"BobK207" wrote in message
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wrote:
Hi there,

I have a late 1920s shower that sprung a leak in the wall from the
shower controls. I'd like to redo the bathroom completely in the
future, but not just now. So my goal is to repair that hole that the
plumber made to fix the pipes and install a new shower control,
diverter, head, and tub filler.

The problem is, because it's so old, the wall is made of concrete and
wire mesh, and I'm not sure exactly what approach to take in fixing it.
The goal isn't to make it perfect (that would be impossible because I
can't find tile to exactly match the originals), but to have it be
useable until we rebuild completely. I'm fairly handy, so I think I
should be able to handle this, once I have an approach and a plan.

I find pictures to be the most descriptive, so, a
href="http://holeinmyshower.blogspot.com/" target="blogspot"take a
look/a and let me know what you think. (If the link doesn't work,
you can just go to http://holeinmyshower.blogspot.com

I appreciate your thoughts.

Regards,
Philip


Took a second look at the photos...........the fact that its a tub, IMO
the tub / wall joint is somehwat less critical than in shower stall
situation.

cheers
Bob
OP wanted a quick fix to tide him over until he can gut and redo the
bathroom properly. I'd drive around the local big-boxes, and look in their
discount aisles for a scratch'n'dent or obsolete-store-display shower
enclosure kit, and after adding suitable blocking to the gaping hole, glue
it up. That will give a usable, albeit ugly, shower, that should last a
couple years till he can afford to do it right.

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