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Thread: Plumbing access panels for a bathroom

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    Plumbing access panels for a bathroom

    In a residential bathroom remodel, I'd like to have many access panels over the wall where there is extensive plumbing. What's a good design for panels that are sturdy and easy to maintain? They would be on the wall behind the toilet and sink.

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    Rustic? Well, no. That was not my intention!

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    Old houses I've lived in that had them just framed out an opening as for a door, trimmed with moulding, and then screwed a flat panel in around the edges.

    I thought about doing it when we rebuilt our current house, but after thought, concluded that for the once every 30 or 50 years I might need to access the plumbing it both looked way better and was much easier to cut a hole in the plaster and patch when done. Learning how to make good plaster/drywall repairs made my life as a sometime remodeler much easier. Even in houses that had them I've never actually used an access panel; problems could either be fixed from the outside or required a lot bigger hole than the access panel provided (eg for replacing 70 year old corroded galvanized piping).

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