Ok i have a tub/shower upstairs against a out side wall, The plumbing wall sits back 16 inches or so from the outside wall.
Throughout 25 years i have had a few leaks.
But to find them rather then tear apart the inside tiled wall i cut a piece of the outside wall and fixed it from the outside, I have clapboards on now and not to hard to put back.
But im going to reside with shingles.
My bright idea was to put a entry box or frame a little door to always be able to get in to the plumbing,
Then i thought how about putting a small window in where i can just open the window and look in.
The window would be easy to flash.
Is this dumb or do any of youse have a better idea?
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can you guarantee no drafts and what if you need access during the winter...
plumb it right and get rid of the leaks...
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Im incapable of plumbing it right and wont admit it!!!
okay....
so what's in the plan for thermally protecting that plumbing...
Plumberbill is near you...
hire him...
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You gonna put the window in backwards?... and I've heard about your neighbors, you sure none are plumbing peepers?<G>http://www.tvwsolar.com
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not any dumber than some of the other dumber ideas that come down the pike ....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Making an access panel from the outside is not a bad idea as long as you can seal it well when reinstalling it.
I always thought an access door should be built into a cable end for easy access to the attic. IE: for inspection, repairs and adding insulation.
Russell
Access panel is a good idea. Window is dumb.
Flash the doorway the access panel will go in. Insulate the panel real good. Weatherstrip the heck out of it. It should go 'schwooonk!' when ya pull it into place.
Dinosaur
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I can build a door access. I might add its on the south side of my house 2d story where no one could ever tell. This side gets full blown 80 mph winds with rain directly at it. Thus my thinking of a window. If i frame a access door its going to look stranger then a window would. Not sure about opening the window but if i never locked it maybe. Flashing the frame in a built unit i can do but im not sure about the door with the winds straight at it. If it was on the other side of the house no problem.
can you disguise the door as a bathouse???? would make you look animal friendly, wouldn't put a what the he** is that door there for on the side of your house, or could give others another reason to call you Batty. :)
Harder to build a window than a flat-panel access door w/o hinges.
Cut open the siding, sheathing etc. Frame a R.O. and nail in some pine jambs and sills that extend far enough to clear the siding. Squirt in some LE foam. Seal it to the sheathing with Grace I&W. Slide a head flashing up under the siding above it. Tuck yer casing under the flashing. Caulk the jambs and bottom sill to the siding; do not caulk the head flashing to the siding; only to the casing.
Build the panel like a box. Plywood front and back, pine 1x sides. Back extends beyond sides by an inch all round so it can seat against the framing when you pull it to. Make the depth so when the back of the box is seated the siding you're gonna nail on the front will be flush with the siding on the house.
Fill the panel box with LE foam. Staple 3"-wide nylon brush weather strip all around the sides. Install a half-inch tubular silicone-rubber weather strip all around the back-panel overlap where it will seat on the framing. Nail weatherstripped stop moulding all around the finished frame so the front panel will seal against it too.
Size the box so the fit in the frame will be nice and snug with the weather strip in place. No hinges or other hardware; stick it through the hole on the diagonal, turn it and pull it back out square. Reverse for removal. Screw a couple of grab handles on the face to enable you to pull it closed. Also screw a couple of wood toggles to the face to 'lock' it closed.
If ya think a framed blind panel will look too weird, paint a piece of glass black on one side and put that (unpainted side out) on the front of the panel instead of siding. It'll look like a window.
Dinosaur
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Better to use a black vinyl or a sheathing of something instead of black paint as sooner or later that paint on glass is going to peel.
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Dinosaur
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What if it doesn't go 'schwooonk'?
What if it only goes, say, 'fwooowmp'?
:)
'Fwooowmp" is the same specification as "schwooonk" with a slightly higher wind-shear factor.
Dinosaur
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I say go for it!
How about a little bump-out with a mini gable roof?
Then dare people to ask WTF!
I remember back in the '70s doing a remodel on a house that had fairly rustic existing stonework. In the middle of one wall a couple of stones had been set to form a mini gable overhang about 8" across. A 1 1/4" hole was centered under it, with a skinny perch extending out just below that -- a built-in birdhouse!
I loved it!
AitchKay
Most of the houses around me have plumbing access panels for the tubs on the outside wall.
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