How To Replace A Broken Ceramic Soap Dish

Removing the soap dish and keeping it intact or removing it in pieces.

How to replace a broken ceramic soap dish.

Replacing a broken ceramic soap dish may require a professional ask the builder ask the builder the. Tile holders are often used as a handle and pulled off the wall. Step 1 dig out the grout around the tile or soap dish with a razor blade. Attach a 1 4 inch masonry drill bit to a power drill.

Removing a ceramic soap dish from ceramic tile can be done in one of two ways. Drill holes about a half inch apart through the remains of the broken soap holder on the wall creating an x pattern in the holder. The soap dish immediately removed itself from the wall big surprise and we were stuck with yet another repair job. If you would like to re use the soap dish do your best to remove the soap dish intact.

It is not necessary to remove all of the adhesive and thinset on the back side of the soap dish if these adhesives are firmly attached to the soap dish. Metal type holders tend to collect water and soap scum and rot out. News features replacing ceramic soap dish harder than you think. Repair a broken tile or soap dish in the shower or tub carefully to prevent damage to the surrounding tile while also ensuring the repaired dish or tile won t crack or leak again.

Matching the existing ceramic tile and not damaging the surrounding tile could be quite a job. The shower head fell and broke a ceramic soap dish. Replacing a leaking shower head led one reader to more problems. Most soap dishes are originally installed using thinset as an adhesive.

Below you will see evidence of the damage and then below that i ll walk you through the tools and steps required to repair a loose or broken off shower soap dish on a tile wall. Usually ceramic soap dishes can be cleaned up and made to look like new again. Shower soap dish holders do not last long.