Had to remove tile to fix a shower leak, what are my options?

Hi diy friends, we recently had the showerhead leak and were unable to access the shower piping from behind as directly behind is our furnace (immovable) so we had to go through the tile (see picture) to fix the leak. Current plan is to tape up with plastic sheeting for a week or two to see if the leak is resolved but post confirmation, what is best way to patch this up? I couldn't find matching tile so initial thoughts are that I have two options: 1) make it a design choice and get purposefully very mismatched tile and put it up in this section 2) redo the whole shower (not something I would ideally like to tackle right now) Follow-up question, how do I patch the fibercement(?) backer board? Is it the same/similar to patching drywall? Thanks in advance!! submitted by /u/MethPatel [link] [comments]

Mar 19, 2025 - 16:34

Hi diy friends, we recently had the showerhead leak and were unable to access the shower piping from behind as directly behind is our furnace (immovable) so we had to go through the tile (see picture) to fix the leak.

Current plan is to tape up with plastic sheeting for a week or two to see if the leak is resolved but post confirmation, what is best way to patch this up? I couldn't find matching tile so initial thoughts are that I have two options:

1) make it a *design choice* and get purposefully very mismatched tile and put it up in this section

2) redo the whole shower (not something I would ideally like to tackle right now)

Follow-up question, how do I patch the fibercement(?) backer board? Is it the same/similar to patching drywall?

Thanks in advance!!

submitted by /u/MethPatel
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