On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:06:10 -0800 (PST), Quietman
wrote:

Hello All,

While trying to change a shower head in a Aquaglass tub/shower/spa
insert, it seems I managed to break the plumbing on the other side of
the shower head. My guess is the lunkhead that installed it all years
ago used PVC (or some other plastic) plumbing for the shower head
connection.

My question is, am I better off trying to access the plumbing from the
other side of the wall (drywall) or cut a circle around the shower
head, repair the plumbing, then use a fiberglass repair kit (or
something like that?)

I'm hesitatnt to open the drywall on the reverse side, as it is part
of another bathroom, and wallpapered, and the wall paper pattern will
most likely be impossible to locate, so I'm trying to avoid
wallpapering the other bathroom to service the plumbing in the first.

Many thanks!

Quietman

Rock and a hard place. Me, I'd go in through the drywall. For one,
you probably don't know exactly what broke or where, or what else you
may decide needs to be fixed once you're in there, so you may end up
with a much bigger hole than you think. And fixing fiberglass so it
will hold up in a shower and looks decent is probably going to be
hard.

Maybe you can get by with installing a plumbing access hatch in the
wall and painting it to blend with the wallpaper, rather than trying
to match the wallpaper. The supply places sell plastic access door
kits in various sizes.

Barring that, you could always hang a nice big picture in the other
bath...

HTH, Paul F.