Soap Dish Fell Off Shower Wall Tile

The soap holder came off the wall of the bathroom shower leaving a hole in the middle of the shower tiles.

Soap dish fell off shower wall tile.

The soap dish fell off which we don t need so were replacing it with a couple of tiles to match. To help it shatter drill. Loosen the old grout if the soap dish has fallen entirely off the wall you can skip ahead to the third step. A loose or improperly installed soap dish can fall down and crack your tiles or even fall and injure someone while they are taking a shower.

Just because you have a soap dish get knocked out doesn t mean you have a water damage problem. Unless there is another entry for moisture through outside wall leaky showerhead pipe etc then the grout may be the culprit. 24 votes 16 comments. While frantically shampooing my elbow hit the soap dish and it fall out.

In either case the original adhesive probably failed due to moisture penetration in the tile grout. Remove the broken soap dish a fractured soap dish may almost fall off the wall by itself. A loose soap dish can be an indication of a moisture issue behind the tiles. Clean the area the new tile will not.

How bad does this. I once was quickly showering at a friend s house. The tiles holding the soap dish in place has come lose from the wall board and has been an early indicator of a bigger problem. There seems to be a number of soap dishes in one apartment community in sacramento that is experiencing soap dishes falling off the shower walls.

A good bond between the ceramic dish and the dry wall or cement board will be maintained with an adhesive or cementious bed. Replacing a soap holder 1 hold the tip of a bricklayer s chisel at a slight angle against the original adhesive that held the soap holder to the shower wall. In most cases you will not be able to see a problem until it was too late. Tub and shower valve replaced in tile wall duration.

When installing a soap dish it is important to keep it water tight and not damage the surrounding tiles most of the time an old soap dish that has fallen in a shower can be cleaned off and reinstalled. If properly installed a soap dish should fit nice and snug for the life of the shower. The steps to fixing the soap dish. One of those dremel tools can help grind out the old grout.

You can dig it all out re grout and seal the grout.