Of course, soap dish for shower walls are strong and durable. However, they generally don’t last long and they have to be replaced after few months. So, it’s important that you know how to remove them.
Metal-type soap dish tend to collect soap scum and water and rot out. Tile holders are usually used as handles and pull of the shower walls. Removal and replacement of any type of broken soap dish for shower wall are pretty common repairs in homes as houses age. If you want to remove the metal soap dish, just cut away any caulk. Look for your screw holes and then unscrew the fixture from the wall. You should be able to find replacement fixtures at most home stores. For tile or porcelain soap dish for shower walls, the process could be a little bit more challenging.
Steps to remove soap dish for shower walls
Marble Soap Dish
Follow the following steps:
Step 1
Take a wash cloth and insert it into the shower drain. Take painters cloth and place it over the whole surface of the shower floor. You should ensure that there is no debris that is finding its way into the drain because this can solidify in the pipes causing a very serious plumbing problem.
Step 2
The next step is to get down to underneath the soap dish and then look upward. In case you see an opening in the porcelain, a retrofit mounting plate and slots, it means that the soap dish was placed onto the shower wall after installation of the tile. This basically means that the soap dish was replaced before.
Step 3
Use a utility knife to cut any caulk particularly around the edges of your soap dish. Wear goggles and gloves and then hold the remains of your old soap dish in one hand. Use a rubber mallet to tap upward on the bottom of your soap dish. The soap dish should slide upward so that it comes out of the tile wall.
Black Soap Dish
Step 4
Use a grout saw to cut the grout around your tile-soap dish. While doing so, try not to go out of the middle on the grout. Remove any broken pieces of tile using a small chisel. During this process, it is always advisable that you use painter’s tape to cover adjacent tiles. This will protect the adjacent tiles from any potential damage. Remove the tile from other good tiles by simply lifting it away. Chisel carefully to remove excess thin set or adhesive. This will clean up the entire underlying surface.
Step 5
Remove any sharp pieces and broken tiles. Lastly, vacuum the wall where the new soap dish for shower walls is going to be placed.
You don’t have to do all this if you don’t have time or if you have no experiencing with any simple DIY job. You can simply higre an expert to remove your old soap dish for shower walls and replace them with new ones (soap dish).
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