Home Improvement

No matter how your ceramic in-shower soap dish is broken, you will need to repair it to prevent further damage to your shower tile. This is also crucial to preventing possible injuries to yourself or anyone else that uses the shower from slipping or any other possible mishap. The process can be tedious and tiresome if you take the task unprepared. You need to make sure that you have the right equipment and some free time to get the old one removed and the new dish replaced the right way.

Purchasing a replacement is going to be the next step if you do not have a spare. As most homeowners do not usually have a spare ceramic soap dish laying around, it is a good idea to purchase one that is similar from a home improvement store as well as a spare just in case the new one breaks again in the future. Getting your materials in order to start the task is important. You will either need a dremel type rotary tool or chisel to remove grouting. You will also need a hammer or something heavy and hard enough to break the remaining ceramic soap dish off.

Removing the grouting is easy if you take it one step at a time and carefully. You will not want to damage the surrounding tile so care must be taken to remove the grouting from around the broken soap dish. Once you remove it all or at least a greater portion of the grouting, then you will need to remove the broken soap dish.

By using a hammer or other hard object, you will break away the remaining soap dish as it is usually secured in place by grouting or other adhesive in the back. Carefully remove pieces of ceramic from the wall as you do not want to do extra damage to the wall that it is fixated to. Make sure to inspect the wall to make sure that it is strong enough to support the new soap dish. By prying off small pieces of ceramic and grouting that are stuck to the wall, you leave a relatively smooth surface for adhesion by grouting.

Putting in the new soap dish is simple by using some thick but plastic grouting for adhesion. Allow it to set before adding the final grouting around the soap dish and smoothing away any unsightly edging. You have successfully replaced your broken soap dish and are ready in case this accident occurs again!