Personnally I still think there is a tiny set screw that he is missing. It
happened to me once. I almost ripped a hole in the wall before finding the
screw. And normally I am good at this type of thing.


"RicodJour" wrote in message
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PME wrote:
"PME" wrote in message

We are replacing the wallpaper and need to remove the recessed combo
soap
dish/cup holder. It's not on tile, it's mounted to regular drywall. It
is
slightly loose in the wall, so the caulk behind it has released, but
there
is still something holding it in. There are no screws. Can this be
reused,
or is pulling it from the wall going to destroy whatever bracket is
holding
it in place?

Help?

Thanks for the responses.
To answer all the questions,

Charlie:
No, it's not embedded in plaster of paris. As I said, it is slightly
loose
inside the wall, but something inside the wall is keeping it from coming
out.

RicodJour:
I asked if this can be reused, so yes, I want to put it back.

Yes, you had said that. Is there something special about this soap
dish? Seems to me that whatever is holding it in has loosened since
there is a gap now. Isn't that a problem if you plan to reinstall it?
Since you said there are no screws, how would you tighten it up to the
wall?

I'd asked if you have to remove it if all you want to do is redo the
wallpaper. Is there some reason that that wouldn't work?

Does anybody actually know what is holding this in?
Does anybody actually know the real steps to remove it?

I understand your description, but how can anyone actually know exactly
what you have? There must be literally hundreds of different soap
dishes manufactured over the years. The standard way to attach
anything of that sort, if it's not held in place with plaster like a
tile soap dish (unlikely with a chrome dish), is to have some small
screws that engage clips as someone else mentioned. If there are no
screws, and no obvious way to remove it, it may have been intended as a
permanent installation - there could be some sort of spring clips
holding it place. I think that is a little unlikely, but it's
possible.

Post a picture of it on one of those free sites and post the link here.
Maybe taking a look at it will help identify it and the attachment
method.

R