Oatey 34044 Access Panel, 14 X 29-Inch

I bought this for a job I was doing in Florida, I live in Illinois but flew down there to paint a relative’s condominium. There was a hole in the ceiling of the master bath’s shower, because the tenant above ‘our’ condo had a leak in their tub/shower what have you, and plumbers needed to gain access to their plumbing in our unit. Unfortunately the plumber(s) who did the job must not be very experienced with making holes in drywall, because they made a huge rectangle that was completely off in every way, but it was around about 24″ by 14″.Now, because I only had so much time to paint the entire condo and I couldn’t just leave this ceiling looking like this, I decided I would do an access panel in case the problem ever arises again, they have very easy access to the problem area. At first I went to the nearest Home Depot and all I could find were 14×14 or 8×8, so before finding this on amazon I was getting read to have quite a little drywall job on my hands.Thankfully I found this and ordered it, and thanks to prime it arrived in 2 days and all I had to do was straighten the mess of a hole they cut, make it slightly larger and this thing went right in.The one issue is that there’s no real mounting hardware for this thing, so I went ahead and used 8 drywall anchors and stainless screws to mount it, as well as some DAP interior/exterior construction adhesive. After letting it cure for 24 hours I did not like how the screws looked so I backed them out and the adhesive held it in there by itself. I put the door in, caulked around the edges of the access panel’s trim where it meets the drywall so there is NO gaps anywhere, and filled the 8 screw holes I made. I then painted the shower’s ceiling and right over the access panel and it turned out pretty nice. Unfortunately I worry whether or not the adhesive will hold really well with showers being taken so we will just have to wait and see. Someone may need to put screws back into it at some point if the adhesive doesn’t hold, I don’t know. The other sort of downside if you can call it one is that this access panel with it’s trim is HUGE. Biggest access panel I’ve ever seen, haha. The plumbers should have plenty of room to work if they ever need to again.I hope this helps someone. Great access panel, take your time and do it right. :) [...]