Waterfall in the kitchen

On night we were watching TV and I started hearing water pouring in the kitchen; never a good sound. I ran to the kitchen and water was pouring from one of the can lights in the ceiling. One of the kids had taken a bath and the tub was draining through the kitchen ceiling, just lovely. I hate cutting into a perfectly good wall, but there was no other way to get to the plumbing. I found the studs in the wall so I started cutting between the studs. What I found was quite amazing. I am not sure what type of pipe they installed on this tub, it looks like something found in a cheap RV. Super thin, what is this schedule 200? It was so thin the hot water had deformed a section and caused a leak.

I replaced everything with schedule 40 PVC. The pipes were at a funny angle so they would not perfectly line up. I had to cut the PVC and add a rubber sleeve to give me a little wiggle room. I don’t think it will be an issue since this is a drain pipe; 0 PSI. I also noticed the tub spigot was just hanging there, not really attached to the tub. I added a block of rubber made for car coil springs to add a little tension and hold the spigot in place, it actually fit the pipe perfectly. So now I have this huge hole in the wall, what to do. I really don’t want to fix the sheetrock in case we have another plumbing issue at this tub. I decided to add a door, I framed the hole with crown molding, I added some industrial velcro to the frame and door; so there is no hinge or knob. I then painted it all to match the other cabinets in the bathroom, I think it looks pretty good.

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