Who Sells Replacement Recessed Soap Dishes for Shower Walls?

joshh...@fastmail.fm

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Jul 30, 2005, 2:08:52 PM7/30/05

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I'm re-tiling the shower in my late 50's house and would like to
replace the old chrome recessed soap dish that's built into the wall at
the same time, but neither Lowe's or Home Depot has them. They do have
the recessed chrome toilet paper holders, which look almost identical,
but those don't have the little flat shelf in the bottom for a bar of
soap. Anyone know who still sells these things?

Speedy Jim

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Jul 30, 2005, 2:58:04 PM7/30/05

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GOOGLE around, but here's one:
http://www.wholesalebath.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=A1&Category_Code=B

mark

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Jul 30, 2005, 3:09:20 PM7/30/05

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<joshh...@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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something like this
one?http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000B0PDX/qid=1122750414/
sr=8-3/ref=sr_8__i3_xgl79/002-4073821-4632803?v=glance&s=kitchen&n=

slee...@optonline.net

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Jul 30, 2005, 9:45:35 PM7/30/05

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Try a real tile store in your area. Here's an example of one in my
area:

http://www.waynetile.com/

I bought tile there for two bathroom renovations. They had everything
I could think of, and stuff I didn't think of.

meirman

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Jul 30, 2005, 11:03:43 PM7/30/05

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In alt.home.repair on 30 Jul 2005 11:08:52 -0700
joshh...@fastmail.fm posted:

Switch to soap-on-a-roll. Problem solved.

Meirman
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evodawg

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Aug 1, 2005, 1:23:49 AM8/1/05

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joshh...@fastmail.fm wrote:

I have bought many soap dishs at Home Depot. Never a chrome one though. I
don't think I would put a metal one in an area with so much moisture. Why
not use a ceramic one.

Rich

Bruce Waugh

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Sep 14, 2008, 4:45:36 PM9/14/08

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Bruce Waugh had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Re-Who-Sells-Replacement-Recessed-Soap-Dishes-for-Shower-Wa-18086-.htm
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Josh, did you have any luck finding the recessed chrome soap dish? We're
looking
for the same thing. Any help is welcome. Bruce & Nancy Waugh

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Reed

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Sep 15, 2008, 12:54:33 AM9/15/08

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Bruce Waugh wrote:
> Bruce Waugh had written this in response to
> http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Re-Who-Sells-Replacement-Recessed-Soap-Dishes-for-Shower-Wa-18086-.htm
> :
> Josh, did you have any luck finding the recessed chrome soap dish? We're
> looking
> for the same thing. Any help is welcome. Bruce & Nancy Waugh
>
> -------------------------------------
> Speedy Jim wrote:
>
>> joshh...@fastmail.fm wrote:
>>> I'm re-tiling the shower in my late 50's house and would like to
>>> replace the old chrome recessed soap dish that's built into the
>>> wall at
>>> the same time, but neither Lowe's or Home Depot has them. They do
>>> have
>>> the recessed chrome toilet paper holders, which look almost
>>> identical,
>>> but those don't have the little flat shelf in the bottom for a bar
>>> of
>>> soap. Anyone know who still sells these things?
>>>
>
>> GOOGLE around, but here's one:
>> http://www.wholesalebath.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?
> Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=A1&Category_Code=B
>
>
>
>
>
>

Try Google Shopping at
http://www.google.com/prdhp?hl=en&tab=wf

search on
Polished Chrome Recessed Soap Holder

got 70 hits

sjosefsen

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Feb 1, 2011, 1:19:35 PM2/1/11

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responding to
http://www.homeownershub.com/maintenance/Who-Sells-Replacement-Recessed-Soap-Dishes-for-Shower-Walls-18066-.htm
sjosefsen wrote:
Homefixitparts.com has 2 sizes of these soap dishes!
mark wrote:

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Bob F

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Feb 1, 2011, 9:29:22 PM2/1/11

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Or, any good tile shop.

JoeSpareBedroom

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Feb 1, 2011, 11:48:00 PM2/1/11

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"Bob F" <bobn...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Wish I could find a good one, because I've been to every one in this city
and nobody even recognizes the friggin' things. You'd think they'd have at
least seen OLD ones as they remodeled old bathrooms.

Bob F

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Feb 2, 2011, 12:18:27 PM2/2/11

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Oops - I mised the "chrome" part. I was thinking of white ceramic soap and TP
holders. I have both I got from Art Tile here in Seattle. They are Soooooo much
classier than those chrome ones.

aemeijers

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Feb 2, 2011, 7:14:45 PM2/2/11

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Yeah, but if you are doing a period-correct pink'n'black retro bath in a
1950s brick two story, modern fittings will just look wrong. I'm a
form-follows-function kind of guy, but when I see modern fittings in an
old house, I always wonder what failed and caused the old stuff to get
ripped out.
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Bob F

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Feb 2, 2011, 8:55:09 PM2/2/11

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aemeijers wrote:
>>>> Or, any good tile shop.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Wish I could find a good one, because I've been to every one in this
>>> city and nobody even recognizes the friggin' things. You'd think
>>> they'd have at least seen OLD ones as they remodeled old bathrooms.
>>
>> Oops - I mised the "chrome" part. I was thinking of white ceramic
>> soap and TP holders. I have both I got from Art Tile here in
>> Seattle. They are Soooooo much classier than those chrome ones.
>>
>>
>
> Yeah, but if you are doing a period-correct pink'n'black retro bath
> in a 1950s brick two story, modern fittings will just look wrong. I'm
> a form-follows-function kind of guy, but when I see modern fittings
> in an old house, I always wonder what failed and caused the old stuff
> to get ripped out.

That's why I threw away the chrome soap dish and TP holder when I remodeled, and
replaced them with the ceramic ones I just described. They were just too modern
for my old house.

kwr.r...@gmail.com

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Sep 1, 2014, 9:51:01 PM9/1/14

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This thread is pretty old, but I'm looking for one too. Thought I would mention that although they don't stock them on the shelves at Home Depot, you can order them on their website. In Chrome and White. I think I'm going to buy the white one.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/MOEN-Recessed-Soap-Holder-and-Utility-Bar-in-Chrome-2565CH/202044558?N=5yc1vZbzc7

http://www.homedepot.com/p/MOEN-Commercial-Recessed-Soap-Holder-in-Glacier-DN5065W/203993288?MERCH=RV-_-RV_nav_plp_rr-3-_-NA-_-203993288-_-N

Bob F

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Sep 1, 2014, 10:40:50 PM9/1/14

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Any good tile shop should have choices.

mako...@yahoo.com

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Sep 2, 2014, 10:01:31 AM9/2/14

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this is one of my pet peeves

you want the soap dish to have rasied ribs to keep the soap out of the water

the ribs need to be angled in a specual way.

you want the base to be angled down away from the wall so the water runs out of the soap dish

you want the ribs angled in towards the wall so the soap does not slip out of the soap dish and fall on your bare foot

details

Mark