In certian Jobs were an access panels are tuff to figure out. Can't go behind the wall, can't go undernieth, can't go through a cabinet etc. We have this tile guy that caulks in the tiles for an access. He matches the caulk with the grout color. You can't even tell it's there. When you need access you can just take a razor nife to cut the caulk and the tiles fall right out.
Say if your using 6x6 tiles, this guy will grout four together with backing and then caulk the perimeter of all four tiles into place.
This has been passing inspections and making homeowners happy.

We built a small cabinet/shelf that's inset into the apron. Our tub is a soaker, FWIW.

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I really like that built in shelf idea. I am not sure it will work in my installation, but I definately like that. How did you attach the shelf so that its removable and stable?