Toilets, Sinks, Showers, Tubs and Disposals - One Piece Shower Flange/Wall Crack

Hi All,

I have a one piece tub and shower. I believe it is made of fiberglass. Twice now, a crack in the wall all the way around the flange has opened up. It has been suggested that this happens because the installer did not put the sheetrock over the flange, but put the unit in with the flange flush. Last time I fixed the crack I ran deck screws through the flange into the studs, but this didn't help...it's cracked again.

Any suggestions? I was thinking maybe I'd just put in some decorative tile/trim over the crack to cover it. Thanks for any input!:wall:

i have no idea what you are talking about by your description. a picture would be a big help!

If the sheetrock was not brought over the flange to cover it, I would do as you said and add a trim board around the edges to cover the seam. That is what a landlord of mine had done once and it came out quite nice.

If more info is needed, please do as Dan has mentioned and take a picture and upload it to a photo hosting site like photobucket.com and then post the link to it here.

I'll try and get a picture up...that will be new too. The house moves with the weather and the seasons, I'm surprised that more things don't crack out. Maybe this is the wrong forum? It's not really a "pipe" issue.

I'll get some pictures.

Link to photobucket, ??

<a href="http://s667.photobucket.com/albums/vv34/luna3_photos/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv34/luna3_photos/IMG_0040.jpg" alt="luna3_photos" border="0" /></a>

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv34/luna3_photos/IMG_0041.jpg

Any thoughts, ideas, comments?

If I am correctly assessing your problem then I think you may be out of luck. It's possible you could repair the damage using a fiberglass boat repair kit but it would probably be a sorry looking mess. Further, there would be no guarantee that it wouldn't just break somewhere else.

Sorry.