Tile Shower Shampoo Niche - Soap Dish and Shampoo Recess. John P. Bridge – November, 2. How to Build a Recessed Shower Shelf in a Tile Shower Stall. Think “niche” when considering a new tile or marble shower and where you’ll stow your gear once the shower is commissioned. It’s true that you can get by with a soap dish and maybe a wire rack hung on the shower head or even a plastic shelf sequestered in a corner, but it’s really nice and more eye pleasing to have all of the stuff out of the way. It looks much neater, too. I think most showers should include a “niche,” pronounced: neesh.
It’s a French word for a recess in a wall or other structure, and in the world of design everything sounds better in French, Italian, or Spanish. Adding a niche (recessed shower shelf) to a shower that is under construction is not hard.
You can build one between two or more wall studs without taking anything away from the structural value of the wall. When adding the tile substrate (cement backer board, foam board or drywall) to the wall, do the same to the inside of the niche area. Finally, waterproof the niche with any of a number of products on the market. I’ll mention a few of them here. All of them will render the niche (and shower) totally waterproof and tile ready. Kerdi membrane by Schluter Systems: http: //www.
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Please choose from the options above to find the best shower pan for your application or contact. Bathroom tile Porcelain shower shelf niche for recessed ceramic shampoo niches or soap storage shelves. Modern 'L' ceramic shower shelf. Wash Cloth Soap dish $55. Installing A New Old Stock Hall Mack Soap Holder. 9 Responses to Installing A New Old Stock Hall Mack Soap Holder in Mom’s 1950s Time Capsule Condo. Recessed Niche and Ceramic Shelf Installations. Recessed niches, soap dish and accent strip set comfortably at.
Recessed ceramic soap dishes & more in 33 colors from HCP Industries. Where can i buy a recessed ceramic soap dish. Bathroom Shampoo Soap Shelf Dish Shower Niche. Also available is a recessed soap dish that can also. Large ceramic one piece recessed shampoo soap shelf.
Hydro Ban liquid waterproofing by Laticrete: http: //www. Red. Gard liquid waterproofing by Custom Building Products: http: //www. Nobleseal TS membrane by Noble Company: http: //www. There are many others. You must understand that tile and grout are not waterproof.
I believe that all showers should be waterproofed at least up to the height of the shower head before ceramic or stone tiles are installed. As to the actual building and tiling of a shower, to include niches and benches, you’ll find a wealth of information at the John Bridge Tile Forums. The advanced search will produce enough reading to last you a couple days at least.
The niche pictures below, some of them during the construction/tiling stage, are mine, but there are more pictures of niche projects completed by pros and novices all through the forums, most recently on this particular thread: http: //www. I often find myself feeling somewhat inadequate when viewing the fantastic work done by some of my contemporaries. Do- it- yourself tile installation advice and general tiling information is always plentiful at the John Bridge Tile Forums.
Installing A New Old Stock Hall Mack Soap Holder in Mom’s 1. Time Capsule Condo. By Sara In AZBad me! I should have taken a picture of the original chrome soap holder in the shower. I promise it was not much to see though.
It was practically falling off of the wall anyway, so when the inspector was “inspecting” he just pulled it off the wall by barely even pulling on it. Soooooo, here is what we were left with, a nice little hole right smack dab in the middle of all the tile. Since the old soap holder was all crudded up and looked pretty horrible I took it upon myself to find a new pretty, shiny version! They do sell similar models of the recessed soap dishes at Home Depot, and many other stores as well.
So if you are in the market definitely shop around. For some reason I got in my my head that I wanted the . So, I started hunting around on e- Bay and actually found one that was for sale! It was even new old stock! YAY! Here is a scan of the bottom of the box. It is from the Coronado line. I have to admit that I felt pretty guilty taking this out of the box and actually installing it, but it was such a perfect match we just had to go for it.
Here is Mike installing a new piece of wood to screw the soap holder into. The old piece of wood was falling apart, so that could not be used as a brace any longer. We went with a nice solid piece of birch. Here he is drilling out the screw holes for the soap holder to mount to. Oooohhhhhh, we are actually attaching the soap holder now!*Perfect* One last screw and we are all set!
And here is the new Hall Mack soap holder after we caulked around all of the sides. We also put clear caulking all around both of the screws so no water could penetrate there either.
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Yay! Big gaping hole finally ALL covered up! Come back next Thursday to see me FINALLY get started on painting the bathroom cabinets a lovely shade of turquoise!