 15 amp outlets or a 32 amp outlet: we ask what your site has and set the pod up to suit. We give you the full site requirements with your quote, and they are summarised in the council information pack.
Can it be used where there is no sewer?
Sewer connection is standard. For sites without sewer, such as events, we offer an event kit: a larger fresh water tank in the pod and a hose connection to an approved holding tank placed on site and emptied by a licensed liquid waste contractor. Whether it can be used at a particular site depends on local government approval, so ask us about your site.
What happens in a power cut?
A battery inverter in the services cabinet is designed to keep the lights, the automatic door and the emergency call working through a power cut, so nobody is left in the dark or unable to call for help.
Can the pod be moved later?
Yes. It is designed as a relocatable building that is lifted back onto a tilt tray and moved to a new site. We offer relocation as a service, priced per move. Moving a facility between locations is not covered by the funding programme, so we show it as a separate line.
How much does a pod cost?
Every site, delivery and funding case is different, so we prepare an itemised quote for each project rather than publishing a price list. Site options such as the power supply and the event kit are priced separately. That quote is also what a funding application needs.
Which sling does the hoist use?
We plan to show the hoist make and model on the pod and in the information we publish for each site, so carers know which sling is compatible.
The rest of the range
- Essential Access Pod: Adult Change Room: the standard adult change room, for parks, playgrounds, events and town centres.
- Essential Access Pod: Accessible Adult Change Facility: for shopping centres, stadiums, pools, theatres and airports that must provide one under the National Construction Code.
- The MAF™: our accessible accommodation unit, to stay in, hire or buy. The MAF™ is a place to stay; the pods are public adult change rooms.
Register your interest
Tell us about your site and your plans and we will be in touch within two business days. An expression of interest or a quote request commits you to nothing, and we do not take payments online. Each pod is built to order, so we will ask about the power, water and sewer at your site and price any options separately. If you would like our council information pack, tick the box in the form and we will email it to you.
Please do not include health information about any person in this form.
Fortitude Essentials™ Essential Access Pods are designed to the Changing Places Design Specifications 2020 and target Changing Places accreditation, which a Changing Places assessor grants to each facility once it is installed. Funding eligibility and the share of cost funded are decided by state, territory and Australian Government agencies. Images are concept images from the design model and the final design may differ. Fortitude Essentials does not provide medical advice.